Posted on October 15, 2021 |
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Subarashiki sekai / Under the Open Sky (2020)
Crime | Drama
A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years where he was placed for murder. He is struggling to adapt to society and freedom, find a job and communicate normally, but he is also preoccupied by the quest for his mother from whom he was separated as a child. He finds allies in his search for his parent and a place in mainstream society, but the process is not seamless or smooth.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Taiga Nakano, Isao Hashizume, Meiko Kaji, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura
Director: Miwa Nishikawa
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Tags: Isao Hashizume, Koji Yakusho, Meiko Kaji, Miwa Nishikawa, Seiji Rokkaku, Taiga Nakano, Yukiya Kitamura
Posted on October 11, 2016 |
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Lullaby of the Earth / Daichi no komoriuta (1976)
Drama
The story of Rin, a blind orphan girl, brought up in the rustic mountains of Shikoku by her grandmother. When her grandmother dies, she is sold into prostitution. What follows is a depiction of her cruel descent into the depths of moral decay in a system of exploitation, unbridled lust, vanity, and greed.
Starring: Mieko Harada, Natsuko Kahara, Meiko Kaji, Mihoko Nakagawa, Eiji Okada, Yûsuke Satô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôji Uruki
Director: Yasuzô Masumura
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Tags: Eiji Okada, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôji Uruki, Meiko Kaji, Mieko Harada, Mihoko Nakagawa, Natsuko Kahara, Yasuzô Masumura, Yûsuke Satô
Posted on February 27, 2016 |
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Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance / Lady Snowblood 2 / Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga (1974)
Drama | Thriller
Lady Snowblood (Shurayuki-hime) is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes (in Lady Snowblood I). As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
Starring: Meiko Kaji, Jûzô Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yoshio Harada, Shin Kishida, Tôru Abe
Director: Toshiya Fujita
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Tags: Jûzô Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Meiko Kaji, Shin Kishida, Tôru Abe, Toshiya Fujita, Yoshio Harada
Posted on February 27, 2016 |
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Lady Snowblood / Shurayukihime (1973)
Action | Drama | Thriller
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Though she dies in childbirth, she makes sure that the child will be raised as an assassin to kill the criminals who destroyed her family. Young Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
Starring: Kô Nishimura, Meiko Kaji, Takeo Chii, Akemi Negishi, Eiji Okada, Toshio Kurosawa
Director: Toshiya Fujita
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Tags: Akemi Negishi, Eiji Okada, Kô Nishimura, Meiko Kaji, Takeo Chii, Toshio Kurosawa, Toshiya Fujita
Posted on April 3, 2014 |
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The Tattooed Swordswoman / The Blind Woman's Curse / Kaidan nobori ryû (1970)
Action | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Akemi and the man of her clan confront their opponents; Akemi delivers a sword thrust to kill the opponents' leader, and Aiko, his daughter, tries to interpose herself, suffering a glancing blow to her eyes, thus cutting her badly, and blinding her. Amid the ensuing fight, no one notices that a black cat laps the young woman's wound. Years later, revenge between the two clans continue, plus added dissension amongst Akemi's people, leading to more deaths. A new member comes to help them, but she is a strange woman – and blind. The curse of the blind woman is about to fell on the dragon-lady.
Starring: Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô, Hideo Sunazuka, Shirô Ôtsuji
Director: Teruo Ishii
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Tags: Hideo Sunazuka, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô, Meiko Kaji, Shirô Ôtsuji, Teruo Ishii
