This gentle drama from acclaimed Japanese director Yoichi Sai traces the long life and manifold experiences of a seeing-eye...
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Mitsuru Watanabe
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2012
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The King (Japanese)
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2010
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A man who has struggled to leave his old life behind finds he might need to return to it for his own good in this...
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2010
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A ninja walks away from his life as a warrior only to find he must embrace it again late in life in this action drama based...
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2009
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Director Hajime Kadoi examines the humanity of the folks whose job it is to serve and honor the law with this compassion...
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Hirai
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2008
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Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, the gentle coming-of-age drama Tokyo Tower - Mom and...
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2007
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2005
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Yoshimitsu Morita's comedy drama Ashura No Gotoku (Like Ashura) tells the story of what happens to four sisters when they...
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2003
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Yojiro Takita directs this witty, understated comedy about the clash between generations and the different facets of love....
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Heisuke Sugita
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2000
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Makoto Wada directs this Twilight Zone-like portmanteau film about the grotesque, the bizarre, and the just plain weird. The...
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1994
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Okinawan-born filmmaker Go Takamine directs this hallucinogenic Robin Hood-style tale set in the director's native island in...
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Giru
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1990
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Ichiro Kure (Yoji Matsuda) emerges from a coma to find himself in a psychiatric hospital. One doctor tells Ichiro that he is...
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1989
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Four closely related stories are told in this unusual film, all of them written by Yoshimitsu Morita and filmed by four...
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1988
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This is a probing tale set in turn of the century Japan, involving three people trapped in a complex relationship of love and...
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Hiraoka
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1987
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Director Hiroaki Yoshida chose the much maligned cockroach as the subject of this allegorical live-action/animated feature to...
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1987
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In this spoof about "industrial espionage" between the rival No and Ra advertising agencies, many quirky scenes highlight the...
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1987
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In this romantic and erotic drama, Oda has achieved a place in the world which makes him think that it would be appropriate...
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1985
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Director Hoichi Higashi once again develops an intelligent female lead -- Kazumi (Reiko Ohara) -- whose sensitivity does not...
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Hideo
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1983
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Detective Seiji Otaki (Ken Ogata) is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student...
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Miura
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1983
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Director (and in this case, scriptwriter) Kazuki Omori has turned 180 degrees around from his Godzilla films to tackle...
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1982
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