Movie List for "japanese 2"

A vagabond swordsman is aided by a beautiful ninja girl and a crafty spy in confronting a demonic clan of killers – with a ghost from his past as their leader – who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate. Year 1993.

In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression. Year 1954.

A ronin Shino Asu (I die Tomorrow) gets rescued by the Bohachi clan. Their leader Shirobei Daimon, charged by the Shogun with running Edo’s brothels enlists him to kill clients of tea-house whores who are stealing his business. Year 1973.

In 1863, when Americans warships approach Japan, a enigmatic ronin becomes a important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire. Year 1964.

A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband. Year 1958.

During W.W. II, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British P.O.W. and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid blood-shed. Year 1983.

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi’s great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his former fellow so Year 1965.

A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa’s recurring dreams. Year 1990.

The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan. Year 1969.

The hero Saburo (Okada Eiji) is obstructed by a series of events from meeting Keiko (Kuga Yoshiko), his fiancee. Year 1950.

A man falls in love with the widow of a man he killed in a car accident. Eventually she falls in love with him in return. Year 1967.

An engineer’s wife returns home with a lost teenager. A man posing as her dad tries to get her back, causing the engineer to recall his youth as a revolutionary, obscured by dreamlike disruptions of time and space, fantasy and realit Year 1970.

A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor’s life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn’t destroy others along with him. Year 1949.

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. Year 1961.

A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly getting into difficult situations, but never loses his positive mood. Year 1975.

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention. Year 1953.