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2002
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This extremely uneven biography will be of particular interest to those familiar with notable scientific figures in recent...
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Yago
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1993
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Set in 11th-century China, Silk Road is the story of a young student named Zhao who is travelling with a caravan on "the...
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1992
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To research this ethnographical documentary about life in a small Japanese village, the director spent thirteen years living...
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1987
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The Japanese Forest of Little Bear is a neat crisis-of-conscience fable. A poverty-stricken family man makes a desperate bid...
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Ginzo
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1987
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1987
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1986
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1986
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Set at the mouth of a river in Osaka, Japan less than 10 years after WW II, this touching drama centers on the life lessons...
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1981
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Students of Japanese film lore will be overjoyed to encounter this documentary, which closely explores the life and film...
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1979
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Also known as Phantom Love, the French/Japanese co-production L'Empire de la Passion follows famed Japanese director...
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Gisaburo
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1978
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1976
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When a woman and her bridegroom are found dead in a double suicide the day after their wedding, it is up to the detective...
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Kenzo
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1976
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Son
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1973
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This 25-million dollar epic collaboration accurately recreates the events that led to the Japanese attack on the American...
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1970
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This Japanese action movie is set in Kyoto during the 16th-century. At that time the town was in turmoil over a hefty food...
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1969
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In this samurai tale, a brave warrior is told by the newly restored emperor that he must return to his home village and...
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1969
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An aging writer recalls the sexual escapades of a lifetime. He frequents a club where virgins entertain the elderly,...
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Eguchi
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1968
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1967
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1967
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Director Satsuo Yamamoto wields his sarcastic scalpel in this message movie that takes jabs at the practices of the medical...
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1966
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Based on the popular novel by Eirijo Ariyoshi, this plodding drama tells the life story of a young bride from her wedding...
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1966
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In this Japanese drama, a young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. First she...
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1965
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An illegal duel leads to tragic results for an impoverished samurai in this Japanese classic from director Tadashi Imai...
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1964
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1962
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1962
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1960
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1959
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1958
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1956
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1955
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1955
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This gentle, sensitive Japanese drama features Hideko Takamine as a schoolteacher who begins her long career in 1927. The...
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Isokichi Isoda
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1954
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1954
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