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Tag Archives: Shima Iwashita
Seijo densetsu / No More God, No More Love (1985) Tôru Murakawa, Hiromi Gô, Shima Iwashita, Miyuki Ono
Released after seven years in prison, an inveterate thug goes from strength to ruthless strength Read More »
The Irresponsible Fool / Iikagen baka (1964) Yôji Yamada, Hajime Hana, Shima Iwashita, Tokue Hanazawa
Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi’s only trait is his innate mischievousness. Read More »
The Donkey Comes on a Tank (1964) Yôji Yamada, Hajime Hana, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Shima Iwashita
Sabu was once a boy soldier, but people in his village disliked him. Read More »
Kage no kuruma / The Shadow Within (1970) Yoshitarô Nomura, Shima Iwashita, Gô Katô, Mayumi Ogawa
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him. Read More »
The Scarlet Camellia / Goben no tsubaki (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 »
Shadow of Deception / Naikai no wa (1971) Kôichi Saitô, Shima Iwashita, Akira Nakao, Rentarô Mikuni
Five years ago Minako spent a night with Sozo, the younger brother of her ex-husband. Read More »
Harakiri / Seppuku (1962) Masaki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita
Following the collapse of his clan, an unemployed samurai (Tatsuya Nakadai) Read More »
Sharaku (1995) Masahiro Shinoda, Hiroyuki Sanada, Furankî Sakai, Shima Iwashita
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. Read More »
Legend of a Duel to the Death / Shitô no densetsu (1963) Keisuke Kinoshita, Shima Iwashita, Mariko Kaga, Gô Katô
A young woman who has been evacuated to Hokkaido with her family during Read More »
Ballad of Orin / Hanare goze Orin (1977) Masahiro Shinoda, Shima Iwashita, Yoshio Harada, Tomoko Naraoka
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed while she tours the country Read More »
Meridian in the Mist / Kiri no shigosen (1996) Masanobu Deme, Shima Iwashita, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tetsuya Chikushi
A story of friendship between two women, Yae and Kiyoko. Read More »
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron / Kumokiri Nizaemon (1978) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kôshirô Matsumoto, Shima Iwashita
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class 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 »
Himiko (1974) Masahiro Shinoda, Shima Iwashita, Masao Kusakari, Rie Yokoyama
A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko Read More »