Three young women make a suicide pact, but grow to have a better understanding of themselves. The final collaboration between director Gosho Heinosuke and screenwriter Shiina Rinzo (who had previously made “Where Chimneys Are Seen” together).

(Gosho Heinosuke-The Cock Crows Twice).mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/B8CF5B8B1BC103F/NIWATORI_WA_FUTABAI_NAKU_(1954)_eng_02.srt
https://nitro.download/view/2B6E59F586D1109/NIWATORI_WA_FUTABAI_NAKU_(1954)_spa.srt

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English, Spanish

The post Heinosuke Gosho – Niwatori wa futatabi naku AKA The Cock Crows Twice (1954) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A young woman falls for a middle aged business man, but things get complicated when she also starts having feelings for his wife.

	
Banka.1957.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-SbR.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 57 min
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Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English, Spanish

The post Heinosuke Gosho – Banka AKA Northern Elegy AKA Elegy of the North (1957) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

This is the story of Kiyoshi Yoshida, who feels estranged from both parents after his father returns from war. How the boy adapts to life with the virtual stranger his father has become is the film’s focus.A young boy has formed an idealized image of his father, who has yet to be repatriated from Russia. When they finally meet they fail to get along. The boy withdraws more and more into himself, and the picture is concerned with how the two gradually develop a love for each other.

Yellow.Crow.1957.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H264-ZETA.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 43 min
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Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

Many thanks to @xrt for this copy

The post Heinosuke Gosho – Kiiroi karasu aka Yellow Crow (1957) 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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Subtitles:English

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

A rarely seen but important 1965 work by Heinosuke Gosho.

Some remarks by Arthur Nolletti, in his book The Cinema of Gosho Heinosuke: Laughter Through Tears:

Gosho’s most critically acclaimed film of the 1960s… Ranked seventh in Kinema Jumpo’s “Best Ten” poll, it is rightly considered to be one of his most powerful works. Set on the Shimokita Peninsula in the northernmost area of Honshu, the film tells a stark and harrowing tale. Oshima Ayako (Yoshimura Jitsuko), a young woman in her teens, lives in a small, impoverished fishing village. Her father, Matsukichi (Yoshida Yoshio), is too ill to work. As a result, her mother, Kikuno (Sugai Kin), sells her to a nearby brothel. There she quickly is stripped of her innocence and illusions…

Based on Ogawa Hajime’s award-winning novel, Reiba no onna (A Woman in a Sacred Place), the film is set in the Osorezan, a desolate and gloomy wilderness that is one of the three most sacred places in Japan. Local folklore has it that the Osorezan is the entrance to the world of the dead…

An Innocent Witch is Gosho’s darkest work. Its unique mood is evident from the opening scene…Gosho uses widescreen boldly.

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The post Heinosuke Gosho – Osorezan no onna AKA An Innocent Witch AKA Woman of Osore Mansion (1965) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Followed by Shindo: kohen Ryota no maki, available here:
The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard.

	
Shindo.kohen.Ryota.no.maki.1936.DVDRip.x264-FuFu.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 8 min
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The post Heinosuke Gosho – Shindo: kohen Ryota no maki AKA The New Road: Ryota’s part (1936) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard.

Shindo.zempen.Akemi.no.maki.1936.DVDRip.x264-FuFu.mkv

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The post Heinosuke Gosho – Shindo: zempen Akemi no maki AKA The New Road: Akemi’s part (1936) first appeared on Cinema of the World.