Zenzō Matsuyama — Playwright (28)
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Wings of Icarus' Flight (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
翔べイカロスの翼
director: Tokihisa Morikawa actor: Masashi Sada / Tomoko Naraoka …
other title: 翔べイカロスの翼
A young man who travels around the world with a camera in his hand finds the circus a fascinating subject. The huge tents and life-threatening acrobatics were filled with dreams, laughter, and excitement. From that moment on, his destiny changes. While living in the circus, the young man becomes fascinated by the art of performing, trains hard, and makes his debut on the big stage. He puts all of his youth into his quest to become a clown, the flower of the circus and the origin of laughter.
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Come Marry Me (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
お嫁においで
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Keiko Sawai / Yūzō Kayama …
other title: お嫁においで
Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sister, Tamotsu seeks to win Masako's affection despite the disapproval of his wealthy parents and Masako's own feelings towards the working-class cabbie Noro.
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Moment of Terror (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
ひき逃げ
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Hideko Takamine / Yōko Tsukasa …
other title: Délit de fuite / Delito de fuga …
When the only son of a working class woman is fatally struck by a car driven by the adulterous wife of a company president in a hit-and-run, the victim's mother changes her identity and infiltrates the couple's home to work as their maid, plotting to murder their similarly-aged son.
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Tokyo 1958 (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
東京1958
director: Masahiro Ogi / Sadamu Maruo … actor: Donald Richie
other title: 東京1958
A collaborative, newsreel-style portrait of Tokyo in 1957–58, blending photography, animation, and historical imagery to capture the city’s labor, rituals, and nightlife at the moment it became the world’s largest metropolis.