Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube

출생 : 1914-05-31, Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan

사망 : 2006-02-06

약력

Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭 Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese composer, best known for his works on the film scores of the Godzilla movies since 1954. Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube, also the origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood (from age of 9 to 12) in Otofuke near Obihiro, where was with a mixed population of Ainu and Japanese. His first encounter with classical music occurred when attending secondary school in Sapporo city. Ifukube decided to become a composer at the age of 14 after hearing a radio performance of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, also cited the music of Manuel de Falla as a major influence. Ifukube studied forestry at Hokkaido Imperial University in Sapporo and composed in his spare time, which prefigured a line of self-taught Japanese composers. He taught at the Tokyo University of the Arts (formerly Tokyo Music School), during which period he composed his first film score for The End of the Silver Mountains, released in 1947. Over the next fifty years, he would compose more than 250 film scores, the high point of which was his 1954 music for Ishirō Honda's Toho movie, Godzilla. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akira Ifukube , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Akira Ifukube

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고지라-1.0
Music
In postwar Japan, a new terror rises. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back?
Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex
Music
When army of Gigans tries to invade and destroy the Earth, the only one who can stop them is Godzilla.
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Music
A short sequel to Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest, released on G-Fest 2021 and dedicated to the 50th anniversary of original Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971).
Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest
Music
A short film made exclusively for Toho's Online Godzilla Fest 2020. Godzilla rampages through the city before approaching a reporter standing in the street.
신 고질라
Music
정체불명의 괴수 ‘고질라’의 출현으로 초토화된 일본 인류의 생존을 위협하는 대재앙을 상대로 불가능한 희망을 찾는 사람들의 최후 반격을 담은 블록버스터
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
Himself
A look into the production of the nineteenth Godzilla film. Includes filmmaker and actor interviews with behind the scenes footage of the film's visual effects. Includes an interview with Akira Ifukube and a brief discussion of the late Ishiro Honda.
Gehara: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Music
A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The announcement leads reporter Hideo Akihara (Ken Osawa) to a forest shrine dedicated to the Keukegen Geharha, where he finds several worshipers and learns that an ancient seal containing the monster has been broken.
지니어스 파티 비욘드
Music
일본 최고의 테크닉을 선보이는 Studio4℃의 <지니어스 파티>에 이은 후속 작품이다. 2D 셀 애니메이션으로 5편의 단편이 옴니버스로 구성되었다. 마에다 마사히로 감독의 <갈라>는 전통적인 ‘모노노케 공주’ 이야기를 기본으로 하여 이를 재해석했으며, 나카자와 카즈토 감독의 <문 드라이브>는 보물지도를 두고 벌어지는 만화 스타일의 애니메이션이다. 이외데도 오오히라 신야의 <강아지 완와>, 타나카 타츠유키의 <토진 키트>, 모리모토 코지의 <디멘션 밤>으로 구성되어 있다.
올웨이즈 3번가의 석양 속편
Music
1959년 봄, 도쿄 올림픽 개최가 결정되고, 일본은 고도의 경제 성장기로 접어들기 시작한다. 차가와는 평소 좋아하던 히로미가 말없이 사라지자, 그녀를 그리워하며 준노스케와 함께 살아가고 있다. 그러던 어느날, 준노스케의 친아버지가 다시 찾아와서 준노스케를 데려가려고 하는데... 1950년대를 배경으로 한 사이간 료헤이의 국민만화 <3번가의 석양>을 영화화한 작품. 일본 국민들의 향수를 자극하며 개봉 당시 박스 오피스 1위를 차지, 뿐만 아니라 일본 아카데미 시상식에서 12개 부문을 석권한 감동 대작 (2005)의 속편이다. 전편의 극중 시간에서 4개월이 흐른 뒤인 1959년 봄을 배경으로 3번가의 마을 사람들의 이야기를 담은 . 치밀한 고증을 바탕으로 완성된 로케이션 세트, 그리고 최신 특수효과를 이용해 생생하게 재현한 시대의 거리를 배경을 개성 있는 인물들이 엮어내는 감동과 희망의 이야기를 통해 현대인들이 잃어버린 ‘마음’을 그린 작품으로 다양한 세대가 공감할 수 있는 감동의 드라마다. -
철인28호 백주의 잔월
Original Music Composer
2차 대전이 끝난 지 10년 후. 소년 탐정 가네다 쇼타로는 거대 로봇 철인 28호를 조종하며 범죄를 해결해 나가던 어느 날 자신이 그의 형이라고 주장하는 인물을 만나게 된다.
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Documentary focusing on the Japanese Godzilla, featuring interviews with such people as Director Jun Fukuda, the wide of the late Ishiro Honda and Alex Cox. This documentary incorporates footage from rare shows like "Ultra Q" and films like "King Kong Escapes".
고지라 vs 데스토로이아
Original Music Composer
스페이스 고지라를 물리치고 1년 뒤, 고지라와 리틀 고지라가 살던 버스 섬이 갑자기 소멸하고 둘도 모습을 감춘다. 얼마 안 지나 몸이 불타오르는 고지라가 홍콩에 나타난다. 버스 섬이 폭발하면서 그 지하에 있던 천연 우라늄의 영향으로 고지라 체내가 불안정하게 변해 언제 핵폭발할지 모르는 상태가 된 것임이 판명된다. G-FORCE는 슈퍼 X-3 등을 동원하여 고지라를 얼리고 최대한 폭발을 막아보려고 한다. 한편, 국립물리연구소의 이쥬인 켄사쿠는 이상한 미생물들을 발견한다. 아주 먼 옛날 지구에 산소가 없던 시절에 나타났던 미생물들이 초대 고지라를 죽인 옥시전 디스트로이어의 영향을 받아 진화한 데스토로이아였다. 데스트로이아는 연구실을 탈출해 하수구를 통해 시나가와 수족관으로 흘러들어간다. 이윽고 수족관에서는 물고기들이 뼈만 남고 산화하는 사건들이 일어난다. 데스토로이아는 수족관을 중심으로 점점 성장해나간다. G-FORCE는 데스토로이아가 냉동에 약하다는 것을 알아채고 메이서를 동원해 집중 공격한다.
Monster Planet of Godzilla
Music
A former 3D theme park attraction at Sanrio Puroland. A spaceship called Earth is dispatched to investigate the disappearance of its counterpart on a monster-filled planet beyond our Solar System. Once there, it quickly spots the downed craft, and is promptly attacked by Mothra and Rodan. It spots Godzilla and opens fire on him, giving the Planet enough time to escape.
고지라 vs 메카고지라
Original Music Composer
The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.
고지라 vs 모스라
Original Music Composer
Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three way battle for the Earth begins.
고지라 vs 킹 기도라
Original Music Composer
1992년 갑자기 미래인들이 UFO를 타고 나타난다. UFO에서 나온 미래인 에미 카노, 윌슨, 그렌치코는 자신들이 2204년의 미래에서 왔으며, 일본은 21세기에 고지라 때문에 원자력 발전소들이 파괴되어 일본 전국토가 방사능에 오염되어 멸망할 운명이라는 것을 알려준다. 미래인들은 1944년, 2차 대전이 한창 벌어지는 중이던 태평양의 라고스 섬으로 가서 훗날 수폭 실험의 영향으로 고지라가 될 고지라사우루스(ゴジラザウルス)를 도랏토 3마리로 바꾸면서 1992년 고지라는 사라지고 도랏토가 원폭의 영향으로 킹 기도라가 되고 만다.
Dozoku no ranjo
Original Music Composer
A documentary surrounding the ties between Japan and the Korean peninsula, particularly folk rituals of the aforementioned region. Reportedly is the first film acclaimed composer Akira Ifukube wrote for after his hiatus from scoring.
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
Music
A collection of deleted scenes and bloopers from the library of Toho Studios films, including several films from the famous Godzilla franchise.
Godzilla Fantasia
Music
Akira Ifukube has arranged music from his fantastic films into a three-movement symphony, presented here with scenes from the films the music was originally written for. The second half features Makoto Inoue's synthesizer arrangements of Ifukube's music. In this portion, all the music is by Ifukube, but it shows scenes from films Ifukube did not work on. Showcases footage from various monster and science fiction films from Ishiro Honda as well as scenes from Senkichi Taniguchi's Adventure of Kigan Castle.
Wolfman vs. Godzilla
Music Director
A high production fan film directed and produced by Shizuo Nakajima and several former Toho filmmakers in 1983. Principal photography on Wolfman vs. Godzilla began in 1983 and concluded in the mid 1980's. Post-production ("editing, sound design, and visual effects") is ongoing.
Love and Faith
Original Music Composer
Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has angered Hideyoshi by becoming a Christian convert. Ogin's father Rikyu also displeases Hideyoshi by opposing the warlord's plan to invade China and Korea. When the animalistic Hideyoshi is rejected by Ogin, he threatens her and her father with arrest and worse.
Godzilla
Original Music Composer
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other monster 1950's movies. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called Spectrorama 70 consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musician Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).
메카고질라의 역습
Original Music Composer
블랙홀에서 온 외계인들의 메카고지라를 앞세운 지구침략 작전은 실패로 돌아갔다. 하지만 블랙홀 외계인들의 후발대는 고지라에게 파괴된 메카고지라의 잔해를 회수하고 다시 부활시키는데 성공한다. 여기에 세상에 대한 원한으로 가득한 지구인 과학자가 사육하던 괴수 티타노 사우르스까지 가담해 다시 지구침략을 시작한다. 이들에 맞서는 고지라는 다시 한번 지구를 지킬 수 있을까?
산다칸 8번 창관, 망향
Original Music Composer
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
The Last Samurai
Original Music Composer
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
신 자토이치 이야기: 카사마의 피축제
Original Music Composer
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality manipulating the ownership of a now-valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.
고질라 13 - 고질라 대 지간
Original Music Composer
Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and begin their own plan of action.
Wolfman vs. Baragon
Music Director
Wolfman instantly appears from behind some trees where he is reputedly abused by armed Japanese army tanks, he allegedly flees and later battles Baragon at a burning construction site.
Will to Conquer
Music
The struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the end of Japan's feudal age with the 1868 Restoration.
Space Amoeba
Original Music Composer
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
자토이치와 요짐보
Original Music Composer
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom with his employer's own money. This embarrasses Yojimbo who withdraws from a pact with Ichi to stir up trouble between father and son and their gangs. As the two sides fight, Ichi finds the gold and sets up a final set of confrontations.
Latitude Zero
Original Music Composer
A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Alpha under the command of Captain McKenzie. The group is quickly taken to a vast underwater city known as Latitude Zero, a fantastic, Atlantean type utopia, a world beneath the ocean with its own sun. It is soon discovered that Captain McKenzie is at war with the evil Dr. Malic, a cruel scientist who wishes to rule mankind all the while conducting genetic experiments on humans and animals. Malic sends his agents to kidnap Dr. Okada, a human scientist who has created a serum that can immunize exposure to radiation.
Devil's Temple
Original Music Composer
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?
Young Challengers
Original Music Composer
A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of Japan's leading manufacturers of electronic and electric goods.
괴수총진격
Original Music Composer
고지라 시리즈에 등장한 괴수들은 물론이고 토호에서 만든 바란 등의 비고지라 계열 단독작품 괴수들도 나오는 올스타전과도 같은 작품이다. 이 작품의 배경은 1999년으로 쇼와 고지라 시리즈 타임라인 상으론 마지막이라고 봐도 무방할 정도의 특징이다. 즉 이때는 메카고지라의 역습의 이후 시점을 다루는 시퀄인 셈. 물론 이미 30년 넘었긴 했지만, 당시 미니어처는 나름대로 나쁘지 않은 수준이다.
The Snow Woman
Original Music Composer
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited by the Snow Witch who freezes the sculptor to death but takes pity on the apprentice. He must promise to never speak of this or she'll return and kill him.
자토이치: 피연기 가도
Original Music Composer
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save tha man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.
11인의 사무라이
Original Music Composer
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the clan refuse the sentence and are willing to give their life for justice.
킹콩의 역습
Original Music Composer
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
Wrath of Daimajin
Original Music Composer
In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own.
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Original Music Composer
Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei, a political reformer that pushed for better provisions for the lower classes until he was assassinated by Shogunate agents. Their plot, to set fire to the oil refineries of two rich merchants and unleash a raging inferno that will hopefully burn down the Edo Castle.
A Thousand Suspects
Original Music Composer
Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi in 1963.
대마신 분노하다
Original Music Composer
The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin rises from Lake Yakumo to settle a score of his own.
프랑켄슈타인의 괴물: 산다 대 가이라
Original Music Composer
프랑켄슈타인의 세포에서 태어난 인간형 바다 짐승 가이라가 도쿄의 해안을 공격한다. 일본군이 행동을 취할 준비를 하는 동안, 가이라의 가르간투아 형제인 산다는 그의 친척을 지키기 위해 산에서 내려온다. 선과 악의 싸움이 이어지며, 형제들은 분열되고 도시는 폐허가 된다.
The Betrayal
Original Music Composer
A naively honorable samurai (played by Raizo) comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a master-less ronin, if not hunted down and killed.
자토이치의 노래가 들린다
Original Music Composer
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.
Adventure in Kigan Castle
Original Music Composer
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.
대마신
Original Music Composer
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
Original Music Composer
The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends waves of ninja warriors to kill the samurai and plots diabolical schemes / ambushes without much success.
자토이치: 지옥려
Original Music Composer
Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.
괴수 대전쟁
Original Music Composer
태양계에서 새롭게 발견된 수수께끼의 별 X성을 탐사하던 P-1호는 X성에서 고도의 문명을 지닌 X성인을 만나게 된다. 모든 것을 숫자로 부르는 X성인은 그 곳이 공포의 괴수 ‘몬스터 제로’에게 공격받고 있다고 말하는데, 몬스터 제로의 정체는 다름 아닌 우주대괴수 킹 기도라였다. X성인들은 지구인들에게 킹 기도라와 싸우기 위해 ‘몬스터원=고지라’와 ‘몬스터투=라돈’을 빌려달라고 요청한다. (2014년 18회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)
프랑켄슈타인 대 바라곤
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1965년 일본과 미국 합작으로 제작된 괴수영화로 거인 프랑켄슈타인과 괴수 바라곤의 싸움이 주된 내용이다.
A Chain of Islands
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When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation uncovers a black market scheme involving counterfeit money, murder, and conspiracy.
자토이치: 이단베기
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Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
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In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.
고질라 6 - 머리 셋 괴물 기드라
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일본에 이상기후가 갑자기 닥쳐 1월인데도 불구하고 무더위가 이어지고 있었다. 지구뿐만 아니라 우주에서도 이상한 현상들이 일어나고 있었고, 어느 천문대에서는 이 현상을 규명하기 위해 UFO와 교신을 시도하나 이는 유성우로 밝혀진다. 천문학자들이 실망하는 사이에 지구로 여러 운석들이 떨어진다. 일본을 방문하려던 세르지나 공국(セルジナ公国)의 마아스 도오리나 사루노(マアス・ドオリナ・サルノ) 왕녀는 전용 비행기를 타고 오던 도중 누군가의 텔레파시를 받고 타고 있던 비행기에서 뛰어내린다. 그와 동시에 비행기는 갑자기 폭발한다. 한편 지구로 계속 떨어지던 유성 중에 하나가 쿠로베 댐 부근의 산 중 계곡에 떨어진다. 이곳으로 운석을 조사하기 위해 과학자들이 파견된다.
Kojiki taishō
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자토이치: 혈소려
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Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
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The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will become Jirocho's wife, as well as other members of his future family. There is a particularly great swordfight near the end where Katsu and cronies attack the rival villainous yakuza clan to rescue their ailing, elderly boss. The action choreography, cinematography and editing of this sequence is quite brilliant, treading a difficult tightrope act between genuinely goofy antics and exhilirating, bloody violence.
우주대괴수 도고라
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A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
Whirlwind
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Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
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[Period covered: 1614-1615] 4th film in the shinobi no mono series Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu's ninja are the only ones who can penetrate the fortress, but unfortunately for Ieyasu, Kirigakure Saizo (Ichikawa) and the other Toyotomi ninja can just as easily get out. As armies of samurai maneuver for battle, the fate of the nation will be decided by a desperate struggle in the dark!
고질라 5 - 모수라 대 고질라
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폴리네시아에 거대한 태풍이 오고, 인펀트 섬에 있던 모스라의 알이 이 때문에 바다로 떠내려가고 만다. 모스라의 알은 일본 시즈노우라 앞바다까지 떠밀려온다. 거대한 모스라의 알은 화젯거리가 되고, 신문기자 사카이 이치로는 알을 취재하기 위해 온다. 그러나 해피 공업의 쿠마야마라는 사람이 나타나 자신이 알을 최초 발견자로부터 샀으니 알에 대한 권리는 모두 자기에게 있다며 알을 조사하는 과학자와 기자들을 모두 쫒아낸다. 해피 공업은 모스라의 알을 구경거리로 삼아 돈을 벌 생각이었다. 이들 앞에 소미인이 나타나 알을 제발 돌려달라고 부탁하지만, 쿠마야마와 해피 엔터프라이즈의 사장은 소미인도 잡으려고 든다. 도망친 소미인들은 이번에는 사카이 일행의 앞에 나타나 모스라의 알을 되찾는 것을 도와달라고 부탁한다. 사카이 일행은 소미인들과 함께 해피 공업에 정식으로 찾아가 모스라의 알을 돌려달라고 요청하지만 매몰차게 거절당한다. 실망한 소미인들은 모스라와 함께 인펀트 섬으로 돌아간다. 한편, 간척사업이 진행중인던 땅에서 방사능이 검출되고 이곳을 취재하러 간 사카이 일행은 땅 속에서 고지라가 솟아오르는 것을 목격한다. 킹콩에게 패배해 바다로 떨어졌던 고지라가 다시 깨어난 것이다. 고지라는 요코하마로 향하며 중공업지대를 파괴한다.
The Long Death
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On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large amount of money. In parallel with the investigation conducted by the Japanese police, journalists are also trying to find the culprit. Based on a true incident.
Atragon
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The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.
13인의 자객
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A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
자토이치: 훤화려
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Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war.
Bronze Magician
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Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1952) & the milestone silent surrealist masterpiece A Page of Madness (Kurutta Ippeji, 1926).
자토이치: 흉상려
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After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
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The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn't notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose.
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
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Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.
개구쟁이 왕자의 왕뱀퇴치
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In this influential* cult-classic animated film based on Japanese folklore, Susano is the youngest son of Izanagi and Izanami, the heavenly couple who created the Earth. Still a young boy, Susano is devastated by the passing away of his mother. Determined to find her despite the reprimands of his father, he embarks on a journey to find his brother and his sister for spiritual guidance. *Genndy Tartakovsky identifies this film as a primary influence on the direction and design of his TV series Samurai Jack (2001–2004; 2017). Yōichi Kotabe was a character animator on the film, and used it as inspiration for the art direction of the video game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002). Tomm Moore, director of the Oscar-nominated films The Secret of Kells (2009), Song of the Sea (2014), and Wolfwalkers (2020), has identified the film as a major influence.
신・자토이치 이야기
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Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
Varan the Unbelievable
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In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.
The King
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The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional shogi player through his genius shogi skills and lives a fanatically devoted shogi game supported by the love of his family. This is the 3rd adaptation of Hideji Hojo's famous play.
충신장 : 47인의 자객
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아코낭인 사건 이라고도 하는 이 사건은 도쿠가와 막부의 제 5대 쇼군 도쿠가와 쓰나요시가 집권하고 있던 1701년 에도성에서 일어났다. 칙사 접대를 담당한 아코성의 성주 아사노 다쿠미노카미가 의전 담당인 기라 고즈케노스케를 칼로 쳤으나 미처 죽이지 못하였지만, 그날로 할복을 하고, 가옥과 성이 몰수된다. 도쿠가와 막부의 조치에 불만을 지닌 아코성 가신인 오이시 구라노스케 이하 낭인 46, 총 47명이 그 다음해 12월에 기라의 저택을 급습하여 그를 죽인 후, 그 목을 아사노가 묻혀있는 센가쿠지(泉岳寺)로 들고가 복수를 완성하고, 1703년 3월 도쿠가와 막부의 결정에 따라 46명 할복했던 실제 사건을 그린 영화이다.
The Great Wall
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In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted autocratic dictatorship and led a luxurious life: abolition of feudalism and the centralization of power in the form of a now-hereditary bureaucracy loyal to himself; burning books and burying scholars; the construction of a sumptuous palace for his concubines and also the Great Wall.
킹콩 대 고지라
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세계적인 제약회사의 회장인 다코는 연구원인 사쿠라이 오사무와 후루에 긴자부로를 파로 섬으로 보낸다. 파로 섬에서만 자라는 소마 열매는 강력한 마취 성분을 갖고 있으며 중독성이 없는데, 그는 이 열매로 신약을 개발하려 한다. 또한 다코 회장은 연구원들에게 킹콩의 존재 여부 또한 알아올 것을 부탁한다.파로 섬에 도착한 사쿠라이와 후루에는 킹콩을 발견하고, 소마 열매로 킹콩을 마취시켜 일본으로 데려온다. 한편 7년 전 빙하에 갇혔던 고질라가 깨어나고 바다를 건너 일본에 출몰한다. 일본으로 끌려온 킹콩도 탈출하는데 성공하여 마침내 두 괴물이 격돌하게 되는데...
고래의 신
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A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.
A Carpenter and Children
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A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning combination of drama and humor. The warm friendship that grows between the carpenter, the woman and the children making this into a true masterpiece.
자토이치 이야기
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The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
Her Hidden Past
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Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful geisha.
The Conspirator
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Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference and attempts at defeating the Nobunaga family.
Buddha
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An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.
Miyamoto Musashi
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In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
Daredevil in the Castle
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During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
Lord Tadanao
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Castle of Flames
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In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon finds to be mysterious circumstances, and his mother's married to his uncle, whose ruthless ambition is causing turmoil in the kingdom. Not knowing who to trust, Masato feigns madness, vowing to get to the truth, even though his act causes distress to the girl he loves, who's waited for him all these years. The ghost of his father turns up now and then to show him the way. Meanwhile a peasant revolt is brewing... It all ends tragically.
Scars of Honor
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Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by drawing their blades in a duel to the death.
우주대전쟁
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In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.
일본탄생
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The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.
Break Down that Wall
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A man is wrongfully accused of murder.
Samurai Saga
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Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.
A Whistle in My Heart
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The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.
암흑가의 보스
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암흑가에 몸담고 살아가던 형제가 어느 한 사건을 계기로 조직에서 발을 뺀다. 하지만 조직은 이들의 목숨을 노리는데… 등 경쾌한 청춘영화를 만들어온 오카모토 기이치감독의 첫 액션 영화. 맛깔나는 연출로 한껏 멋을낸 오카모토 기이치 감독의 세번째 작품. (2011년 한국영상자료원 - 오카모토 기하치 감독전)
Varan
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When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, Who decided to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
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Japanese drama film.
The Adulteress
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Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
The Precipice
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Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause of the death, then discover that the cut rope was made in the factory for which Uozu’s brother works.
Futari dake no hashi
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쌍룡비검
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In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them. In Part II, the search for the scrolls continues.
지구방위군
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지구 정복을 노리는 제5혹성인 미스테리안과 지구 방위군의 일대 공방전을 그린 SF 초대형작. 괴수물에 이어 “초과학 전쟁”이라고 하는 장르를 확립시킨 기념비적인 작품이다. 의심스러운 산불, 갑작스런 지반침하, 거대 로봇의 출현이 차례차례로 일어나는 괴사건은 우주인 미스테리안의 행위였다. 그들은 후지산 산기슭에 은밀히 건설한 돔 기지에서 자신들과의 인류 공존을 위해서라며 주위 3km 내 지방의 영토를 줄 것과 6명의 지구인 여성과의 자기들 인류와의 결혼의 요구해온다. 그러나 압도적인 과학과 군사력을 가진 미스테리안의 요구는 서서히 그 규모가 커지고 마침내 지구의 패권을 건 장렬한 전투가 시작된다.
On This Earth
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1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura
Down Town
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A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of her missing husband.
Roar and Earth
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Roar and Earth
Harbor Rats
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A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed by arrogant captain and his officers. The crews caused an uprising. A manager of stevedore ordered his employee leader to suppress an uprising...
Who's The Real Killer
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Harsh film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.
Jigoku bana
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Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
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In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
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Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. Similar to the Italian Cozzilla, the film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters in a unique version exclusive to the French release. Released by Les Films du Verseau.
An Osaka Story
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A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
하늘의 대괴수 라돈
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Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
Joyu
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Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.
Sound in the Mist
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Ryûri no kishi
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Ryûri no kishi
고질라 3 - 괴수의 왕
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During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
Darkness at Noon
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Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.
Love is Lost
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Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.
Rainy Night Duel
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Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo school because of his propensity for street fighting. He goes to work for a gangster named Joji, but when he realizes that Joji is mixed up in the slave trade, Koseki helps the police in their attempts to foil Joji.
버마의 하프
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1943년 8월, 일본 군대는 진군 중이다. 버마에 파견된 한 소대는 사기 진작을 위해 노래를 부른다. 하프 연주의 달인인 병사 미즈시마가 반주를 하고 음악학교 출신의 소대장이 지휘를 하면서 이 소대는 합창단 소대라는 별칭을 얻는다. 일본이 패전하자 그들은 영국군이 관리하는 무동의 포로 수용소에서 송환을 기다린다. 그러던 어느 날 미즈시마는 항복하지 않는 일본군 중대를 설득하기 위해 산 위에 있는 진지로 보내지는데…
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
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From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
Brooba
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The Beauty and the Dragon
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Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self righteous priest.
Three Faces
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Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Shinagawa Station, which was crowded with repatriates. , The day of reunion is approaching.
The Wolves
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A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
The Maid's Kid
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Life of Geisha
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The tragedy of the geiko girl Ume and the men who try to pursue her.
고지라
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수만년동안 태평양에 잠들어있던 고질라가 핵폭탄 실험으로 인해 깨어나 선박들을 납치한다. 이어 고질라는 도쿄까지 상륙하지만, 핵실험의 영향으로 괴력을 갖게 된 고질라에게는 어떤 최첨단 무기도 통하지 않는다. 도시는 고질라가 내뿜는 방사능와 불길에 휩싸여 초토화되지만, 손쓸 방법이 없어 많은 희생자들이 발생한다. 이 고질라를 쓰러뜨릴 에너지인 오키시젠 디스트로이어를 개발한 과학자 세이자와 다이스케는 그 방법을 알리길 거부하고, 희생자는 점점 늘어만 가는데...
Dorodarake no seishun
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Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayashi and seeked their own careers in the film industry.
The Ditch
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Toku, a factory worker gives food to a starving woman, Tsuru, who then follows him home. He shares a shack in a shanty village in Kawasaki with his friend Pin-chan. The two men try to get rid of her but then let her stay when she gives them money. Tsuru tells the people of the village that she lost her job due to a strike, then was robbed of her severance pay, then sold to a brothel in Tsuchiura. She ran away with a friend from Kawasaki. Toku and Pin-chan sell her to a geisha house and spend the money. She is thrown out. The owner demands his money back. Tsuru earns the money to pay their debt by working as a prostitute outside the station. The other prostitutes beat her. She fends them off with a policeman's revolver and is then shot dead by the police.
A Samurai's Love
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A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.
Cape Ashizuri
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1950s Japanese drama.
Onna no issho
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Nobuko Otowa won the Blue Ribbon Award for the Best Actress for this among other films.
Before Dawn
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히로시마
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세키가와 히데오 감독. 1955년 제5회 베를린 영화제 장편영화상 수상작. 히로시마의 원폭 피해자들의 수기를 엮은 문집 '원폭의 아이, 히로시마의 소년소녀의 호소'를 바탕으로 영화화. 일본교직원조합 제작. 히로시마의 중고생, 교직원, 일반시민이 약 88,500명이 엑스트라로 참여했다고 한다.
The Cannery Boat
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Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy. (Set in the 1920's)
White Fish
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A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an update of his status and whether he is alive or not. With the clinic lying dormant the doctor's wife rents the premises to her husband's underling. This is a man who does not accept payment from the poor. The woman, in the meantime, works at a restaurant whose owner being ill has given her additional duties. Her younger sister is an unmarried finance writer who also lives with them. It is both sisters, however, who receive marriage proposals.
아나타한
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미크로네시아의 북마리아나 제도의 아나타한(Anatahan) 섬에서 일어난 사건에 기반한 영화. 면적 32㎢ 정도인 작은 섬에서 여자 1명과 남자 31명이라는 남초 성비로 7년간 살아야 했던 이야기이다. 이후 여자를 둘러싼 갈등이 발생했고 살인 등의 사고가 벌어졌다. 미군에 의해 생존자들이 구조되면서 사건은 막을 내렸다.
Aijô ni tsuite
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Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, but died from her husband and returned to her parents' house in Tokyo with her five-year-old daughter Yoshiko.
Yokubo
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Nobuko Otowa won the Blue Ribbon for the Best Actress for this movie among others.
Miniature
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Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
Reminiscence
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Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952 novel Thousand Cranes, a quietly devastating story of a young man, orphaned during the war, who stumbles into a passionate yet tragic relationship with his late father’s mistress and her daughter.
Swift Current
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원폭의 아이
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작은 섬의 학교에서 교편을 잡고 있는 다카코는 여름 방학을 이용하여 히로시마를 방문한다. 원폭 당시 유치원 교사로 일했던 다카코가 과거 자신이 가르쳤던 아이들의 소식을 듣기 위해 다시 히로시마를 찾은 것이다. 그렇게 아이들을 찾던 다카코는 길거리에서 우연히 예전 자신의 집에서 일했었던 이와키치 아저씨를 만난다.
Shi no machi wo nogarete
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Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
Sisters of Nishijin
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A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.
겐지 이야기
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성년이 된 히카리겐지의 1년반 세월에 초점을 두어 그린 영화.
Stolen Love
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Romantic melodrama
Who Will Judge Me?
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Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
The Man Without a Nationality
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Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa
Judge of the Ashuras
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게이샤의 삶
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기온의 게이샤 오키쿠의 딸로 무언가에 대한 반발심에 만나는 남자를 수시로 갈아치우는 기미쵸(君蝶)와 시청에서 근무하는 여동생을 비교하며 화류계를 리얼하게 묘사함. 각본 신도 가네토가 미조구치 겐지에의 오마쥬로 써내려간 작품.
Re mizeraburu: kami to jiyu no hata
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Re mizeraburu: kami to akuma
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The Rainbow-Colored Flower
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Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish teenage war orphan who tries to offer herself for money but is instead taken in by Ebihara, Koyabu, a middle-aged woman who has spent much of her life as the kept woman of a wealthy man, and Teruko, the modest daughter of Ebihara's former teacher who comes to rely on him after the death of her father.
Senka o koete
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Crazy Uproar
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Also known as Crazy Uproar.
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
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This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.
White Beast
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The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. With its cat fights, hysterical tantrums, film noir lighting, and dramatic music, White Beast is indicative of the new influences of the Hollywood psychological thriller on Naruse. Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) initiated a cycle of women's prison movies in the United States that may or may not have been shown in Japan, but the stylistics of White Beast draw on the same paranoid woman's films and film noir conventions that preceded the American cycle.
The Motherland Far Far Away
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Ma no Kogane
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A joint project by Sojiro Motoki and Tomoyuki Tanaka, co-dramatizing the original story by Shu Sekikawa with Senkichi Taniguchi and Kenro Matsuura. The fur of a stray dog, the double-barreled gun tied to the backpack, the beard covered with tanned leather, and the bottom of the snow-burnt shining eyes, for the first time in thirteen years, these reached out to the bottom of society. Genji Iwaki dreamed of reuniting with his first love, Tsukie Shiina, with a huge amount of gold dust. To hand over half of the gold dust, he appeared in the memorable N city from the mountains of Teshio with the hope of seeing his late colleague's son, Ichiro Akutsu...
Devil's Gold
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1950 Toho film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
The Rainbow Man
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When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on abound.
Jakoman and Tetsu
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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.
Late Night Confession
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Japanese mystery thriller.
조용한 결투
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당시 군의관으로 일하던 쿄지는 매독환자를 수술 하던 중 메스에 손을 베어 자신도 매독에 걸리고 만다. 어려운 환경 때문에 치료도 제대로 못한 쿄지는 전쟁이 끝나고 고향으로 돌아오지만 매독 때문에 약혼자와의 결혼까지 포기한다. 쿄지는 자신이 매독에 걸렸단 사실을 비밀로 하지만 간호사인 미네기시는 매독치료약이 없어진 사실을 눈치챈다.
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
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Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and assaulting their next incoming supply ship; but at the station they are told that a serious typhoon is on the way, so the ship will be delayed.
Kuro-uma no danshichi
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A Second Life
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1948 Japanese drama film.
Shachō to onna tenin
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Invitation to Happiness
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Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness
은령의 끝
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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.