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Vengeance for Sale (2002) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
助太刀屋助六
other title:
替人报仇的助六
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助太刀屋助六
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Bangumi Skybridge +3
人間の條件
other title:
인간의 조건
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人間の條件
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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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Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Nihonkai daikaisen
director:
Seiji Maruyama
actor:
Toshirō Mifune
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Yūzō Kayama
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other title:
日本海大海战
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Nihonkai daikaisen
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Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.
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A.K. (1985) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
A.K.
director:
克里斯·马克
actor:
莲实重彦
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克里斯·马克
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other title:
黑泽明
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ＡＫ ドキュメント黒澤明
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Chris Marker's elliptical, oblique documentary on the making of Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" is an uneasy blend of hagiography (usual Cahiers du Cinema stuff) and Marker's trademark meditations on the mediating role of technology in memory and the human experience, plus probably aging, and etc., etc., etc. These Gallicisms seem out-of-place; but the philosophies are easily discarded. What makes the film a pleasure are the glimpses we see of Kurosawa's work processes, in addition to all the detail and work that goes into the making of a true epic.
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Harakiri (1962) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
切腹
other title:
하라키리
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切腹
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Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
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Belladonna of Sadness (1973) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Bangumi Skybridge +3
哀しみのベラドンナ
other title:
悲伤的贝拉多娜
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哀しみのベラドンナ
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An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.
