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Love in the Air (1962)
- Director
- NOGUCHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Akira, MATSUBARA Chieko, SAWAMOTO Tadao
Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible and, sick at heart, left the circus for a life at sea. On land again Shoji goes to a cabaret where he ...
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Rambling Is My Destiny (1965)
- Director
- IDA Motomu
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Akira, KAWACHI Tamio, ITO Ruriko
Beside the grave of the girl he loved, the young man vows never again to gamble. Back in the city he sees the sister of the dead girl but she does not know his identity. She is in trouble and the only way to save her seems to be to gamble with the ga...
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The Legend of Eight Samurai 4K Digitally Restored Version (1983)
- Director
- FUKASAKU Kinji
- Cast
- YAKUSHIMARU Hiroko, SANADA Hiroyuki, CHIBA Shinichi
This is a film adaptation of Toshio Kamata's "Shin Satomi Hakkenden" which is loosely based on "Nanso¯ Satomi Hakkenden". The Satomi family has been destroyed and Princess Shizu, who escaped, is pursued by the evil force, but a group of swordsmen wit...
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SAYONARA COLOR (2004)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Naoto
- Cast
- TAKENAKA Naoto, HARADA Tomoyo, DANTA Yasunori
Sayonara Color is the fifth film by Takenaka Naoto, one of Japan's most respected character actors and the director of Muno no Hito (Nowhere Man) and Tokyo Biyori. Shohei (Takenaka Naoto) works as a doctor in a seaside hospital. One day, a new patie...
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Farewell, Kuro (2003)
- Director
- MATSUOKA Joji
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, ITO Ayumi, KANAI Yuta
A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone. Ryosuke (Tsumabuki Satoshi) and Koji (Arai Hirofumi) are not only best friends, but also rivals in their love for Yuk...
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Sayonara Midori (2004)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- HOSHINO Mari, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi
Based on the comic book of the same name by Minami Q-Ta and directed by Furumaya Tomoyuki, whose previous works include Mabudachi (Bad Company) and Robokon (Robot Contest). Yuko (Hoshino Mari), an unassuming office filing clerk, doesn't mind that sh...
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Ripples (2002)
- Director
- NAGAO Naoki
- Cast
- TADANO Miako, MATSUZAKA Keiko, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Nagao Naoki, also active in the TV ad and music video field, directs his third feature, following Tetto Musashino-Sen. Natsui Inako (Tadano Miako) works for the city government as a water quality analyst. At the spa inn she visits for research tests...
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SCHOOL WARS: HERO (2004)
- Director
- SEKIMOTO Ikuo
- Cast
- Shoei, WAKUI Emi, SATOMI Kotaro
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SCRAP HEAVEN (2005)
- Director
- LEE Sang-il
- Cast
- KASE Ryo, ODAGIRI Joe, KURIYAMA Chiaki
Shingo (Kase Ryo) dreams of a heroic life in the police force, but he is disappointed to find that his daily routine consists of dreary office work. He is fed up with the daily grind, until he stumbles upon a bus hijacking. At last, he has a chance t...
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Libido (1967)
- Director
- SHINDO Kaneto
- Cast
- TONOYAMA Taiji, OTOWA Nobuko, MATSUO Kayo
An elderly man has a disturbed mental condition, but is asked to leave the hospital because he tried to kiss the girl in the bed next to him. His reasons, however, were that he had just heard the death of a friend. He felt his own death very near and...
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The Day of Youth (1960)
- Director
- MASUDA Toshio
- Cast
- ISHIHARA Yujiro, KITAHARA Mie, ASHIKAWA Izumi
At Tokyo Gakuen University, Takema, son of Tatsunosuke, chief of the Waku gang, is a freshman who wishes to prepare himself for a better life away from gang activities despite the wishes of his father who wants him to assist strengthen the gang again...
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The Frivolous Age (1965)
- Director
- MORINAGA Kenjiro
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, HAMADA Mitsuo, MATSUBARA Chieko
An idealistic young girl who believes that all is right with the world decides to give up her office-job and work as a house-maid. She overcomes the protests of her boyfriend and parents because she knows the work is well-paid at her place of employm...
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Naked Youth — A Story of Cruelty (1960)
- Director
- OSHIMA Nagisa
- Cast
- KAWAZU Yusuke, KUWANO Miyuki, KUGA Yoshiko
A school girl, restless, in search of excitement and experience, takes to accepting rides from strange men. A university student rescues her from the advances of one of the middle-aged drivers but sensing her vulnerability takes her out on a speed-bo...
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CRYING OUT LOVE, IN THE CENTER OF THE WORLD (2004)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- OSAWA Takao, SHIBASAKI Ko, NAGASAWA Masami
Yukisada Isao's (Go) massive hit, romantic drama was second only to Miyazaki Hayao's animated blockbuster Howl's Moving Castle at the Japanese box office in 2004, and gave birth to the hugely popular trend of "pure love" stories. Marriage-shy Sakuta...
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World's end/girlfriend (2004)
- Director
- KAZAMA Shiori
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Mami, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, NAGATSUKA Keishi
Shinnosuke (Shibukawa Kiyohiko) and Misawa (Nagatsuka Keishi) are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly, Shinnosuke's childhood friend, Haruko (Nakamura Mami), turns up. She has split up with her boyfriend and finds herself out on the streets. Sh...
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Love and Death (1959)
- Director
- TAKIZAWA Eisuke
- Cast
- ISHIHARA Yujiro, ASAOKA Ruriko, HAYAMA Ryoji
Starring the screen idol Yujiro Ishihara, "Love and Death" based on the famous novel by Mushanokoji Saneatsu is the first Japanese film to be made on location in Europe. Muraoka Yuji, an assistant professor, falls in love with beautiful Nonomura Hat...
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Sekaidaisenso (1961)
- Director
- MATSUBAYASHI Shue
- Cast
- Frankie SAKAI, TAKARADA Akira, HOSHI Yuriko
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Song of a Traveller (1962)
- Director
- NOGUCHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Akira, SASAMORI Reiko, KANEKO Nobuo
It is still early for the cherry blossoms, but the castle city of Sendai had never seemed so beautiful to Misaki Akira, a former high school teacher, ousted by shocked PTA members for an unlucky tangle with Tokyo hoodlums. Akira had been brought up ...
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Three Faces of Love (1967)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Noboru
- Cast
- ARATAMA Michiyo, KAYAMA Yoshiko, KAGA Mariko
Fujiyo, Kikuko and Momoko are sisters, daughters of a traditional craftsman whose death occasions a dispute. Fujiyo, as eldest and only daughter of the legal first marriage should have precedence over her younger sisters as well as Hatsu, dad's mistr...
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Farewell to Spring (1959)
- Director
- KINOSHITA Keisuke
- Cast
- TSUGAWA Masahiko, YAMAMOTO Toyozo, KAWAZU Yusuke
Five childhood best friends reunite early one spring in their hometown of Aizu-Wakamatsu, only to find themselves shaken by the discovery that they are not quite as similar as they once were. For this film focused on youth, Kinoshita called on a tale...
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Samurai I Loved, The (2005)
- Director
- KUROTSUCHI Mitsuo
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Somegoro, KIMURA Yoshino, OGATA Ken
Following the success of Tasogare Seibei (Twilight Samurai) and Kakushi Ken, Oni no Tsume (The Hidden Blade), this is the third work by historical novelist Fujisawa Shuhei to reach the screen. Director Kurotsuchi Mitsuo labored for over ten years to ...
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Thousand Cranes (1969)
- Director
- MASUMURA Yasuzo
- Cast
- HIRA Mikijiro, WAKAO Ayako, AZUSA Eiko
Kikuji Mitani (Mikijiro Hira) is an orphan and Chikako Kurimoto (Machiko Kyo) and Mrs. Ota (Ayako Wakao) were once his father's lovers. When Kikuji was about ten years old, he had accompanied his father to Chikako's home and had seen the purplish bi...
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SAMURAI COMMANDO -mission 1549- (2005)
- Director
- TEZUKA Masaaki
- Cast
- EGUCHI Yosuke, SUZUKI Kyoka, KAGA Takeshi
Adapted from the novel by Fukui Harutoshi, the author of the bestselling 'Bokoku no Aegis' ('Aegis') and 'Lorelei' (both of which have also been turned into successful films), and based on the original 1979 film of the same title by Hanmura Ryo. The...
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Broken Blossoms (1959)
- Director
- ISHII Teruo
- Cast
- OBATA Kinuko, MITSUYA Utako, UTSUI Ken
After the surrender in August 1945, the Japanese residents in Manchuria fell into the hands of the enemy forces. The volunteer nurses soon attract the attention of the occupation troops and they are drafted to a medical relief station. Then a group o...
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Chiyoko:Millennium Actress (2001)
- Director
- KON Satoshi
- Cast
- KOYAMA Mami, IIZUKA Shozo, ONOSAKA Masaya
The first time in history that Dreamworks (A.I., Shrek) obtained the distribution rights to a Japanese film. The director is Kon Satoshi (Perfect Blue). The studios of a former major film company are being torn down. Tachibana, who works for a TV pr...
