Akahige 1965  N/R, 185 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Red Beard
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Yoko Naito, Terumi Niki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Akemi Negishi, Kyoko Kagawa, Kamatari Fujiwara
Set in the early 19th century, this long film tells the story of Dr. Kyojio Niide, "Red Beard" (Toshiro Mifine, in his last film for Director Kurosawa), who works at a charity clinic in a poverty-stricken area. Dr. Niide takes a new intern, Noboru (Yuzo Kayama) under his wing. Noboru is arrogant and rebellious, not understanding why so much time is spent on the poor. Over time, Red Beard brings the young doctor around.
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Donzoko 1957 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Lower Depths
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyoko Kagawa, Ganjiro Nakamura, Minoru Chiaki, Bokuzen Hidari, Kamatari Fujiwara, Eijiro Tono, Eiko Miyoshi, Akemi Negishi, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Haruo Tanaka
Instead of Maxim Gorky's Russia, a slum flophouse in Japan is the setting for this Japanese film adaptation of Gorky's play. The story revolves around eccentric residents of the flophouse complaining about their lots in life.
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I Live in Fear 1955 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Record of a Living Being
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Eiko Miyoshi, Haruko Togo, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kyoko Aoyama, Noriko Sengoku, Akemi Negishi, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Kichijiro Ueda, Eijiro Tono, Yutaka Sada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Masao Shimizu, Ken Mitsuda
Kiichi Nakajima (Toshiro Mifune) fears a nuclear holocaust in Japan and wants his family to move with him to Brazil. When they refuse, Nakajima thinks he will put more pressure on them by burning down his foundry. His ploy fails, and he is sent to a mental asylum where he stares out the window at the sun believing that Earth has been engulfed in the nuclear holocaust that he had feared. A strong statement against nuclear weapons.
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King Kong vs. Godzilla 1962  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Comedy
Director: Ishiro Honda
Cast: Michael Keith, James Yagi, Tadao Takashima, Mie Hama, Kenji Sahara, Harry Holcombe, Akihiko Hirata, Yu Fujiki, Ichiro Arishima, Jun Tazaki, Akiko Wakabayashi, Akemi Negishi, Sensho Matsumoto, Senkichi Omura, Sachio Sakai
After a submarine collides with an iceberg, and Godzilla is released after being trapped for seven years, the great ape, King Kong, is captured and brought to Japan to fight Godzilla. A battle between the two ensues on Mount Fuji; but, when an earthquake sends Godzilla and Kong plunging into the ocean, only one will survive.
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| 1. Akahige (1965)
aka: Red Beard
2. Donzoko (1957)
aka: The Lower Depths
3. I Live in Fear (1955)
aka: Record of a Living Being
4. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
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