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Yôji Yamada – Otoko wa tsurai yo 50: Okaeri Tora-san AKA Tora-san, Wish You...
From japantimes.co.jp With 48 feature installments from 1969 to 1995, the “Tora-san” series not only set a Guinness World Record, but kept its Shochiku production studio afloat for decades. While it...
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Sotoji Kimura – Ani imôto AKA Older Brother, Younger Sister (1936)
Quote:It was directed by Sotoji Kimura, a completely obscure, yet fairly successful Shochiku director, who by account on his few films that are available today apparently was associated with the...
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Shunichi Nagasaki – London Calling (1985)
A wickedly funny account of the search for a long-lost girlfriend, which broadens into a witty meditation on memory itself. London.Calling.1985.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv General Container: Matroska...
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Heinosuke Gosho – Shindo: kohen Ryota no maki AKA The New Road: Ryota’s part...
Followed by Shindo: kohen Ryota no maki, available here:The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard....
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Shunichi Nagasaki – Doggusu AKA Dogs (1998)
A tough woman is dragging a weaker man deeper and deeper into crime. Woman cop Miki is chasing a wanted man when she stumbles on a crashed car and sees the driver, Koichi, ignite spilled petrol to...
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Jun’ya Satô – Gorugo 13 AKA Golgo 13 (1973)
Golgo 13 travels to the underworld of Tehran, Iran, to track down a shadowy target… Max Boa, the boss of an international crime syndicate that smuggles weapons and drugs and kidnaps women. But Boa...
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Kô Nakahira – Arabu no arashi AKA The Arab Storm (1961)
Autotranslated from Japanese:Shintaro Munekata, the grandson of the president of Dainippon Bussan, decided to go abroad to see the wider world according to his grandfather’s will. Shintaro meets...
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Toshiharu Ikeda – Kagi AKA The Key (1997)
Toshiharu Ikeda’s adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki’s often filmed novel. Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their...
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Kei Ishikawa – Aru otoko AKA A Man (2022)
Quote:After divorcing, Rie has found happiness with her second husband Daisuke and formed a new family. But when Daisuke dies in a tragic accident, she discovers her new husband was not the man she...
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Kunio Watanabe – Nabeshima kaibyô-den AKA The Legend of Big Cat on Nabe...
Quote:Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go at Kinbei’s store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since...
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Kazuhiro Sôda – Seishin AKA Mental (2008) (HD)
MENTAL is a feature-length documentary that observes the complex world of an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan, interwoven with patients, doctors, staff, volunteers, and home-helpers, in...
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Toshio Masuda – Shaso AKA Company Executives (1989)
A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away. Shaso AKA Company Executives - 1989 - Toshio Masuda.mkv General Container: Matroska Runtime: 2h 9mn Size: 2.08...
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Keishi Kondo – New Religion (2022)
Quote:A truly independent film, Kondo made it in between fulltime work commitments and a crowdfunding campaign to help with post-production. What we get is a horror movie that feels close to the...
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Hiroshi Inagaki – Yagyu bugeicho AKA Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part I (1957)
Quote:In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided...
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Takahisa Zeze – Honban rezu: Hazukashii taii AKA Angel in September (1994)
One day, Hitomi observes her classmate Eriko stealing lipstick in a drugstore and follows her home. The two young women get to know and love each other. While the withdrawn Hitomi believes herself and...
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Shôhei Imamura – Narayama-bushi kô AKA The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Synopsis:Still strong at the age of 69, Orin (Sumiko Sakamoto) prepares herself for an inevitable yet frightening ritual. In her village, where food is scarce, life is harsh and people are desperate...
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Kôzaburô Yoshimura – Yuwaku AKA Temptation (1948)
Synopsis“When the young lawyer Yano hears that Takako the daughter of his former teacher has become an orphan he is ready to help her. Takako becomes part of his household to teach his children and...
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Isao Yamada – Anmonaito no sasayaki wo kiita AKA I’ve Heard the Ammonite...
Synopsis:A fantasy story based on the relationship between Kenji Miyazawa and his younger sister Toshi. This is the first 35mm film written and directed by Isao Yamada, who has created a unique world...
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Isao Yukisada – Go (2001)
Go is a 2001 Japanese movie by Isao Yukisada, based from the novel written by Kazuki Kaneshiro. The film stars Kubozuka YÅsuke and Kou Shibasaki. It tells the story of a Japanese boy of Korean...
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Kinji Fukasaku – Yakuza no hakaba: Kuchinashi no hana AKA Yakuza Graveyard...
PLOT: A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice....
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