Hiroshima 1995  PG, 190 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Kenneth Welsh, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Masur, Wesley Addy, Sheena Larkin, Leni Parker, Timothy West, Mark Camacho, Tatsuo Matsumura, Naohiko Umewaka, David Hemblen, David Gow
Events leading up to Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are presented blending archival footage and interviews with those involved.
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Madadayo 1993 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Not Yet
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyoko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, Joji Tokoro, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao, Asei Kobayashi, Takeshi Kusaka
This movie, directed by the great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, is the tale of Professor Hyakken Uehida (Tatsuo Matsumura) who retired after World War II but was so revered by his students that they supported him throughout his long life.
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Samurai Rebellion 1967 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Rebellion
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Tsuyoshi Kato, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Shigeru Koyama, Masao Mishima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsuko Ichihara, Isao Yamagata, Michiko Otsuka, Tatsuo Matsumura, Takamaru Sasaki, Jun Hamamura, Emi Yamada, Hideo Fukuhara
In 18th-century Japan, father Isaburo Sasahara (Toshiro Mifune) and son Yogoro (Tsuyoshi Kato) are samurais who rebel against the feudal system when local rulers tell Yogoro that he must give up his wife, Ichi (Yoko Tsukasa). After Yogoro and Isaburo decline to give up Ichi, they are ordered to kill themselves. They refuse to commit hara-kiri, and a fight to the death ensues.
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| 1. Hiroshima (1995)
2. Madadayo (1993)
aka: Not Yet
3. Samurai Rebellion (1967)
aka: Rebellion
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