This Country's Sky
2015-08-01In suburban Tokyo in 1945, years of war and concentrated air raids by US forces have left the city in tatters and the population poor, tired, and hung...
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A Dry White Season
1989-09-20During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy w...
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The Dream of Russia
1992-06-25Sumptuous filming of the journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean across Siberia to the court of Catherine the Great of Rus...
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Sweeney Todd
2006-01-03A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 19th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspec...
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Pocketful of Miracles
1961-12-18A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying ...
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Hunter in the Dark
1979-06-17Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to...
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The Funeral
1996-01-26After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.
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Black Belt
2007-10-13Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. ...
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One Bowl of Kakesoba
1992-02-15Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One ...
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The Avenging Quartet
1993-10-14A female Chinese cop teams up with a lady kung-fu master to stop two female Japanese gangsters from stealing a valuable painting.
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Our Idiot Brother
2011-08-26Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda an...
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Johnny Got His Gun
1971-08-04A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
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She Devils of the SS
1973-08-23In the last days of WW2, women are volunteering from all over Germany to serve in the front lines by having sex with the brave Nazi soldiers. But when...
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Sorry For Disturbance
2008-09-01Hassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his very exceptional project.
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Young Challengers
1968-10-12A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of Japa...
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