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Taboo Director: Nagisa Oshima | |
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From Amazon.com This fascinating, gorgeous film examines homosexual passions among the samurai of an 1865 militia. Taboo centers around a young samurai named Kano, whose smooth face and soft beauty makes him an object of desire. Rumors about who might be his lover lead to a love triangle, dazzling swordfights, and a mysterious murder. The story is intriguing enough, but what makes Taboo ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Samurai Banners Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | |
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From Description The landmark film that ushered in Japan's "golden age" of filmmaking! Mifune Toshiro stars in this epic adventure story, based on a best selling historical novel. Yamamoto Kansuke (Mifune) is a fearsome warrior who has risen to the position of Clan Chamberlain through trickery and deceit, only to learn the true meaning of honor when he and his Lord, Takeda, fall ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge - Special Edition OMEGA Actor: Night Warriors-Darkstalkers' R | |
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From Description The explosive conclusion! The origins of Darkstalker Hunters Mei-Ling and Hsien-Ko...Catwoman Felicia's struggle against prejudice...and one warrior who stands against The Dark, not just because he can, but because he must... Includes Episodes 3 & 4. ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Stray Dog - Criterion Collection Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji Director: Akira Kurosawa | |
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From Amazon.com essential video A classic crime film steeped in the vivid environs of postwar Tokyo, Stray Dog is arguably Akira Kurosawa's finest film preceding the international success of Rashomon. A classic theme--the identification between criminal and crime fighter--is presented here in one of its earliest incarnations, as a promising young detective (Toshiro Mifune) struggles to retrieve his stolen pistol. The missing gun is used ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Red Lion Director: Kihachi Okamoto | |
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From Description Mifune Toshiro (Shogun, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo) and Iwashita Shima (Harakiri, An Autumn Afternoon) star in this hilarious epic of a man, a plan, and a large red wig! Directed by Okamoto Kihachi (Samurai Assassin, Sword of Doom) When winds of change sweep Japan, overthrowing three centuries of Shogunate Rule, Gonzo, a peasant, enlists in the Imperial Restoration Force, which promises to abolish the ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Samurai Rebellion - Criterion Collection Director: Masaki Kobayashi | |
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From Description Toshiro Mifune stars as Isaburo, an aging swordsman living a quiet life until his clan lord orders that his son marry the lord's mistress, who has recently displeased the ruler. Reluctantly, father and son take in the woman, and, to the family's surprise, the young couple fall in love. ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Fudoh: The New Generation Director: Takashi Miike | |
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Branded to Kill - Koroshi No Rakuin - Criterion Collection Director: Seijun Suzuki | |
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From Amazon.com Seijun Suzuki's absolutely mad yakuza movie bends the hit-man genre so out of shape it more resembles a Luis Bunuel take on Martin Scorsese. Number three killer Goro Hanada (Jo Shishido) is a hired killer who loves his work, but when he misses a target after a mere butterfly sets his carefully balanced aim astray, he becomes the next target of ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Zero Woman - Assassin Lovers Director: Masahide Kuwabara | |
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From Description Rei is a lethal undercover agent of the Zero Department, a shadow division of the police force. When her lover, a fellow assassin, is assigned to kill her, Rei must rely on her own skills as a beautiful, merciless killer for hire. ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Onibaba - Criterion Collection Actors: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura Director: Kaneto Shindô | |
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From Amazon.com A curse hangs over Kaneto Shindo's primal Japanese classic like a looming storm cloud, but the supernatural has got nothing on the desperation and savagery of the human animal trying to survive the horrors of war. In 16th-century Japan, a hardened middle-aged woman and her young daughter-in-law have turned predator to survive, murdering the soldiers who wander into the sea of ... more Buy from Amazon |
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