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Akage 1969 2 and a half stars

    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.

Onibaba 1964 3 stars

    N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Hole

Director: Kaneto Shindo
Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama, Somesho Matsumoto, Kentaro Kaji, Hosui Araya

  During 14th-century Japan, a mother and her daughter-in-law live in a swamp and survive by killing samurai warriors and selling their armor. But survival proves even more difficult when the mother-in-law becomes jealous of her daughter-in-law.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Akage (1969)
aka: Red Lion
2. Onibaba (1964)
aka: The Hole

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