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    When the Last Sword Is Drawn 2002 POSTER

    When the Last Sword Is Drawn

    2002

    Japanese

    7.4

    31

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    edo period

    History

    japan

    jidaigeki

    kyoto, japan

    samurai

    Yôjirô Takita Yôjirô Takita Director Kôichi Satô Kôichi Satô as Hajime Saitô Miki Nakatani Miki Nakatani as Nui Ryô Kase Ryô Kase as Shûhei Kondô Masato Sakai Masato Sakai as Sôji Okita
    Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
    Impossible to Imagine 2019 POSTER

    Impossible to Imagine

    2019

    Japanese

    6.7

    3

    biracial

    Drama

    identity

    japan

    kyoto, japan

    Romance

    Felicity Tillack Felicity Tillack Director William Yagi William Yagi as Business Consultant Yukiko Ito Yukiko Ito as Yuki Kazuya Moriyama Kazuya Moriyama as Yuki's Father
    The story of a traditional Kyoto woman who runs a failing kimono business and the entrepreneurial, biracial, business consultant who comes to help keep it solvent. Along the way they fall in love, but his need for change clashes with her desire for the world to stay the same. In the end, can they change enough for each other?
    The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl 2017 POSTER

    The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

    2017

    Japanese

    7.5

    30

    Action

    Adventure

    Animation

    anime

    based on novel or book

    binge drinking

    book fair

    Comedy

    Family

    Fantasy

    kyoto, japan

    Romance

    theater play

    Masaaki Yuasa Masaaki Yuasa Director Kyle McCarley Kyle McCarley as Deputy Director Hiroshi Kamiya Hiroshi Kamiya as Gakuensai jimukyoku-chô Kana Hanazawa Kana Hanazawa as Kurokami no otome Mugihito Mugihito as Rihaku-san
    As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of "Senpai", a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her in an effort to win her heart.
    A Geisha 1953 POSTER

    A Geisha

    1953

    Japanese

    7.6

    6

    100%

    93%

    biting

    debt

    Drama

    geisha

    kyoto, japan

    post war

    teacher student relationship

    Kenji Mizoguchi Kenji Mizoguchi Director Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Eiko Seizaburô Kawazu Seizaburô Kawazu as Kusuda Ichirô Sugai Ichirô Sugai as Saeki Eitarô Shindô Eitarô Shindô as Sawamoto
    Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.
    The End of Summer 1961 POSTER

    The End of Summer

    1961

    Japanese

    7.7

    11

    brewery

    Drama

    family relationships

    kyoto, japan

    sake

    shōwa era (1926-89)

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Akiko Hisaya Morishige Hisaya Morishige as Isomura Eiichirou Akira Takarada Akira Takarada as Teramoto Tadashi Reiko Dan Reiko Dan as Yuriko, her daughter
    The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
    No Regrets for Our Youth 1946 POSTER

    No Regrets for Our Youth

    1946

    Japanese

    7.1

    14

    100%

    73%

    1930s

    Action

    Drama

    flower arrangements

    kyoto, japan

    student protest

    Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Director Akitake Kôno Akitake Kôno as Itokawa Eiko Miyoshi Eiko Miyoshi as Madame Yagihara, the prodessor's wife Kokuten Kôdô Kokuten Kôdô as Mr. Noge, Ryukichi's father Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Yukie Yagihara
    After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.
    Sisters of the Gion 1936 POSTER

    Sisters of the Gion

    1936

    Japanese

    7.4

    11

    89%

    77%

    Action

    Drama

    geisha

    japan

    kyoto, japan

    lover

    sibling relationship

    Kenji Mizoguchi Kenji Mizoguchi Director Taizô Fukami Taizô Fukami as Kimura Eitarô Shindô Eitarô Shindô as Kudo, the drygoods merchant Isuzu Yamada Isuzu Yamada as O-Mocha Yôko Umemura Yôko Umemura as Umekichi
    Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.
    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno 2014 POSTER

    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

    2014

    Japanese

    7.5

    68

    Action

    Adventure

    based on manga

    Drama

    Fantasy

    japan

    jidaigeki

    kyoto, japan

    samurai

    samurai sword

    Keishi Ohtomo Keishi Ohtomo Director Takeru Satoh Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura Tao Tsuchiya Tao Tsuchiya as Makimachi Misao Tatsuya Fujiwara Tatsuya Fujiwara as Makoto Shishio Yû Aoi Yû Aoi as Megumi Takani
    Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.
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