Daisuke Katô

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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
7.4

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

A young samurai, Shojuro Sako, travels on the Tokaido to Edo with his two servants, Genta and Gonpachi. Gonpachi has been told by Shojuro’s ...
Rashomon
8.2

Rashomon

Aug. 26, 1950

Rashomon

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, “Rashomon” is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the ...
Yojimbo
8.2

Yojimbo

Apr. 25, 1961

Yojimbo

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the ...
A Wanderer’s Notebook
7.4

A Wanderer’s Notebook

Sep. 29, 1962

A Wanderer’s Notebook

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko ...
Floating Clouds
7.7

Floating Clouds

Jan. 15, 1955

Floating Clouds

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. ...
Twilight Saloon
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Twilight Saloon

Jun. 19, 1955

Twilight Saloon

Takes place in one place, a beer hall, over the course of one evening. Uchida employs this concentration of setting and time to fashion a ...
Sudden Rain
7.2

Sudden Rain

Jan. 14, 1956

Sudden Rain

The husband, Ryotaro Namiki (Shuji Sano), works in the sales department of a cosmetics company and suffers from a bad stomach. His relationship ...
The School of Spies
7.4

The School of Spies

Jun. 04, 1966

The School of Spies

Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names, ...
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
6.8

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

In this second part to The Yotsuda Phantom, Iemon’s apparent success is minimized by his own feelings of guilt, the quickly mounting ...
Mother
7.6

Mother

Jun. 12, 1952

Mother

Okaasan is the story of a poor, working class mother with a sick husband who sacrifices herself to support her family in suburban Tokyo. The film ...
The 47 Ronin
7.4

The 47 Ronin

Dec. 08, 1941

The 47 Ronin

Produced over a two-year period, Kenji Mizoguchi’s version of the oft-filmed Seika Mayama story The 47 Ronin was too big to be confined to ...
Untamed Woman
7.0

Untamed Woman

May. 28, 1957

Untamed Woman

Set in the Taishō period of Japan (dating from 1912 to 1926), Untamed follows the fiery Oshima (in a superbly eccentric performance by Takamine) ...
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
7.2

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

This film features a large extended family (and associates) even more extensive than the one portrayed by Ozu in “End of Summer”. The ...
Late Chrysanthemums
7.4

Late Chrysanthemums

Jun. 15, 1954

Late Chrysanthemums

What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved her money, and has become a wealthy money-lender, ...
Rise Against the Sword
6.7

Rise Against the Sword

Nov. 25, 1966

Rise Against the Sword

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura ...
Superexpress
5.9

Superexpress

Oct. 31, 1964

Superexpress

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to ...
Fountainhead
6.7

Fountainhead

Feb. 26, 1956

Fountainhead

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply. Release: Izumi aka Fountainhead 1956 General: ...
I Want to Be a Shellfish
7.4

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Jan. 01, 1959

I Want to Be a Shellfish

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural ...
Moment of Terror
7.1

Moment of Terror

Apr. 16, 1966

Moment of Terror

When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child’s mother (Hideko Takamine) seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling ...
The Approach of Autumn
7.2

The Approach of Autumn

Oct. 01, 1960

The Approach of Autumn

A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle’s family, runs a struggling ...