The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master’s honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.Read More »
Akira Takarada
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Hiroshi Inagaki – Chûshingura AKA The 47 Ronin (1962)
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Mikio Naruse – Hourou-ki aka Her Lonely Lane (1962)
Mikio Naruse1961-1970AsianDramaJapanA dramatized biography of Fumiko Hayashi, the noted Japanese writer. Born to improverished parents Fumiko does all she can to earn money enough to support herself. Along the way she gets invovled with various men, good and bad.Read More »
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Yûzô Kawashima & Mikio Naruse – Yoru no nagare AKA Evening Stream (1960)
Mikio Naruse1951-1960ArthouseDramaJapanYûzô KawashimaA woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself “already dead.”Read More »
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Hideo Suzuki – Sono bashoni onna arite AKA Women of Design (1962)
1961-1970DramaHideo SuzukiJapanRomanceTwo employees of rival ad agencies vie for the same contract, and each other’s hearts, in this restrained office drama from director Hideo Suzuki. Stars Yoko Tsukasa and Akira Takarada.Read More »
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Ishirô Honda – Mosura tai Gojira AKA Godzilla vs Mothra (1964)
1961-1970ActionIshirô HondaJapanKaiju-eigaSci-FiSynopsis:
A greedy developer has placed huge machines to suck dry a part of the ocean near Tokyo so he can put luxury condos there. After a storm, a giant egg washes up on the beach nearby and is immediately put on public display. The developer’s plans go awry when he disrupts Godzilla’s rest and the monster goes stomping through Tokyo again. It’s up to the elderly Mothra, and then to its two offspring, to save Tokyo from destruction.Read More »