Writer/director Yasujiro Ozu combines two of his favorite themes--the culture clashes in modern Japan and the emergence of...
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1951
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Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru details the existential struggle of one ordinary man in his desperate search for purpose. Upon...
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1952
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Akira Kurosawa's epic tale concerns honor and duty during a time when the old traditional order is breaking down. The film...
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Kyuzo, swordsman
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1954
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Based on a popular "sun tribe" novel, Punishment Room hues close to the genre's traits in depicting the violent and sexually...
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1956
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1958
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Adapted from a novel by Shichiro Fukazawa, The Ballad of Narayama is built around an ancient Japanese custom. Centuries ago,...
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Mata-Yan
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1958
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This well-paced, effective drama by director Ko Nakahira eloquently decries the foibles of adultery by looking at a worst...
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Yuichiro
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1960
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In this engaging drama, acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa deftly splices together the nuances of hypocrisy, old...
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1960
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Dirty dealings in the world of high finance -- actually, the world of high gangsters -- is the subject of this standard...
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Director
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1960
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In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan...
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Takichiro Sada
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1962
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Tatewaki Komuro
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1964
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A seemingly simple assignment sends a warrior for hire into a labyrinth of danger and intrigue in this intelligent and...
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1965
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This star-studded and relatively lavishly produced fact-based war drama, set in 1945 Japan during WW II, chronicles the...
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Foreign Minister
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1967
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Director Kon Ichikawa (b. 1915) has been responsible for some extraordinary Japanese statements about our common humanity and...
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1972
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1982
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Director
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1998
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