Movies: Isao Kimura

  • 1954
    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai (1954)

    Seven Samurai

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    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers...

    Seven Samurai
  • 1952
    Ikiru

    Ikiru (1952)

    Ikiru

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    Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life....

    Ikiru
  • 1957
    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood (1957)

    Throne of Blood

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    Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the s...

    Throne of Blood
  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low (1963)

    High and Low

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    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake....

    High and Low
  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog (1949)

    Stray Dog

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    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a lif...

    Stray Dog
  • 1947
    The Love of the Actress Sumako

    The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)

    The Love of the Actress Sumako

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    The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent....

    The Love of the Actress Sumako
  • 1974
    Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

    Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)

    Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

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    In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out....

    Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
  • 1963
    Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

    Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)

    Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

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    After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords....

    Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
  • 1953
    Mr. Pu

    Mr. Pu (1953)

    Mr. Pu

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    A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl....

    Mr. Pu
  • 1963
    Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

    Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)

    Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

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    In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of char...

    Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
  • 1974
    Pastoral: To Die in the Country

    Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)

    Pastoral: To Die in the Country

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    A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan....

    Pastoral: To Die in the Country
  • 1966
    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966)

    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

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    Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searches for a stolen urn which has hidden significance...

    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
  • 1964
    Assassination

    Assassination (1964)

    Assassination

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    Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing polit...

    Assassination
  • 1954
    A Billionaire

    A Billionaire (1954)

    A Billionaire

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    An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes....

    A Billionaire
  • 1968
    Affair in the Snow

    Affair in the Snow (1968)

    Affair in the Snow

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    In an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself, her volatile lover and her ex-boyfriend, for whom she had platonic feelings....

    Affair in the Snow
  • 1968
    Black Lizard

    Black Lizard (1968)

    Black Lizard

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    A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond....

    Black Lizard
  • 1965
    Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

    Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)

    Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

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    The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi's great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his former fellow soldier), old lady ...

    Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
  • 1962
    Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

    Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)

    Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

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    The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to co...

    Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
  • 1957
    The Story of Pure Love

    The Story of Pure Love (1957)

    The Story of Pure Love

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    Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial ...

    The Story of Pure Love
  • 1967
    Journey

    Journey (1967)

    Journey

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    Journey