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In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver’s wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.Read More »
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
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Nagisa Ôshima – Ai no bôrei AKA Empire of Passion (1978) (HD)
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Toshiya Fujita – Shurayukihime: Urami koiuta AKA Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Toshiya Fujita1971-1980DramaJapanThrillerQuote:
From the original manga by Kazuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub) and Kazuo Kamimura and the main inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, Lady Snowblood is a blood spattered Samurai masterpiece from the golden age of Japanese cult cinema!Meiko Kaji (Female Prisoner Scorpion / Blind Woman’s Curse) is Yuki, a women raised from birth for one terrible, blood splattered purpose…To murder those who raped her mother and left her to rot in a stinking women’s prison, where she died in childbirth. Trained in deadly fighting arts and fatal sword play, Lady Snowblood is cursed to wander the lands in pursuit of her single purpose. She is a demon of vengeance, only sated by the crimson blood of those who stole her mother from her.Read More »
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Mai Tominaga – Wool 100% (2006)
2001-2010ArthouseFantasyJapanJapanese Female DirectorsMai TominagaSynopsis:
Ume (Kyoko Kishida) and Kame (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) are two elderly sisters who live in a large house packed with discarded items they find while rummaging through trash in their town. One day, the two women find some red yarn and bring it home. That evening, the women discover a young girl (Ayu Kitaura) who has entered their home and knitting a sweater with their red wool. Who is this girl?Read More » -
Takehiro Nakajima – Kyôshû AKA Remembrance [+Extra] (1988)
1981-1990AsianDramaJapanTakehiro NakajimaThis ATG film is a family drama set in 1953 in a small rural town in Tosa, Kochi. This was the first directorial effort by Takehiro Nakajima, a novelist whose work was adapted into Preparation for the Festival by Kazuo Kuroki.Read More »