Akahige 1965  N/R, 185 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Red Beard
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Yoko Naito, Terumi Niki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Akemi Negishi, Kyoko Kagawa, Kamatari Fujiwara
Set in the early 19th century, this long film tells the story of Dr. Kyojio Niide, "Red Beard" (Toshiro Mifine, in his last film for Director Kurosawa), who works at a charity clinic in a poverty-stricken area. Dr. Niide takes a new intern, Noboru (Yuzo Kayama) under his wing. Noboru is arrogant and rebellious, not understanding why so much time is spent on the poor. Over time, Red Beard brings the young doctor around.
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Sanjuro 1962  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama, Reiko Dan, Akihiko Hirata, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takako Irie, Yunosuke Ito
This follow-on to 1961's "Yojimbo" is more lighthearted than that film but still has plenty of action. Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune), the clever samurai drifter, takes on the task of educating a group of naive young men in the ways of the samurai while fending off attacks. Another good film from Akira Kurosawa.
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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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Thunderbolt 1995  R, 108 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Anita Yuen, Michael Wong, Thorsten Nickel, Chor Yuen, Wu Oi-Yan, Chung-Han Man, Yuzo Kayama, Chin Kar Lok, Ken Lo, Corey Yuen
Expert auto mechanic Foh (Jackie Chan) works at his family's small business but spends his free time helping police investigate illegally upgraded cars. Now, a race car driver, Warner "Cougar" Kaugman (Thorsten Nickel) who Foh helped put away, breaks out of prison and kidnaps Foh's sisters. Cougar's demand for return of the sisters is that Foh race against him in northern Japan's Sendai Grand Prix–and the race is on.
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| 1. Akahige (1965)
aka: Red Beard
2. Sanjuro (1962)
3. The Sword of Doom (1966)
4. Thunderbolt (1995)
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