Movies: Ichirō Amano

  • 1953
    Ugetsu

    Ugetsu (1953)

    Ugetsu

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    In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysteriou...

    Ugetsu
  • 1954
    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers (1954)

    The Crucified Lovers

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    When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another....

    The Crucified Lovers
  • 1954
    Sansho the Bailiff

    Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

    Sansho the Bailiff

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    In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before....

    Sansho the Bailiff
  • 1960
    Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

    Satan's Sword: The Dragon God (1960)

    Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

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    The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded....

    Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
  • 1958
    The Gay Masquerade

    The Gay Masquerade (1958)

    The Gay Masquerade

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    The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo Award for best actor Raizo Ichikawa....

    The Gay Masquerade
  • 1951
    Judge of the Ashuras

    Judge of the Ashuras (1951)

    Judge of the Ashuras

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    Judge of the Ashuras
  • 1958
    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

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    During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government ...

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
  • 1962
    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)

    The Temple of Wild Geese

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    Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the pr...

    The Temple of Wild Geese
  • 1963
    Bamboo Doll of Echizen

    Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963)

    Bamboo Doll of Echizen

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    Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife....

    Bamboo Doll of Echizen
  • 1958
    Shogun's Holiday

    Shogun's Holiday (1958)

    Shogun's Holiday

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    During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) to the fishmonger Isshin Tasuke (Kazuo Hasegawa) to help him understand the worl...

    Shogun's Holiday
  • 1956
    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin (1956)

    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

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    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
  • 1957
    An Osaka Story

    An Osaka Story (1957)

    An Osaka Story

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    A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo....

    An Osaka Story
  • 1962
    The Fencing Master

    The Fencing Master (1962)

    The Fencing Master

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    The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the...

    The Fencing Master
  • 1962
    Kumoemon to sono tsuma

    Kumoemon to sono tsuma (1962)

    Kumoemon to sono tsuma

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    1962 Japanese movie...

    Kumoemon to sono tsuma
  • 1956
    The Fiery Magistrate

    The Fiery Magistrate (1956)

    The Fiery Magistrate

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    Film adaption by Kenji Misumi...

    The Fiery Magistrate
  • 1963
    Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp

    Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp (1963)

    Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp

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    Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him any more, attempts to kill him, but without success. Saburouta is rescued by his niece, Keisuke at the last moment. Keisuke is a a good-for-nothing. S...

    Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
  • 1954
    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing (1954)

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

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    A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim....

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
  • 1956
    Night River

    Night River (1956)

    Night River

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    In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor....

    Night River
  • 1957
    Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies (1957)

    Night Butterflies

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    A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival....

    Night Butterflies
  • 1956
    Flowery Hood 2

    Flowery Hood 2 (1956)

    Flowery Hood 2

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    Flowery Hood 2