Released Date:
1977-06-01
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
118 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (1988 Reviews)
Director:
Yasujirè OzuTon Satomi (original story)
Yasujirè Ozu (screenplay)
Kègo Noda (screenplay)
A business man is often approached by friends for advice and help regarding marriage as well as family and romantic relationships. He is always very calmly and objectively able to give great insight and assistance to these particular situations. However, when it comes time for him to be objective regarding his oldest daughter, he finds it very difficult...
Released Date:
1959-12-14
Languages:
Japanese, Mandarin
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
208 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
8.5 (3297 Reviews)
Director:
Masaki KobayashiZenzè Matsuyama (screenplay)
Masaki Kobayashi (screenplay)
Jumpei Gomikawa (novel)
In the World War II, the pacifist and humanist Japanese Kaji accepts to travel with his wife Michiko to the tiny Manchurian village Loh Hu Liong to work as supervisor in an iron ore mine to avoid to be summoned to the military service. Kaji works with Okishima (Sè Yamamura) and he implements a better treatment to the laborers and improves the mine production. When the feared Kempetai (The "Military Police Corps", the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945) brings six hundred Chinese POWs to the mine, Kaji negotiates with their leaders expecting them to control their comrades. However the methods of Kaji upset the corrupt system in the site, and the foreman Furuya (Kèji Mitsui) plots a scheme to use the naive Chen (Akira Ishihama) to turn off the electrical power of the barbwire fences to allow the prisoners to escape. When seven prisoners are falsely accused of an attempt of fleeing, a cruel Kempetai sergeant uses his sword to behead the prisoners. When Kaji protests, the POWs react sparing the lives of four prisoners but Kaji is arrested and tortured. When he is released, he is summoned to join the army and accused of being Red.
Released Date:
1961-03-19
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
(227 Reviews)
Director:
Yoshitarè NomuraShinobu Hashimoto
Seichè Matsumoto (novel)
Yèji Yamada
After Teiko's new husband disappears on a business trip, she discovers a pair of mysterious postcards hidden away in a book that may be clues to his fate.
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