A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. Read More »
Tag Archives: Isao Kimura
Cruel Story of the Shogunate’s Downfall AKA Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (1964) Tai Katô, Sumiko Fuji, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Isao Kimura
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but as his determination impresses Read More »
Beautiful days AKA Uruwashiki saigetsu (1955) Masaki Kobayashi, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Isao Kimura
A romantic drama depicting the lives of two generations of a family who run a florist shop in Tokyo. Read More »
Hero of the Red Light District AKA Yôtô monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri (1960) Tomu Uchida, Chiezô Kataoka, Yaeko Mizutani, Isao Kimura
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness Read More »
Flame and Women (1967) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Isao Kimura, Mayumi Ogawa
A sterile man arranges for his disapproving wife to receive artificial insemination Read More »
The Temple of the Wild Geese (1962) Yûzô Kawashima, Ayako Wakao, Masao Mishima, Isao Kimura, Drama, Romance
Kawashima excelled in portraying latent psychological anxieties and their incursion to associations. Read More »
Anzukko / Little Peach (1958) Mikio Naruse, Sô Yamamura, Kyôko Kagawa, Isao Kimura, Drama
Kyoko, the daughter of a successful novelist, marries an aspiring writer. Read More »
Juhyô no yoromeki / Affair in the Snow (1968) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Isao Kimura, Yukio Ninagawa, Drama, Romance
In an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself, her volatile lover and her ex-boyfriend, for whom she had platonic feelings.
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