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Toshiaki Toyoda – Senritsu seshimeyo AKA Shiver (2021)
Quote:Essentially a series of vignettes that present an impressive combination of image and sound, “Shiver” seems to focus on concepts as tradition, through a distinct jidai-geki approach, nature and...
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Yoshifumi Kondo – Mimi wo sumaseba aka Whisper of the Heart (1995)
A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses. 3.85GB | 1h 50mn | 1024×552 | mkv...
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Sion Sono – Virtual Love (Extended) (2003)
Ultra rare extended version of Sion Sono’s short Virtual Love from the Sion Sono Fantasia Short Collection (2003). This rip of the out of print DVD which is 36 minutes long (11 extra minutes to the...
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Naomi Kawase – Tarachime (2006)
Quote:n April 24, 2004, Kawase Naomi had a son, Mitsuki. Following Japanese tradition, she gave birth on a tatami mat, assisted by a midwife and surrounded by all her family. As soon as the umbilical...
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Yumi Yoshiyuki – Mibôjin apâto: Kyonyû no uzuku yoru (2007)
Misaki’s husband Ken’ichi dies in a car accident soon after their marriage. He had managed the Sunrise Villa apartments, which his parents have managed after his death. A psychic claims to have...
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Kaneto Shindô – Yabu no naka no kuroneko aka Kuroneko aka Black Cat From The...
Playing on the legend of ghosts returning in the form of cats to seek vengeance for their deaths, Kuroneko [Black Cat from the Grove] tells the tale of a mother and daughter, raped and killed by...
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Toshiaki Toyoda – Planetist (2018)
A mysterious and wondrous islands surrounded by an unparalleled natural environment exists in Tokyo Prefecture that is referred to as the Galapagos of the East. They are called the Ogasawara Islands....
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Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Reibyo densetsu AKA Legend of the Cat Monster (1983)
Quote:Another stunning Tuesday Suspense Theater movie from Obayashi. I love how there is some music playing almost every second of the film. That gives the movie an special feeling of drama and I...
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Kinji Fukasaku – Hakuchu no buraikan AKA Greed in Broad Daylight (1961)
Synopsis:‘Aided by a gang that includes two Americans and a Korean, Miyahara attacks an armoured truck transporting money to a US army base. But soon the cronies fall out – with the settling of old...
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Naomi Kawase – Hotaru AKA Firefly (2000)
Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother’s suicide when she was young. She begins a relationship with patient potter Daiji, but leaves him behind when she...
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Tai Katô – Choueki juhachi-nen AKA Eighteen Years in Prison (1967)
Quote:A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the...
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Hiroshi Inagaki – Muhomatsu no issho AKA The Life of Matsu the Untamed (1943)
Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy’s parents, Kotaro and...
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Hiroshi Inagaki – Muhomatsu no issho AKA The Rickshaw Man (1958)
In the turn of the Twentieth Century, the rickshaw driver Matsugoro “Matsu” is a happy man and a troublemaker well-known by everyone in his village. One day, Matsu sees an injured boy, Toshio, and...
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Yoshihiko Matsui – Sabita kankara AKA Rusty Empty Can [uncut version] (1979)
Quote:MatsuiI’s debut film, “Rusty Empty Can” (1979), was photographed by Sogo Ishii; nonetheless the film turned out to be a serious and emotionally painful one unlike Ishii’s speedy roller-coaster...
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Akiko Ôku – Katte ni furuetero AKA Tremble All You Want (2017)
Virgin twenty-something girl is neat, talented and professional, although almost too much of all these. She is an office lady who still romanticizes a school-mate, but has the opportunity to move on...
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Hitoshi Yazaki – Kazetachi no gogo AKA Afternoon Breezes (1980)
Natsuko nurses a helpless crush on her roommate Mitsu and tries to possess her for herself by generating conflict between Mitsu and her boyfriend, Hideo. Mitsu discovers what is happening and throws...
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Naomi Kawase – Nanayomachi AKA Nanayo (2008)
Quote:Nanayo is the latest film from Naomi Kawase, the winner of the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival with The Mourning Forest and BAFF 2003 with Shara. Making a change from Kawase’s former...
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Isshin Inudou – Bizan (2007)
Sakiko returns home to care for her mother, who is dying of cancer. What she doesn’t expect is that she will come to discover the existence of her father, the truth of which her mother has concealed...
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Odoriko aka Dancing Girl (1957)
In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their apartment and begins to stir things up with her riotousness....
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Yasujirô Shimazu – Joriku dai-ippo AKA First Steps Ashore (1932)
Quote:Fascinating remake of Sternberg’s “Docks of New York.” The geometric and pictorial aspects, as in the case of many Japanese films, and especially those of this time period, fascinate as much as...
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