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Jun’ya Satô – Bakuto kirikomi-tai AKA Gambler’s Counterattack (1971)
Bakuto kirikomi tai (1971) Synopsis (from Letterboxed):Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still...
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Naomi Kawase – Moe no suzaku AKA The God Suzaku (1997)
Moe no suzaku (1997) Quote:Set in the mountains of rural Nara prefecture, the film centers on the Tahara family who eke out a living from the local ancient cedar forests. The head of the family,...
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Kinji Fukasaku –Ôkami to buta to ningen AKA Wolves, Pigs & Men (1964)
Ôkami to buta to ningen (1964) Quote:Sabu and his pals hold a pauper’s funeral for Sabu’s mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited....
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Ahsan Muzid – Sonam (2007)
This film deals with polyandry in a small society called Brokpas, a society of “Yak Shephards” who live in the mountain slopes of the Himalayan range. It is a custom in the region where a wife can...
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Koreyoshi Kurahara – Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen AKA The Gate of Youth Part 2...
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu. Seishun.no.mon.Jiritsu.hen.1982.1080p.WEB-DL.DD+2.0.H.264-SbR.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 2 h 16...
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Yasuzô Masumura – Saikô shukun fujin AKA The Most Valuable Wife (1959)
Another early Masumura with Wakao Ayako, based on the novel by Blue Sky Maiden’s (青空娘) Genji Keita. This time we have Wakao as the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, whose two elder sisters have...
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Ryû Murakami – Daijôbu, mai furendo Aka All Right, My Friend (1983)
a 1983 Japanese film starring Peter Fonda as a superhero called Gonzy Traumerai. The film, written and directed by Ryu Murakami, based on his own novel, is a parody of such films as Superman, E.T. the...
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Seung-koo Jhung – Pen-teu-ha-woo-seu Ko-kki-ri AKA Searching for the Elephant...
Three childhood friends in Seoul grapple with mental illness, addiction, and infidelity as adults. Their secrets surface, escalating personal battles. The climax forces them to face adulthood’s trials...
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Kenji Misumi -Yuki no mosho AKA Shroud of Snow (1967)
Before and after WWII, the complex emotional tribulations of a woman and her husband. Shroud of Snow 1967 DVDrip AAC x265-sasame.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 1h 32mnSize: 1.19 GiBDXVA:...
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Tokuzô Tanaka – Shinobi no mono: Kirigakure Saizo AKA Shinobi No Mono 4:...
Tokogawa Ieyasu is the ruler of Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete — the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now besieged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu’s ninjas...
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Hiroshi Edagawa – Bara no ki ni bara no hana saku (1959)
description only in Japanese ＜ストーリー＞...
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Mabel Cheung – Boli zhi cheng AKA City of Glass (1998)
While attending their respective parent’s funeral in London, two strangers discover their parent’s secret love affair spanning across three decades and two continents....
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Tadashi Imai – Fushin no toki AKA The Time Of Reckoning (1968)
“The Time of Reckoning” transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces...
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Kōji Shima – Niji Ikutabi (1956)
Niji Ikutabi / A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956) is a movie directed by Kôji Shima, based on the novel from Yasunari Kawabata. Notable casts including Machiko Kyô, Ayako Wakao, and Eiji Funakoshi. Koji...
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Johnnie To – PTU: Into the Perilous Night (2003)
Quote: When an obnoxious detective loses his gun to four young thugs, it’s up to the P.T.U. (Police Tactical Unit) and their iron-willed leader to recover the weapon and clean up the mess before...
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Lawrence Ah-Mon – Miao jie huang hou AKA Queen of Temple Street (1990)
Quote: Lawrence Lau provides another snapshot of social realism akin to his amateur acted affair Gangs. However with Sylvia Chang and debuting Rain Lau, Queen Of Temple Street is put into another...
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Iguchi Nami – Nishino Yukihiko no koi to bouken AKA The Tale of Nishino (2014)
Yukihiko Nishino is uncommonly popular with the ladies, but always seems to have his heart broken by them in the end as he continues aimlessly searching for love....
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Kôji Shima – Anchin to Kiyohime (1960)
Quote: It was 230 years after the foundation of the temple that a woman killed a pilgrim monk in Dojoji. The accident was recorded in a literature in 11th century and revised into a couple of picture...
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Kô Nakahira & Koreyoshi Kurahara – Nerawareta otoko AKA The Shadow of Fear...
“In the streets behind the Ginza avenue, the boss of an hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The inspector in charge of the investigation questions one of the residents of the...
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Tamizo Ishida – Hana chirinu AKA Fallen Blossoms (1938)
FALLEN BLOSSOMS follows the inhabitants of a Kyoto geisha house as the civil war of the Meiji Restoration rages just outside their walls. Set completely inside the house, only female characters are...
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