Country: Japan

Osaka Elegy

7.2

1936

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A young woman becomes a mistress of her boss in order to support her family.

Sisters of the Gion

7.5

1936

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Two geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto. After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him.

The Quiet Duel

7.4

1949

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A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctors life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesnt destroy others along with him.

Utamaro and His Five Women

7.1

1946

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Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers. And, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble.

Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting

5.2

1977

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Two female friends and their very different lives. One witnesses the brutal rape of her sister while the other has to deal with a troubled relationship with an African-American soldier.

Sweet Scent of Eros

5

1973

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Yukie, Koichi and Akira are rogues looking for a place to crash. Soon after getting settled, the hippies slip into a communal lifestyle. They eat, have sex, and generally share everything together.

Zero Focus

6.3

2009

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Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn into a murder mystery.

Younger Sister

6.2

1974

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Akios sister, Neri has separated from her boyfriend. They lived in Kamakura. She moves in with her brother. Her ex-boyfriends sister, Eiko comes to see Neri. She wonders if the separation occurred due to her because the three of them used to live together. Eikos brother has disappeared in the meantime.

Samurai Assassin

7.7

1965

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February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, and their suspicions fall on Niiro, an impoverished ronin who dreams of samurai status, and Kurihara, an aristocratic samurai who befriends Niiro. Niiro longs to identify his father, knowing he is a high-ranking official who will disclose himself only if Niiro achieves samurai status. With American ships in Japans harbors, cynicism among the assassins, and change in the air, Niiro resolves to reach ends that may prove ephemeral.

Big Shots Die at Dawn

6.4

1961

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An early Okamoto yakuza film, though its not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as \\Death of the Boss.\\ While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and \\just doing [his] job\\ according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this films energy.) I have no plot to share, unfortunately, so Ill just add a few more screencaps than usual to make up for it.

The Flowers of Evil

5.7

2019

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A college student steals the panties of a girl he likes and gets witnessed, which sets off a chain of events that send his life and the lives of others around him out of control.

Battle Cry

6.3

1975

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During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaros friendship with a pickpocket, who switches sides whenever it suits his needs, leads to complications that could cost Sentaro his life as they infiltrate enemy lines.