Isao Kimura — Actor (21)
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Throne of Blood (1957) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData
蜘蛛巣城
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Isuzu Yamada …
other title: Il trono di sangue / Blodets trone …
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
1950s drama japan jidaigeki kurosawaakira
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Stray Dog (1949) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
野良犬
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Takashi Shimura …
other title: Cane randagio / Cão Danado …
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
黑泽明
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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
子連れ狼 地獄へ行くぞ!大五郎
director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Akihiro Tomikawa …
other title: Lobo Solitário 6: Paraíso Branco no Inferno / Okami - Blutiger Schnee …
With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destroy him, and when that fails, unleashes the fury of every remaining member of the Yagyu clan.
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962) [Movie] TMDB
宮本武蔵 般若坂の決斗
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Wakaba Irie …
other title: 宮本武蔵 般若坂の決斗 / Les moines lanciers du temple Hozoin
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete his skill in the Way.
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple (1964) [Movie] TMDB
宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決斗
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Wakaba Irie …
other title: 宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決斗 / Seul contre tous à Ichijoji
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963) [Movie] TMDB
宮本武蔵 二刀流開眼
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Wakaba Irie …
other title: 宮本武蔵 二刀流開眼 / A deux sabres
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.
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Miyamoto Musashi (1961) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
宮本武蔵
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Akiko Kazami …
other title: 宮本武蔵 / La Légende de Miyamoto Musashi …
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
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Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
幕末残酷物語
director: Tai Katō actor: Hashizo Okawa / Chōichirō Kawarasaki …
other title: Contes cruels au pays du soleil couchant / 幕末残酷物語
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true identity and intentions.
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
宮本武蔵 巌流島の決斗
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Ken Takakura …
other title: 宮本武蔵 巌流島の決斗 / Le Duel de l'aube …
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi's great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his former fellow soldier), old lady Osugi (still doggedly trying to defeat Musashi), and even the return of Priest Takuan (the man responsible for his journey towards enlightenment). But most of all, the boastful, long-haired and long-sworded Sasaki Kojiro.
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Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966) [Movie] TMDB
丹下左膳 飛燕居合斬り
director: Hideo Gosha actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Keiko Awaji …
other title: 丹下左膳 飛燕居合斬り / Samouraï sans honneur …
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searches for a stolen urn which has hidden significance to his clan. But Tange Sazen has his own reasons for seeking the urn.
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
武士道残酷物語
director: Tadashi Imai actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Ineko Arima …
other title: Bushido / Bushido - Schwur der Gehorsamkeit …
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
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Black Lizard (1968) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
黒蜥蜴
director: 深作欣二 actor: 美轮明宏 / 木村功 …
other title: 黑蜥蜴 / 艳盗黑罗刹 …
A detective tries to outwit an art loving thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.
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Yukiguni (1965) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban
雪国
director: 大庭秀雄 actor: 岩下志麻 / 木村功 …
other title: 雪国 / Snow Country
This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.
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Affair in the Snow (1968) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
樹氷のよろめき
director: Yoshishige Yoshida actor: Mariko Okada / Isao Kimura …
other title: Affair In The Snow / Amours dans la neige …
In an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself, her volatile lover and her ex-boyfriend, for whom she had platonic feelings.
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Confessions Among Actresses (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
告白的女優論
director: Yoshishige Yoshida actor: Mariko Okada / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: Aveux, théories, actrices / 告白的女優論
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.
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The Affair (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
情炎
director: Yoshishige Yoshida actor: Mariko Okada / Yoshie Minami …
other title: Passion ardente / 情炎
As a young woman, Oriko condemned her widowed mother for openly pursuing relationships with younger men. After her mother passes away, she finds herself in an unhappy, loveless marriage and begins to understand her mother’s actions.