The ukiyo-e (woodblock print) artist Sharaku is an enigmatic puzzle in the world of Japanese art. Working at an age when such...
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1995
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Plans have long been set to enable Seishiro to marry the daughter of the castle warden. He is from too humble a background...
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Gonemon Tahara
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1993
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Based on the epic novel by James Clavell, Shogun originated as an epic five-part television miniseries, filmed on location in...
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Yabu
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1980
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Rokosuke Sawamura
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1974
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In this Japanese romantic comedy, a love-lorn train conductor falls in love with a cooking instructor and decides to enroll...
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1970
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In this Japanese melodrama, a railway worker cheats on his free-spirited wife. When he discovers that his mistress is...
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1970
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This hilarious parody pokes fun at Charlie Chan movies and features Zero Mostel as an inscrutable Asian detective, Inspector...
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1969
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1965
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In this interesting Japanese drama, a journalist travels to a tiny fishing village outside Tokyo to learn more about...
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1964
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In this Japanese war drama, a regiment stationed in New Guinea begins to get depressed. To boost their flagging morale, a...
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1963
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This sweeping historical epic has sometimes been labelled the Gone with the Wind of Japan; at any rate, it's almost the same...
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1962
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Diplomat's Mansion was originally released in Japan as Tokyo Yawa. The protagonist, played by Hiroshi Akutagawa, is an...
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1961
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In this patriotic Japanese WW II drama, the army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they...
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1961
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Mothra was the third major addition to the Toho Studios' giant-monster stable after Godzilla and Rodan, and the first female...
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1961
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This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon. ~ Jason...
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1961
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1957
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