#958 – Paprika, (パプリカ), 2006, Satoshi Kon
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient’s dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
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#962: The Hidden Blade
#962 – The Hidden Blade, (隠し剣 鬼の爪), 2004, Yôji Yamada
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 friend.
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#977: Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
#977 – Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow, (キューポラのある街), 1962, Kirio Urayama
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl’s dreams of higher education.
#979: Typhoon Club
#979 – Typhoon Club, (台風クラブ), 1985, Shinji Sômai
The movie takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which five of the students endure while marooned in their school gymnasium.
#981: Like Someone in Love
#981 – Like Someone in Love, 2012, Abbas Kiarostami
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.
#984: Gate of Hell
#984 – Gate of Hell, (地獄門), 1953, Teinosuke Kinugasa
A samurai performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. The warrior falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is already married.
#986: Linda Linda Linda
#986 – Linda Linda Linda, (リンダ リンダ リンダ), 2005, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It’s a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival’s rock concert—including a classic ’80s punk-pop song by the Japanese group The Blue Hearts called “Linda Linda”…
#993: Japan’s Longest Day
#993 – Japan’s Longest Day, (日本のいちばん長い日), 1967, Kihachi Okamoto
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor’s civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
#998: Departures
#998 – Departures (おくりびと), 2008, Yojiro Takita
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
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