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Actors: Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Takashi Sasano, Ken Ogata, Kaori Momoi
Synopsis: Yoji Yamada's torchy Japanese drama Love and Honor (AKA Bushi no Ichibun) follows the heartbreaking plight of Shinnojo (Yoji Yamada), a young man employed as a "food taster" for the imperial family. Shinnojo's position comes to a sudden and tragic end when he consumes poisoned fish intended for Read More
Actors: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Osugi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Synopsis: Veteran filmmaker Yoji Yamada -- who is perhaps most famous for cranking out most of the 48 films of the Tora-san series -- directs this good-natured drama set in the waning years of the Edo period (1600-1867). Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a low-level samurai struggling to get by on stipend of 50 Read More
Actors: Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Tabata, Tomoko Obata, Reiko Takashima
Synopsis: The Hidden Blade concerns Yaichiro, a warrior who must leave his family in the care of two other samurai after he answers a request for his services in another town. Muenezo and Samon do their best to protect the family when they come under attack during Yaichiro's absence. ~ Perry Seibert, All Read More
Actors: Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo, Nenji Kobayashi
Synopsis: A freelance writer living in Tokyo defies social taboo by choosing life as a single mother in director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's meditative tribute to acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu. When Yoko announces that she is pregnant and has no intentions of marrying the father of her child, her Read More
Actors: Yuta Kannai, Hidekazu Akai, Rei Asami, Selko Takada, Nenji Kobayashi
Synopsis: A teenage boy takes a road trip and learns a lot about himself along the way in this youth-oriented drama. Daisuke Kawashima is a 15-year-old boy who is eager to see the world and find adventure outside his hometown. When he reads of a tree on an island off the Southern coast of Japan that's over Read More
Actors: Ken Takakura, Nenji Kobayashi, Shinobu Otake, Ryoko Hirosue, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Synopsis: Japanese '60s icon Ken Takakura stars in this beautifully photographed film about an aging railroad conductor. Sato Otomatsu (Takakura) devoted his life to making the trains run promptly in the formerly prosperous mining town of Horomai. When his colleague informs him that the unprofitable line is Read More
Synopsis: Yoichi Sai spins this grim and gory crime drama about a serial killer and a lone cop looking to catch him. The film centers on a murderer whose preferred method of killing is a sharpened object to the skull. When a low-level yakuza shows up with a hole in his head, the police respond with their Read More
Actors: Kiwako Taichi, Ryota Nakamoto, Norihei Miki, Rikiya Yasuoka
Synopsis: Himatsuri is based on a real life tragedy, in which a Japanese man inexplicably slaughtered his family and then killed himself. Kinya Kitaoji plays the thoroughly self-centered "protagonist," who does what he pleases no matter who he hurts. No one dares question Kitaoji due to his blasting-cap Read More
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