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Black Rain I found a used DVD on eBay for $35. It wasn't worth it. The image is letterboxed, but so small... | Magnificent Seven Best Price: $2.24 This movie was made in the days before film-makers realized that people were sophisticated... | Sonic the Hedgehog: Movie (Dub) Best Price: $24.88 This is the only sonic movie ever to be made since it first came out in late eigities. This is... | The Mistress (aka Gan, Wild Geese) Best Price: $15.98 Director Shiro Toyoda has wrought a deeply affecting film which is not only a beautiful... | Seven Samurai Best Price: $7.76 For true film fans, I strongly recommend seeking out older (non-Linda Hoagland), more nimble... |
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Throne of Blood Akira Kurosawa's black and white 1957 film Throne of Blood (Kumonosu J?- literally Spider-Web's... | Tale of a Vampire Best Price: $12.80 A unique and valuable installment to the vampire canon, hung on the framework of Annabel Lee by... | Odd Obsession One of Ichikawa's first films, marred by a bad ending. Four characters are involved in a strange... | Runaway Train Best Price: $19.95 I saw this many years ago and found it on sale recently. It is a superb movie, one of the best!... | Tokyo Fist (Sub) Best Price: $11.25 Got this movie my mistake from Blockbuster, there was wrong DVD in the box. However, a great... |
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Early Summer Best Price: $49.99 Early Summer (Bakush?) is the middle entry in what has been called director Yasujiro Ozu's... | Tora Tora Tora (Spec) Best Price: $0.65 Simply put, this is the best movie about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
I highly recommend it to... | The Outrage Best Price: $89.99 This is a great film with great acting, that holds up better today than it probably did when it... | In the Realm of the Senses (Uncut NC-17 Version) Best Price: $45.99 i am by no means turned off by tastefully done sex scenes, but this movie was just a huge... | Floating Weeds Best Price: $34.99 I love the visual of this movie. It's perfect. Everybody see it. I would give this movie as a... |
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A Fistful of Dollars Best Price: $3.88 This is the first Spaghetti western and a superb film. Both Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone are... | The Ballad of Narayama There are some classic images in Japanese film, scenes that stick with you long after the film... | Tora Tora Tora Best Price: $1.50 Simply put, this is the best movie about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
I highly recommend it to... | Ugetsu Best Price: $22.46 This is a great story of a man who dreams of being a great man of wealth and position in 15th... | Good Morning (AKA Ohayo) Of the Big Three Japanese film directors from last century, who were known in the West, Kenji... |
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Enjo Best Price: $44.98 | Snow Country Beautiful movie from an entertaining book. Too bad it's on tape.
The only problem with this... | Lone Wolf and Cub - Sword of Vengeance Best Price: $6.00 The comic series Lone Wolf and Cub is one of the most epic, action packed, and respected series... | Samurai II - Duel at Ichijoji Temple Best Price: $14.49 This second installment of the epic samurai trilogy starring Toshiro Mifune, has much more... | What's Up Tiger Lily Best Price: $24.99 There are so many great one-liners in this film that it would be hard to know where to begin.... |
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Gonza the Spearman Best Price: $97.78 This is a classic Samurai Film, depicting the highs and lows of Samurai life that delight and... | Sanshiro Sugata (AKA Judo Saga) Best Price: $49.98 Martial arts films have come a long way since this curious historical drama, the first feature... | Sansho the Bailiff Best Price: $72.00 I saw this movie at the New Yorker Cinema back in the early 1970s. I will never forget the... | Lone Wolf and Cub - Baby Cart to Hades Best Price: $29.95 This is an excellent TV series, not as bloody as the films but it is more faithful to the... | Yojimbo Best Price: $5.99 Yojimbo is Kurosawa's most popular movie both at home and in the West & it is easy to see... |
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Samurai Rebellion Best Price: $17.32 by far my favorite samurai movie of all time. just can't believe kurusawa didn't direct. not... | Lone Wolf and Cub - Baby Cart in Peril Best Price: $5.97 You have to hand it to the late Tomisaburo Wakayama, he was definitely different than many of... | Tokyo Blue: Case 1 Best Price: $29.95 Tokyo Blue plays out like any buddy cop movie with a pair of mismatched partners. It just so... | Eijanaika Best Price: $50.00 I really enjoyed this film. A good and fairly unpredictable plot as well as great acting from... | Cruel Story of Youth Best Price: $76.00 After releasing his debut film Street of Love and Hope in 1959, Oshima would be quick to release... |
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Shadow of China Best Price: $0.25 'Shadow of China' has so much going for it: a multi-layered story involving mainland China and... | Late Spring Best Price: $70.00 If one were to think of an equivalent to the film style of director Yasujiro Ozu it would have... | Madadayo (Sub) Best Price: $13.65 It pains me to write this but I was, frankly, disappointed with "Madadayo". For the... | Dodes 'Ka-Den Best Price: $129.99 Long before Traffic, Akira Kurosawa made a movie with several interlocking stories. The stories... | Lone Wolf and Cub - Baby Cart in the Land of Demons Best Price: $4.98 OK first of all, this movie is so cool! The last 10 or so movies I watched before this were all... |
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Lone Wolf and Cub - Baby Cart at the River Styx Best Price: $4.50 If you are a fan of sword and sorcery/samurai films -- or better yet, if you've never... | Velvet Hustler Popular Nikkatsu tough guy Tetsuya Watari, ( Tokyo Drifter )has one of his most colorful roles... | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Best Price: $79.99 I love cinema, but I don't know nearly as much about it as I would like to. All the same, I like... | Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence Best Price: $23.50 This film presented in a fair manner the abhorrent mentality of the Japanese during the days of... | Sword of Doom Best Price: $11.99 To help me review this offering, my daughter of 26 years (and an MST3K fan) sat with me through... |
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Autumn Moon Best Price: $7.99 if you want to understand more some of the heritage and the issues facing traditional asia, this... | The Pornographers Best Price: $17.99 Just describing the story of any one of Shohei Imamura's films won't be enough to convey its... | Black Lizard (Kurotokage) | Dreams Best Price: $6.95 It always amazes me that folks always wax poetic about Akira Kurosawa and never seem to get past... | Grave of the Fireflies Best Price: $19.95 I rarely take the time to review movies or any other products that I order online, even if I... |
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Double Suicide Having no familiarity with classic Japanese theatrical forms, I bought this DVD to get a... | Utamaro and His Five Women Best Price: $159.99 Kenji Mizoguchi (1898- 1956) in Japan, and Rainer Werrner Fassbinder (1946-1982)in Germany, have... | The Sun's Burial Best Price: $35.00 This is a really good film once you get used to the charcters and understand a little about... | A Geisha Best Price: $72.00 This movie is the most authentic depiction of the clash of tradition and modernity in the geisha... | Street of Shame Set in Tokyo's red light district, specifically at the Dreamland brothel, the movie examines the... |