3 Movies Starring Jinpachi Nezu

Kagemusha

Kagemusha

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-10-06

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan, USA

Runtime:

162 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(21937 Reviews)

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Fullplot:

When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty living up to his role and clashes with the spirit of the warlord during turbulent times in the kingdom.

Ran

Ran

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-06-01

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan, France

Runtime:

162 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (70330 Reviews)

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Cast:

Writer:

Akira Kurosawa (screenplay)

Hideo Oguni (screenplay)

Masato Ide (screenplay)

William Shakespeare (play)

Fullplot:

A story of greed, a lust for power, and ultimate revenge. The Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji has decided to step aside to make room for the younger blood of his three sons, Taro, Jiro, and Saburo, the Lord's only wish now being to live out his years as an honored guest in the castle of each of his sons in turn. While the older two sons flatter their father, the youngest son attempts to warn him of the folly of expecting the three sons to remain united; enraged at the younger son's attempt to point out the danger, the father banishes him. True to the younger son's warning, however, the oldest Son soon conspires with the second son to strip The Great Lord of everything, even his title.

The Five

The Five

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-01-16

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1872 Reviews)

Director:

Takashi Ishii

Fullplot:

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.

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