Isao Kawase

Filmes

Don't Cry, Mr. Ogre
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What was once a superlative varsity baseball coach is now a jaded middle-aged man. He and a former student meet and the older man discovers that his now married pupil is afflicted with terminal cancer. Full of regrets of how he once treated the student the man ponders how to make it up to the man whom he once coached
Neck bowed in the rain
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Baijaku Nakamura takes the lead in a film where he has to dodge pursuit from a hostile gang whilst also helping out a family of innocent people who run a noodle store. More importantly, this was one of Ren Osugi’s last films.
Yaeko's Hum
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Yaeko has taken care of her husband Seigo who has stomach cancer. Seigo goes through 4 surgeries, but survives. Yaeko is then diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and her condition worsens. Their family struggles to take care of Yaeko, but they also cherish their time with her. Seigo takes care of Yaeko as best as he can.
A Sower of Seeds 2
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Samurai Hustle
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During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within 5 days. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Unfortunately, the time needed to visit the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito also learns he received the order because a high ranking government official wants the gold mine. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain is such a small han that it seems impossible to complete. Nevertheless, Masaatsu Naito begins an unexpected operation to complete Sankin-kotai in 5 days.
The Snow White Murder Case
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Beautiful Noriko Miki works at a cosmetic company. One day, Noriko is murdered. People begin to suspect her co-worker Miki Shirono might have killed her. Television begins to cover her story. A TV show interviews Miki Shirono's colleagues, family, people from her hometown. Rumors turn into fear. Is she a wicked a woman?
Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto
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The story is about a group of university students who inevitably gets involved in playing a game of "Horumo" - a combat match where each person manipulates 100 spirits (referred to as "oni") to fight the opponent. Akira Abe, a freshman at Kyoto University student falls for his classmate Kyoko, and soon ends up at a mysterious club called “Kyoto University Azure Dragon” which turns out to be one of the Horumo teams, playing the mysterious (and somewhat absurd) game which started over 1,000 years ago in the Heian period.The heat rises as you see the 2,000 CGI created spirits wage fierce battles against the backdrop of breathtaking beautiful city of Kyoto. Let the battle begin!
Dear My Cosmo
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10 Promessas Para o Meu Cão
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Baseado num livro de Hare Kawaguchi, o filme "10 promessas ao meu cão" conta a história da menina Akari e de sua cadela Socks, com a qual ela conviveu à medida que crescia. O filme se relaciona com os "Dez mandamentos do dono de cachorro", uma lista de regras de propriedade escrito do ponto de vista de um canino. O filme retrata aspectos importantes da cultura nipônica - como o respeito com a natureza e seus elementos.
Sea Without Exit
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Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Basketball Championships. Shortly after entering college, however, Namiki's athletic career is called into question after he suffers a severe elbow injury. But despite a disheartening diagnosis, Namiki is determined to make a comeback. With a little help from his teammates it appears that he is getting back on track, too. Recently, he's even developed a new slow ball that he and his teammates have christened "the magic pitch". Fate can be a cruel mistress though, and when World War II breaks out Namiki the entire team join the navy and begin a training regiment specifically designed to prepare them for the ultimate darkness, an submarine attack method also known as "The Human Torpedo".
Shinobi: A Batalha
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É o ano de 1641, dois clãs ninjas, o da terra de Koga e o de Iga. Ambos são inimigos, mas têm um acordo de não entrar em guerra um com o outro. Os herdeiros dos líderes de ambas vilas se apaixonam sem saber que um é inimigo do outro por causa das tradições dos clãs. Mas um trágico destino espera o casal, é lançada uma maldição sobre a existência das famílias que coloca as duas vilas uma contra a outra. Os melhores ninjas de Koga e Ida são escolhidos para lutar uns contra os outros e Gennosuke Albora, o casal apaixonado, é colocado frente a frente aos inimigos. Por séculos eles vivem em guerras da escuridão, com estranhos poderes e habilidades, vivem somente para batalha, eles são Shinobi.
Heaven's Bookstore
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Heaven's Bookstore is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara about a struggling classical pianist who is sent to heaven to work in a bookstore. It is based on two novels, written by Atsushi Matsuhisa and Wataru Tanaka.
Quill:  The Life of a Guide Dog
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A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to rely on his new partner.
Kichiku
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Doing Time
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A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.
Free and Easy 11
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Hama-chan accompanies Su-san on a business trip to Okinawa in the middle of the recession, but Su-san remains in low spirits over business matters.
Shinjuku Boy Detectives
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In the streets of ultra-modern Shinjuku, Sosuke, a young would-be detective, all of a sudden attacked by a monster robot and falls unconscious. Determined to unravel the mystery, Sosuke joins forces with four members to fight against the robot. Will they be successful?
Tale of the Earth
Negative Cutter
A youngster, Wil had a dissatisfaction to the society which the computer controls the total life of a person. One day he catches a strange telepathy from outer space.