Shiho Fujimura

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Based on the award-winning story of the same title by Uno Koichiro. A demon whale is killing the fishermen of a small village year after year. The townspeople become obsessed with killing the whale, and the town’s wealthiest man offers his land, position and only daughter to the man who can kill the beast. A stranger, Kishu, steps forward and declares that he will kill the whale. A brute, he frightens the crowd. Another fisherman, Shaki, wants to kill the whale to avenge the deaths of his father and grandfather. Shaki is the popular leader of the local men.Read More »

Two sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter’s fiancé puts their relationship, and the future of their cuisine in jeopardy.Read More »

Based on the same Lafcadio Hearn “Yuki Onna” story told in Masaki Kobayashi’s classic film “Kwaidan”, but otherwise unrelated (despite Tom Weisser’s typically misinformed and erroneous write-up in multiple editions of his books – different studio, different director, different actors, different soundtrack, different year of release), Kaidan Yuki Jorou features one of the most beautiful and unforgettable female monsters in all of Japanese cinema.Read More »

PLOT: A samurai seeks revenge and redemption after his family is executed by a rival clan.Read More »

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In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to work and care for their ailing father. Otaka falls in love, but can’t accept a marriage proposal since her older sister needs to marry first. When Oshizu learns of this decision, she takes matters in her own hands.Read More »

A single mother’s ex-husband refuses to pay for their son’s schooling. While working in hospice care, a dying patient offers to kill her ex-husband psychically so their son will collect life insurance. When her ex-husband turns up dead, she becomes the prime suspect.Read More »

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Blind swordsman/masseuer Ichi (or “Zatoichi”) is asked by a dying man to deliver the maiden Mitsu (or “Omitsu”) to her family in Edo, and Zatoichi feels honor-bound to do so. But rival gangs each have an interest in kidnapping the girl for ransom. Zatoichi joins with one of the gangs when the other gang captures Mitsu, but he then finds that to rescue her, he must fight both gangs.Read More »

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A naively honorable samurai (played by Raizo) comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan’s good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he’ll have to live out his life as a master-less ronin, if not hunted down and killed.
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