This fantasy feature from Japan tells the story of Yohei, a blind man with a quiet obsession for finding the mythical land...
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2008
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2007
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A murder investigation takes a number of unexpected and unsettling turns in this suspense thriller from Japan. Nango...
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2003
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2002
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Shortly before his death in 1998, Akira Kurosawa completed a screenplay entitled Ame Agaru, based on a short story by...
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1999
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1998
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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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Akira Kurosawa's swansong is a delicate, sentimental portrait of his long avowed hero, educator and literary figure Hyakken...
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Takayama
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1993
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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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Yoshizuka
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1993
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The island of Hokkaido, in Japan, is located near the Arctic Circle and is famous for its cold, snowy winters. In this...
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1992
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Acclaimed filmmaker, actor, and head of the Sogetsu school of Ikebana, Hiroshi Teshigahara spins this sequel of sorts to his...
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Ieyasu Tokugawa
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1992
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Master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa follows up on his phantasmorgic Dreams with this delicate tale about war and memory. The...
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1991
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Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano directs, writes, and acts in this gangster comedy about the Yakuza, the notorious criminal...
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Otomo, the gang boss
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1991
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The independent filmmaker Tadashi Imai raised a significant portion of the funds needed to make this movie by popular...
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Yuta (father)
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1991
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Following up on his critically acclaimed, blood-splattered epic Ran, master director Akira Kurosawa looks inward with this...
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1990
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Acclaimed director and headmaster of the Sogestsu school of flower arranging Hiroshi Teshigahara helms this elegant...
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Soji Yamanoue
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1990
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Ran is Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's reinterpretation of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The Lear counterpart is an...
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1985
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Based on the experiences of director Kaneto Shindo's sister, this docudrama follows the life of a young Japanese woman given...
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1984
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In a story strictly for the younger set, a little boy lives in a small seaside village with his newly-acquired puppy named...
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1984
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In the 1930s, a schoolteacher named Gakuen (Tsutomo Yamazaki), while searching for his missing friend Akira (Go Kato), comes...
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1980
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Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being...
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Kyuemon
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1978
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Set in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive film tells the story of the...
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Ichizo Takinogami
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1978
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A Japanese family business is endangered by the threat of a large corporation. ~ Rovi...
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1973
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Wolves is set in Japan in the 1920s. The disintegration of the ancient samurai traditions is paralleled with the rise of the...
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1972
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This fascinating Japanese drama takes an objective look at the relationship between American GIs and deserters in Japan...
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1972
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From an impoverished life in a fishing village on an island, a modern Japanese family moves to live the life of pioneers in...
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1971
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Dodes'ka-Den (aka Dodesukaden) was Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's first project since Red Beard (1965), and his first...
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1970
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1966
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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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1964
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This well-regarded Japanese drama follows an aging samurai as he attempts to regain his family's honor. In 17th century...
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1963
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Mysterious goings-on twist and turn this effective but slightly uneven drama of murder and intrigue into a Gordian knot,...
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Miner
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1962
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