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From Hand to Hand (2008)
- Director
- HAYASE Kentaro
- Cast
- SHOZAKI Takashi, IMAI Eriko, FUKUSHIMA Issei
A human drama film in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Japanese Federation of the Deaf. Directed and written by Hayase Kentaro, who himself has hearing difficulties, the work depicts a warm exchange between people with hearing impairment ...
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Before the Leaves Fall (2014)
- Director
- NAKA Mineko
- Cast
- YACHIGUSA Kaoru, KAZAMA Toru, NAKADAI Tatsuya
Drama that marks the directorial debut of Naka Mineko, film producer who was married to the late director Okamoto Kihachi. Interweaves the emotions that an elderly woman kept hidden in her youth regarding a single painting. Screened at the 36th Mosco...
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Z (2014)
- Director
- TSURUTA Norio
- Cast
- KAWAMOTO Mayu, KIJIMA Noriko, TANAKA Miharu
J-Horror pioneer Tsuruta Norio directs this adaptation of Aihara Koji's horror manga. Set in a hospital surrounded by a horde of zombies, it depicts a desperate battle between the survivors and their undead assailants. Its star is Kawamoto Mayu, an u...
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Deadman Inferno (2015)
- Director
- SHINAGAWA Hiroshi
- Cast
- AIKAWA Show, SUZUKI Sawa, TSURUMI Shingo
Slapstick Brothers director Shingawa Hiroshi writes and directs this movie celebrating Aikawa Show's 30 year career in which yakuza fight against zombies. Tsurumi Shingo, Miyagawa Daisuke, and Shishido Kavka, are among a diverse cast assembled from f...
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ZERO: Nyusha-hen (2008)
- Director
- NAKAO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- KOIDE Keisuke, TAKAHASHI Mai, NAGATA Akira
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ZERO: Shukatsu-hen (2008)
- Director
- NAKAO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- KOIDE Keisuke, TAKAHASHI Mai, NAGATA Akira
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Brats, Be Ambitious! (2023)
- Director
- ADACHI Shin
- Cast
- IKEGAWA Yukiya, TASHIRO Hikaru, SHIRAISHI Kiichi
A coming-of-age film based on his novel 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', a 20-year project by Adachi Shin (A Beloved Wife). The seven schoolchildren who become the protagonists are portrayed vividly through long takes. Primary school student Shun (Ikegawa Yu...
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Snow On The Blades (2014)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Setsuro
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, ABE Hiroshi, HIROSUE Ryoko
Director Wakamatsu Setsuro, who won Best Film at the 33rd Japanese Academy Awards for The Unbroken, adapts Asada Jiro's short story about a samurai at the mercy of changing times. The splendid cast includes Nakai Kiichi, Abe Hiroshi, Hirosue Ryoko an...
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Killing (2018)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, AOI Yu, NAKAMURA Tatsuya (BLANKEY JET CITY)
The first samurai period film from Tsukamoto Shinya who has captured international attention with Tetsuo The Iron Man and Fires on the Plain among others. Questions about life and death are brought into the open through ronin earnestly living in a fa...
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The Inerasable (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yuko, HASHIMOTO Ai, SASAKI Kuranosuke
An adaptation of Ono Fuyumi's documentary-style horror novel "Zang-e" by The Snow White Murder Case director Nakamura Yoshihiro. Palpably tense visuals enhance this story of two women, an author and one of her readers, who seek the truth about an apa...
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- HANAYANAGI Shotaro, MORI Kakuko, TAKADA Kokichi
An unparalleled masterwork from Mizoguchi's pre-war period. Kikunosuke, the adopted son of a famous kabuki performer, conceitedly believes he has little left to learn – until Otoku, the wet nurse of his infant brother, devotedly helps him to change h...
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Return of the Samurai (1963)
- Director
- UCHIKAWA Seiichiro
- Cast
- KUWANO Miyuki, SONOI Keisuke, KATO Daisuke
Lord Mitsuhide sends Hayato, a spy, into the backwoods of Ochinogo to see if there is gold in the territory as rumored. Hayato was born in this area but was thrown into a river and given up for dead when still a baby. He conceals this fact during his...
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Mini-Skirt Lynchers (1969)
- Director
- TANNO Yuji
- Cast
- OTA Masako, HASEGAWA Teruko, MARI Annu
Teruko's group from Yokohama is in conflict with Rosa's crowd from Hayama who extort money and intimidate young couples. One day Teruko (Teruko Hasegawa) and her girls are arrested for one of Rosa's deeds, but Toshie (Masako Ota), a runaway girl, bea...
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Eternal Love (1968)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Katsumi
- Cast
- FUNAKI Kazuo, MATSUBARA Chieko, YAMAGATA Isao
On an outing in the country, Takahiko, an architectural student, meets a young girl on a forest path. He feels that somehow he has seen her before. After he has made friends with her, it appears that Akiko, a simple country girl who helps her mother...
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ZATOICHI (2003)
- Director
- KITANO Takeshi
- Cast
- BEAT Takeshi, ASANO Tadanobu, OGUSU Michiyo
This Venice Film Festival Silver Lion-winning film from director Kitano Takeshi was a box-office hit in Japan. A blonde masseur named Zatoichi (Beat Takeshi) arrives in a sleepy inn town at the same time as ronin Hattori Gennosuke (Asano Tadanobu). ...
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The Sword of Zatoichi (1964)
- Director
- IKEHIRO Kazuo
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, KUBOTA Nahoko, NAGISA Mayumi
Zatoichi is pursued by killers whose boss, Sukegoro, he has slain. A gambler named Seiroku fails to kill him, and the blind masseur goes to thank Okuni, the older daughter of the local boss Bunkichi Tsumugi, who rescued him. Yasu, whose headquarters...
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Masseur Ichi on the Road (1963)
- Director
- YASUDA Kimiyoshi
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, FUJIMURA Shiho, SHIMADA Ryuzo
"Masseur" Ichi, the blind gambler, and the fastest draw on the sword, meets Kisuke, who is scouting help for the forthcoming gang war between his boss, Hikozo of Doyama, and Tobei of Shimozuma, and the blindman joins him. But Jingoro, scout for the ...
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The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
- Director
- MISUMI Kenji
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, AMACHI Shigeru, BANRI Masayo
The first installment of the popular Zatoichi series, which over the course of twenty-six films stamped its mark on popular culture worldwide. Zatoichi, a humble blind swordsman skilled in the quick-draw sword technique of iai-jutsu, encounters Hirat...
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The Blind Swordsman's Rescue (1967)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Satsuo
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, MIKUNI Rentaro, NISHIMURA Ko
Another in the popular series about the blind masseur, Zatoichi, this one has him involved with both the local government and gangsters. The latter are extorting money from the peasants, and the government does nothing about it, since it is getting i...
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Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
- Director
- MORI Kazuo
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, FUJIYAMA Kambi, TAKI Eiko
This continues the extremely popular series of pictures about the blind masseur, Zatoichi, who is also one of the most skillful swordsmen in Japan. Here he is again helping the poor and weak and punishing the rich and powerful. While in prison-for be...
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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
- Director
- IKEHIRO Kazuo
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, TSUBOUCHI Mikiko, HASEGAWA Machiko
"Masseur" Ichi, the itinerant blind masseur-gambler, comes to Itakura Village to visit the tomb of Kichizo, a gambler he killed three years before. He finds the villagers unusually gay, since they have just raised one thousand gold coins to pay their...
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Zatoichi's Cane-Sword (1967)
- Director
- YASUDA Kimiyoshi
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, FUJIMURA Shiho, TONO Eijiro
Zatoichi looks like an ordinary blind masseur but he is really one of Japan's most adept swordsmen. He carries his sword disguised as an ordinary cane and it has become as dear to him as his right arm. Now, however, he learns that his sword is old, ...
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ZATOICHI THE LAST DAYS (2010)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- KATORI Shingo, SORIMACHI Takashi, BAISHO Chieko
A blind drifter who strikes down his foes with lightning-fast speed, Ichi returns for the last installment of the Zatoichi films -- an action series set in old Japan that has gone down in Japanese film history. This newest film shows us a more human ...
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
- Director
- OKAMOTO Kihachi
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, MIFUNE Toshiro, KISHIDA Shin
lchi (Shintaro Katsu) is blind. Outwardly, a masseur, he is called Zatoichi who, handicapped by lack of sight, has honed his remaining senses until they are as sharp as a razor's blade. His constant companion is his sword. This looks like an innocent...
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ZEBRAMAN2: ATTACK ON ZEBRA CITY (2010)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- AIKAWA Show, NAKA Riisa, ABE Tsuyoshi
After a seven-year blank, Zebraman returns in this sequel, created as the result of the reunion of Miike Takashi (director), Kudo Kankuro (script) and Aikawa Show (main actor). The action is even more extreme than the last film, and the heroine's out...
