Takeshi Katô

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Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
6.7

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II. Release: Special Boy ...
Zero
6.1

Zero

Aug. 11, 1984

Zero

Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter – the ...
Mifune: The Last Samurai
7.2

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Nov. 25, 2016

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Nearly 20 years after his death and in the run-up to his centenary, Toshiro Mifune remains a true giant of Japanese cinema. Release: Mifune The ...
Zatoichi’s Revenge
7.4

Zatoichi’s Revenge

Apr. 03, 1965

Zatoichi’s Revenge

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of ...
Location
6.7

Location

Sep. 22, 1984

Location

The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro ...
Volunteering for Villainy
7.4

Volunteering for Villainy

In a small mining town, a young woman named Hide survives a suicide attempt while her lover dies. Blaming her for the death of his brother, ...
Island of Hell
6.5

Island of Hell

Aug. 27, 1977

Island of Hell

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946. Release: The Devils Island 1977 Japanese ...
The Bad Sleep Well
8.0

The Bad Sleep Well

Sep. 15, 1960

The Bad Sleep Well

In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and ...
The Geisha House
6.5

The Geisha House

Jan. 15, 1999

The Geisha House

Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omacha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees ...
The Sands of Kurobe
6.7

The Sands of Kurobe

Mar. 01, 1968

The Sands of Kurobe

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building ...
The Thick-Walled Room
7.1

The Thick-Walled Room

Oct. 31, 1956

The Thick-Walled Room

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as ...
Kogarashi Monjirô Returns
7.6

Kogarashi Monjirô Returns

Release: Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjirô 1993 Kon Ichikawa tt0349672 General: mkv | 4245 Kbps | 2.83 GB | 01:35:20 Video: 4100 Kbps | 1440×1080 ...
Love and Faith
7.2

Love and Faith

Jun. 03, 1978

Love and Faith

Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has ...
The Pirates of Buban
7.2

The Pirates of Buban

Jan. 01, 1972

The Pirates of Buban

By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under ...
Children of Nagasaki
6.8

Children of Nagasaki

Sep. 16, 1983

Children of Nagasaki

August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family. Release: Children of Nagasaki 1983 ...
The Fir Trees Remain
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The Fir Trees Remain

Dec. 01, 1983

The Fir Trees Remain

The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On ...
Koge-Nibu: Mitsumata no Sho
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Koge-Nibu: Mitsumata no Sho

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her ...
XX: Beautiful Weapon
5.4

XX: Beautiful Weapon

Dec. 22, 1993

XX: Beautiful Weapon

A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her “clients” / targets that she shoots right ...