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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
6.9/10
Director: Shohei Imamura
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu
Giving a touch of Asian-flavoured 'magic realism' to a premise that almost sounds like adult cinema, Japanese filmmaker Shohei Imamura ('The Eel') tel... Read more
Dr Akagi ( Aka Kanzo Sensei ) (1998)
7.4/10
Director: Shohei Imamura
Starring: Misa Shimizu, Jacques Gamblin, Kumiko Aso, Akira Emoto
Dr. Akagi, a rural physician in Japan at the end of WWII, wages a one-man crusade against hepetitis, earning him a reputation as "Dr. Liver." But his... Read more
The Eel (1997)
7.4/10
Director: Shohei Imamura
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho
Winner of the 1997 Cannes Palme d'Or and from the director of "The Ballad of Narayama", (also a Palme d'Or winner) comes this wonderful offering about... Read more
The Sea is Watching (2002)
7.1/10
Director: Kei Kumai
Starring: Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tohno, Masatoshi Nagase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Renji Ishibashi...
From legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa comes his final screenplay; a beautifully crafted tale set in 19th-century Edo that centers on O-Shin,... Read more
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1991)
7.3/10
Director: Masayuki Suo
Starring: Masahiro Motoki, Misa Shimizu, Naoto Takenaka, Masaaki Takarai, Hiromasa Tagushi...
With his grades sliding at university, Shuhei's professor gets the cunning idea of blackmailing him into joining the Sumo wrestling team. Shuhei begru... Read more