Hiroshi Mizutani
Nascimento : 1906-01-17, Gifu, Japan
Morte : 1971-05-16
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The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel.
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The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
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Remake dos filmes de Akira Kurosawa, Sanshiro Sugata e Sanshiro Sugata, parte 2. O jovem, Sanshiro Sugata, perturbado por problemas pessoais, começa a ter aulas de judo. O seu professor, Shogoro Yano, é um homem devoto que despertou a inimizade dos praticantes locais de jiu-jitsu, o mais velho e mais aceite dos dois desportos. Sugata usa as suas habilidades recém-adquirida para ganhar respeito dos outros, no entanto, Shogoro insiste que esta arte marcial tem um lado espiritual, uma lição que Sugata ainda precisa aprender. Eventualmente, no combate corpo-a-corpo com o pai de uma jovem que ele ama, ele vem a entende o verdadeiro significado do judo.
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Tells the true story of Gwen Terasaki, who falls in love with, then marries a Japanese diplomat. When war breaks out they find animosity and trouble from both sides.
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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.
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Um camponês pobre, após anos de miséria, torna-se um rico e poderoso comerciante de Osaka. Projeto final de Mizoguchi Kenji, ele morreu antes de concluí-lo e as funções de direção foram entregues a Yoshimura Kozaburo.
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A notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the truth of this accident starts to chase a up-and-coming model.
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O cotidiano de um bordel e os dramas particulares de suas profissionais no Japão do pós-guerra, enquanto o país discute a ilegalizaçao da prostituição.
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Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But because the high courtiers dislike career soldiers gaining power and influence, they ignore the will of ex-Emperor Toba and refuse to reward the captain. Reward recommender Lord Tokinobu is punished, and the captain sends his son Kiyomori to the Lord's residence, where he falls in love with Tokiko, the Lord's daughter. Meanwhile, Kiyomori finds out that he is possibly the ex-Emperor's son... Written by L.H. Wong
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China, século XVIII. O último Imperador da dinastia T’ang faz o luto pela morte da mulher. A família Yang quer arranjar-lhe uma nova consorte, assim consolidando a influência na corte. O general Na Lushan encontra uma parente afastada a trabalhar na cozinha, a quem é proposto ser apresentada ao Imperador, recriando a imagem da primeira mulher dele. O Imperador apaixona-se por ela, entretanto instruída e ornamentada para ser sua concubina, e ela torna-se a Princesa Yang Kwei-Fei.
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No século XVII, esposa de um rico avarento vive insatisfeita e frustrada, e quando precisa de dinheiro para ajudar o irmão, recorre a um dos empregados do marido. Os dois são descobertos, mas o rapaz assume a culpa para salvá-la. Sabendo das traições do marido, ela decide arriscar tudo e fugir com o empregado.
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Hatsuko Umabuchi é uma viúva proprietária de uma próspera e requintada casa de gueixas de Quioto. A filha, Yukiko, regressa de Tóquio, onde estudara música, depois de uma tentativa falhada de suicídio porque o noivo a deixou quando descobriu qual era a profissão da mãe. Hatsuko tem nesse momento uma ligação amorosa com um jovem médico, Matoba, responsável pela saúde das gueixas. O médico sente-se atraído por Yukiko, que inicialmente o rejeita por o associar ao negócio da mãe. No entanto, os seus sentimentos alteram-se gradualmente na ignorância de que ele é amante da mãe.
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Baseado em romance de Saikaku Ihara, o filme conta a história da vida de Oharu, uma mulher que na juventude fazia parte da corte do imperador e que em virtude de um relacionamento acaba como pedinte e cortesã, já senhora.
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Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko Otowa stars as the wife who supports him through his early struggles.
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Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.
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Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.
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A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka stylishly plays a constantly intoxicated geisha in this all-star entertainment film.
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Clothes of Deception initiated Yoshimura’s most characteristic vein. This geisha story is often described as a loose remake of Mizoguchi’s pre-war masterpiece Sisters of Gion (1936), but this is inexact. Whereas in Mizoguchi’s study of two sisters, both women had been geisha, in Yoshimura’s film only Kimicho (Kyo Machiko) is, while her sister works in the Kyoto tourist office. Juxtaposing a traditional Kyoto profession with a modern one, Yoshimura shows how life in the old capital was changing in the wake of wider transformations in Japanese society.
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Hamako has just started working for her personal hero, Madame Yuki. Her romanticized view of the Madame is broken immediately, though, as she is introduced with a ever-growing list of the Madame’s personal problems.
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The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.
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Fusako, a drug dealer's young mistress in postwar Japan, loses her tenuous grasp on life upon learning about her lover's affair.
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Este é um filme dividido em duas partes.
A primeira parte foi lançada originalmente no Japão antes do ataque a Pearl Harbor. O filme foi adaptado a partir da peça de Seika Mayama. A película desenvolve a crônicas do final da vida dos 47 Ronin, que tornaram-se (baseado historicamente) uma lenda na história japonesa.
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O filho adotivo de um ator renomado descobre que só é elogiado nos palcos e poupado das críticas negativas por ser o herdeiro do seu pai, e que seus colegas o menosprezam pelas costas. Somente uma empregada da familia é honesta com ele e tem coragem de lhe dizer a verdade, ainda assim incentivando-o para que continue na profissão.
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A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.
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A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.
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Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. As they rekindled their friendship, a complex relationship is established between them.
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A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house.
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Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him "until he becomes an honest person." Kenji soon finds it's not easy to get rid of one's past.
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