Ryuzo Kikushima — Playwright (20)
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The Demon Comes in Spring (1989) WikiData IMDb TMDB
春来る鬼
director: Akira Kobayashi actor: Toshirō Mifune / Masaru Matsuda …
other title: 春来る鬼 / The Demon Comes In Spring …
Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the girl's enforced marriage to another man, in order that they may marry themselves. The ancient custom of the village decrees that the angry sea gods must be calmed by throwing the pair back into the sea. The lovers face being sacrificed to the sea gods or perhaps something even more difficult to bear.
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Tange Sazen (1952) IMDb TMDB
丹下左膳
director: Sadatsugu Matsuda actor: Tsumasaburō Bandō / Chikage Awashima …
other title: 丹下左膳
Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by the name of Tange Sazen. By chance, Tange gets an old pot in which the secret of the treasure of 1000000 ryos of gold is hidden. However, a bunch of different people hunt for the pot and Tange will have to apply his phenomenal fencing skills with the sword.
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No Time for Tears (1955) WikiData IMDb TMDB
男ありて
director: Seiji Maruyama actor: Takashi Shimura / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: 男ありて / Otoko arite
Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher named Onishi. But when Onishi begins a romantic relationship with the coach's daughter Michiko, Shimamura becomes angry with the young man, lashing out at him when he disobeys instructions during a game. In turn, Michiko becomes angry with her father, who becomes increasingly depressed. When a tragedy strikes the family, Coach Shimamura begins losing control of his life, just when his family and his team need him most.
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Life of a Country Doctor (1960) IMDb TMDB
ふんどし医者
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Takashi Shimura / Hisaya Morishige …
other title: ふんどし医者
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.
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The Underworld (1956) IMDb TMDB
暗黒街
director: Kajirō Yamamoto actor: Koji Tsuruta / Kyoko Aoyama …
other title: 暗黒街
Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue. Furuya himself has fallen in love, with a nurse after his recent hospital stay. As the gang grows more jealous of the favoritism Furuya shows Shoji, they decide to reveal Shoji's relationship with Natsue. But Furuya's affection for Shoji cannot be easily destroyed, even in the gang war that erupts.
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Legacy of the 500,000 (1963) WikiData IMDb TMDB
五十万人の遺産
director: Toshirō Mifune actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Mihashi …
other title: L'héritage des 500 000 / 五十万人の遺産 …
During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is now working as a business executive. He meets Mintsura Gunji, the boss of a large company, who offers him to go to the Philippines and bring back the gold.
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Willful Murder (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
日本の熱い日々 謀殺・下山事件
director: Kei Kumai actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Ichirō Nakatani …
other title: L'Affaire Shimoyama / Willful murder …
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?
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Till We Meet Again (1955) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
あした来る人
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Yumeji Tsukioka / Tatsuya Mihashi …
other title: あした来る人 / 明日来的人 …
Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted to mountain climbing and another girl. When Yachiyo’s father is introduced to Jiro, all of their lives become intertwined...
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Vanished Enlisted Man (1955) IMDb TMDB
消えた中隊
director: Akira Mimura actor: Ryūtarō Tatsumi / Kenichiro Kawamura …
other title: 消えた中隊
In June 1941, Captain Kagawa (Ryutaro Tatsumi), who had just graduated from the military academy, was assigned as the captain of a sentry patrol in Beiman, which was located on the opposite side of the Heilongjiang River from the Semidomka region of the Soviet Union. His predecessor, Lieutenant Kishi (Kawamura Kenichiro), a mild-mannered middle-aged man, had earned the trust of his men and the villagers by relaxing his military duties. However, newly appointed Lieutenant Kagawa thinks that Kishi's way of doing things is sloppy and begins to train the soldiers furiously in order to teach them a lesson.
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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)
Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du monde
director: Romek / Ugo Gregoretti … actor: Mie Hama / 三津田健 …
other title: Le più belle truffe del mondo / Die Frauen sind an allem schuld …
Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.