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32 years ago:
Rhapsody in August (JP)
Original title: 八月の狂詩曲
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
1991-05-25
themoviedb.org/movie/20645

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73 years ago:
Scandal (JP)
Original title: 醜聞
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
1950-04-30
themoviedb.org/movie/32690

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75 years ago:
Drunken Angel (JP)
Original title: 酔いどれ天使
Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to convince Matsunaga to stay for treatment, which would drastically change his lifestyle. They form an uneasy friendship until Matsunaga's old boss Okada ret...
1948-04-27
themoviedb.org/movie/25858

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43 years ago:
Kagemusha (JP,US)
Original title: 影武者
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to ap...
1980-04-26
themoviedb.org/movie/11953

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69 years ago:
Seven Samurai (JP)
Original title: 七人の侍
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
1954-04-26
themoviedb.org/movie/346

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62 years ago:
Yojimbo (JP)
Original title: 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 pers...
1961-04-25
themoviedb.org/movie/11878

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71 years ago:
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (JP)
Original title: 虎の尾を踏む男達
Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as their guide through hostile territory en route to safety.
1952-04-24
themoviedb.org/movie/36916

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30 years ago:
Madadayo (JP)
Original title: まあだだよ
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
1993-04-17
themoviedb.org/movie/13889

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79 years ago:
The Most Beautiful (JP)
Original title: 一番美しく
The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tremendous personal hardship, the women persevere in their tasks, devoted to their work and their country's cause.
1944-04-13
themoviedb.org/movie/17988

#themostbeautiful #akirakurosawa #takashishimura #takakoirie #classicmovies

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58 years ago:
Red Beard (JP)
Original title: 赤ひげ
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He grad...
1965-04-03
themoviedb.org/movie/3780

#redbeard #akirakurosawa #toshirmifune #yuzokayama #tsutomuyamazaki #movies

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📀 Chez en Blu-ray à 15€ pièce, des films contemporains, dans le cadre des 100 ans du studio de cinéma:

Le 24 Juillet 2023 :

- Chute Libre
- Le Dernier Samaritain
- Tango & Cash
- Rêves d’
- Before Sunrise
- Before Sunset
- Contact
- Les Associés.📀

#warnerbros #akirakurosawa

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Battle scene ⚔️ shown at a local exhibition of art film posters

#film #art #akirakurosawa #atlasfilm

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80 years ago:
Sanshiro Sugata (JP)
Original title: 姿三四郎
The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.
1943-03-25
themoviedb.org/movie/35022

#sanshirosugata #akirakurosawa #susumufujita #yukikotodoroki #takashishimura #film

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On this day, 113 years ago, the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa was born

(2000🇯🇵)

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74 years ago:
The Quiet Duel (JP)
Original title: 静かなる決闘
Toshirō Mifune plays a young idealistic doctor who works at his father's (Takashi Shimura) clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he ...
1949-03-19
themoviedb.org/movie/37513

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60 years ago:
High and Low (JP)
Original title: 天国と地獄
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
1963-03-01
themoviedb.org/movie/12493

#highandlow #akirakurosawa #toshirmifune #tatsuyanakadai #kykokagawa #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film

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