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A film about the problems faced by Japan’s indigenous Ainu people in the northern island of Hokkaido.Read More »
Ken Yamauchi
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Mikio Naruse – Kotan no kuchibue AKA Whistling in Kotan AKA A Whistle in My Heart (1959) (HD)
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Seijun Suzuki – Akutarô AKA The Incorrigible (1963)
Drama1961-1970AsianJapanSeijun Suzuki
A teenager is dismissed from school for misconduct. His mother moves him to a high-school out in the sticks, so as to cool him down. However, it is not long before he starts rebelling against the established order and the local beauty catches his eye…Read More »
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Mikio Naruse – Kotan no kuchibue AKA Whistling in Kotan (1959)
1951-1960AsianDramaJapanMikio Naruse
“Hashimoto Shinobu wrote the script based on Ishimori Nobuo’s original story, which won prizes including the first Mimei Literature Award. Depicts an Ainu girl and her younger brother living in a Hokkaido kotan (Ainu village), as they overcome discrimination and poverty.”Read More »