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1943, two baseball teams play a last match before fighting in WW2.
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Naoto Ogata plays Sadajiro, a young farmer fighting out the battle of the riot through to the end. Sadajiro's wife is played by Hiromi Iwasaki, his father is played by Go Kato and Ryuzo Hayashi plays a leader of the Riot. The Riot in Gujo is called one of the biggest three riots in the Edo Period as it took almost 5 years to settle and also involved the Edo government. This movie is a period film about the riot and Gujo farmers fighting for their tenacity of purpose. The farmers had suffered enough from heavy taxes and decided to rise up in riot when the domain lord, Yorikane, issued a new act, which practically forced tax increases. Asking the lord to retract the act, they pour down to the Hachiman Castle. For once they attain the repeal deed signed by the chief retainer. However the promise is broken. Now the farmers decide to make a direct plea to the Edo Residence…This film is full tension and breathless moments.
Production Design
The story of a bus conductor who dedicates his life to the cherished Japanese symbol.
Production Design
Two soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last time, leaving a deep impression on a teacher. Years later, she seeks out the relatives of the pilots when the piano is old and about to be discarded.
Production Design
An auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the father remains reticent. Finally the man opens up, and the girl is able to piece together her aunt's tragic story.
Art Direction
April 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the baton in relay races. But just as her team starts winning, she starts getting tired more easily. She is sent back to the American Base Victory Hospital, where the diagnosis is lymphatic leukemia. And she has no more than a year left to live. Her parents agree with the doctor that Sadako should not be told, but will she find out anyway ?
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Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to raise the cub, but the bear later becomes a troublemaker.
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Una mujer quiere vengarse de su marido, vendedor de coches, porque la deja por una mujer más joven, mecanógrafa. Lleva a cabo su venganza acosando a la pareja por medio de llamadas telefónicas durante las noches.
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Michio Yamada, reciente graduado escolar, es enviado a Tokio para trabajar como empaquetador de fruta en unos grandes almacenes, como parte de un programa gubernamental. Incapaz de asentarse y echar raíces, y tras haber cogido una pistola de una casa en una base naval estadounidense, su vida va dando tumbos hacia la delincuencia. Paralelamente se muestra su dura infancia en un hogar pobre y desestructurado del Japón rural.
