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#257: The Hidden Fortress

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qzmpnwqgmbjtvgiuqbdmfsdkw7m#257 – The Hidden Fortress, (隠し砦の三悪人), 1958, Akira Kurosawa
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Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple tribe members hiding in a fortress. Although the peasants don’t know that Rokurota is a general and Yuki is a princess, the peasants agree to accompany the pair to safety in return for gold. Along the way, the general must prove his expertise in battle while also hiding his identity.

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#280: Cure

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nlz2ajfltmoaaad54mbt4exj1wp#280 – Cure, (キュア), 1997, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere…

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#284: Sonatine

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gojoa2jjkcoammj6axhlt7mcusj#284 – Sonatine, 1993, Takeshi Kitano
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Kitano plays Murakawa, a Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life. Along with a few of his henchmen, he is sent by his boss to Okinawa to help end a gang war, supposedly to mediate between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, Murakawa’s headquarters are bombed and he and his gang are ambushed in a bar.

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#287: The Twilight Samurai

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3cwspgrwxeptbjmcrxcwpxwgw11#287 – The Twilight Samurai, (たそがれ清兵衛), 2002, Yoji Yamada
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Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters’ life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?

#312: The Ballad of Narayama

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atwbzydh5uxoqod0cxqfz9rqwk8#312 – The Ballad of Narayama, (楢山節考), 1958, Keisuke Kinoshita
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In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who’s girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin’s loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?

#329: Throne of Blood

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idmeamzd3eyxfck9exvoddteb7e#329 – Throne of Blood, (蜘蛛巣城), 1957, Akira Kurosawa
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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 spirit’s prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa’s resetting of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

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#333: Grave of the Fireflies

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4u1vpte8axuzb5zauztmikyectv#333 – Grave of the Fireflies, (火垂るの墓), 1988, Isao Takahata
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In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

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