Akage 1969  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Red Lion
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Etsushi Takahashi, Shima Iwashita, Minori Terada, Shigeru Koyama, Nobuko Otowa, Yuko Mochizuki, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Tokue Hanazawa, Kawai Okada, Eisei Amamoto, Hideo Sunazuka
After a ten-year absence, Gonzo (Toshiro Mifune) returns to his village as a representative of the new emperor. His mission is to tell the villagers that there will be a cut in taxes, and he plans to bring an end to the villagers' suffering. But, when the army rescinds the tax cut and attacks the village, Gonzo is left with no choice but to lay siege on the army.
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Clickety-Clack 1970 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Dodesukaden
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Junzaburo Ban, Kiyoko Tange, Michiko Hino, Imari Tsuji, Keiji Furuyama, Hisashi Igawa, Hideko Okiyama, Kunie Tanaka, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yuko Kusunoki, Tappei Shimokawa, Jitsuko Yoshimura
Kurosawa tells of life in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo through the lives of several of its inhabitants, covering the range of emotion from tragedy to humor. The title refers to the sounds that a mentally challenged, young man makes as he goes around the slums in his pretend trolley. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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| 1. Akage (1969)
aka: Red Lion
2. Clickety-Clack (1970)
aka: Dodesukaden
3. Onibaba (1964)
aka: The Hole
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