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Heroic Purgatory / Rengoku eroica (1970)

Drama | Fantasy

An engineer's wife returns home with a lost teenager. A man posing as her dad tries to get her back, causing the engineer to recall his youth as a revolutionary, obscured by dreamlike disruptions of time and space, fantasy and reality.

Starring: Mariko Okada, Kaizo Kamoda, Naho Kimura, Yoshiaki Makita, Kaneko Iwasaki, Tôru Takeuchi, Kazumi Tsutsui
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida

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Tags: Kaizo Kamoda, Kaneko Iwasaki, Kazumi Tsutsui, Mariko Okada, Naho Kimura, Tôru Takeuchi, Yoshiaki Makita, Yoshishige Yoshida

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Proof of the Man / Ningen no shômei (1977)

Crime | Drama

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.

Starring: George Kennedy, Mariko Okada, Yûsaku Matsuda, Broderick Crawford
Director: Jun'ya Satô

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Tags: Broderick Crawford, George Kennedy, Jun'ya Satô, Mariko Okada, Yûsaku Matsuda

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An Autumn Afternoon / Sanma no aji (1962)

Drama

Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.

Starring: Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Teruo Yoshida, Noriko Maki
Director: Yasujirô Ozu

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Tags: Chishû Ryû, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Noriko Maki, Shima Iwashita, Teruo Yoshida, Yasujirô Ozu

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Late Autumn / Akibiyori (1960)

Drama

A widow try to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.

Starring: Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Mariko Okada
Director: Yasujirô Ozu

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Tags: Chishû Ryû, Mariko Okada, Setsuko Hara, Yasujirô Ozu

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Spring Dreams / Haru no yume (1960)

Comedy | Drama

The family of a wealthy company president who live their own separate and selfish lives come to care for an elderly tramp who collapses outside their home. His friends come to visit him in great numbers, but they seem to have an ulterior motive…

Starring: Yoshiko Kuga, Mariko Okada, Chishû Ryû
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita

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Tags: Chishû Ryû, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mariko Okada, Yoshiko Kuga

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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island / Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettô Ganryûjima (1956)

Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.

Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa, Daisuke Katô
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

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Tags: Daisuke Katô, Hiroshi Inagaki, Kaoru Yachigusa, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okada, Toshirô Mifune

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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple / Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô (1955)

Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.

Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa, Akihiko Hirata
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

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Tags: Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Inagaki, Kaoru Yachigusa, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okada, Toshirô Mifune

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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto / Miyamoto Musashi (1954)

Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History

With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town's wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. After their side loses, they seek shelter in the isolated home of a widow, Oko, and her daughter, Akemi. Oko seduces Matahachi, who forgets his betrothal to the virtuous Otsu. Oko, Matahachi, and Akemi go to Kyoto, but Takezo returns to the village. Matahachi's family rejects Takezo's report and has him arrested for treason. A monk rescues him from death and sentences him to the study of the samurai code. Otsu and Takezo fall in love, and she promises to wait for him when he sets off on the road as a knight errant.

Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni, Kaoru Yachigusa, Akihiko Hirata
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

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Tags: Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Inagaki, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni, Toshirô Mifune