Movies: Nenji Kobayashi
- 2002
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
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Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautifu...
- 1972
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701 (1972)
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After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds....
- 1983
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
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In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mounta...
- 1972
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
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After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners....
- 2006
Love and Honor (2006)
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A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor....
- 2013
Tokyo Family (2013)
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An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved....
- 1980
Virus (1980)
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Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world....
- 2004
Café Lumière (2004)
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In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit ...
- 1978
Message from Space (1978)
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The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each ...
- 2004
The Hidden Blade (2004)
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Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest...
- 1972
Street Mobster (1972)
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After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on....
- 1999
Railroad Man (1999)
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A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with h...
- 2014
The Little House (2014)
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Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a...
- 1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
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As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima....
- 2018
IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE (2018)
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At a certain park, there is a mysterious man, who has red eyes and a black suit, that people can go to and request him to kill someone. His assassinations can never be blamed on him because he takes no illegal action. His strength is in the power of ...
- 1978
Shogun's Samurai (1978)
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Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadana...
- 2016
What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
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A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos....
- 2017
What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
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Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin ...
- 1976
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
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A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice....
- 1986
His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
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After a series of chance meetings a shiftless motorbike enthusiast Ko begins a romance with a carefree girl Miyo, after teaching her to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy Ko begins to fear that she is destined to crash....