Akira Kurosawa was arguably the most important Japanese filmmaker who ever lived; he was certainly among the most revered and...
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2001
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Director
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1986
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In this Japanese crime drama, a hit man finds that he has become the next mark of another professional killer. Rather than...
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Director
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1969
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This drama, filmed on location in both Japan and Moscow, centers around the exploits of a former jazz musician who pursues a...
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Director
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1968
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Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses anyone he can to further his...
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Director
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1965
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Director
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1964
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In this Japanese drama, an attorney is having an affair with his law partner's wife. Things go terribly wrong when during an...
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Director
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1964
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This film biography of Japanese artist Kiyoshi Yamashita follows his rise to international fame, including an incident in...
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Director
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1964
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In this Japanese moral tale set in the 18th-century, a man becomes obsessed with winning the love a geisha girl. His...
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Director
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1964
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In this Japanese melodrama, set during the last years of WW II, Tsukasa, a high school student, ends up marrying a...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1961
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A slight though effective slice-of-life story, this drama by Miyoji Ieki focuses on a young, struggling couple. They are...
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Director
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1959
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Akira Kurosawa's epic tale concerns honor and duty during a time when the old traditional order is breaking down. The film...
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First Assistant Director
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1954
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