Eiji Funakoshi

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Manji
6.8
1964

Manji

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
An Actor’s Revenge
7.3
1963

An Actor’s Revenge

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
The Broken Commandment
6.9
1962

The Broken Commandment

Ushimatsu’s father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting ...
Fires on the Plain
7.9
1959

Fires on the Plain

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island ...
Bridge of Japan
7
1956

Bridge of Japan

Ichikawa’s 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic ...
Brother and Sister
7.3
1953

Brother and Sister

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal ...
The Most Valuable Wife
6.8
1959

The Most Valuable Wife

In the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to break all ties with their previous lives and form ...
Elegant Beast
7.3
1962

Elegant Beast

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover ...
Jirocho Fuji
7
1959

Jirocho Fuji

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a ‘Fire Festival’ in Akiba to a decisive battle by ...
Blind Beast
7.1
1969

Blind Beast

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists’ model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female ...
Afraid to Die
6.4
1960

Afraid to Die

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position ...
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