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One midsummer night, a ferry boat was heading to Onomichi pulling a corpse. The victim was Otoyo, a madam at the Onomichi bar “Iso Chidori.” The Onomichi Police Department organized an emergency investigation team with Chief Detective Oishi and others to solve this strange case. Toyo’s corpse had two keys. One was the key to the bar, and the other was the key to the apartment of Michiko, a young girl who worked at the same bar. The investigators pursued Michiko, and then Nakanishi, who had been in a relationship with her, but they were unable to find any clues. Eventually, Otoyo’s past came to light. It was revealed that Hongo and Tsuchida, who had been in a relationship with her, were from Mikasajima, just like Nakanishi, and that she had left her mentally disabled son at the island’s town hall and left for a remote island. Returning from Mikasajima, Oishi and his team discovered that the ferry boat was from Daikonjima, Michiko’s hometown. Oishi’s theory is that the crime was committed on Daikon Island, and the killer transported the body on a lighter boat and planned to bury it somewhere. Then, on the day of the crime, a mysterious phone call was made to “Iso Chidori,” and Michiko, who owed Otoyo 70,000 yen, was once again brought into focus. Michiko worked at a shipyard in Mukojima. Eventually, the detectives who were following her found Michiko approaching a young man. The young man was a shipwright from Daikon Island named Hori. He was seriously injured three months ago and had paid over 50,000 yen in hospital fees. The detectives were convinced that Michiko’s debt was used for Hori, but they could not find any proof. Meanwhile, Nakanishi, who was hospitalized and out of the investigation area, escaped from the hospital to Mikasajima, and Oishi pursued him and questioned him rigorously, forcing him to confess about an incident that occurred 20 years ago. The incident was that the islanders attacked a cargo ship that had been wrecked in a storm, killed the boatman, and stole the cargo. At the time, the village ignored the incident orchestrated by Nakanishi, and Otoyo’s husband was killed when he set sail to save her son who had a high fever. After this incident, Otoyo was driven off the island, and her child was raised in the village. Nakanishi confessed that Otoyo had planned to take revenge by putting her body on the line, and had planned to have the younger Michiko take over her own physical decline. Oishi was keeping an eye on Michiko on the ferry boat on his way to work, and by chance, Hori, who had jumped in to save a boy who had fallen into the sea, saw him suffer with his limbs tied up. Oishi captured the decisive moment when Michiko called out the name of the man she had stubbornly denied knowing.

Heat Wave Island 1969 HDTV 1080i AAC MPEG2-JPTVclub.mkv

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The post Kaneto Shindô – Kagerô AKA Heat Wave Island (1969) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life. The proprietress, Ikuyo, is a ridiculously good-natured woman who gives money to a poor but brilliant young man, Eisaku Yanoguchi, to attend college on the condition that he will take care of her in the future.

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The post Kôzaburô Yoshimura – Ginza no onna AKA Woman of Ginza (1955) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.

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The post Yûzô Kawashima – Kashima ari AKA Room for Let (1959) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Postwar Tokyo. Pin (Jukichi Uno) and Toku (Taiji Tonoyama) live in the squatter area of Kappanuma, also known as “The Ditch”. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru (Nobuko Otowa), a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house. In order to rip Tsuru off, Pin lies that he’s a student who can’t afford his school fees. Tsuru willingly whores herself to support Pin. Eventually the neighbours start to exploit Tsuru as well.

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One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his younger brother. He then suddenly disappears…

his was intended to be the next project of Yasujiro Ozu after “An Autumn Afternoon”
because of his death Shochiku gave it to Shibuya, Ozu’s assistant on “What Did the Lady Forget?” as a memorial to its greatest director

1965 Radishes and Carrots - Shibuya.mkv

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The post Minoru Shibuya – Daikon to ninjin AKA The Radish and the Carrot (1965) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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A Woman’s Uphill Slope follows the fortunes of Akie (Mariko Okada), a young woman who visits Kyoto after inheriting a shop that sells traditional sweets. Fascinated by the shop’s traditions, she abandons her plans to open a tailor shop and decides to stay. She soon falls in love with a married painter, Saburo Yaoi (Keiji Sada), who turns out to be her mother’s former lover.

Director Kōzaburō Yoshimura, a contemporary of Akira Kurosawa, explores the female experience in post-war Japan through his films. Many are set in Kyoto, serving as the backdrop for his artistic portrayal of industries on the verge of decline in a time of rapid modernisation.

This film was shot by Yoshio Miyajima—nicknamed the ‘Emperor of Cinematography’ and known for his work for Masaki Kobayashi—and features a bold combination of traditional and modern colours, classical architecture, and an avant-garde soundtrack by Toshiro Mayuzumi. Mariko Okada’s performance, portraying the life of an independent woman in post-war Japan, is a highlight of this star-studded masterpiece.

DVD label: SHOCHIKU
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DVD runtime: main feature 01:46:59

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The post Kozaburo Yoshimura – Onna no saka AKA A Woman’s Uphill Slope (1960) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.
Kiichi and Sakie, a couple who ran a barbershop, and their cousin, Shutaro. However, the war forced Kiichi and Jutaro to go off to war. Kiichi’s death is reported to Sakie, and she is reunited with her cousin, who has been demobilized. The two embraced each other with the hope of starting anew, and three years passed. Then, Kiichi suddenly returned.

Gin shinju AKA Love is Lost (1956) 480p AMZN WEB-DL DD+2.0 H.264.mkv

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The post Kaneto Shindô – Gin shinju AKA Love is Lost (1956) first appeared on Cinema of the World.