JAPANESE FILMS SEEN
438 movies 3 tv shows
Last added: A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
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Carmen from Kawachi (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
河內カルメン
other title:
河内卡门
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河內カルメン
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Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.
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Hikinige (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
ひき逃げ
other title:
撞车逃逸
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ひき逃げ
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When the only son of a working class woman is fatally struck by a car driven by the adulterous wife of a company president in a hit-and-run, the victim's mother changes her identity and infiltrates the couple's home to work as their maid, plotting to murder their similarly-aged son.
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Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
荒野のダッチワイフ
other title:
荒野上的充气娃娃
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荒野のダッチワイフ
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Also known as Kôya no Dacchi waifu (Dutch Wife is slang for an inflatable sexdoll). A private detective is hired to find a woman who has apparently been murdered in a snuff film. It turns out the woman's not dead, but very much alive, and he gets sucked into a torrid affair with her that leaves him questioning his sense of reality.
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Eleven Samurai (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
十一人の侍
other title:
十一武士
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十一人の侍
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The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the clan refuse the sentence and are willing to give their life for justice.
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Violated Angels (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
犯された白衣
director:
若松孝二
actor:
唐十郎
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Reiko Koyanagi
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other title:
被侵犯的白衣
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犯された白衣
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Based on the factual case of a young man who broke into a nurses' home in Chicago, mutilating and killing several of the inmates, Wakamatsu's film is a precise, sad delineation of a particular aspect of masculine sexual consciousness.
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A Man Vanishes (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
人間蒸発
other title:
人间蒸发
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人間蒸発
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A Man Vanishes examines the concept of Johatsu, tackling the phenomenon of people missing in Japan over the years. It picks one such person from the list, someone who had seemed to disappear from the face of the earth due to embezzlement from his company, and the filmmakers begin an investigative documentary into the reasons behind and attempt at tracking him down.
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Midaregumo (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
乱れ雲
other title:
乱云
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乱れ雲
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A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
