The Snake — Actor (134)
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) [Movie]
女が階段を上る時
9.2 (300 ratings) director: 成濑巳喜男 actor: 高峰秀子 / 森雅之 …
other title: 女人步上楼梯时 / 女が階段を上る時 …
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
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Yojimbo (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
用心棒
8.7 (410 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Nakadai …
other title: 요짐보 / 用心棒 …
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
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Lear on the Shore (2017) [Movie] Douban
海辺のリア
6.1 (31 ratings) director: 小林政广 actor: 仲代达矢 / 黑木华 …
other title: 海边的李尔 / 海辺のリア …
《海边的李尔》故事讲述日本国宝级演员兆吉，在步入高龄、被怀疑患有失智症后遭到长女和弟子遗弃，被迫写下遗嘱并送入老人院。某天，兆吉逃出老人院，独自于海边徘徊，遇见许久未见的小女儿，仿佛看到李尔王最疼爱的小女儿寇蒂莉亚的影子，惊觉自己的遭遇竟与李尔王如此相似……故事以莎士比亚悲剧“李尔王”为基底展开，细腻刻划出兆吉的最后光辉。
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Sanjuro (1962) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
椿三十郎
8.7 (252 ratings) director: 黑泽明 actor: 三船敏郎 / 仲代达矢 …
other title: 츠바키 산주로 / 椿三十郎 …
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.
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Black River (1957) [Movie] Douban
黒い河
6.9 (14 ratings) director: 小林正树 actor: 有马稻子 / 渡边文雄 …
other title: 黑河 / 黒い河 …
故事环绕着一个美国空军基地，它吸引了酒吧和妓院，和当地的日本人，他们需要肮脏的世界来逃避现实的世界，和赚钱来勉强幸存。故事中有一段三角恋情，两个主人翁居住再拆卸的公寓大楼，另一个是当地的强盗。本片以一种罕见的角度来观看战后的日本，中下阶层和罪犯的生活。
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
鬼龍院花子の生涯
7.9 (40 ratings) director: 五社英雄 actor: 仲代达矢 / 夏目雅子 …
other title: 기류인 하나코의 일생 / 鬼龍院花子の生涯 …
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.
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Like Asura (2003) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
阿修羅のごとく
7.9 (108 ratings) director: 森田芳光 actor: 大竹忍 / 黑木瞳 …
other title: 宛如阿修罗 / 阿修羅のごとく …
The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
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Jo-oh-bachi (1978) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
女王蜂
7.2 (13 ratings) director: 市川昆 actor: Koji Ishizaka / Mieko Takamine …
other title: 女王蜂 / Queen Bee …
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.
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Ran (1985) [Movie]
乱
9.1 (547 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Akira Terao …
other title: 란 / 乱 …
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
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Kagi (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
鍵
6.1 (12 ratings) director: 市川昆 actor: 京町子 / 叶顺子 …
other title: 键 / 鍵 …
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.