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Crew: Producer
Actors: Reiko Kasahara
Synopsis: Kimiyoshi Yasuda directed this loose remake of Nobuo Nakagawa's classic 1957 film of the same title, released in the U.S. as Ghost Story of Kasane Swamp. The story deals with the daughter of a blind masseuse, who becomes a spiteful harridan when her face is hideously burned because of her father's Read More
Actors: Miwa Takada, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Jun Fujimaki, Ryutaro Gomi
Synopsis: A Samurai warrior and giant monster are combined to create the mighty Majin in this Japanese fantasy set during a medieval civil war. The trouble begins when a ruler and his wife are murdered by the chamberlain. Fortunately, the young prince and princess escape the murderous fellow and are able to Read More
Actors: Junichiro Yamashita
Synopsis: Golem returns once again to save three young boys from the monster Majin in this low-budget monster movie. The trio have wrecked a slave-labor camp that houses some of their relatives. Special effects are used to perfection, but camera angles often telegraph the action. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Read More
Actors: Kaoru Kusuda, Jukichi Uno
Actors: Shintaro Katsu, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ken Utsui, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ayako Wakao
Synopsis: In this Japanese historical epic, set 230 B.C. China, a tyrannical conqueror tries to bring all of China's warring tribes together. He marries a woman whose father he murdered. She later tries to exact revenge by killing him. Later, his enemies attempt to assassinate him, but they fail and kill Read More
Actors: Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Raizo Ichikawa, Shintaro Katsu
Synopsis: In this renowned and classic Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa, the great Kabuki onnagata Kasuo Hasegawa celebrates his 300th film appearance in a role designed especially for him. One of the classic theater styles of Japan, Kabuki does not use women in female roles. Highly trained male Read More
Actors: Kojiro Hongo, Charito Solis, Shintaro Katsu, Machiko Kyo, Raizo Ichikawa
Synopsis: An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his Read More
Actors: Machiko Kyo, Ganjiro Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Synopsis: This 1959 Ozu production centers on the likable but fallible leader of an itinerant acting troupe ("floating weeds" being the Japanese name for such groups), Kimajuro, played brilliantly by Ganjiro Nakamura. The film opens on a lazy, stagnant river as the troupe lays spread about on a boat deck Read More
Actors: Eiji Funakoshi, Mantaro Ushio, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis
Synopsis: Kon Ichikawa's adaptation of Shohei Ooka's novel Nobi takes place in the Philippines at the end of World War II. The Japanese army is in hasty retreat from the incoming American forces. The soldiers have also been warned that the Americans will take no live prisoners, and so their flight is all Read More
Actors: Machiko Kyo, Ganjiro Nakamura, Junko Kano, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tanie Kitabayashi
Synopsis: Several cinematic variations on Junichiro Tanizaki's novel about jealousy, voyeurism, and sexual arousal began with this award-winning drama by director Kon Ichikawa. Kenji Kenmochi (Ganjiro Nakamura) is the older and increasingly impotent husband of young Ikuko (Machiko Kyo). He is desperate to Read More
Actors: Fujiko Yamamoto, Ken Uehara, Sakae Ozawa
Synopsis: The 1956 Night River was shown at Japan House in New York as a part of a series of films that celebrate the work of cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. Like other films in the series, the color in Night River has shifted to a purplish red throughout, although that does not detract from the Read More
Synopsis: Friendly aliens from the planet Paira land on Earth to help us destroy a flaming planet about to collide with us, disguising themselves as normal people so as not to frighten us with their normal one-eyed starfish shape. Tidal waves begin due to the planet's approach, but a scientist creates an Read More
Actors: Machiko Kyo, Aiko Mimasu
Synopsis: Kenji Mizoguchi's final film was on one of his favorite subjects: prostitutes. After a spate of universally lauded period pieces, Mizoguchi returned to the socially conscious dramas that he made famous in the 1930s. Here, as in Osaka Elegy (1936), he offered a scathing critique of society's Read More
Actors: Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori
Synopsis: Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi directed Princess Yang Kwei Fei. When first we see her, the "princess" (Machiko Kyo) is a mere servant girl. The reigning princess dies, and the emperor chooses the servant as his wife. Jealousy and back-stabbing doom this union from the start. Mizoguchi Read More
Actors: Raizo Ichikawa, Michiyo Kogure
Synopsis: Set at the end of the 12th century when several wars for control of Japan disrupted a long era of peace, this tale of "Heike" (another name for the Taira clan) focuses on Taira Kiyomori (Raizo Ichikawa) who fights alongside other members of his clan to at first successfully overcome the Minamoto Read More
Synopsis: Senhime (The Princess Sen) is set in 17th-century Japan. The title character, played by Machiko Kyo, is the granddaughter of a prominent politician. Forced into a marriage of convenience with a powerful Shogun leader, Senhime falls into alcoholic disgrace after the death of her husband. In the Read More
Actors: Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Ichiro Sugai
Synopsis: Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpiece opens in 11th-century Japan with an aristocratic woman Tamaki traveling through the woods with her daughter Anju, son Zushio, and maid. Through flashbacks, we learn that her husband, Taira no Masauji, was a local governor who was exiled because of his honesty and Read More
Actors: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo
Synopsis: Master filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi directs this tale of star-crossed lovers, based on a puppet play by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Set in 1693 during a period of rigid feudal hierarchy and strict social customs, the film unfolds in the estate of a miserly scroll maker named Ishun (Eitaro Shindo). While Read More
Actors: Jun Negami, Fujiko Yamamoto
Synopsis: Konjiki Yasha (Golden Demon) is the story of a young student named Kanichi (Jun Negami). Having long planned to marry his childhood sweetheart Omiya (Fujiko Yamamoto), Kanichi's heart is broken when the girl spurns him in favor of wealthy Tomiyama (Eiji Funakoshi). Kanichi has no way of knowing Read More
Crew: Producer, Screenwriter
Actors: Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata, Koreya Senda, Yataro Kurokawa
Synopsis: Originally released as Jigokumen, Gate of Hell was one of the most popular Japanese imports of the 1954-55 American film season. Set in 12th-century feudal Japan, the film stars Kazuo Hasegawa as Moritoh, a samurai whose courage in defending his ruler is to be rewarded with anything he desires. He Read More
Actors: Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sakae Ozawa, Mitsuko Mito
Synopsis: Presented in a manner as eerie as it is heartbreaking, this film is a gorgeous supernatural fable about the folly of men with dreams larger than their abilities and their women who suffer as a result. Genjuro (Masuyaki Mori) is a potter who longs for wealth and luxury, while Tobei (Sakae Ozawa), a Read More
Crew: Executive Producer
Actors: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki
Synopsis: This landmark film is a brilliant exploration of truth and human weakness. It opens with a priest, a woodcutter, and a peasant taking refuge from a downpour beneath a ruined gate in 12th-century Japan. The priest and the woodcutter, each looking stricken, discuss the trial of a notorious bandit Read More
Actors: Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura
Synopsis: Along with Osaka Elegy (1936), Sisters of the Gion is widely considered one of Kenji Mizoguchi's finest prewar films. The movie takes a realistic look at the life of a geisha in Kyoto's Gion district. Omocha is a geisha with "modern girl" sensibilities; she resents the way that men callously treat Read More
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