War, Drama, History
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
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Defense Contract
Shadow in the Cloud
Ratcatcher
Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
The Exterminating Angel
War and Peace
The Castle of Sand
Five Marines
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Fires on the Plain
Ivan's Childhood
47 Ronin
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Star Reformer
Love Gets a Room
Make the Devil Laugh
Memories of Matsuko
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IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 1999
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IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 1967
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IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 1974
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IMDB 5 | Oct , 1961
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IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 1954
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IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 1955
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 1956
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.Fires on the Plain
IMDB 7.6 | Nov , 1959
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IMDB 7.8 | May , 1962
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IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1994
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IMDB 8.1 | Jan , 1959
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IMDB 7.3 | Feb , 2006
Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture project. This project is very big, so success of this personnel exchange training will probably determine his career. Nomura goes to a supermarket called "Mantendo".Love Gets a Room
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2021
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IMDB 8 | Jun , 2022
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IMDB 7.8 | May , 2006
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.