Movie List for "japanese 2"

When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew. Year 1995.

After a salary-man’s fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he’s about to repeat their mistakes. Year 1963.

The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad. Year 1999.

A group of five college students decide to jinx a bicycle race in their favor and claim the money to pay off their debts, but when the illegal bookie cannot pay, they take up his offer of “collateral” as revenge and complexities begi Year 1958.

The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brother’s wet nurse for support and affection – only for her to give up everything for her beloved’s glory. Year 1939.

In spring, a young girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Year 1998.

N/A Year 1966.

Depicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai. Year 1954.

The film begins when the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi is still named Shinmen Takezo. After being on the losing side of the Battle of Sekigahara, Takezo and his friend manage to escape and come across a young woman and her mot Year 1961.

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern. Year 1965.

The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII. Year 1946.

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. Year 1953.

A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger. Year 1978.

A Noh dramatization of the suicides of Lt. Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. After participating in a failed 1936 coup and being ordered to execute his friends, he bids his wife an intimate farewell and commits harakiri. Year 1966.

After Japan’s loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold one last ball at the house before leaving. The seemingly cold, cynical son secretly grieves for Year 1947.

Sergeant Hassan counteraction against the Japanese colonial rule over the Malaya Year 1958.