Pro boxer Aoshima Toru is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and given three months to live. He uses his prize money to pay the medical expenses for a young boy with polio. But when Toru learns from his fiancee Itsuko that his own mother has died, things take a turn for the worse.

Hanzai no merodii 1964 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 AAC-JPTVclub.ts

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Container:	MPEG-TS
Runtime:	1h 45mn
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2.0ch AAC LC

https://nitro.download/view/F61949C4D7AF503/Hanzai_no_merodii_1964_1080i_HDTV_MPEG-2_AAC-JPTVclub.ts

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:Japanese

The post Umetsugu Inoue – Hanzai no merodii AKA Melody of Crime(1964) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Review from Takuma_964 @ Letterboxd wrote:
An absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with old man. They are both arrested by detective. A year later gambler is staying with gangster boss when he comes across that woman and her partner again. Boss lusts for both her and his own daughter, while the boss’s crazy yakuza brother loves his daughter, who, in turn, watches the player and wants to destroy the people standing in her way. And here lies one of the film’s remarkable departures from the standard ninkyo efforts: it doesn’t have a third party villain, nor a clear distinction between good and evil. It’s bursting with romantic emotion and wrenched with gritty realism, shot with striking black and white compositions, and explodes into shocking carnage. It has lengthier, more detailed gambling scenes than any other yakuza film I’ve seen. And it has a heartbreakingly beautiful score. You could call it the Ashes of Time of ninkyo yakuza films. A masterpiece!

Flower.Cards.Chivalry.AKA.Hana.fuda.tosei.1967.1080i.HDTV.MPEG2.AAC-JPTVclub.ts

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Container:	MPEG-TS
Runtime:	1h 32mn
Size:	6.30 GiB
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Codec:	MPEG-2
Resolution:	1440x1080 ~> 1920x1080
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Frame rate:	29.970 fps
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2.0ch AAC LC

https://nitro.download/view/FF0C43B5EBB1663/Flower.Cards.Chivalry.1967.1080i.HDTV.MPEG2.AAC-JPTVclub.ts

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles;Japanese

Many thanks to @xrt for this copy.

The post Masashige Narusawa – Hana fudâ tôsei AKA Flower Cards Chivalry (1967) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Review from Takuma_964 @ Letterboxd wrote:
An absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with old man. They are both arrested by detective. A year later gambler is staying with gangster boss when he comes across that woman and her partner again. Boss lusts for both her and his own daughter, while the boss’s crazy yakuza brother loves his daughter, who, in turn, watches the player and wants to destroy the people standing in her way. And here lies one of the film’s remarkable departures from the standard ninkyo efforts: it doesn’t have a third party villain, nor a clear distinction between good and evil. It’s bursting with romantic emotion and wrenched with gritty realism, shot with striking black and white compositions, and explodes into shocking carnage. It has lengthier, more detailed gambling scenes than any other yakuza film I’ve seen. And it has a heartbreakingly beautiful score. You could call it the Ashes of Time of ninkyo yakuza films. A masterpiece!

Making.One's.Way.1967.1080i.HDTV.AAC.H264.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 32 min
Size: 	3.05 GiB
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BPP: 	0.049
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#1:  	Japanese 2.0ch AAC LC @ 141 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/3681120BA47E969/Making.One’s.Way.1967.1080i.HDTV.AAC.H264.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:Japanese

The post Masashige Narusawa – Hana fudâ tôsei AKA Flower Cards Chivalry (1967) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
Mike Hama is a private investigator who has been reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle.

Harukana.Jidai.No.Kaidan.O.1995.1080p.BluRay.FLAC2.0.x264-PTer.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 42 min
Size: 	10.8 GiB
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#1:  	Japanese 2.0ch FLAC @ 518 kb/s (Japanese(Original Stero))
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https://nitro.download/view/0FECC88E1F77D68/Harukana.Jidai.No.Kaidan.O.1995.1080p.BluRay.FLAC2.0.x264-PTer.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English, Chinese

The post Kaizô Hayashi – Harukana jidai no kaidan o AKA The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995) (HD) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A woman adopts the child of her husbands’ ill mistress and raises her as her own.

Hunting.Rifle.1961.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H264-ZETA.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 38 min
Size: 	2.80 GiB
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Codec: 	h264
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https://nitro.download/view/AB147F65634580B/Hunting.Rifle.1961.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H264-ZETA.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Heinosuke Gosho – Ryôjû AKA Hunting Rifle (1961) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

One of seven new films in a series–called the “Asian Beat” series–which revolve around the exotic adventures of a young Japanese hero, Tokio.

	
Asian Beat - I Love Nippon (TENGAN Daisuke, 1991).mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 44 min
Size: 	272 MiB
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Codec: 	h264
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https://nitro.download/view/F7357AF1EADDC11/Asian_Beat_-_I_Love_Nippon_(TENGAN_Daisuke,_1991).mkv
https://nitro.download/view/8AD39D4881A318F/Asian_Beat_-_I_Love_Nippon_(TENGAN_Daisuke,_1991).srt

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Daisuke Tengan – Asian Beat: I Love Nippon (1991) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
This brilliant motion picture is also based on the writings of Yamamoto Shugoro. It tells the story of Young Lord Takenaka who stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. Never offering any explanation, he continues his seemingly unprovoked attacks until he is sent away from his domain. The secondary title “Mondo Muyo” translates roughly as “no need for questions and answers” or in effect “Don’t waste your breath asking why”. There is superb action throughout and regardless of his bloody actions, Takenaka presents a sympathetic persona. The grand finale brings the reasons for his crimes out as a revelation unlike anything ever seen in a samurai film. This is Japanese cinema at its finest.

1.22GB | 1h 29m | 850×362 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/5319646BFB9715C/Dojo_Challengers_-_2_Samurai_from_Somewhere.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Yasushi Kikuchi & Kôki Matsuno – Zoku Dojo Yaburi: Mondo Muyo AKA Dojo Challengers 2: Samurai from Somewhere (1964) first appeared on Cinema of the World.