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Muddy River / Doro no kawa( 泥の河) (1981)
Dec 28th
Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends. The two families’ “businesses” are in fact dining and prostitution. When Nobou, the restauranteur’s son, loses his pocket money during the Tenjin Festival, Kiichi, the prostitute’s boy, invites him home, and he learns the truth.
203 Kōchi / Nihyakusan kōchi (二百三高地) (1980)
Dec 28th
The battle for Hill 203 during the Russo-Japanese war in 1905. The hill was eventually captured at stupendous loss of life on both the Japanese and Russian sides. The capture of the hill enabled the Japanese army to put pressure on the Russian pacific fleet, thus securing the Japanese victory together with Admiral Togo’s “lucky” win in the coming naval battle.
Kagemusha (影武者) (1980)
Dec 28th
When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty living up to his role and clashes with the spirit of the warlord during turbulent times in the kingdom.
Woman with Red Hair / Akai kami no onna (赫い髪の女) (1979)
Dec 28th
At his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss’ teenage daughter. Then, on the highway, he picks up a red-haired woman walking on the road back to his home. She ends up staying the night. Later, the woman reveals that she has left her husband and son, but refuses to divulge her name. On the other hand, the boss’ daughter informs Kozo’s colleague that she is pregnant. They decide to elope but, before that, he demands Kozo to let him have sex with the red-haired woman…
Vengeance is Mine / Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (復讐するは我にあり) (1979)
Dec 27th
Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over Japan, but somehow he always manages to escape. He meets a woman who runs a brothel. They love each other but how long can they be together?
The Shogun’s Samurai (柳生一族の陰謀) (1978)
Dec 27th
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu’s mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
Empire of Passion / Ai no borei (愛の亡霊) (1978)
Dec 27th
A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had plenty of sake to drink and was in bed, they strangle him and dump his body down a well. To avert any suspicions, she pretends her husband has gone off to Tokyo to work. For three years the wife and her lover secretly see each other. Finally, suspicions become very strong and people begin to gossip. To make matters worse, her husband’s ghost begins to haunt her and the law arrives to investigate her husband’s disappearance.
The Inugami Clan / Inugamike no ichizoku (犬神家の一族) (1976)
Dec 24th
Legendary Japanese director Ichikawa Kons 1976 film The Inugami Family, holds a very special place in Japans long tradition of supernatural suspense…
In the Realm of the Senses / Ai no korîda (愛のコリーダ) (1976)
Dec 24th
Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.
Bullet Train / Shinkansen daibakuha (新幹線大爆破) (1975)
Dec 24th
One of the Japanese Shinkansen “Bullet Trains” is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse the bomb.
School of the Holy Beast (Seijû gakuen) (聖獣学園 ) (1974)
Dec 24th
After the mysterious death of her mother, a young woman chooses to enter a convent to find out what happened. As soon as the door closes to the nunnery, the nuns start torturing the woman. Also, the woman has to deal with a God-hating archbishop and a lesbian mother superior.
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (子連れ狼 地獄へ行くぞ!大五郎 ) (1974)
Dec 19th
The final film, and the final confrontation between Ogami and Retsudo. With most of his family already dead at Ogami’s hands, Retsudo launches one last plot to destroy him, and when that fails, unleashes the fury of every remaining member of the Yagyu Clan.
