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Synopsis: The ukiyo-e (woodblock print) artist Sharaku is an enigmatic puzzle in the world of Japanese art. Working at an age when such masters of the trade as Hokusai and Utamaro were at their zenith, Sharaku suddenly emerged out of obscurity and produced roughly 140 strikingly brilliant portraits Read More
Actors: Kiichi Nakai, Yuko Asano, Frankie Sakai, Hisashi Igawa, Kyoko Kishida
Synopsis: Plans have long been set to enable Seishiro to marry the daughter of the castle warden. He is from too humble a background to marry so exalted a personage, so the head of the Iwai family has formally adopted him in order to give him the necessary social standing. All is proceding in an orderly way Read More
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada, Frankie Sakai, Alan Badel
Synopsis: Based on the epic novel by James Clavell, Shogun originated as an epic five-part television miniseries, filmed on location in Japan. Richard Chamberlain stars as John Blackthorne, a 17th century British sea pilot in charge of a Dutch vessel. Shipwrecked off the coast of Japan, Blackthorne is in Read More
Actors: Frankie Sakai
Synopsis: In this Japanese melodrama, a railway worker cheats on his free-spirited wife. When he discovers that his mistress is engaged to another, the fellow returns to his own wife and learns that she is pregnant. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: In this Japanese romantic comedy, a love-lorn train conductor falls in love with a cooking instructor and decides to enroll in her latest class. The conductor is loved by a different girl who also enrolls to keep him away from the teacher. Comic mayhem ensues until the teacher and the conductor Read More
Synopsis: This hilarious parody pokes fun at Charlie Chan movies and features Zero Mostel as an inscrutable Asian detective, Inspector Hoku, who must keep international spies from getting hold of a newly developed robot. In-jokes abound and slapstick mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Hisaya Morishige, Asami Kuji, Yoko Tsukasa, Daisuke Kato
Synopsis: A middle-aged Japanese businessman (Hisaya Morishige) with an eye for the ladies infuriates his jealous wife (Asami Kuji) in this light situation comedy. Comedy relief is provided by (Norihei Miki). ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: In this interesting Japanese drama, a journalist travels to a tiny fishing village outside Tokyo to learn more about traditional customs and culture. There he carefully watches the locals going about their daily business. Among those observed are a recovered alcoholic caring for his crippled wife; Read More
Synopsis: In this Japanese war drama, a regiment stationed in New Guinea begins to get depressed. To boost their flagging morale, a writer and actor is assigned to put on a play and oversee the building of a theater. During the last act of the play, a metaphorical snow begins to fall. Simultaneously, the Read More
Actors: Koshiro Matsumoto, Yuzo Kayama, Chusha Ichikawa, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa
Synopsis: This sweeping historical epic has sometimes been labelled the Gone with the Wind of Japan; at any rate, it's almost the same length as Gone (the film was originally released in two parts). Chusha Ichikawa plays a powerful and ruthless feudal lord who battles virtuous young noble Yuzo Kayama. Ichikawa Read More
Actors: Jerry Ito, Ken Uehara, Yumi Ito
Synopsis: Mothra was the third major addition to the Toho Studios' giant-monster stable after Godzilla and Rodan, and the first female beast in the series. The creature begins Ishiro Honda's entertaining film as a giant larva worshipped by island tribesmen and guarded by twin sisters (Emi and Yumi Ito) who Read More
Synopsis: This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Diplomat's Mansion was originally released in Japan as Tokyo Yawa. The protagonist, played by Hiroshi Akutagawa, is an elderly diplomat facing compulsory retirement. With no source of income, Akutagawa is forced to swallow his pride and rely on his bartender son Tsutomu Yamazaki. The Read More
Synopsis: In this patriotic Japanese WW II drama, the army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communist China to bring back the flag of a defeated enemy regiment. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
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