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Seijun Suzuki – Hana to dotô AKA The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964)
Synopsis:It’s 1964 and Seijun Suzuki continues to work harder than any other director doing the rounds. Working from a novel by Aoyama Koji he tells the story of Ogata Kikuji (Kobayashi Akira) – a...
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Kinji Fukasaku – Odoshi AKA The Threat (1966)
IMDb comments:You can watch this crime drama as a sort of Japanese DESPERATE HOURS. A just married ordinary man has his family held as hostage by three hoodlums who want him to do something for them....
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Shinsuke Ogawa – Sanrizuka: Iwayama ni tetto ga dekita AKA Sanrizuka: The...
The third film in Ogawa Productions’ Narita/Sanrizuka series of documentaries about the resistance by farmers and activists to the construction of the Narita Airport. 1.56GB | 1h 25m | 720×540 | mkv...
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Seijun Suzuki – Hyakuman Doru O Tatakidase AKA Million Dollar Smash-And-Grab...
A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. The two boys eventually face each other in the ring. 859MB | 1h 29m | 640×288 | avi...
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Shin’ya Tsukamoto – Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)
Quote:Twenty years after making his breakout cult hit, “Tetsuo,” and 17 years after its sequel, “Tetsuo II: Body Hammer,” multihyphenate filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto busts out the big guns again with...
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Hajime Hashimoto – Tantei wa bar ni iru 2: Susukino daikousaten AKA Phone...
The Detective is back and out to solve the murder of a close friend. He and his partner Takada get more than they bargain for when a prominent local politician becomes a major suspect. 2.02GB | 1h 59m...
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Go Shibata – Osoi Hito aka Late Bloomer [+Extras] (2004)
In this weird, wicked and wonderfully perverse shocker from Japan, we meet Sumida, a disabled young man marked by his wheelchair, his electronic voice box, his rampant alcoholism, and his appetite for...
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Arigatô-san AKA Mr. Thank You (1936)
Based on a short story by Nobel Prize-winning author Kawabata Yasunari, this lighthearted road film follows the rolling wheels of a country bus manned by a driver who says “thank you” to everyone he...
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Yasujirô Ozu – Kaze no naka no mendori AKA A Hen in the Wind (1948)
A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son’s hospital bills. 1.43GB | 1h 23m | 716×537 | mkv...
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Shimako Sato – K-20: Kaijin niju menso den AKA K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008)
Imdb:Holy Steampunk, Sherlock Holmes! Screen idol Takeshi Kaneshiro is back and this time hes showing his respect for Lupin, Raffles and all the great thieves and masked penny dreadful heroes of the...
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Ryûtarô Nakagawa – Hashire, zetsubô ni oitsukarenai hayasa de AKA Tokyo...
Quote:‘Tokyo Sunrise’ presents a young man’s journey to face an incomprehensible death of his best friend. 1.81GB | 1h 23m | 1024×552 | mkv...
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Eiichi Kudo – Sono go no jingi naki tatakai AKA Battles Without Honor and...
Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different...
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Mikio Naruse – Hikinige aka Hit and Run (1966)
In 1966, Mikio Naruse made two films that featured elements of the suspense/thriller genre. According to IMDb, The Stranger Within a Woman came first in January. Then in April, this film was released...
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Masahiro Shinoda – Yasha-ga-ike AKA Demon Pond (1979)
Quote:Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Their story is of revenge, tragedy, and the power of real love. A classical tale which translates...
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Eiji Uchida – Gureitofuru deddo AKA Greatful dead (2013)
Quote:Nami (Kumi Takiuchi) is a lonely young girl prone to outbursts of left field violence, due to being ignored by her poverty-relief obsessed mother who leaves one day, leaving her with her...
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Yasuzô Masumura – Shibirekurage AKA The Hot Little Girl (1970)
Aspiring fashion model Midori (Atsumi Mari) finds herself caught between a dubious lover (Kawazu Yûsuke) and the yakuza. The sixth and final film in Daiei’s “Mollusk” series. Masumura co-authored the...
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Sabu AKA Hiroyuki Tanaka – Happiness (2016)
Quote:Kanjaki, a middle-aged man, goes to a quiet countryside village. He puts his helmet on a shrunken old woman whom he meets by chance in a shop. As soon as he presses the buttons on the helmet one...
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Toshiaki Toyoda – Aoi haru AKA Blue Spring (2001)
Quote:In their graduation year, the disaffected students turn their concrete box of a school into a backdrop against which to create their own version of society. The newly elected boss Kujo (played...
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Mikio Naruse – Maihime AKA Dancing Girl (1951)
Mariko Okada (in her film debut) plays a young ballerina prodigy whose parents seem to be trapped in a loveless marriage. The mother has been seeing a family friend for 20 years, but it’s obvious that...
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Keisuke Kinoshita – Nijushi no hitomi aka 24 eyes (1954)
SYNOPSISThe title “Twenty-four Eyes” refers to the 12 pairs of eyes belonging to the young students of a small branch school on Shodo Island in the Japanese Inland Sea. The story unfolds in the spring...
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