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Tag Archives: Yoshitarô Nomura
Zero Focus AKA Zero no shôten (1961) Yoshitarô Nomura, Yoshiko Kuga, Hizuru Takachiho, Ineko Arima
After Teiko’s new husband disappears on a business trip, she discovers Read More »
Stakeout AKA Harikomi (1958) Yoshitarô Nomura, Minoru Ôki, Takahiro Tamura, Seiji Miyaguchi
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching Read More »
The Demon AKA Kichiku (1978) Yoshitarô Nomura, Shima Iwashita, Ken Ogata, Hiroki Iwase
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children Read More »
The Left Handed Sniper: Tokyo Bay AKA Tôkyô wan (1962) Yoshitarô Nomura, Jirô Ishizaki, Hiromi Sakaki, Kyôko Aoi
An undercover Japanese cop meant to operate within a gang, which deals in drugs is killed, by a sniper. Read More »
Writhing Tongue (1980) Yoshitarô Nomura, Tsunehiko Watase, Yukiyo Toake, Mayuko Wakamori
A five-year-old girl gets a tiny scratch on her finger while playing with mud in a marsh. Read More »
The Scarlet Camellia (1964) Yoshitarô Nomura, Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katô, Sachiko Hidari
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father’s condition. Read More »
Suspicion (1982) Yoshitarô Nomura, Kaori Momoi, Shima Iwashita, Akira Emoto, Drama, Crime, Mystery
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Read More »
Kage no kuruma / The Shadow Within (1970) Yoshitarô Nomura, Shima Iwashita, Gô Katô, Mayumi Ogawa, Drama
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.
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Yatsuhaka-mura / Village of Eight Gravestones (1977) Yoshitarô Nomura, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Mayumi Ogawa, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A Tokyo man witnesses the death by poisoning of his grandfather, and travels to his hometown of Yattsu Mura to find the killer. Centuries ago, the town was the site of a massacre, and is now the stalking ground of a mysterious serial killer…
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