Posted on November 2, 2015 |
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Farewell to the Ark / Saraba hakobune (1984)
Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
Su-e and her cousin Sutekich, a descendant of one of the village clans, live together but have been forbidden by her father to have sexual contact. Like other villagers, he believes that if cousins have children together, the children will suffer serious birth defects. His remedy is to make Su-e wear a large, ugly chastity belt. Unable to take the ridicule of his fellow villagers, Sutekichi stabs the head of the clan to death and then runs away with Su-e. After some time elapses, the two make their way back to the village, but by then Sutekichi is suffering the effects of his actions.
Starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mayumi Ogawa, Yoshio Harada, Yôko Takahashi
Director: Shûji Terayama
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Tags: Mayumi Ogawa, Shûji Terayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yôko Takahashi, Yoshio Harada
Posted on November 10, 2014 |
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Village of the Eight Tombs / Village of Eight Gravestones / Yatsuhaka-mura (1977)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors.
Starring: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Mayumi Ogawa, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yôko Yamamoto, Etsuko Ichihara, Ninako Yamaguchi
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura
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Tags: Etsuko Ichihara, Kenichi Hagiwara, Mayumi Ogawa, Ninako Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yôko Yamamoto, Yoshitaro Nomura
Posted on April 24, 2012 |
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Vengeance is Mine / Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)
Crime | Drama
Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over Japan, but somehow he always manages to escape. He meets a woman who runs a brothel. They love each other but how long can they be together?
Starring: Ken Ogata, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako, Mitsuko Baishô, Mayumi Ogawa
Director: Shôhei Imamura
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Tags: Chôchô Miyako, Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Mitsuko Baishô, Rentarô Mikuni, Shôhei Imamura
