Takashi Shimura

Shintarô Katsu

Eiji Okada

Kei Satô

Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality manipulating the ownership of a now-valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.—Jim Beaver

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)

Harumi Sone

Kyôko Enami

Fumio Watanabe

The story of men devoted to the Yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading Yakuza power.

Gambler's Farewell

Gambler's Farewell (1968)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Mariko Okada

Yôko Shimada

The cat of the title roams around the house of a poor schoolteacher in the late 19th century, observing the goings-on of the teacher and his neighbors.

I Am a Cat

I Am a Cat (1975)

Ken Takakura

Kunie Tanaka

Mitsuko Baishô

A tough police detective is falsely accused of corruption, and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.

Manhunt

Manhunt (1976)

Jun Fubuki

Yoshio Harada

In a melancholic seaside town, the bodies of two lovers who committed double suicide are found on the shore. A local reporter and the dead woman's pimp begin to investigate and find out that something very suspicious is going on.

Lost Love

Lost Love (1978)

Noriko Honma

Kyôko Kagawa

Yônosuke Toba

Adopted from a prize-winning school essay on the subject of 'My Mother,' upon being widowed a mother with a little help from her elder daughter has to run the family laundry on her own. The second daughter, however, has to be sent to live with relatives as the mother cannot afford her.—aghaemi

Mother

Mother (1952)

Yoshiko Kuga

Haruko Sugimura

Keiji Sakakida

Saburo is a student, who first sees Keiko in a bomb shelter during the American air raids on Tokyo in the Second World War. As a close one hits, he shelters her and she lays a gloved hand on his. He sees her again at a railroad crossing, then meets her at a publisher, where he follows her. They talk, and after other meetings, touch hands. Then, in the cold, he places her bare hand inside his jacket. She's an illustrator of war posters, but he convinces her to paint his portrait, and when he leaves, he comes back to see her in the window. Crowding into a corner when a stray bomb lands, he gives her a kiss and tells her he has been called up.—Canon y mus

Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again (1950)

Mieko Harada

Meiko Kaji

Shigeo Katô

Mt. Ishizuchi, island of Shikoku, 1932. Leading a simple, sheltered life with her grandmother in the bosom of her small, isolated mountain community, 13-year-old Rin finds herself forced to do on her own when a duplicitous stranger talks her into following him. As Rin struggles to find her feet in Mitarai village on the Seto Inland Sea island of Osaki Shimojima, a cruel life awaits her at her new home, a cheap brothel on the waterfront. But now it's too late, and rebellion can only do more harm than good. If she works hard and pays off her debt, will Rin get to see her home again?—Nick Riganas

Lullaby of the Earth

Lullaby of the Earth (1976)

Fuyuki Murakami

Yoshio Inaba

Spanning half a century in the turbulent history of 1900s Japan, from the Russo-Japanese War to the post-World War II era, "The Scent of Incense" chronicles the complicated relationship between selfish Ikuyo and her self-sacrificing daughter, Tomoko. The Meiji era. Planning to remarry, young widow Ikuyo negotiates over the custody of her five-year-old daughter, Tomoko, an annoying inconvenience, with her mother, Tsuna. The Taisho era. After the cruel decision that defined the girl's life and years of neglect, the estranged mother and daughter reunite: Tomoko is now a young geisha, while defeated Ikuyo is a high-ranking courtesan. The pre-World War II era. In the wake of the Great Kanto Earthquake, successful Tomoko embarks on a passionate affair with Ezaki, a young military cadet, only to pay a heavy price for the transgressions of Ikuyo, who considers getting married a third time, this time, with the former servant, Hachiro. The post-World War II era. Having lost everything in the Bombing of Tokyo, Tomoko is determined to persevere; however, she still seems unable to sever ties with cold Ikuyo, the mother who abandoned her daughter.—Nick Riganas

The Scent of Incense. Part 1

The Scent of Incense. Part 1 (1964)

Nobutaka Masutomi

Kinuko Obata

Eiko Nagashima

A working class young man, Tetsuo, who distrusts all rich people, falls in love with a girl, Chika, from an affluent family. He has a difficult time, but love survives despite the problems.

Crazed Fruit

Crazed Fruit (1981)

Eitarô Ozawa

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Seiji Miyaguchi

The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi tracks the spy Nojiri, while a mysterious figure named Sakon leads a band of men on their own quest for the wily Nojiri. Soon no one knows just who is who and what side anyone is on.—Jim Beaver

Samurai Spy

Samurai Spy (1965)

Bernard Fresson

Emmanuelle Riva

Moira Lister

A French woman and a Japanese man have an affair while she is in Japan making a film about peace and the impact of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, The man, an architect, lost his family in the bombing. She recalls her lover during the war, a 23 year-old German soldier who later died. Despite the time they spend together, her attachment appears minimal and they go forward into the future.—garykmcd

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

Eitarô Matsuyama

Kinzô Shin

Isuzu Yamada

To win the war, the Americans dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Hiroshima (1953) is the story of the former seen through the eyes of the targeted civilians, in general, and the children, in particular, as they live amidst the war, then as victims of the atomic bomb, and subsequently as they try to subsist in the aftermath - if they were not one of the 100,000 corpses, that is.—aghaemi

Hiroshima

Hiroshima (1953)

Isao Natsuyagi

From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. Goro's master held a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved.

Dog of Fortune

Dog of Fortune (1979)

Kyôko Kishida

Hiroko Itô

Kôji Mitsui

Jumpei Niki, a Tokyo based entomologist and educator, is in a poor seaside village collecting specimens of sand insects. As it is late in the day and as he has missed the last bus back to the city, some of the local villagers suggest that he spend the night there, they offering to find him a place to stay. That place is the home of a young woman, whose house is located at the bottom of a sand pit accessible only by ladder. He later learns that the woman's husband and child died in a sandstorm, their undiscovered bodies buried somewhere near the house. The next morning as he tries to leave, he finds that the ladder is gone - he realizing that the ladder he climbed down was a rope ladder which is anchored above the pit - meaning that he is trapped with the young woman as the walls of the pit are sand with no grip. He also realizes that this entrapment was the villagers and the young woman's plan for him to stay there permanently to be her helper in the never-ending task of digging out the sand, which if not done will swallow them alive. They are dependent upon the villagers to help remove the sand, but also for their rations including water. He learns that the sand is the young woman's life, and that she knows or wants no other life. Thus, it is no use either to blackmail or kill her as she is willing to live and die by this life, and as such he will surely die if she is dead. His life tasks become to figure out a way to escape while co-exist with the woman in what he considers their prison. As time goes on, he also learns that there are other tasks which will consume him.—Huggo

Woman in the Dunes

Woman in the Dunes (1964)

Renji Ishibashi

Michiyo Yasuda

Kenji Ushio

Fifth film in the Lone Wolf & Cub Series. 5 warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each has 1/5th of Ogami's assassin fee and 1/5 of the information he needs to complete his assassination. His mission is to kill a mad Daimyo before he destroys his clan!—barabbas

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)

Michiko Tsukasa

Minori Terada

Kôzô Yamamura

Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.

This Transient Life

This Transient Life (1970)

Marlon Brando

Philip Ober

Pat Hingle

An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition leader, ignores a foreman's advice about slowing the building of a road, and tries to muscle ahead. What price must the country and his friends pay for him to get some sense?—

The Ugly American

The Ugly American (1963)

Kô Nishimura

Akemi Negishi

Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Though she dies in childbirth, she makes sure that the child will be raised as an assassin to kill the criminals who destroyed her family. Young Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.—Fred Cabral

Lady Snowblood

Lady Snowblood (1973)

Richard Jordan

Christina Kokubo

Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...—Michael Brooke

The Yakuza

The Yakuza (1974)

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