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JAPANESE DIRECTORS

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Tombstone for Fireflies (1988)
火垂るの墓
★ 8.3 (926 ratings) director: 高畑勋 actor: 辰己努 / 白石绫乃 …
other title: 萤火虫之墓 / 火垂るの墓 …
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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Audition (1999) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
オーディション
★ 7.2 (138 ratings) director: 三池崇史 actor: 石桥亮 / 椎名英姬 …
other title: 切肤之爱 / オーディション …
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
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The Embryo Hunts in Secret (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
胎児が密猟する時
★ 7.1 (7 ratings) director: 若松孝二 actor: 山谷初男 / 大谷义明
other title: 胎儿密猎时刻 / 胎児が密猟する時 …
A man keeps his girlfriend tied up in his small apartment and tortures her. She is undressed, subjected to various types of bondage, whipped, and tortured with a razor blade.
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Love Exposure (2008)
愛のむきだし
★ 8.3 (330 ratings) director: 园子温 actor: 西岛隆弘 / 满岛光 …
other title: 愛のむきだし / Exposición de amor …
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
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House (1977)
HOUSE ハウス
★ 7.8 (135 ratings) director: 大林宣彦 actor: 池上季实子 / 大场久美子 …
other title: 鬼怪屋 / HOUSE ハウス …
Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She invites her six friends, Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, Kung Fu, and Sweet, to join her. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.
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