Mitsuo Yanagimachi — Director (8)

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Pao-Jiang-Hu (1995)
旅するパオジャンフー Douban
柳町光男 actor: 葉天爽 / 邱兎搬 …
other title: 跑江湖 / 旅するパオジャンフー …
歌や踊りなどの芸を見せながら、薬を売って国中を旅する台湾の伝統的職業・[足包]江湖(パオジャンフー)。日本で言うところの香具師(やし)にあたる彼らの日常をとらえたドキュメンタリー。葉天爽一家の姿を中心に、引退した老パオジャンフー・呉天羅の生活、蛇使いの曽先生の一座の様子などを交えた構成になっている。監督は「愛について、東京」の柳町光男で、94年の秋からおよそ2カ月、台湾に渡り30時間にも及ぶフィルムを回して本作を完成させた。95年度ヴェネチア国際映画祭正式出品“イメージの窓"招待、台湾金馬奨映画祭正式招待、ウィーン映画祭正式招待作品。日本・台湾合作。

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About Love, Tokyo (1992)
愛について、東京 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
柳町光男 (Mitsuo Yanagimachi) actor: ウー・シャオトン / 岡坂あすか …
other title: 爱在东京 / 愛について、東京 …
In Tokyo, a Chinese exchange student gets involved in rigged pachinko schemes and meets a Chinese girl raised in Japan. When they're caught cheating by a former yakuza now running a pachinko parlor, a tense triangle forms as money, power, and personal ties collide.

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Farewell to the Land (1982)
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other title: 再见吧!可爱的大地 / さらば愛しき大地 …
Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues.

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The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map (1979)
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★ 6.3 10 ratings
other title: 十九岁的地图 / 十九歳の地図 …
A 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy begins collecting information on the households in his neighborhood and keeping a journal of why he doesn't like them. Declaring himself a 'right-winger' and calling in bomb threats against the neighbors he doesn't like, the 19-year-old begins a war of psychological terror against the families in his neighborhood.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor (1976)
ゴッド・スピード・ユー! BLACK EMPEROR WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.8 12 ratings
other title: 黑暗帝王风驰电掣 / ゴッド・スピード・ユー! BLACK EMPEROR …
1970s Japan saw the rise of biker gangs, known as Bōsōzoku, which drew the interest of the media. God Speed You! Black Emperor follows a member of the bike gang and his interaction with his parents, after he gets in trouble with the police.

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Who's Camus, Anyway? (2006)
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★ 7.6 10 ratings
other title: 谁是加缪 / カミュなんて知らない …
A group of eccentric students decide to make a movie. But, when their star suddenly quits, this witty ensemble cast begins to live the film, including murder, deception and true love.