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6.8

♡ 5

Tokuzô Tanaka Director

Shigako Shimegi as

Takahiro Tamura as Naruse Tatsuma

Raizô Ichikawa as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Miwa Takada as Princess Saya

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is the textbook example of a bad idea - especially when the collateral damage starts to tick him off.

Thus Another Day

1959

6.6

♡ 5

Rentarô Mikuni as Kenzô Akada

Takahiro Tamura as Tetsuo Mori

Murasaki Fujima as Tomoe Takemura

Shizue Natsukawa as Yasuko's mother

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out their house during the summer to pay off their mortgage, and there she meets a lonely old man...

The Tattered Wings

1955

6.7

♡ 2

Hideko Takamine as Fuyuko Terada

Takahiro Tamura as Keizô Ishizu

Kuniko Igawa as Kimiko, Fuyuko's sister

Eijirô Yanagi as Shunsuke's father

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense childhood sweetheart.

Letter from the Mountain

2002

7.2

♡ 6

based on novel or book

Takashi Koizumi Director

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Dr. Nakamura

Kanako Higuchi as Michiko Ueda

Manami Konishi as Sayuri

Takahiro Tamura as Shigenaga Koda

Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated, rural farming village where Takao grew up.

Shinobi no mono: Shin kirigakure Saizô

1966

6.7

♡ 8

Kazuo Mori Director

Jôtarô Senba as

Takahiro Tamura as Daijuro Fuma

Raizô Ichikawa as Saizo Kumogakure

Yûko Kusunoki as Yayoi

[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo returns for the final time as he sets out to assassinate Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to avenge the death of Lord Sanada Yukimura. But first he must contend with Ieyasu’s own ninja group led by the powerful Fuma Daijuro, who has a score to settle with the men of Iga that dates back 280 years to the war between the Genji and the Heike at the Battle of Dan-no-Ura. Tremendous fighting and great plot twists highlight this exceptional look into the lives of the mysterious ninja of Japan.

Red Lion

1969

6.9

♡ 5

76%

government corruption

imperial japan

jidaigeki

sword fight

Kihachi Okamoto Director

Toshirô Mifune as Gonzo

Nobuko Otowa as Oharu

Kawai Okada as Osode

Takahiro Tamura as Sozo Sagara

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

1969

6.9

♡ 11

Tadashi Sawashima Director

Toshirô Mifune as Isami Kondo

Rentarô Mikuni as Kamo Serizawa

Takahiro Tamura as Koshitaro Ito

Yumiko Nogawa as Oume

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.

Tonkô

1988

6.8

♡ 3

Jun'ya Satô Director

Mizuho Suzuki as

Takahiro Tamura as Tsao Yanhui

Daijirô Harada as Weichi Kuang

Kôichi Satô as Zhao Xingde

In 1026, students in western China are shanghaied into the forces of crown prince Li Yuanhao of Xi Xia, who wants to control the length of the Silk Road. One student is Zhao Xingde, who becomes the favorite of his commander, Zhu Wangli. While sacking a fortress, Xingde discovers Tsurpia, princess of the Uighur. He hides her; they fall in love. When he's sent away to study Xixian, he leaves Tsurpia in Zhu's care, but returns to find her engaged to Li. Tragedy follows, and he and Zhu enter a pact to take revenge when Li arrives at Dun-Huang, the region's seat of learning and culture. Against overwhelming odds, they find a surprising way to leave a monument to their life and love.

Tokugawa Ieyasu

1965

6.5

♡ 2

Daisuke Itô Director

Takahiro Tamura as

Kei Yamamoto as

Kinnosuke Nakamura as

Kin'ya Kitaôji as

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.

Empire of Passion

1978

7.0

♡ 15

80%

70%

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

Horror

regret

relationship problems

sexual obsession

suspicion of murder

Nagisa Ôshima Director

Kenzô Kawarasaki as (as Kenzo Kawarazaki)

Hiroko Isayama as Bride

Takahiro Tamura as Gisaburo

Takuzô Kawatani as Inspector Hotta

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.

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

1955

7.5

♡ 1

Takahiro Tamura as

Kappei Matsumoto as

Shinji Tanaka as Masao,

Chishû Ryû as Masao - Age 73

On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.

His Motorbike, Her Island

1986

7.3

♡ 3

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Director

Tomokazu Miura as Hidemasa Sawada

Takahiro Tamura as Kouichiroh Shiraishi

Kiwako Harada as Miyoko Shiraishi

Tôru Minegishi as Onozato

After a series of chance meetings a shiftless motorbike enthusiast Ko begins a romance with a carefree girl Miyo, after teaching her to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy Ko begins to fear that she is destined to crash.

Seisaku's Wife

1965

7.7

♡ 3

100%

based on novel or book

War

Yasuzô Masumura Director

Takamaru Sasaki as

Ayako Wakao as Okane

Takahiro Tamura as Seisaku

Yûzô Hayakawa as Sergeant

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.

Case of the Disjointed Murder

1977

5.8

♡ 1

Mystery

Chûsei Sone Director

Yûko Kusunoki as Akiko Utsugi

Hiroko Isayama as Chigusa Nagumo

Takahiro Tamura as Senbei Yashiro

Jun Izumi as Shimoe

In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after another. The incident seemed to have no continuity...

Revenge

1964

7.6

♡ 5

Tadashi Imai Director

Reiichi Hatanaka as

Masao Mishima as

Fujio Tokita as

Takahiro Tamura as Jubei

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…

Twenty-Four Eyes

1954

second sino-japanese war (1937-45)

7.9

♡ 10

Takahiro Tamura as Isokichi

Toyo Takahashi as Kobayashi Sensei

Kuniko Igawa as Matsue

Chishû Ryû as Otoko Sensei

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.

Death at an Old Mansion

1975

6.2

♡ 1

Yôichi Takabayashi Director

Seishirô Hara as

Fujio Tokita as

Takahiro Tamura as Ichiyanagi Kenzou

Akira Nakao as Kindaichi Kou-Suke

A woman and her bridegroom are found murdered in their bed the day after their wedding. It had snowed overnight and the killer left no tracks. It is up to an amateur detective to figure out what happened. Carefully and systematically, he pieces together the clues in this locked room mystery.

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

1972