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    Konoko no nanatsu no oiwai ni 1982 POSTER

    Konoko no nanatsu no oiwai ni

    1982

    Japanese

    5.6

    4

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    Drama

    Mystery

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Nenji Kobayashi Nenji Kobayashi as Detective Akutsu Shigeru Kôyama Shigeru Kôyama as Kashiwabara Hitomi Nakahara Hitomi Nakahara as Masayo Jinpachi Nezu Jinpachi Nezu as Sudo
    Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. All intertwined with the investigation of journalists into local murders, the manipulations of a palmist known as the “blue moth”, and political corruption.
    Black Statement Book 1963 POSTER

    Black Statement Book

    1963

    Japanese

    6.9

    6

    Action

    courtroom drama

    Crime

    Drama

    murder

    Mystery

    procedural

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Kichijirô Ueda Kichijirô Ueda as Yûzô Hayakawa Yûzô Hayakawa as Kenji Ôyama Kenji Ôyama as Presiding Judge Ezaki Tetsuya Watanabe Tetsuya Watanabe as Yukichi Terayama
    After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
    Black Test Car 1962 POSTER

    Black Test Car

    1962

    Japanese

    7.1

    6

    Action

    business man

    businessman

    confession

    Crime

    Drama

    highway

    Mystery

    spy

    Thriller

    war veteran

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Kichijirô Ueda Kichijirô Ueda as Kenji Ôyama Kenji Ôyama as Ichirô Sugai Ichirô Sugai as Eiji Funakoshi Eiji Funakoshi as Kimio Hiraki
    Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
    Giants and Toys 1958 POSTER

    Giants and Toys

    1958

    Japanese

    7.2

    3

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    japanese new wave

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Hitomi Nozoe Hitomi Nozoe as Kyôko Shima Shunji Tsuda Shunji Tsuda as Reporter Tetsuya Watanabe Tetsuya Watanabe as Singer Hiroshi Kawaguchi Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Yôsuke Nishi
    Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
    Blind Beast 1969 POSTER

    Blind Beast

    1969

    Japanese

    7.0

    9

    100%

    80%

    Action

    aggressive

    based on short story

    bondage

    Drama

    Horror

    model

    sadomasochism

    sexual obsession

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Mako Midori Mako Midori as Aki / Model Eiji Funakoshi Eiji Funakoshi as Michio / sculpter Noriko Sengoku Noriko Sengoku as Michio's Mother
    A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.
    The Red Angel 1966 POSTER

    The Red Angel

    1966

    Japanese

    7.8

    6

    Action

    amputation

    Drama

    military hospital

    military nurse

    nurse

    Romance

    War

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Kenji Ohba Kenji Ohba as Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Nurse Sakura Nishi Jôtarô Senba Jôtarô Senba as Private Sakamoto Yûsuke Kawazu Yûsuke Kawazu as Pvt. Orihara
    In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction.
    Irezumi 1966 POSTER

    Irezumi

    1966

    Japanese

    7.1

    3

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    japanese tattooing

    japanese woman

    pinku-eiga

    tattoo

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Kei Satô Kei Satô as Hatamoto Serizawa Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Kenji Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Otsuya Kikue Môri Kikue Môri as Shinsuke's Mother
    Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her pristine white skin as the perfect canvas for his art. The image of the large demonic spider that he emblazons across Otsuya's back marks her as the property of another man, radically altering her relationships with all around her as her personality seems to transform under its influence.
    Double Suicide of Sonezaki 1978 POSTER

    Double Suicide of Sonezaki

    1978

    Japanese

    6.8

    2

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    Romance

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Gen Kimura Gen Kimura as Kichibei Hisashi Igawa Hisashi Igawa as Kyuemon Shigeo Katô Shigeo Katô as Master of the head family Meiko Kaji Meiko Kaji as Ohatsu
    Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contract are beginning to unravel, and some unscrupulous people took undue advantage of these changes before the social order was re-created. In this story, a rich merchant gives his clerk an I.O.U. instead of wages. When the impoverished clerk presents the paper to the merchant at the agreed upon time asking for payment, the man flies into a rage and pretends he never wrote it and claims the clerk is trying to defraud him. Then he sets his henchmen on the clerk to administer a beating.
    Yakuza Masterpiece 1970 POSTER

    Yakuza Masterpiece

    1970

    Japanese

    6.9

    3

    Action

    Crime

    japan

    yakuza

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Michiko Araki Michiko Araki as Yûsuke Kawazu Yûsuke Kawazu as Kaizuka Shintarô Katsu Shintarô Katsu as Minoru Masakazu Tamura Masakazu Tamura as Yuji
    Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her...
    The School of Spies 1966 POSTER

    The School of Spies

    1966

    Japanese

    7.1

    4

    Action

    Drama

    spies

    War

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Yûzô Hayakawa Yûzô Hayakawa as Colonel Iwakura Raizô Ichikawa Raizô Ichikawa as Jiro Miyoshi Chikara Hashimoto Chikara Hashimoto as Military Police Major Tsutomu Nakata Tsutomu Nakata as Sakura regiment warrant officer
    Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names, families, even lovers to bury themselves in training. Jiro, one of the cadets, successfully seize the secret code of English army to pass the final exam. However, he reaches the crossroad when his fiancee Yukiko turns out to be a spy of the enemy.
    Afraid to Die 1960 POSTER

    Afraid to Die

    1960

    Japanese

    6.4

    7

    63%

    63%

    Action

    Crime

    yakuza

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Keizô Kawasaki Keizô Kawasaki as Shoichi Koizumi Eiji Funakoshi Eiji Funakoshi as Susumu Aikawa Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Yoshie Koizumi Jun Negami Jun Negami as Yusaku Sagara
    On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.
    We'll Meet Again 1957 POSTER

    We'll Meet Again

    1957

    Japanese

    7.2

    5

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Comedy

    Drama

    stepparent stepchild relationship

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Tetsuya Watanabe Tetsuya Watanabe as Keizô Kawasaki Keizô Kawasaki as Ryôsuke Hirooka Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Tatsuko Ono Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Yûko Ono
    Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.
    Saikô shukun fujin 1959 POSTER

    Saikô shukun fujin

    1959

    Japanese

    6.8

    2

    Comedy

    Drama

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Eiji Funakoshi Eiji Funakoshi as Ichiro Mihara Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Kyoko Nonomiya Seiji Miyaguchi Seiji Miyaguchi as Rintaro Nonomiya Hiroshi Kawaguchi Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Saburo Mihara
    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...
    Seisaku's Wife 1965 POSTER

    Seisaku's Wife

    1965

    Japanese

    7.7

    3

    100%

    100%

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    Romance

    War

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Takamaru Sasaki Takamaru Sasaki as Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Okane Takahiro Tamura Takahiro Tamura as Seisaku Yûzô Hayakawa 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.
    Lullaby of the Earth 1976 POSTER

    Lullaby of the Earth

    1976

    Japanese

    6.9

    8

    Action

    Drama

    erotic movie

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Eiji Okada Eiji Okada as Evangelist Mieko Harada Mieko Harada as Rin Shigeo Katô Shigeo Katô as Seisuke Meiko Kaji Meiko Kaji as Young girl
    The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies.
    Swastika 1964 POSTER

    Swastika

    1964

    Japanese

    6.8

    7

    Action

    artist

    Drama

    love triangle

    obsession

    poison

    Romance

    sexual obsession

    writing

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Yûzô Hayakawa Yûzô Hayakawa as Yûsuke Kawazu Yûsuke Kawazu as Eijirô Watanuki Eiji Funakoshi Eiji Funakoshi as Kôtarô Kakiuchi Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
    The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare 1973 POSTER

    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

    1973

    Japanese

    6.9

    7

    Action

    Drama

    edo period

    jidaigeki

    samurai

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Keizô Kanie Keizô Kanie as Toshio Kurosawa Toshio Kurosawa as Junai Mikoshiba Kei Satô Kei Satô as Shobei Hamajima Hitoshi Takagi Hitoshi Takagi as Tanbaya
    Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
    A Wife Confesses 1961 POSTER

    A Wife Confesses

    1961

    Japanese

    7.4

    9

    67%

    67%

    based on novel or book

    courtroom drama

    Drama

    life insurance

    love triangle

    mountain climbing

    murder trial

    Mystery

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Ken Yamaguchi Ken Yamaguchi as Tsutomu Nakata Tsutomu Nakata as Chôtarô Tôgin Chôtarô Tôgin as Hiroshi Kawaguchi Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Osamu Kôda
    Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka 1967 POSTER

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    1967

    Japanese

    7.2

    6

    83%

    83%

    Drama

    History

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Misako Watanabe Misako Watanabe as Koriku Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Otsugi, Seishû's mother Yatsuko Tan'ami Yatsuko Tan'ami as Saheiji's wife Raizô Ichikawa Raizô Ichikawa as Seishû 'Unpei' Hanaoka
    The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments
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