Akira Kurosawa — Playwright (62)
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The Fencing Master (1962) IMDb TMDB
殺陣師段平
director: Shunkai Mizuho actor: Ganjirō Nakamura II / Raizō Ichikawa …
other title: 殺陣師段平 / 杀阵师段平
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the New National Theatre Company, he wants nothing more than to choreograph the swordfights for the modern plays put on by the company.
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Dohyô matsuri (1944) IMDb Douban
土俵祭
director: 丸根赞太郎 actor: 片冈千惠藏 / 市川春代 …
other title: Wrestling-Ring Festival / 土俵祭 …
Dohyo festival, sometimes called dohyo consecration ceremony, is a special ritual done on the morning of the day prior to each of the six tournaments of the year. It is meant to purify the dohyo or clay ring before any bouts are fought.
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Jakoman and Tetsu (1949) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
ジャコ萬と鉄
director: 谷口千吉 actor: 三船敏郎 / 月形龙之介 …
other title: 恶棍万和铁 / ジャコ萬と鉄 …
In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
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Sword for Hire (1952) Douban
戦国無頼
director: 稻垣浩 actor: 三船敏郎 / 三国连太郎 …
other title: 战国无赖 / 戦国無頼
時は戦国、織田信長の軍勢に攻められた浅井長政の小谷城から三人の武士が落ちのびた。討ち死には御免と公言した猛者、疾風之介。忠義に厚い男、弥平次。疾風之介の思い人、加乃を連れ城から逃げ出した十郎太。それぞれに流転の人生を歩むこととなった三人は、やがて運命の糸に導かれるかのように再会を果たすが…。井上靖の原作を、時代劇の巨匠、稲垣浩監督が映画化。脚本に黒澤明も参加している。（form：NHKBS）
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Sanshiro Sugata (1965) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
姿三四郎
director: 内川清一郎 actor: Yūzō Kayama / Tsutomu Yamazaki …
other title: 姿三四郎 / Sugata Sanshiro …
Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.
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生之欲 (2007) Douban
生きる
director: 藤田明二 actor: 松本幸四郎 / 深田恭子 …
other title: 生きる
一个得胃癌晚期的模范公务员老人，在生命的最后时刻所遭遇的种种。当他回到家中时，却听到唯一的儿子和媳妇想利用他的退休金及储蓄，到外面另组小家庭。伤心的渡边望着亡妻的照片老泪纵横。在一位年轻的女部属的帮助下。他打起精神，亲自督促建设社区公园。但所有的功劳却为上司所夺。最后渡边决定在公园里渡过他生命中的最后一刻，以表示他的抗议与愤怒。
导演将人在生命尽头生存意义的思考、对家庭问题的反映、对官僚机构的讽刺浑然融为一体，使人看后精神为之一振。影片中一些小道具的运用则体现了人物内心的境况，这种隐喻平实而生动，丝毫没有晦涩之感。
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Escape at Dawn (1950) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
暁の脱走
director: 谷口千吉 actor: 池部良 / 李香兰 …
other title: 拂晓的逃脱 / 暁の脱走 …
Mikami, a Japanese soldier serving in China, is captured by the Chinese. Although he is able to escape, his troubles are far from over. He returns to his unit but is treated with contempt for the disgrace of having been captured. Mikami falls in love with Harumi, a prostitute. She tries to convince him to desert from the army, with fatal results.
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Playboy (2000) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
どら平太
director: 市川昆 actor: Koji Yakusho / Yuko Asano …
other title: 铜锣平太 / どら平太 …
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
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Jakoman and Tetsu (1964) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
ジャコ萬と鉄
director: 深作欣二 actor: 高仓健 / 丹波哲郎 …
other title: 恶棍万和铁 / ジャコ萬と鉄 …
In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
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Snow Trail (1947) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
銀嶺の果て
director: 谷口千吉 actor: 三船敏郎 / 志村乔 …
other title: 银岭之巅 / 銀嶺の果て …
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.
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Norainu (2013) Douban
director: 鹤桥康夫 actor: 江口洋介 / 广末凉子 …
other title: 野良犬
经过长达数日的盯梢，从警已18年的城北署警部补村上翔一（江口洋介 饰）在归家的公车上昏昏睡去，结果只有短短瞬间佩枪便被一名鬼鬼祟祟的男人偷走。经事后回忆，村上想起那名手上有烧伤的男子正是自己初中时代的同学柳下银次（柄本佑 饰）。时间紧迫，警署必须在五天内找回手枪。经过几番查找，村上终于抓住银次，却丝毫问不出枪的下落。在银次的引领下，他重逢了从事房地产的同学重山浩介（中村獅童 饰）。重山允诺帮其找回配枪，条件是村上帮他找到与二人多有渊源的游佐及其妹妹（广末凉子 饰）。村上关于童年的回忆被勾起，而重山又在策划些什么呢？
本片根据黑泽明的原作改编。
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Last Man Standing (1996) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Last Man Standing
★ 6.3 (6 ratings) director: 沃尔特·希尔 actor: 布鲁斯·威利斯 / 布鲁斯·邓恩 …
other title: 终极悍将 / 不败枭雄 …
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.
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The Sea Is Watching (2002) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
海は見ていた
director: 熊井启 actor: 远野凪子 / 清水美沙 …
other title: 大海作证 / 海は見ていた …
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.