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    Edo Porn 1981 POSTER

    Edo Porn

    1981

    Japanese

    6.4

    11

    78%

    78%

    Action

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    History

    katsushika hokusai

    Kaneto Shindô Kaneto Shindô Director Kunio Ôtsuka Kunio Ôtsuka as Yûko Tanaka Yûko Tanaka as Oei, Tetsuzo's Daughter Nobuko Otowa Nobuko Otowa as Omomo, Sashichi's Wife Kanako Higuchi Kanako Higuchi as Onao
    The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
    Sanmon yakusha 2000 POSTER

    Sanmon yakusha

    2000

    Japanese

    7.2

    Action

    actor

    alcoholism

    based on true story

    biography

    biopic

    Drama

    filmmaking

    Romance

    Kaneto Shindô Kaneto Shindô Director Rinko Kikuchi Rinko Kikuchi as Mitsuko Baishô Mitsuko Baishô as Maiko Kawakami Maiko Kawakami as Nobuko Otowa Nobuko Otowa as Okaji
    The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.
    Fukurô 2003 POSTER

    Fukurô

    2003

    Japanese

    6.6

    2

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Kaneto Shindô Kaneto Shindô Director Naomasa Musaka Naomasa Musaka as Daijirô Harada Daijirô Harada as Akira Emoto Akira Emoto as Yutaka Matsushige Yutaka Matsushige as Plumber's Boss
    A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to survive, they plan to entice men that happen to stray to their cabin with sex, and kill them. All goes well until a local cop shows up and, then, an old relation.
    A Last Note 1995 POSTER

    A Last Note

    1995

    Japanese

    6.8

    3

    86%

    86%

    Action

    Drama

    Kaneto Shindô Kaneto Shindô Director Yutaka Matsushige Yutaka Matsushige as Daigoro Mitsuko Baishô Mitsuko Baishô as Naoko Yazawa Masahiko Tsugawa Masahiko Tsugawa as Saburo Morimoto Nobuko Otowa Nobuko Otowa as Toyoko Yanagawa
    A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and the past
    The Naked Island 1960 POSTER

    The Naked Island

    1960

    Japanese

    8.0

    10

    Action

    boat

    Drama

    family

    island

    japan

    japanese new wave

    sea

    Kaneto Shindô Kaneto Shindô Director Masanori Horimoto Masanori Horimoto as Jirô - the younger son Taiji Tonoyama Taiji Tonoyama as Senta, the father Shinji Tanaka Shinji Tanaka as Tarô - the elder son Nobuko Otowa Nobuko Otowa as Toyo, the mother
    A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
    Onibaba 1964 POSTER

    Onibaba

    1964

    Japanese

    7.8

    38

    90%

    90%

    Action

    bamboo hut

    desertion

    Drama

    hold-up robbery

    Horror

    japan

    jealousy

    samurai

    Thriller

    Kaneto Shindô Kaneto Shindô Director Hiroshi Tanaka Hiroshi Tanaka as Horse Riding Samurai B Nobuko Otowa Nobuko Otowa as Kichi's Mother Kentarô Kaji Kentarô Kaji as Runaway Warrior B Jûkichi Uno Jûkichi Uno as Samurai General
    While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
    Black Cat 1968 POSTER

    Black Cat

    1968

    Japanese

    7.7

    21

    96%

    85%

    Action

    black cat

    Drama

    Fantasy

    ghost

    Horror

    murder

    rape and revenge

    revenge

    samurai

    Kaneto Shindô Kaneto Shindô Director Kentarô Kaji Kentarô Kaji as Hideo Kanze Hideo Kanze as Mikado Kei Satô Kei Satô as Raiko Nobuko Otowa Nobuko Otowa as Yone
    In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
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