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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer / Ningen no joken V-VI / Ningen no jôken (1961)
Drama | History | War
His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Yûsuke Kawazu, Chishû Ryû, Kyôko Kishida
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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Tags: Chishû Ryû, Kyôko Kishida, Masaki Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûsuke Kawazu
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity / Ningen no joken III-IV / Ningen no jôken (1959)
Drama | History | War
As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Jun Tatara, Kei Sato, Keiji Sada, Yûsuke Kawazu
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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Tags: Jun Tatara, Kei Sato, Keiji Sada, Masaki Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûsuke Kawazu
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love / Ningen no joken I-II / Ningen no jôken (1959)
Drama | War
A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Sô Yamamura
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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Tags: Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Masaki Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Sô Yamamura, Tatsuya Nakadai
Posted on October 30, 2015 |
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Kaidan / Kwaidan / Ghost Stories / Hoichi the Earless / Weird Tales (1964)
Fantasy | Horror
This film contains four stories. "Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money, but finds the marriage disastrous and returns to his old wife, only to discover something eerie about her. "The Woman in the Snow": A woodcutter meets an icy spirit in the form of a woman spares his life on the condition that he never tell anyone about her. A decade later he forgets his promise. "Hoichi the Earless": Hoichi is a blind musician, living in a monastery who sings so well that a ghostly imperial court commands him to perform the epic ballad of their death battle for them. But the ghosts are draining away his life. "In a Cup of Tea": a writer tells the story of a man who keep seeing a mysterious face reflected in his cup of tea…
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Michiyo Aratama, Rentarô Mikuni, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Ranko Akagi
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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Tags: Kenjirô Ishiyama, Masaki Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Ranko Akagi, Rentarô Mikuni, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Nakadai
Posted on May 21, 2012 |
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Harakiri / Seppuku (1962)
Drama
Set in 17th-century Japan, director Makaki Kobayahi's HARAKIRI stars Tatsuya Nakadai (RAN) as masterless samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo. Structured in a series of flashbacks, the film opens in a period of serenity that has brought about a consolidation of power in Japan, resulting in the release of many samurai from their feudal obligations. These men–Hanshiro included–are in desperate straits, struggling to avoid poverty and starvation. According to their code, they must appear at clan estates and offer to commit seppuku, or ritual disembowelment, and often the clan retainer will offer them work or alms. When Hanshiro arrives at such an estate, the chief retainer Kageyu Saito (Rentaro Mikuni) tells him a cautionary tale about the fate of samurai Motome Chijiiwa (Akira Ishihama), who was forced to commit seppuku with a dull bamboo sword as punishment for dishonoring the samurai code.
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba, Masao Mishima
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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Tags: Akira Ishihama, Masaki Kobayashi, Masao Mishima, Shima Iwashita, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba
