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Tag Archives: Kumiko Asô
Love & Peace AKA Rabu & Pîsu (2015) Sion Sono, Kumiko Asô, Motoki Fukami, Suidôbashi Hakase
In the summer of 2015 in Tokyo, Ryoichi dreamed of becoming a punk rocker Read More »
Luxurious Bone AKA Zeitaku na hone (2001) Isao Yukisada, Kumiko Asô, Tsugumi, Masatoshi Nagase
Two young women and a sex date who turns out to be an alright guy. Read More »
Instant Swamp (2009) Satoshi Miki, Kumiko Asô, Morio Kazama, Ryô Kase
After being forced to resign from her publishing company job when her magazine goes out of circulation Read More »
Hasami otoko / The Man Behind The Scissors (2005) Toshiharu Ikeda, Etsushi Toyokawa, Kumiko Asô, Hiroshi Abe, Crime, Thriller
Toshiharu Ikeda makes a return to extreme genre fare with this taut police procedural about serial murder suspects who possess convincing alibis.
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Dr. Akagi / Kanzô sensei (1998) Shôhei Imamura, Akira Emoto, Kumiko Asô, Jacques Gamblin, Comedy, Drama, History
Dr. Akagi, a rural physician in Japan during WWII, wages a one-man crusade against hepetitis, earning him a reputation as “Dr. Liver.” But his fanatic campaign brings him into disfavor with the Japanese army, and as the war seems more and more hopeless for the Japanese, Dr. Akagi finds himself increasingly a scapegoat.
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