Posted on August 3, 2022 |
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Profound Desires of the Gods / Kamigami no fukaki yokubô (1968)
Drama
An engineer from Tokyo arrives on a drought-ridden tropical island to drill a well to power a nearby sugar mill. He meets the inbred Futori family, hated by the locals for breaking religious customs.
Starring: Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Hideko Okiyama, Kanjûrô Arashi, Yasuko Matsui, Kazuo Kitamura
Director: Shôhei Imamura
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Tags: Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Hideko Okiyama, Kanjûrô Arashi, Kazuo Kitamura, Rentarô Mikuni, Shôhei Imamura, Yasuko Matsui
Posted on February 24, 2013 |
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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 July 13, 2012 |
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The Insect Woman / Nippon konchûki (1963)
Drama
A woman, who suffered much in her life, forges valiantly to survive, much like an industrious "ant".
Starring: Emiko Aizawa, Masumi Harukawa, Sachiko Hidari, Emiko Higashi, Daizaburo Hirata
Director: Shôhei Imamura
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Tags: Daizaburo Hirata, Emiko Aizawa, Emiko Higashi, Masumi Harukawa, Sachiko Hidari, Shôhei Imamura
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
