Shoichi Ozawa — Actor (28)
Smashing the 0-Line (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
密航0ライン
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Yuji Odaka
other title: 密航0ライン
Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?
The Eel (1997) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
うなぎ
director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Koji Yakusho / Misa Shimizu
other title: L'anguilla / A Enguia
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
Pigs and Battleships (1961) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
豚と軍艦
director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Jitsuko Yoshimura
other title: Porci, geishe e marinai / Porcos e Couraçados
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
The Insect Woman (1963) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
にっぽん昆虫記
other title: Cronache entomologiche del Giappone / A Mulher Inseto
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.
Vengeance Is Mine (1979) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
復讐するは我にあり
9.4 (5 ratings) director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Ken Ogata / Mayumi Ogawa
other title: La vendetta è mia / A Vingança é Minha
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
The Ballad of Narayama (1983) [Movie] Douban TMDB Min reol IMDb WikiData NeoDB
楢山節考
8.9 (8 ratings) director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Ken Ogata / Sumiko Sakamoto
other title: La ballata di Narayama / A Balada de Narayama
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.