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  • 1989
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    Rikyu
    Rikyu

    7.5 1989 HD

    Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

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  • 2000
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    Kurosawa
    Kurosawa

    6.7 2000 HD

    Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Akira Kurosawa

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  • 2006
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    A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki
    A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki

    7.7 2006 HD

    Using rare archival footage and interviews with noted artists, philosophers, and scholars such as Huston Smith, this film examines the life and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: D.T. Suzuki

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  • 2002
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    Under the Skin
    Under the Skin

    1 2002 HD

    A documentary on sixties counterculture in Japan featuring Donald Richie, Tadanori Yokoo, Masao Adachi, Koji Wakamatsu, Toshio Matsumoto and Akaji...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Toshio Matsumoto

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  • 1966
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    Emotion
    Emotion

    6.7 1966 HD

    Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Emi Tabata

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  • 1983
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    I Lived, But...
    I Lived, But...

    6.5 1983 HD

    An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Keiko Kishi

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  • 2006
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    Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
    Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences

    10 2006 HD

    Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Stephen Prince

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  • 1958
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    Tokyo 1958
    Tokyo 1958

    6.2 1958 HD

    Eight filmmakers collaborate with Teshigahara to create a "frantic, non-stop pop newsreel". Mixing cutout animation with color and black & white...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Donald Richie

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  • 1983
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    The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
    The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

    0 1983 HD

    Documentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Paul Mayersberg

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 1991
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    The Inland Sea
    The Inland Sea

    6.7 1991 HD

    In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan’s Inland Sea,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Donald Richie

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  • 2007
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    Teshigahara and Abe
    Teshigahara and Abe

    6 2007 HD

    A 2007 documentary examining the collaboration between Teshigahara and novelist Kobo Abe, featuring interviews with film scholars Donald Richie and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Donald Richie

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  • 1999
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    Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
    Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

    5.5 1999 HD

    A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Bernardo Bertolucci

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  • 1969
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    Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes
    Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes

    4.6 1969 HD

    A documentary of an avant-garde theatre performance, presents an orgiastic rite of sex, degradation, and bloody sacrifice, performed by Zero-Jigen.

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    Cast: Yoshihiro Katô

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  • 1966
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    Boy with Cat
    Boy with Cat

    7.2 1966 HD

    A cat's inquisitive look interferes with the pleasurable sensations of a boy while masturbating.

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  • 1967
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    Dead Youth
    Dead Youth

    7.2 1967 HD

    The homoerotic poetry of Mutsuo Takahashi sets the stage for these associated images based on male desire.

    Genre: Drama

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  • 1962
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    Wargames
    Wargames

    5.7 1962 HD

    A group of boys playing near the seashore in Tokyo find a goat, kill it in a tug of war for ownership, bury it with ceremony, and, except for one...

    Genre: Drama

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  • 1970
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    Life Eternal
    Life Eternal

    0 1970 HD

    Short film taking place in Vienna‘s Central Cemetery.

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  • 1962
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    Atami Blues
    Atami Blues

    7.4 1962 HD

    A young woman arrives at a resort and is soon pursued by a young man. Initially, he appears to be infatuated with her, but it becomes clear he simply...

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    Cast: Tomosuke Suzuki

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  • 1967
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    Five Filosophical Fables
    Five Filosophical Fables

    7 1967 HD

    Donald Richie’s classic is, in the words of Yukio Mishima, an outrageous farce, and a pitiless indictment of all our false ‘human’...

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    Cast: Hiroyasu Sasaki

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  • 1962
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    Wargames
    Wargames

    5.7 1962 HD

    A group of boys playing near the seashore in Tokyo find a goat, kill it in a tug of war for ownership, bury it with ceremony, and, except for one...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1962
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    Wargames
    Wargames

    5.7 1962 HD

    A group of boys playing near the seashore in Tokyo find a goat, kill it in a tug of war for ownership, bury it with ceremony, and, except for one...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1962
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    Wargames
    Wargames

    5.7 1962 HD

    A group of boys playing near the seashore in Tokyo find a goat, kill it in a tug of war for ownership, bury it with ceremony, and, except for one...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1967
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    Five Filosophical Fables
    Five Filosophical Fables

    7 1967 HD

    Donald Richie’s classic is, in the words of Yukio Mishima, an outrageous farce, and a pitiless indictment of all our false ‘human’...

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    Cast: Hiroyasu Sasaki

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  • 1967
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    Five Filosophical Fables
    Five Filosophical Fables

    7 1967 HD

    Donald Richie’s classic is, in the words of Yukio Mishima, an outrageous farce, and a pitiless indictment of all our false ‘human’...

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    Cast: Hiroyasu Sasaki

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  • 1967
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    Five Filosophical Fables
    Five Filosophical Fables

    7 1967 HD

    Donald Richie’s classic is, in the words of Yukio Mishima, an outrageous farce, and a pitiless indictment of all our false ‘human’...

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    Cast: Hiroyasu Sasaki

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  • 1959
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    Sacrifice
    Sacrifice

    0 1959 HD

    Filmed only a few months after Tatsumi Hijikata’s first explosive public butoh performance, “Gisei” features Hijikata and members...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Tatsumi Hijikata

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  • 1970
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    Life Life Life
    Life Life Life

    0 1970 HD

    Fifteen years before Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Richie anticipated the animation of Terry Gilliam in this early 8mm film. He cut up Life...

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  • 1970
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    Stillness—Suspension—Motion
    Stillness—Suspension—Motion

    0 1970 HD

    Richie captures the strange rhythm of sumo, where the wrestlers quietly and repeatedly face off—eye to eye—before smashing into each...

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  • 1991
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    The Inland Sea
    The Inland Sea

    6.7 1991 HD

    In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan’s Inland Sea,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Donald Richie

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  • 1964
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    Life
    Life

    0 1964 HD

    Short film for the "A Commercial for Myself" programme.

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  • 1963
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    Futari
    Futari

    0 1963 HD

    Love affair between an older European woman and a younger Japanese man.

    Genre: Romance

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