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Love and Honor / Bushi no ichibun (2006)
Drama | Romance
Shinnojo Mimura is a lower-ranked samurai who is employed by his clan as a poison taster. He has lived a thrifty but happy life with his beautiful wife Kayo and their old servant Tokuhei. However, his happiness comes to an end when he becomes blind after eating shellfish that is accidentally put into the lunch for the clan. Shinnojo cannot stand spending the rest of his life in darkness, so he tries to kill himself, but Kayo and Tokuhei manage to save his life, and he gradually becomes used to living without sight. Yet, one day Shinnojo finds out that Kayo has a relationship with the head clerk, Toya Shimada: in return for his recommendation for Shinnojo's position in the castle, he has demanded her body, and Shinnojo decides to divorce her. But when Shinnojo eventually figures out that Shimada merely took his pleasure with Kayo, he challenges the man to a duel.
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugorô Bandô, Takashi Sasano, Kaori Momoi, Nenji Kobayashi, Ken Ogata
Director: Yôji Yamada
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Tags: Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata, Mitsugorô Bandô, Nenji Kobayashi, Rei Dan, Takashi Sasano, Takuya Kimura, Yôji Yamada
Posted on February 2, 2015 |
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Kichiku / The Demon (1978)
Drama | Mystery
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi – and his very surprised and angry wife Oume – and disappears.
Starring: Shima Iwashita, Ken Ogata, Hiroki Iwase, Miyuki Yoshizawa, Jun Ishii
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura
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Tags: Hiroki Iwase, Jun Ishii, Ken Ogata, Miyuki Yoshizawa, Shima Iwashita, Yoshitaro Nomura
Posted on February 24, 2013 | Comments Off on The Ballad of Narayama (1983) Masters of Cinema 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
The Ballad of Narayama / Narayama-bushi kô (1983)
Drama | Music
In a small village in a remote valley where the harshness of life dictates that survival overrules compassion, elderly widow Orin is approaching her 70th birthday – the age when village law says she must go up to the mythic Mount Narayama to die. But there are several loose ends within her own family to tie up first.
Starring: Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari, Aki Takejô, Shoichi Ozawa
Director: Shôhei Imamura
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Tags: Aki Takejô, Ken Ogata, Shôhei Imamura, Shoichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari
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
