Synopsis from Cinémathèque québécoise:
À Tokyo, Paulo Rocha rencontre Shohei Imamura qu’il considère comme ” la parfaite illustration de l’espoir et du désespoir des anarchistes “. Rocha observe et écoute attentivement Imamura, s’intéressant particulièrement au regard qu’il porte sur ses oeuvres de jeunesse. Que ce soit à travers une conversation avec l’acteur Kazuo Kitamura, ou une rencontre avec une coiffeuse, Imamura se révèle comme le véritable artisan de la contre-histoire du Japon.

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Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English, Spanish (idx+sub)

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A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.

Unagi.1997.Director's.Cut.576p.BluRay.AAC1.0.x264-Slope.mkv

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Runtime: 	2 h 14 min
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https://nitro.download/view/B445D39F7C32129/Unagi.1997.Director’s.Cut.576p.BluRay.AAC1.0.x264-Slope.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English, French

The post Shôhei Imamura – Unagi AKA The Eel [Director’s cut] (1997) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
In post-war Japan, people are working hard, but never so much more than the Yakuza. In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together… too bad her family has agreed to sell her to the highest bidding Yank in Japan.
While Kinta deals with his relationship with Haruko, his Yakuza clan is faced with a serious problem. Sakiyama, a Hawaii-born Japanese ex-naval officer, is providing the clan with the scraps they need to feed their pigs… but with strings and dollars attached. As the gang shells out more and more money, Sakiyama begins to move his alliances..and so do the members of the gang.
With the big boss in the hospital and the gang falling to pieces, only the pigs remain a constant occurrence in the life of Kinta. However, he doesn’t realize what he has until it’s too late.

Pigs and Battleships (1961) -- Shohei Imamura.mkv

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#1:  	Japanese 2.0ch AC-3 @ 256 Kbps

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Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English (muxed), French

The post Shohei Imamura – Buta to gunkan aka Pigs and Battleships aka The Flesh is Hot (1961) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

An impossible tale. Taro, an old man who dies homeless in Tokyo has told Yosuke, a weak-willed out-of-work salaryman about a golden statue that he left years ago in a house by the sea in Noto. Yosuke goes and he’s captivated by Saeko, a young women who lives in the house where Taro left the statue. She has a strange affliction: water builds up in her and she can only vent it by wicked acts, such as shoplifting, or, more powerfully, through orgasm. Yosuke obliges, the water gives him life, as well as the plants and fish it reaches. Saeko feels shame, and she has a past. Taro’s ghost urges Yosuke to fulfill his desires, but can the relationship survive? Written by

Warm.Water.Under.A.Red.Bridge.2004.x264.AC3.mkv

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Runtime: 	1h 59mn
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#1:  	Japanese 2.0ch AC-3 @ 384 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/537CCC09DFAB117/Warm.Water.Under.A.Red.Bridge.2004.x264.AC3.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English, Korean

The post Shôhei Imamura – Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu AKA Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
Still strong at the age of 69, Orin (Sumiko Sakamoto) prepares herself for an inevitable yet frightening ritual. In her village, where food is scarce, life is harsh and people are desperate and cruel. Anyone who lives for 70 years is hauled to the mountaintop by their children and left to die in the dead of winter. Orin is prepared to accept her fate, but she also has one last, all-important task — she must find a suitable wife for her son, Tatsuhei (Ken Ogata).

The.Ballad.of.Narayama.1983.MoC.576p.BDRip.x264.AC3-Q0S.mkv

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Runtime: 	2h 10mn
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https://nitro.download/view/D598028C6A89155/The.Ballad.of.Narayama.1983.MoC.576p.BDRip.x264.AC3-Q0S.mkv
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https://nitro.download/view/11525E4513AA960/The.Ballad.of.Narayama.1983.MoC.576p.BDRip.x264.AC3-Q0S.part1.rar
https://nitro.download/view/5AB339E6A39C5DB/The.Ballad.of.Narayama.1983.MoC.576p.BDRip.x264.AC3-Q0S.part2.rar

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English (muxed)

The post Shôhei Imamura – Narayama-bushi kô AKA The Ballad of Narayama (1983) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The film concerns Dr. Akagi, a doctor on an island in the Seto Inland Sea area during World War II. He runs into conflict with the military while trying to combat a hepatitis epidemic. Akagi earns the nickname “Dr. Liver” (カンゾー先生 Kanzō-sensei) because of his work, though the townsfolk use it as a humorous dig at his persistent diagnosis. Though the broad circumstance of Japan slowly losing the war is the setting, many of the interactions and situations tilt into humor, for instance; the very music used for the doctor running from patient to patient has an upbeat and light-hearted tone.

Donald Richie, International Herald Tribune wrote:
“Doctor Liver” is what they call Takagi sensei, a medical man in a small Inland Sea port during World War II. Convinced that liver complaints are the major cause of death he selflessly goes about his sometimes perilous research. This includes digging up the body of the local projectionist so that he can get at the diseased organ, chasing a giant whale, perhaps after the oil, and witnessing the dropping of the atom bomb, in the enveloping cloud of which he, sure enough, detects a large, malignant liver. That’s about all there is an affectionate chronicle of small-town eccentricity and lame-brained dedication. One is reminded of Akira Kurosawa’s last film, “Madadayo,” also a celebration of a headstrong sensei and one just as filled with jocular sentiment. Both look back upon a world of warm eccentricity and droll consequences. They don’t make films like this anymore.

Dr. Akagi 1998 PAL DVD DD2.0 x264-RR.mkv

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Runtime: 2h 4mn
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#1: Japanese 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/9B61BD0973C5CF4/Dr._Akagi_1998_PAL_DVD_DD2.0_x264-RR.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Shôhei Imamura – Kanzô sensei AKA Dr. Akagi (1998) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

PLOT:
Shohei Imamaura’s debut film follows a man who joins a troupe of traveling actors, and becomes involved with one of the married actresses and her younger sister.

2.47GB | 1h 32m | 1024×436 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/EB1AEBDF120E349/Stolen.Desire.1958.Shohei.Imamura.576p.BluRay.DD2.0.x264.mkv

Language:Japanese
Subtitles:English,French

The post Shôhei Imamura – Nusumareta yokujô AKA Stolen Desire (1958) first appeared on Cinema of the World.