Hisashi Igawa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hisashi Igawa (井川比佐志 born 17 November 1936) is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Dodesukaden, Ran and Madadayo. He starred in Abe Kōbō's production of The Man Who Turned Into A Stick, a surrealist play, in 1969.
Harakiri
as RetainerDown-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi....
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Ran
as Shuri KuroganeWith Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular...
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki (uncredited)In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...
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Tampopo
as Running ManIn this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit...
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Yamato
as The ChairmanDirected by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the...
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The Face of Another
as Man with MoleA businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask...
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Hachiko
as MaekawaThe tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno,...
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Dreams
as Nuclear Plant WorkerA collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
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Rhapsody in August
as TadaoThe story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed...
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Madadayo
as TakayamaBased on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida...
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Masui IttôheiKaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his...
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After the Rain
as Kihei IshiyamaA group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy...
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Dodes'ka-den
as Masuo MasudaThis film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the...
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Three Outlaw Samurai
as MosukeShiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their...
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Boiling Point
as OtomoMasaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and...
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The Oil-Hell Murder
as uncreditedThe indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a...
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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
as EigoroZatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles...
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Bullet Ballet
as KudoAfter his girlfriend commits suicide, a man becomes embroiled in gang warfare attempting to...
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Demon Pond
as The CarpWhen a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed...
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Goyokin
as Takeuchi ShinjiroA guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
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Pitfall
as OtsukaA man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a...
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House on Fire
as TsubonoIn the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family,...
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Have a Song on Your Lips
as Toshio NakamuraYuri Kashiwaga was once known as a genius pianist. One day, she returns to her hometown in Goto...
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Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as ParkSecond part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of...
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Japan's Longest Day
as Kempeitai LieutenantFollowing the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...
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47 Ronin
as OkudaKon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is...
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Villain
as Katsuji ShimizuShimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time...
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A Trap
as Man on BoatWhen her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman...
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Midnight Diner 2
as Tetsuruo OgawaThe Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim,...
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Letter from the Mountain
as Sayuri's fatherHusband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated,...
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The Professor and His Beloved Equation
as Housekeeper AgentThis is the story between single mother housekeeper and mathematics professor,who has a brain...
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Basara: The Princess Goh
as Tokugawa IeyasuFuruta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no...
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Where Spring Comes Late
as SeiichiThe story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a...
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Village of Eight Gravestones
as Kanji IgawaThe heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries...
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Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Ryokichi TagamiThe reincarnation of a 10th century Japanese general haunts 1920's Tokyo.
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Sada
as DetectiveThe film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover...
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Rikyu
as SojiLate in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through...
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Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
as uncreditedAsian Blue focuses on Koreans brought to Japan to work in forced-labor brigades during World War II
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The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as uncreditedIn 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
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Last Friends
as uncreditedFollowing the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII....
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A Samurai Chronicle
as uncreditedA retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life.
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Foujita
as uncreditedA biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and...
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The Long Darkness
as Tetsuro's brotherA delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric...
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The Wolves
as NarratorAfter going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai)...
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Farewell, Kuro
as Tokujiro OkouchiBased on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a...
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The Firefly
as uncreditedJapanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look...
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TANNKA
as uncreditedKaori, a professional thirty-something caught between her passion for an older married man and...
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Nakibokuro
as uncreditedJunko Mizuta, who is returning from juvenile training school, is a former motorcycle gang. Even...
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Climbing to Spring
as BunjiToru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up...
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Fifth Movement
as uncreditedWhen a broadcasting company takes away its financial support from a symphony orchestra, some of...
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Summer Soldiers
as OtaThe plight of U.S. Army deserters from Vietnam on the run in Japan, centering on the culture...
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Hole in the Pants
as uncreditedA boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty...
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Tora-san's Runaway
as uncreditedAfter an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro...
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It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
as uncreditedThis is the DVD version of the TV show, which consists of a single video that plays the first...
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Double Suicide of Sonezaki
as uncreditedSuicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703,...
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Main Line to Terror
as uncreditedAkiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the...
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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
as uncreditedTaro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with...
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The Far Road
as uncreditedSet in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive...
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The Fossil
as FunazuAn industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a...
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Cash Calls Hell
as uncreditedBefore leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in...
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The Gate of Youth
as uncreditedMainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his...
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Fusa
as uncreditedPeriod piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have...
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Half a Confession
as uncreditedHalf a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into...
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Homicide
as uncreditedThis film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of...
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Hotoke
as TetsuzoRai pedals his bike and trailer about town, collecting old iron and sowing flower seeds. Because...
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Eternal Monument
as Army Surgeon OkaA remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
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Let Him Rest in Peace
as uncreditedThis TV dramatization of Kitakata Kenzo's hard-boiled novel depicts a man who fights a deadly...
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Organized Violence
as uncreditedA war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.
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The Village
as uncreditedThis appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on...
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Star Reformer
as Kanji ShimizuSatoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career....
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The Story of Pure Love
as GoroJunai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling...
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Actress
as IsoyaStory of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with...
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An Ocean to Cross
as GyougyouSet in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism...
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Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
as uncreditedA detective film by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi. Made for TV.
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The Class of the Sewage Canal
as uncreditedThe struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'
as SelfDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
as uncreditedAn early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last...
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Harikomi
as uncreditedWhen a team of detectives lose the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the...
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Lost in Time
as Editor YabeA story of friendship between two women, Yae and Kiyoko. Their friendship is tested when artist...
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Willful Murder
as uncreditedThe president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train...
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Fight of the Gamblers
as uncreditedRyuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men,...
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Goodbye for Tomorrow
as uncreditedPeople from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3...
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Jose Torres
as NarratorA documentary about the eponymous Puerto Rican boxer
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Luminous Moss
as ProsecutorA headmaster and a novelist, looking for inspiration, regard a strange natural phenomenon before...
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Gassan
as IwakuraAkira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and...
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Deep River
as IsobeA group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India.
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The Living Koheiji
as TakuroThe actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro;...
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Christmas in August
as uncreditedA Japanese remake of the South Korean film of the same name.
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Young People
as Sakurai"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death...
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The Cold-Hearted Sea
as uncreditedA film adaptation of the novel of the same title written by Hiroshi Hatayama (畑山博).
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Police Department Story Pt.20: Backing Investigation
as uncreditedThis time, the investigation division is investigating the case of a man who confessed to...
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Black Board
as Vice-principalTakeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it...
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The Desperate
as uncreditedA noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its...
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War and Youth
as Yuta HanafusaAn auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but...
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Konnichiwa Hânesu
as Nishijima TetsukichiA female college student who aims to become a pianist meets a boy who raises a guide dog.
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Glowing Autumn
as uncreditedA very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by...
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Friendship
as uncreditedFourteen-year old student Ayumi has leukemia and starts losing hair. She becomes depressed but...
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The Story of Jiro
as 勘作Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children.
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Song of the Devil
as uncreditedBakyo is a talented but unsuccessful rakugo artist. The very successful Rokyu wants to take...
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Home from the Sea
as Seiichi IshizakiOn a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting...
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Kamigata Kugaizoshi
as uncredited"Do Not Fall" - Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their...
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Yun’s Town
as uncreditedA Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around...
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Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
as uncreditedDuring the Sengoku period, an army relentlessly lays siege to a castle, but they will need the...
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A Thousand Suspects
as uncreditedSuspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of...
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The Cliff of Time
as the boxerA film adaptation of the second play from "The Man Who Turned Into A Stick" by Kōbō Abe himself.
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Hassai Sensei
as 父・辰吉The 39th NHK Asadora drama is Hassai-sensei. A novice teacher in 1930s Osaka learns that there...
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Onyado Kawasemi
as uncreditedHumanistic detective stories that took place in an inn called 'Kawasemi'.
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It's Tough Being a Man
as uncreditedThe original TV Drama series the famous Tora film series was based on.
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The Loss of Humanity
as uncreditedThree tales raise unsettling questions about the central qualities of being human. In one, a...
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Ordinary Miracles
as Shiro TazakiOne day, a middle-aged man, Fujimoto Makoto, is standing on a train platform, about to jump in...
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Who Do You Think You Are?
as ShojiWhile working in the leisurely atmosphere at a food company's factory, Futaro is asked to return...
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Marginal Village Inc.
as Oouchi KazuoIn a small village in the Kanto regioin, which is surrounded by mountains, residents and a...
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Haru and Natsu
as TokujiAs Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left...
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Stepsisters
as Ryusaku MatsumotoA moving story of intense love, hate, and reconciliation born out of a fateful encounter between...
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Onna: Sono Ai no Series
as uncreditedCollection of short stories about women in various periods of Japanese history. Based on famous...
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The Tailor-Made Shirt
as uncreditedShukichi, the owner of a shirt shop in Tsukuda, Tokyo, is a stubborn craftsman devoted to his...
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