Mermaid Legend
After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen responsible.
Antonio Gaudí
Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject's organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudí on film.
Saikô shukun fujin
Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry Kyoko to Saburo, the third son of the Mihara family. Kyoko is angry at the marriage talk that is being pushed forward without her permission, and declares that she "definitely won't get married," but before she knows it, she begins to become aware of the other person...
Pale Flower
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
The Ballad of Narayama
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
The Rickshaw Man
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers. As rival schools and public spectacle push him toward violence, he must reconcile strength with restraint and the true spirit of his art.
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Toshiharu Ikeda
Director
Takashi Kanda
as
Lawyer Hanaoka
Kentarô Shimizu
as
Miyamoto Shouhei
Seiji Miyaguchi
as
Tatsuo
Yoshirô Aoki
as
Terumasa Miyamoto
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Director
Yasuzô Masumura
Director
Eiji Funakoshi
as
Ichiro Mihara
Ayako Wakao
as
Kyoko Nonomiya
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
as
Saburo Mihara
Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Eijirô Tôno
as
Gang Leader
Isao Sasaki
as
Jiro
Mariko Kaga
as
Saeko
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Danko Ichikawa
as
Kesakichi
Masao Oda
as
One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners
Toshirô Mifune
as
Matsugoro
Chishû Ryû
as
Shigezo Yuki
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Ryûnosuke Tsukigata
as
Gennosuke Higaki
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