Shōhei Imamura — Playwright (21)
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Unagi (1997)
うなぎ Eggplant.place
今村昌平 actor: 役所广司 / 清水美沙 …
other title: 鳗鱼 / うなぎ …
中年男子山下拓郎（役所广司）在亲眼目睹了妻子与人偷情的场面后，于愤怒中刺死了妻子，锒铛入狱，八年后，获假释出狱的他在千叶县利根河边开了家小理发店，因为当年的遭遇，他对人很难再信任，平时唯有的交流对象是所养的鳗鱼。山下无意间救下自杀的桂子（清水美砂）后，后者为了报答他留在理发店里工作，并因性格开朗为他招来很多客人，而他的性格亦渐渐阳光起来。 山下的前狱友高崎出狱后，来到利根河附近从事垃圾回收的工作，为将山下的平静生活打乱，他开始不断地揭露山下的“丑行”，而桂子的原情人堂岛也于此时寻来，要带桂子和她的钱走，虽然深知一旦与人发生冲突就必须回到狱中继续服刑，山下还是为了保护桂子勇敢地采取了行动。
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Performance

幕末太阳传
幕末太陽傳 Douban
田中啓一 / 川島雄三 … genre: Musical
other title: 幕末太陽傳 director: 小柳奈穂子 actor: 早霧せいな / 咲妃みゆ / 望海風斗 / 永久輝せあ / 野々花ひまり
1957年に封切られた、鬼才・川島雄三監督の代表作である映画「幕末太陽傳」。「居残り佐平次」を中心に、「品川心中」、「三枚起請」、「お見立て」他の古典落語を組み合わせ、実在した品川の遊廓・相模屋を舞台に起こる様々な人間模様を軽妙なタッチで描いた、日本映画史に燦然と輝く名作です。 幕末の品川宿。一文無しのまま相模屋を訪れ、女郎おそめを揚げて大尽遊びに興じた佐平次は、翌朝飄々と居残りを決め込んでしまう。そして番頭まがいの仕事を始め、次々と起きる騒ぎを持前の度胸と機転で解決しては、お礼の金をちゃっかり貯めこんでいた。相模屋で攘夷の計画を練る高杉晋作らとも交友を深め、いつしか佐平次は、廓の人気者となるのだが…。生への活力が漲る中に憂いを漂わせる人情喜劇に、早霧せいなを中心とした雪組が挑みます。
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The Balloon (1956)
風船 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Yūzō Kawashima actor: Masayuki Mori / Tatsuya Mihashi …
other title: 风船 / 風船 …
Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami’s daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.
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Foundry Town (1962)
キューポラのある街 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.8 5 ratings
浦山桐郎 actor: 吉永小百合 / 浜田光夫 …
other title: 化铁炉的街 / キューポラのある街 …
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
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My Second Brother (1959)
にあんちゃん WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.1 10 ratings
Shōhei Imamura actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Kazuko Yoshiyuki …
other title: 二哥 / にあんちゃん …
The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi identity and struggles in Japan.
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Zegen (1987)
女衒 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 8.5 15 ratings
今村昌平 actor: 绪形拳 / 倍赏美津子 …
other title: 女衒 / 女炫 …
At the time between the World Wars, Japan is involved in empire-building throughout East and Southeast Asia. After a brief career as a low-level military adventurer, Iheiji sets up chains of brothels throughout Asia. As Japan's power in the region grows, so does Iheiji's prosperity and patriotism.
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Lights of Night (1958)
西銀座駅前 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.4 13 ratings
今村昌平 actor: 柳泽真一 / 堀恭子 …
other title: 西银座驿前 / 西銀座駅前 …
This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.
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The Pirates of Buban (1972)
ブブアンの海賊 IMDb TMDB Douban
Shōhei Imamura actor: Kō Nishimura / Shoichi Ozawa …
other title: 布布安的海贼 / ブブアンの海賊 …
By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under the control of cruel & armed pirates. Imamura will come to meet those men in order to understand their position.
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Eijanaika (1981)
ええじゃないか WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.6 8 ratings
今村昌平 actor: 桃井薰 / 泉谷茂 …
other title: 乱世浮生 / ええじゃないか …
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society.