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1.A Taxing Woman's Return starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentaro Mikuni, Masahiko Tsugawa, Tetsuro Tamba, Toru Masuoka directed by: Juzo Itami January 01, 1998
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Japanese writer director Juzo Itami�s sequel to his 1987 A Taxing Woman again features Nobuko Miyamoto as the title character, only this time she isn't around as much. The charm of the original film, apart from Itami�s attempt to present modern Westernised Japan and deliberately despoiling the traditional stereotype, was Miyamoto. A descendant of Giullietta Masina in Fellini�s La Strada, her child/woman with freckles and a Louise Brooks bob was both clown and a perfect antidote to the patriarchy of her society, as the sole female Tax Officer in Tokyo�s Tax Inspection Bureau. Her relationship with the main villian also allowed her a romantic interest. However, although here she has moments of inspiration - her writhing when pretending to be in cultist�s trance, the dance step she takes ... Read More

2.Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto starring: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki September 03, 1996
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"Samurai I," starring Toshiro Mifune as first Takezo, then Miyamoto Musashi, is an excellent film into the trilogy which will conclude with the final, and best episode, "Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island." In this first film, Takezo (Toshiro Mifune) as he is known in the begining, [but will later be named Miyamoto Musashi], is a brash young man. As a peasant, he decides to leave his village and enter the army, which is on its way to do battle. However, he becomes despondent when his side is defeated. As he returns to his village, he has become an outcast, and when arrested for treason, he is saved by a monk from death, who tells Takezo to study the samurai code. When looking back on the episode, I realize that director Inagaki did a very good job with his plot development, as we see a brash and ... Read More

3.Harakiri starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama, Shichisaburo Amatsu directed by: Masaki Kobayashi June 06, 2000
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I have both versions. The video is cleaner now and the translation/subtitles make MUCH more sense. Kudos to the production company for Improving the movie and not just re-releasing the old version!!!!

4.The Samurai Trilogy starring: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki September 03, 1996
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this movie is very good. i have seen movies of samurai when i was young but this one is great.

5.Kwaidan starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi directed by: Masaki Kobayashi June 13, 2000
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I endorse most every review before this one. Read them. Or just get the movie. The more I watched, the more i liked. Hoichi the Earless was my favorite... the biwa chants were ... quite ... tearfully good... (musicians take note, especially western guitarists and vocalists on the wildness and pure differentness) I could spend many sentences advocating, but suffice it to say, if you like artful cinema and/or theater this movie is worth watching. Even if you end up not liking it, it's worth it to see. But every minute I watched, I liked it more and more.... At least rent it. Any "art" house type movie watcher will appreciate it. Cannes Jury award winner and Oscar nominated for best foreign film (you aren't the only ones who liked it!!)

6.The Burmese Harp starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitô directed by: Kon Ichikawa June 16, 2000
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Quite simply, this is one of the most emotionally beautiful movies I have ever seen. I can't entirely explain why I find it so touching. Amid the most horrific of experiences, a kind, simple young man tries to make sense of his participation in this horror. The movie is filled with singing and harp playing. In the abject misery of defeat and desolation, the soldiers cheer and comfort themselves with song. They sing in unison to strengthen their unity and patriotism but one, the harpist, is separated. He is wounded and nursed back to health by a Buddhist monk. After he recovers, he experiences a spiritual epiphany not unlike Saul on the road to Demascus. He wanders alone and seperate across the blasted landscape littered with piles of war dead. In his confusion and sorrow, he assigns himself ... Read More

7.Vengeance Is Mine starring: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni, Mitsuko Baisho, Nijiko Kiyokawa directed by: Shohei Imamura September 03, 1996
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I was glued to the screen for more than two hours when I watched Vengeance is Mine. This is now one of my all-time favorite films (and one of Roger Ebert's "great movies"). I am having difficulty conveying why I loved this film so much. Aside from the great cinematography, story, directing, and acting, there is something else special here. It is one of those extremely rare films which I knew I was going to love as soon as it started. It continued to get better and better with each minuet. Maybe it was the sheer originality of this Japanese masterpiece... Anyway, I would urge every film-lover to see "Vengeance is mine" as soon as possible.

8.Zatoichi Blind Swordsman: The Outlaw starring: Shintarô Katsu, Rentaro Mikuni, Kô Nishimura, Yuko Hamada, Toshiyuki Hosokawa directed by: Satsuo Yamamoto January 25, 2000
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This 16th episode of Zatoichi tends to have a more complicated plotline than usual. This may be due to the fact that there are quite a few complicated characters in this film. Farmers in the province that Ichi has wandered into have clashed with the local Yakuza bosses, who wish to see the farms fail in order to increase their revenues. The champion of the farmers are led by two different groups. One is by benenvolent and caring boss who wants to see the farmers taken care of better, and the other is a sort of philospher-samurai who wants to start an agrarian cooperative of sorts. The Yakuza bosses want to see the farms fail, because it will help increase their gambling revenues. Sound a little complicated yet? The acting in this episode is very good; however, it seems as if the director Satsuo Yamamoto was trying to put too ... Read More

9.Kwaidan starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi directed by: Masaki Kobayashi
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I endorse most every review before this one. Read them. Or just get the movie. The more I watched, the more i liked. Hoichi the Earless was my favorite... the biwa chants were ... quite ... tearfully good... (musicians take note, especially western guitarists and vocalists on the wildness and pure differentness) I could spend many sentences advocating, but suffice it to say, if you like artful cinema and/or theater this movie is worth watching. Even if you end up not liking it, it's worth it to see. But every minute I watched, I liked it more and more.... At least rent it. Any "art" house type movie watcher will appreciate it. Cannes Jury award winner and Oscar nominated for best foreign film (you aren't the only ones who liked it!!)

10.Zatoichi the Outlaw starring: Shintarô Katsu, Rentaro Mikuni, Kô Nishimura, Yuko Hamada, Toshiyuki Hosokawa directed by: Satsuo Yamamoto
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This 16th episode of Zatoichi tends to have a more complicated plotline than usual. This may be due to the fact that there are quite a few complicated characters in this film. Farmers in the province that Ichi has wandered into have clashed with the local Yakuza bosses, who wish to see the farms fail in order to increase their revenues. The champion of the farmers are led by two different groups. One is by benenvolent and caring boss who wants to see the farmers taken care of better, and the other is a sort of philospher-samurai who wants to start an agrarian cooperative of sorts. The Yakuza bosses want to see the farms fail, because it will help increase their gambling revenues. Sound a little complicated yet? The acting in this episode is very good; however, it seems as if the director Satsuo Yamamoto was trying to put too much ... Read More

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