Movies
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THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1983)
- Director
- IMAMURA Shohei
- Cast
- OGATA Ken, SAKAMOTO Sumiko, AKI Takejo
The second film adaptation of FUKAZAWA Shichiro's novel of the same title, based on the legend of a small mountain community whose custom it was for aged relatives to be carried to a mountain and left there to die. Unlike KINOSHITA Keisuke's 1958 ver...
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The World of Dementia (1985)
- Director
- HANEDA Sumiko
- Cast
Conceived with the purpose of conveying the everyday reality of elderly dementia patients, Haneda's film painstakingly documents the lives of residents in a care facility, turning the camera on their interactions and support for one another. The film...
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya
- Cast
- TAGUCHI Tomorowo
Powerful cinematic realization of the explosive drama about a man whose flesh is taken over by metal cells, based on the 1986 8mm film The Phantom of Regular Size. This 16mm film brought Tsukamoto Shinya to the world's attention. One morning, a whit...
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The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)
- Director
- HARA Kazuo
- Cast
- OKUZAKI Kenzo
Electrifying documentary from world-renowned director Hara Kazuo about Okuzaki Kenzo, an anarchist who used radical means to doggedly confront the Emperor's wartime responsibility. Okuzaki Kenzo runs a battery and used car repair shop with his wife ...
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Kitchen (1989)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- KAWAHARA Ayako, MATSUDA Keiji, HASHIZUME Isao
Morita Yoshimitsu directed and penned the script for this adaptation of Yoshimoto Banana's same-named novel. Depicts a girl without a family of her own who loves the kitchen and lives with an eccentric young man and his family. Mikage (Kawahara Aya...
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And Then (1985)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- MATSUDA Yusaku, FUJITANI Miwako, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
Superb romance based on the same-named masterpiece by the literary legend Natsume Soseki. Lead actor Matsuda Yusaku and director Morita Yoshimitsu reprise their successful teamwork from Family Game. Top Japanese film in Kinema Junpo's 59th Best Ten l...
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Main Theme (1984)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- YAKUSHIMARU Hiroko, NOMURA Hironobu
Coming-of-age film directed and written by Morita Yoshimitsu, who passed away at age 61 in 2011. Features Yakushimaru Hiroko, one of Kadokawa's top actresses, who also sang the theme song. Ogasawara Shibuki (Yakushimaru) meets aspiring magician Ken ...
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The Family Game (1983)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- MATSUDA Yusaku
This renowned comedy about family life demonstrates the directorial prowess of Morita Yoshimitsu, who passed away the age of 61 in 2011. Selected as the top Japanese film in Kinema Junpo's 57th Best Ten list for 1983. Everyone is on edge in the Numa...
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Something Like It (1981)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- AKIYOSHI Kumiko, ITO Katsunobu, BITO Isao
Feature film debut released in 1981 from director Morita Yoshimitsu, who passed away at age 61 in 2011. Up-and-coming rakugo performer Shintoto (Ito Katsunobu) is training in traditional rakugo. He visits a brothel for the first time on his 23rd bi...
