Japanese anime guru Kazuaki Kiriya ascended to prominence with his sprawling fantasy Casshern (2004), a tale that coupled...
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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2009
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Shortly after completing his epochal study of sex, God and familial relationships, Love Exposure, iconoclastic writer and...
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2009
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A retired school principal estranged from his grown daughter and still grieving the recent death of his alcoholic wife finds...
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Director, Editor, Detective Iwai
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2006
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Noted character actor Eiji Okuda makes his directorial debut with this Lolita-esque romantic drama adapted from a book by...
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Director, Producer, Tomokawa
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2005
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2003
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Kei Kumai's Umi Wa Miteita (The Sea Watches) has a script written by the late Japanese master Akira Kurosawa. O-Shin...
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Ginji
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2002
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Set in the world of the Japanese Adult Video (AV) industry, Bastoni -- The Stick Handlers has the distinction of being one of...
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2002
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Few films made in Japan have created such international outrage as Shunya Ito's Pride -- an affectionate biopic on that...
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1998
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Rokuro Mochizuki's A Yakuza In Love tells the tale of a brutal gangster who discovers a softer side when he falls for a...
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1997
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Based on a book by noted novelist Shusaku Endo, this film concerns three lost souls looking for meaning and redemption:...
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1995
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Jean and Colette are teen-aged sisters living in Toronto who jointly conceive a passionate interest in their new neighbor, a...
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1991
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Veteran director Kei Kumai spins this tale about Toyoichi Otomo (Eiji Okuda) who suffers from psychological and spiritual...
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Toyoichi Otomo
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1990
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In this melodrama, a young Japanese student juggles two different lovers with the usual consequences. She is actually in...
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1980
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