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2003
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After being raped by her stepfather, teenaged Yuki (Saki Kamiryo) takes shelter in a remote mental hospital. In the course of...
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2000
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In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered...
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1987
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To research this ethnographical documentary about life in a small Japanese village, the director spent thirteen years living...
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1987
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Himatsuri is based on a real life tragedy, in which a Japanese man inexplicably slaughtered his family and then killed...
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1985
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A man who lives on the wrong side of the law shows he can do good and bad with equal enthusiasm in this action drama from...
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1985
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With a story that many could readily understand, this film is about a divorced policeman whose salary does not expand far...
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Bar Proprietress
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1983
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The tensions that develop when someone must conceal a truth from a dear friend or relative is the focus of this drama about a...
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Toyoko
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1983
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Pathos and irony nuance this drama by director Tatsumi Kamishiro about the relationship between a young man and an adoptive...
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Yoshie Eigawa
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1980
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1980
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Toyo Terishima
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1980
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The snooping landlord of a rundown Tokyo boarding house witnesses a grisly murder that sends him spiraling down the path of...
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Minako Kiyomiya
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1976
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Inspired by the true-life tale of a broken woman whose hedonistic tryst with a high-class restaurateur resulted in a horrific...
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Sada Abe
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1975
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Noboru Tanaka returned to direct the third of Nikkatsu's pinku eiga melodramas examining prostitution in various Japanese...
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Fumie Hirabayashi
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1974
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This sensual Japanese drama focuses on the sexual and romantic liaison between a young man and a geisha, whom are about to...
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Sodeko
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1973
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