Taiji Tonoyama — Actor (82)
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Black Cat from the Grove (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
藪の中の黒猫
★ 8.3 (33 ratings) director: 新藤兼人 actor: 中村吉右卫门 / 乙羽信子 …
other title: 黑猫 / 藪の中の黒猫 …
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
人間の條件
★ 9.1 (62 ratings) director: 小林正树 actor: 仲代达矢 / 新珠三千代 …
other title: 인간의 조건 / 人間の條件 …
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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Zegen (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
女衒
★ 8.5 (15 ratings) director: 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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Dear Summer Sister (1972) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
夏の妹
★ 5.7 (6 ratings) director: Nagisa Ōshima actor: 栗田裕美 / Hōsei Komatsu …
other title: 夏之妹 / 夏の妹 …
14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she has never met. Their guide, a beer-guzzling ex-soldier, takes them to the locale’s tourist attractions, quickly delving into the underlying scars of the island’s wartime history.
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A Pool Without Water (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
水のないプール
★ 7.5 (35 ratings) director: 若松孝二 actor: 内田裕也 / 未唯 …
other title: 水のないプール / Piscine sans eau …
The man has a monotonous job punching tickets for the Japanese railway. One night, while walking home, he saves Jun from getting raped by two hoodlums. A few days later, he sneaks into her house but gets discovered. Later, as he watches his son subdue an insect with a chemical, the man gets an idea to subdue women while they're sleeping so he won't be discovered sneaking into their home. His new hobby spirals out of control as his confidence grows.
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No More Comics! (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
コミック雑誌なんかいらない！
★ 7.7 (6 ratings) director: 泷田洋二郎 actor: 内田裕也 / 渡边绘里 …
other title: 不要滑稽杂志 / コミック雑誌なんかいらない！ …
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.
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Eijanaika (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
ええじゃないか
★ 7.6 (8 ratings) director: 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.