Taiji Tonoyama

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The Far Road
6.2

The Far Road

Sep. 11, 1977

The Far Road

Follows railway workers’ struggles to create unions during a period of economic growth and increased automation. Release: The Far Road 1977 ...
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
6.8

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai’s heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by ...
Stolen Pleasure
7.1

Stolen Pleasure

Mar. 14, 1962

Stolen Pleasure

Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adaptation by Kaneto Shindo, Masumura Yasuzo directs. A battle of woman competing for the same man. ...
Our Town
7.2

Our Town

Aug. 28, 1956

Our Town

In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his ...
Dixieland Daimyo
7

Dixieland Daimyo

Apr. 19, 1986

Dixieland Daimyo

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical ...
Drunken Angel
7.7

Drunken Angel

Apr. 27, 1948

Drunken Angel

A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond. Release: Yoidore tenshi 1948 ...
Vengeance Is Mine
7.8

Vengeance Is Mine

Apr. 21, 1979

Vengeance Is Mine

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this ...
Onibaba
8.0

Onibaba

Nov. 21, 1964

Onibaba

In medieval times, on a remote plain, a widow and her mother-in-law kill wandering samurai, put their bodies in a hole in the ground and sell ...
Hawaiian Dream
5.8

Hawaiian Dream

Aug. 29, 1987

Hawaiian Dream

Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, who have flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two ...
Time Within Memory
5.9

Time Within Memory

Feb. 24, 1973

Time Within Memory

Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru ...
The Strangling
6.3

The Strangling

Jun. 02, 1979

The Strangling

The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and ...
Ditch
7.4

Ditch

Jul. 27, 1954

Ditch

Toku, a factory worker gives food to a starving woman, Tsuru, who then follows him home. He shares a shack in a shanty village in Kawasaki with ...
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
6.9

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an ...
The Now Girl
4.5

The Now Girl

Nov. 18, 1972

The Now Girl

For a girl who works in a 3rd rate bar, Ayuko is full of vanity. Nomura, her patron, is besotted by her and it is their habit that they cannot ...
Evil Spirits of Japan
7.1

Evil Spirits of Japan

Dec. 26, 1970

Evil Spirits of Japan

Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how ...
Temptation
6.5

Temptation

Sep. 22, 1957

Temptation

Shokichi, a shop owner and middle-aged widower, could never forget your first love. The second floor of the shop is an art gallery where his ...
The Iron Crown
6.4

The Iron Crown

Apr. 22, 1972

The Iron Crown

A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night. Release: ...
Good Morning
7.9

Good Morning

May. 12, 1959

Good Morning

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells ...
Hymn
6.9

Hymn

Dec. 29, 1972

Hymn

The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to ...
Endless Desire
7.1

Endless Desire

Nov. 18, 1958

Endless Desire

Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried ...