Released Date:
1980-01-01
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
96 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (860 Reviews)
Director:
Mikio NaruseGenres:
DramaYasunari Kawabata (novel)
Yèko Mizuki (adaptation)
The businessman Ogata Shingo works with his son Shuichi, who is his secretary, and they live together in the suburb with their wives Yasuko and Kikuko respectively. Shuichi has a love affair and a loveless marriage with Kikuko. Yasuko has dedicated her entire life to her family but Shingo married her only because her older sister had died. Kikuko is the pride and joy of Shingo and they are close to each other. Out of the blue, Shingo and Yasuko's daughter Fusako leaves her husband and arrives at Shingo's home with her two children. Shingo investigates and finds the address of Shuichi's lover. Meanwhile Kikuko goes to the hospital and Shingo learns that she was pregnant but decided to abort her child.
Released Date:
1956-09-17
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan, Hong Kong
Runtime:
98 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (988 Reviews)
Director:
Kenji MizoguchiChing Doe (screenplay)
Matsutarè Kawaguchi (screenplay)
Yoshikata Yoda (screenplay)
Masashige Narusawa (screenplay)
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against all the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
Released Date:
1964-02-24
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
107 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (221 Reviews)
Director:
Masaki KobayashiGenres:
DramaKèichi Inagaki
Norio Nanjo (novel)
On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown to his family and colleagues. A bevy of lawyers and associates then begin machinations to procure the money for themselves, enlisting the aid of impostors and blackmail. Yet all are outwitted by the cunning of the man's secretary (Keiko Kishi), in this entertaining condemnation of unchecked greed.
Released Date:
1968-03-26
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
157 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (445 Reviews)
Director:
Kihachi OkamotoShinobu Hashimoto (screenplay)
Soichi Oya (book)
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
Released Date:
1970-09-23
Languages:
English, Japanese
Countries:
USA, Japan
Runtime:
144 min
Rated:
G
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (23560 Reviews)
Larry Forrester (screenplay)
Hideo Oguni (screenplay)
Ryèzè Kikushima (screenplay)
Gordon W. Prange (based on "Tora! Tora! Tora!")
Ladislas Farago (based on "The Broken Seal")
In 1941 the Japanese are at odds with the United States on a number of issues which they are attempting to resolve via their Washington embassy. In case this diplomacy fails, the military are hatching plans for a surprise early Sunday morning air attack on the U.S. base at Pearl Harbour. American intelligence is breaking the Japanese diplomatic messages but few high-ups are prepared to believe that an attack is likely, let alone where or how it might come.
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