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Toyoichi Otomo suffers from psychological and spiritual troubles after a horrific industrial accident. He lives with his elderly mother and wife near Mt. Aso in rural Kyushu. He seeks solace in a small religious group run by Buddhist nun Chishu-bo who claims to be the 68th descendant of famed 11th century poet Izumi Shikibu. The members of her sect regard her as a living saint. Yet instead of balming his soul, she riles his libido by playing a sexual cat-and-mouse game with the fragile Toyoichi. When she does bed him, it leads to a miracle healing – followed by a terrible calamity.

Shikibu.monogatari.1990.Kei.Kumai.DVDRip.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/46E42160BB875D8/Shikibu.monogatari.1990.Kei.Kumai.DVDRip.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/1BBF958C397ED36/Shikibu.monogatari.Trailer.DVDRip.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles.None

Many thanks to @Evan for this copy

The post Kei Kumai – Shikibu monogatari (1990) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda.

The.Outsiders.1958.1080p.HDTV.AAC2.0.MPEG2-Dreamingbleu.mkv

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Subtitles:English

The post Tomu Uchida – Mori to mizuumi no matsuri AKA The Outsiders (1958) (HD) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Poor, pathetic mother Ose (Kumeko Urabe) has four children, three daughters and a son, by four different men.

Lightning.1952.DVDRip.x264-pirata00.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/BA1DAFE504CE153/Lightning.1952.DVDRip.x264-pirata00.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English, Portuguese

The post Mikio Naruse – Inazuma AKA Lightning (1952)  first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Director Mikio Naruse has admitted to going through a dark period as a younger man and his 1958 film Anzukko (the first he is credited with writing after 1950’s White Beast) seems, in part, his way of dealing with the tortures of his past.

Little.Peach.1958.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-ASO.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/42EDD122CC53AC0/Little.Peach.1958.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-ASO.mkv
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Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Mikio Naruse – Anzukko AKA Little Peach (1958) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A young executive hunts down his father’s killer in director Akira Kurosawa’s scathing The Bad Sleep Well. Continuing his legendary collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa combines elements of Hamlet and American film noir to chilling effect in exposing the corrupt boardrooms of postwar corporate Japan.

Akira Kurosawa - (1960) The Bad Sleep Well.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/82E59B279B20CA7/Akira_Kurosawa_-_(1960)_The_Bad_Sleep_Well.mkv

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Subtitles:English

The post Akira Kurosawa – Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru AKA The Bad Sleep Well (1960) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The story of five sisters –
based on the short story collection ‘A Calendar’ by Sakae Tsuboi.

Film was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.

Seiji Hisamatsu Five Sisters 1954 DVDRip x264.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/3CCD294FCB36AFE/Seiji_Hisamatsu_Five_Sisters_1954_DVDRip_x264.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/5119F17E6D53493/Five.Sisters.1954.480p.DVD.Remux.MPEG-2_EN.srt

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Seiji Hisamatsu – Onna no koyomi AKA Five Sisters (1954) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake.

Tengoku.to.jigoku.1963.576p.BluRay.DD5.1.x264-KG.mkv

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Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Akira Kurosawa – Tengoku to jigoku AKA High and Low (1963) first appeared on Cinema of the World.