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The Naked Island
Drama - 1960
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A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
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The Naked Island
Onibaba
(1964)
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when...
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Kuroneko
(1968)
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He...
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Tree Without Leaves
(1986)
Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.
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Children of Hiroshima
(1952)
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
(1975)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai) is a 1975 Japanese documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi, directed by Kaneto Shindo (Onibaba). It runs 150 minutes and can be found on the second disc of the Region 1 Criterion Collection release of Ugetsu (1953).

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
97 min
Release date:
23 Nov 1960
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award5 wins & 1 nomination total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The Naked Island borders on kitsch. Still, once seen it is not easily forgotten-the myth of Sisyphus transposed to Tahiti.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
19 Apr 2011
fresh:
Graceful goodbyes are said, then life moves on. The characters' urge for survival wins out, even if you're left shattered.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
20 Apr 2011
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