The Amorists 1966  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Pornographers
Director: Shohei Imamura
Cast: Shoichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto, Masafumi Kondo, Keiko Sagawa, Ganjiro Nakamura, Chocho Miyako, Haruo Tanaka, Ko Nishimura, Ichiro Sugai, Shinichi Nakano
An amateur pornography peddler–Shoichi Ozawa–tries to keep his adopted family out of his seamy profession, but in a moment of indiscretion, his two worlds become one, and he must live with the consequences.
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The Bad Sleep Well 1960 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
aka: The Rose in the Mud
The Worse You Are, the Better You Sleep
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Takeshi Kato, Takashi Shimura, Ko Nishimura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kamatari Fujiwara, Kyoko Kagawa, Chishu Ryu, Seiji Miyaguchi, Koji Mitsui, Ken Mitsuda, Nobuo Nakamura, Susumu Fujita, Koji Nambara
This indictment of the Japanese approach to business emphasizes the corruption at high levels through the story of Kiochi Nishi (Toshiro Mifune) who marries his boss Iwabuchi's (Masayuki Mori) daughter, Kieko (Kyoko Kagawa), to avenge his father's suicide, which can be traced back to Iwabuchi. But, as Kiochi plots revenge against Iwabuchi, Kiochi falls in love with Kieko just as Iwabuchi realizes who Kiochi really is.
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The Burmese Harp 1956  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Cast: Shoji Yasui, Rentaro Mikuni, Tanie Kitabayashi, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yunosuke Ito, Takeo Naito, Ko Nishimura
In the summer of 1943 Japan is losing the war when Pvt. Misushima (Shoji Yasui) is sent to convince a group of mountain fighters to surrender. They do not listen, the attack begins, and Misushima is the soul survivor. A Buddhist monk finds and takes care of him. Now, disguised as a Buddhist monk, Misushima buries the dead. With this act, he is changed forever and will enter the life of prayer as a monk.
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The Sword of Doom 1966 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Michiyo Aratama, Ichiro Nakaya, Yoko Naito, Tadao Nakamaru, Ko Nishimura, Kei Sato, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ryosuke Kagawa, Kunie Tanaka
After samurai Ryunosuke (Tatsuya Nakadai) is asked by an opponent's wife to throw a match with her husband, he kills the husband in competition and then is pursued by the slain man's brother.
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| 1. The Amorists (1966)
aka: The Pornographers
2. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
aka: The Rose in the Mud
aka: The Worse You Are, the Better You Sleep
3. The Burmese Harp (1956)
4. The Sword of Doom (1966)
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