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After Life (1998)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ARATA, ODA Erika, TERAJIMA Susumu
Second film by Kore-eda Hirokazu, whose numerous honors for Maborosi included the Golden Osella Award at the Venice International Film Festival. Fantasy drama about the seven days between a person's death and arrival in the afterlife. Twenty-two dea...
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The Friends (1994)
- Director
- SOMAI Shinji
- Cast
- MIKUNI Rentaro, SAKATA Naoki, OH Taiki
Maestro Somai Shinji adapted the same-named children's novel by Yumoto Kazumi. Set in summertime Kobe, three boys and a lonely old man spend the summer together. Shot by Shinoda Noboru, famed for Love Letter. Sixth graders Kiyama, Kawabe and Yamashi...
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Moving (1993)
- Director
- SOMAI Shinji
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SAKURADA Junko, TABATA Tomoko
Tenth feature film by masterful director Somai Shinji, who passed away in 2001. This drama deals with the unsettled emotions of an 11-year-old girl whose parents live apart and are about to get divorced. Shot by Kurita Toyomichi, who also works in th...
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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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Branded to Kill (1967)
- Director
- SUZUKI Seijun
- Cast
- SHISHIDO Joe, NAMBARA Koji
The film stars Shishido Jo, one of Nikkatsu's leading action stars, and is directed by the brilliant Suzuki Seijun, who stylishly depicts the struggles of hit men. Hanada Goro (Shishido), ranked No.3 among professional hitmen, is on his way to escor...
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The Black House (1999)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- UCHINO Seiyo, OTAKE Shinobu, NISHIMURA Masahiko
Kishi Yusuke's same-named novel adapted as a psychological horror film by director Morita Yoshimitsu and screenplay writer Omori Sumio, who also teamed up for Keiho. Wakatsuki (Uchino Seiyo) works for a life insurance company in the ancient capital ...
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(Haru) (1996)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- FUKATSU Eri, UCHINO Seiyo
Ingenious film about romance released in 1996 by director Morita Yoshimitsu, who passed away in 2011 at the age of 61. His original script portrays a love story between a man and women connected online in the days before the Internet was commonplace....
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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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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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The Lower Depth (1957)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Akira
- Cast
- MIFUNE Toshiro, YAMADA Isuzu, KAGAWA Kyoko
Maxim Gorky's play of the same name is the basis for this solid drama in which the story has been transplanted to an Edo tenement house. It is written, directed, and produced by Kurosawa Akira. Dwelling in a tenement house at the end of the Edo peri...
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A Cat And Two Women (1956)
- Director
- TOYODA Shiro
- Cast
- MORISHIGE Hisaya, KAGAWA Kyoko, YAMADA Isuzu
The essence of Tanizaki Junichiro's literature is expressed in this poetic masterpiece. It depicts a man with an unusual love for his cat, as well as the desires and jealousies of women. Shozo is an undependable man who runs a small hardware store i...
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The Moon Has Risen (4K Digitally Restored Version) (1955)
- Director
- TANAKA Kinuyo
- Cast
- RYU Chishu, SANO Shuji, YAMANE Hisako
Mr. Asai left Tokyo during World War II, and now resides in Nara. He is a widower who lives with his three daughters: Chizuru, the eldest, who has returned home after her husband's death; Ayako, who is of marriageable age but shows little interest in...
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Love Letter (1953)
- Director
- TANAKA Kinuyo
- Cast
- MORI Masayuki, KUGA Yoshiko, KAGAWA Kyoko
Directorial debut for celebrated actress Tanaka Kinuyo. All-star cast depicts the sorrowful romance of a couple at the mercy of fate. Script by Kinoshita Keisuke. Reikichi has been searching for his beloved Michiko for five years since the end of th...
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Ginza Cosmetics (1951)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, HORI Yuji, KAGAWA Kyoko
Lyrical film from Naruse Mikio that poignantly portrays women working as hostesses in Ginza still recovering from the war. Tanaka Kiniyo performs brilliantly as both "woman" and "mother." Yukiko works as a hostess in Ginza while raising the son she ...
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
- Director
- SHINDO Kaneto
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, KYO Machiko, YAMADA Isuzu
This is a documentary on the life and films of Kenji Mizoguchi, the great Japanese film director who died in 1956, directed by the now well-known creator of films who was once assistant director to Mizoguchi. Beginning in the hospital where Mizoguch...
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SANDAKAN NO.8 (1974)
- Director
- KUMAI Kei
- Cast
- KURIHARA Komaki, TANAKA Kinuyo, TAKAHASHI Yoko
The Long Darkness and Rise, Fair Sun director Kumai Kei helmed this film adaptation of a story by Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award-winner Yamazaki Tomoko. Depicts the cruel and checkered destiny of girls known as "Karayuki-san." Mitani Keiko (Kurihara Ko...
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LONELY LANE (1962)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- TAKAMINE Hideko, TAKARADA Akira, KATO Daisuke
Naruse Mikio helmed this film adaptation of Hayashi Fumiko's bestselling autobiographical novel, which was also adapted for the stage. Born as a peddler's daughter, the impoverished Fumiko struggles as a waitress while writing poetry and eventually f...
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A HOUSE OF GEISHA (1956)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, YAMADA Isuzu, TAKAMINE Hideko
Naruse Mikio helmed this adaptation of Koda Aya's same-named novel. Repast and Late Chrysanthemums screenplay writer Tanaka Sumie coauthored the script with Ide Toshiro. Depicts the tragicomedy of women gathered in the Yanagibashi entertainment distr...
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The Life of Oharu (1952)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, YAMANE Hisako, MIFUNE Toshiro
Mizoguchi Kenji's adaptation of a literary classic won the International Award at the 13th Venice International Film Festival. Oharu (Tanaka Kuniyo) is a star-crossed woman destroyed by men, both hateful and beloved. One freezing winter morning at d...
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MUNEKATA SISTERS (1950)
- Director
- OZU Yasujiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, TAKAMINE Hideko, UEHARA Ken
Melodrama helmed by Ozu Yasujiro that captures Japanese beauty while depicting pained yet beautiful human events. First film directed by Ozu away from Shochiku. The Munekata sisters are Setsuko (Tanaka Kinuyo) and Mariko (Takamine Hideko). Their fa...
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A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Kazuo, TANAKA Kinuyo, ICHIKAWA Sensho
Historical drama helmed by Naruse Mikio that depicts the samurai spirit, a mysterious man, and a woman who risks her life to fulfill an obligation. It is Kyoto in the spring. The city is in a tizzy over whether Kishu retainer Kazusa Daihachiro (Ich...
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The Wandering Princess (1960)
- Director
- TANAKA Kinuyo
- Cast
- KYO Machiko, FUNAKOSHI Eiji, RYU Yomei
This tearful masterpiece about the harshness and depth of love known only to women is dedicated to women everywhere from an all-female creative team, namely the author Aishin Kakura Hiro, screenplay writer Wada Natto, and director Tanaka Kinuyo. Que...
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HER BROTHER (1960)
- Director
- ICHIKAWA Kon
- Cast
- KISHI Keiko, KAWAGUCHI Hiroshi, TANAKA Kinuyo
Based upon a novel written by Aya Koda. A woman loves her brother very much. They share their dreams as they grow up. When the brother turns 17, he tragically dies, leaving his sister devastated and alone. 【Quoted from the database of KADOKAWA】...
