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Unfolding in a series of eight mythic vignettes, this late work by Akira Kurosawa was inspired by the beloved director’s own nighttime visions, along with stories from Japanese folklore. In a visually sumptuous journey through the master’s imagination, tales of childlike wonder give way to apocalyptic apparitions: a young boy stumbles on a fox wedding in a forest; a soldier confronts the ghosts of the war dead; a power plant meltdown smothers a seaside landscape in radioactive fumes. Interspersed with reflections on the redemptive power of creation, including a richly textured tribute to Vincent van Gogh (who is played by Martin Scorsese), Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams is both a showcase for its maker’s artistry at its most unbridled and a deeply personal lament for a world at the mercy of human ignorance.

Akira Kurosawa & Ishiro Honda - (1990) Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 59mn
Size: 	2.57 GiB
Video
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Resolution: 	1024x560 
Aspect ratio:  	1.85:1
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	2 746 Kbps
BPP: 	0.200
Audio
#1:  	Japanese 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps
#2:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 128 Kbps (Commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince)

https://nitro.download/view/889DA3D5ADDF563/Akira_Kurosawa_&_Ishiro_Honda_-_(1990)_Akira_Kurosawas_Dreams.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Akira Kurosawa & Ishirô Honda – Yume AKA Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (1990) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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How does a director whose work has long been characterized by its vibrancy deal with the subject of aging and death? With extraordinary patience and grace, it turns out. Madadayo is the last film Akira Kurosawa completed before his death in 1998, and it feels like the work of an artist aware that his time was nearing its end. (The fact that the 1993 film is only now receiving a video release in America after an extremely limited theatrical run doesn’t speak well of current attitudes toward elder greats.) The theme of aging recurs throughout Kurosawa’s later efforts, but never as explicitly as here; even the King Lear-based Ran has other concerns. But in Madadayo, Kurosawa directs his attention solely toward the life of a German-language professor (Tatsuo Matsumura) following his wartime retirement at age 60. Beloved by several generations of students, he becomes the subject of an annual birthday celebration. To inaugurate each, he consumes an oversized glass of beer and exclaims “Madadayo!”—the traditional response in a hide-and-seek-style children’s game—which translates as “not yet.” Matsumura’s ability to make the cry sound like both a triumphant denial of death and a gentle plea says much about the depth of his performance, and the film wouldn’t work without an actor of his subtlety. Jocular even when an American air raid destroys his house, he still makes his character’s later descent into melancholy believable. But Kurosawa’s personality is what dominates Madadayo, even if it’s in many respects one of his least characteristic films: As with one of Louis Armstrong’s autumnal solos, he says in one sustained note what once would have taken three. Madadayo’s carefully arranged tableaux at times seem more reminiscent of Yasujiro Ozu than Kurosawa, an appropriate and generous touch in a film concerned with paying tribute to past masters. That sense of meditative stillness carries over to the plot itself. Generally one of the most narrative-minded directors, Kurosawa here concentrates more intently on characters, lingering over his party scenes and dedicating a long stretch to a search for a lost cat and its impact on its participants. The latter sequence might be far removed from the climactic manhunt of High And Low, but it’s just as beautifully done, and with even higher emotional stakes. A coda both in its finality and in its deviation from its predecessors, Madadayo is a perfect close to the narrative of Kurosawa’s career, a fond, reluctant farewell to life itself. Keith Phipps@Onion AV Club

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https://nitro.download/view/776CB4B3B0F0BC4/Akira_Kurosawa_-_(1993)_Madadayo.mkv

Language:Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Akira Kurosawa & Ishirô Honda – Mâdadayo (1993) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

An ever evolving alien life-form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity or Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.

2.14GB | 1h 25m | 1024×436 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/6F16057FCD44B33/Godzilla.vs.Hedorah.1971.576p.BDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language:Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Yoshimitsu Banno & Ishirô Honda – Gojira tai Hedora AKA Godzilla vs. Hedorah AKA Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster (1971) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing their yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations which were left behind by the former crew. Soon they discover something unfriendly there.

+Commentary with actor Akira Kubo

1.92GB | 1h 29mn | 1024×436 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/07DD6542DB3A778/Matango.1963.Honda.BR.576p.AAC.2.0.+Commentary.x264.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/62E862F4EDFDBA4/Matango.1963.Honda.BR.576p.AAC.2.0.+Commentary.x264_eng_commentaries.srt

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English,Japanese

The post Ishirô Honda – Matango AKA Attack of the Mushroom People (1963) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Plot Synopsis by Jason Buchanan
A race of malevolent aliens bent on world domination unleash the ultimate weapon of destruction on mankind, leaving them with no hope for survival but the power of the mighty Godzilla. Their galaxy dying, the endangered aliens discover a planet that could save them from extinction if it wasn’t already populated. In order to solve that significant problem, the scheming extraterrestrials construct Mechagodzilla, a 400 foot destroyer of worlds armed with powerful lasers and guided missiles. As Godzilla prepares to face off against his powerful intergalactic doppelganger, the traitorous Professor Mafuni lends his genius to the aliens to create the mighty Titanosauraus. Titanosauraus is a massive amphibious dinosaur that Professor Controls via a biomechanical connection with his android daughter Katsura. But just as it begins to appear as if all hope has been lost for both Godzilla and the human race, Interpol agents discover that Titanosauraus has one weakness that may give the Godzilla the crucial edge that he needs in order to emerge victorious.

2.18GB | 1h 23m | 1024×436 | mkv

https://nitroflare.com/view/AD59C9BB26DD6CE/Terror.of.Mechagodzilla.Honda.1975.576p.x264.AC3.Jap.Eng.mkv
or
https://nitroflare.com/view/E165D1EE7552EA3/Terror.of.Mechagodzilla.Honda.1975.576p.x264.AC3.Jap.Eng.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/675B24CE88BDAB0/Terror.of.Mechagodzilla.Honda.1975.576p.x264.AC3.Jap.Eng.part2.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/C096BB0886B7D1E/Terror.of.Mechagodzilla.Honda.1975.576p.x264.AC3.Jap.Eng.part3.rar

Language:Japanese,English
Subtitles:English

The post Ishirô Honda – Mekagojira no gyakushu AKA Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A ship wrecked in a bad typhoon leads to the discovery of an unknown island with mysterious wildlife and inhabitants… and something else, which shouldn’t be provoked!

2.46GB | 1 h 40 min | 1024×434 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/AD683A81A46E907/Mothra.1961.BDRip.x264-FuFu.mkv https://nitro.download/view/BBD8EFA94D12162/Mothra.1961.BDRip.x264-FuFu.en.srt

Language(s):Japanese,some English
Subtitles:English

The post Ishirô Honda – Mosura AKA Mothra (1961) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
A princess who gets controlled by aliens form Venus who assassins are after who a police officer must protect. Mean while Godzilla and rodan returns to wreak some havoc on japan . While that is happening a meteor crashes lands on earth which holds a three headed space dragon king ghidorah . Will Godzilla let the earth be destroyed by king ghidorah or will he help rodan and mothra to save the earth form this menace.

2.25GB | 1 h 33 min | 1024×436 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/05B183BB7A6F5AF/Ghidorah.the.Three.Headed.Monster.1964.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English (muxed)

The post Ishirô Honda – San daikaijû: Chikyû saidai no kessen AKA Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) first appeared on Cinema of the World.