Based on actual events that served as the inspiration for the 1963 film of the same name, Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins...
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Shinzaemon Shimada
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2010
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The tragic aftermath of human carelessness travels around the world in this multi-narrative drama from filmmaker...
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Yasujiro
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2006
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Ripped straight from the headlines of 1990s Japan, this film directed by Masato Harada explores the ticklish issue of...
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1998
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Idiosyncratic auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed this bizarre allegorical tale about a tree named Charisma. Goro Yabuike...
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Goro Yabuike
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1999
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Oddball Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed this haunting police thriller about murder, mind control, and the power...
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Kenichi Takabe
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2001
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Yuka (Hiromi Nagasaku) is an attractive young woman whose brother has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Shortly...
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2003
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As the Japanese studios were declining in 1969, four legendary directors from that country's "golden age" of cinema --...
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Koheita Mochizuki (Dora-Heita)
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2000
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Veteran filmmaker and perennial iconoclast Shohei Imamura directs this darkly comic tale about love, redemption, and a man's...
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Takuro Yamashita
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1998
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One of the leading voices in the new Japanese cinema, Shinji Aoyama directs this saga about memory, grief, and redemption....
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2001
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Japanese auteur Takashi Miike takes an uncharacteristically serious and somber approach to this moody period tale of honor...
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Kageyu
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2012
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James Cameron wasn't the only major director of the 1990s who scored a huge international hit and waited twelve years to...
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Mr. Arakawa
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2007
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Masato Harada tackles the racism experienced by South American-born, ethnically Japanese returnees in this two-fisted crime...
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1995
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2000
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2004
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Sixteen years after abandoning the 47 Ronin on the eve of their crucial mission, Senoo Magozaemon (Koji Yakusho) finds his...
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Senoo Magozaemon
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2010
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Fujimori
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1998
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Veteran director Yoshimitsu Morita spins this romantic melodrama that was originally written by Junichi Watanabe and...
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1997
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This film, based on the novel by Arthur Golden, unfolds from the perspective of Chiyo (Zhang Ziyi), a girl who, at the age of...
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Nobu
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2005
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As one of the most cutting-edge Japanese filmmakers, Kiyoshi Kurosawa once again wraps a lowbrow, much-maligned genre -- in...
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2005
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2006
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The Sixth Sense and A Simple Plan by way of Martin Heidegger, this genre-bending thriller is directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa....
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Katsuhiko
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2000
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Reminiscent of the Australian hit Strictly Ballroom (1992), this romantic comedy from Japan was a hit in its country of...
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Shohei Sugiyama
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1995
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Hara Jubei
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2007
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Kohei Oguri directs this sumptuously photographed free-formed tale about a beautiful corner of Japan. Consisting of a number...
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1997
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald director Koki Mitani continues to hone his screwball skills with this crowd-pleasing comedy about...
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2006
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The sophomore directorial effort from ill-fated Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami, Tampopo is an off-beat comedy featuring...
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Man in White Suit
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1987
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A curious man struggles with the death of a loved one in a number of strange ways in this comedy drama from Japan. Takuro...
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Director, Screenwriter
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2009
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A typical household secretly teeters on the verge of collapse in this stark drama from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Businessman...
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2009
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Atsuyuki Sassa
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2002
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A bout of terminal cancer alters the course of a man's life in completely unexpected ways in Walking My Life (AKA Zo No...
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Yukihiro Fujiyama
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2007
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A member of a struggling comedy troupe attempts to get his material past government censors -- and inadvertently ends up...
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2004
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In 1998, Japanese auteur Shohei Imamura announced his retirement with his wild and wooly war drama Kanzo Sensei. His...
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Yosuke Susano
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2002
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2003
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