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A boy has a powerful gift, a war hungry government comes to use him to create a weapon. He learns the origins of his power and units the people to over throw the evil government.Read More »
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Kazuki Ômori – Kaze wo mita shônen AKA The Boy Who Saw the Wind (2000)
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Masahiro Shinoda – Buraikan AKA The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan AKA Outlaws (1970)
1971-1980ComedyDramaJapanMasahiro Shinoda
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An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo’s red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.Read More » -
Umetsugu Inoue – Utareru mae-ni ute! AKA Cobra 2 (1976)
1971-1980AsianCultJapanUmetsugu Inoue
The film follows a hard-edged detective known as “Cobra,” Cobra Kumura (played by Jirō Tamiya), feared by criminals for his ruthless methods.Read More »
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Umetsugu Inoue – Mokugekisha o kese: Ikare dokuhebi AKa Cobra (1974)
1971-1980ActionJapanUmetsugu Inoue
Detective Komura — nicknamed “The Cobra,” feared by criminals for his ruthless, relentless methods — is assigned to investigate the murder of a fashion model.Read More »
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Toshiya Fujita – Hakô kirameku hate AKA Beyond the Shining Sea (1986)
1981-1990ClassicsDramaJapanToshiya Fujita
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Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid cousin.Read More » -
Kenji Misumi – Kyôjô nagare dosu AKA Wandering Fugitive Sword (1970)
1961-1970ActionCrimeJapanKenji Misumi
Shot in the midst of the Daiei debacle, a yakuza film that turns its lack of resources into a strength, multiplying scenes of fog with poetic opacity.Read More »
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Eizô Sugawa – Hotaru-gawa AKA River of Fireflies (1987)
1981-1990DramaEizô SugawaJapan
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THE BOY SEES THE FATE OF MEN. THE GIRL KNOWS HOW WOMEN’S LIVES ARE.During the winter in Toyama in 1962, Tatsuo Mizushima is fretting about his feelings for his classmate Eiko Tsujisawa while agonizing about his upcoming high school examinations. When he was little, he and Eiko had heard that in April of a year when the winter has been very harsh, any couple finding fireflies together needs to get married. However, his family’s situation does not allow Tatsuo to continue his worrying about such things for very much longer.Read More »
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Joe Hisaishi – Kojika monogatari OST (1991)
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Jirô Kawate – Fukujusô AKA A Pheasant’s Eye (1935)
1931-1940DramaJapanJirô Kawate
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When Kaoru’s sister-in-law Miyoko arrives at the family home, tender feelings start to grow between the two. However, the initial happiness that Kaoru finds in the company of her beautiful sister-in-law is frustrated by her brother Mitsuo, Miyoko’s husband, who intervenes in their budding passion. Full of unspoken words, deeply suggestive mise-en-scène, and forbidden glances, Fukujuso is a compelling melodrama that surprises us with its potent homoeroticism, especially considering its year of production.Read More »
