Kamatari Fujiwara

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The Funeral
7.2

The Funeral

Nov. 17, 1984

The Funeral

When Wabisuke’s father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds ...
T.J. Hooker
6

T.J. Hooker

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man ...
Mickey One
6.3

Mickey One

Sep. 27, 1965

Mickey One

A former comic is on the run from the mob.
Three Outlaw Samurai
7.6

Three Outlaw Samurai

May. 13, 1964

Three Outlaw Samurai

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing ...
Sanjuro
8

Sanjuro

Jan. 01, 1962

Sanjuro

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed “Sanjuro.” In ...
The Bad Sleep Well
8

The Bad Sleep Well

Sep. 15, 1960

The Bad Sleep Well

In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and ...
The Sun’s Burial
6.9

The Sun’s Burial

Aug. 09, 1960

The Sun’s Burial

In Osaka’s slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity ...
Samurai Saga
6.9

Samurai Saga

Apr. 28, 1959

Samurai Saga

Edmund Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) ...
The Hidden Fortress
8.1

The Hidden Fortress

Dec. 28, 1958

The Hidden Fortress

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man ...
Tokyo Twilight
8.1

Tokyo Twilight

Apr. 30, 1957

Tokyo Twilight

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
Seven Samurai
8.6

Seven Samurai

Apr. 26, 1954

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village’s request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai ...
Mr. Pu
6.3

Mr. Pu

Apr. 14, 1953

Mr. Pu

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
Ikiru
8.3

Ikiru

Oct. 09, 1952

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to ...
The Munekata Sisters
7.3

The Munekata Sisters

Aug. 08, 1950

The Munekata Sisters

Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of ...
Naked City
8.2

Naked City

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to ...
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
7.5

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

Aug. 15, 1935

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but ...
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
6.6

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his ...
Double Suicide
7.6

Double Suicide

May. 24, 1969

Double Suicide

Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century ...