The Stairway to the Distant Planet 1994  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Kaizo Hayashi
Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Haruko Wanibuchi, Shiro Sano, Eiji Okada, Tetta Sugimoto, Mika Ohmine, Shinya Tsukamoto, Jo Shishido, Akaji Maro, Sumiko Sakamoto, Noriko Sengoku
This is the second of three Detective Hama films (preceded by "The Most Terrible Time of My Life" and followed by "The Trap"). This time around, Mike Hama (Masatoshi Nagase) investigates the true identity of a crime lord known as the White Man (Eiji Okada) and, in the process, uncovers surprising information about his own father.
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The Ugly American 1962  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Englund
Cast: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle, Arthur Hill, Jocelyn Brando, Judson Pratt, Philip Ober, Stefan Schnabel, Carl Benton Reid
An American ambassador, Harrison Carter MacWhite (Marlon Brando), mismanages his political duties with tragic results.
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Woman in the Dunes 1964  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast: Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kishida, Koji Mitsui, Hiroko Ito, Sen Yano, Ginzo Sekigushi
After missing his bus, a scientist (Eiji Okada) is offered a ride to town by locals who have chosen him to be the mate of a woman living in a sandpit. After being lowered into the pit, he discovers that he is trapped, but he philosophically accepts his fate. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Film and Director.
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The Yakuza 1975 R, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Brotherhood of the Yakuza
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith, Herb Edelman, Richard Jordan, James Shigeta, Keiko Kishi, Eiji Okada, William Ross, Denis Akiyama, Kyosuke Mashida, Christina Kokubo, Eiji Go, Lee Chirillo, Akiyama
Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) is a detective who answers the call of his friend, George Tanner (Brian Keith). Tanner's daughter has been kidnapped in Japan by the gangsters, Yakuza, who are the Japanese Mafia. In order to save George's daughter, Harry knows that he must show great power and seeks out his old nemesis Tanaka (Ken Takakura) to aid him in the rescue efforts that, before all is said and done, involve uncovering an espionage plot.
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| 1. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
2. The Stairway to the Distant Planet (1994)
3. The Ugly American (1962)
4. Woman in the Dunes (1964)
5. The Yakuza (1975)
aka: Brotherhood of the Yakuza
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