59 years ago:
Manji (JP)
Original title: 卍(まんじ)
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
1964-07-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/80642
#Manji #YasuzMasumura #AyakoWakao #KykoKishida #EijiFunakoshi #ClassicMovies

56 years ago:
Two Wives (JP)
Original title: 妻二人
After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The sexual anxiety between the interwoven couples tautens right up to the nearly unbearable tension of the climax...
1967-04-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/376790
#TwoWives #AyakoWakao #MarikoOkada #KykoEnami #ClassicFilm

63 years ago:
Afraid to Die (JP)
Original title: からっ風野郎
On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact reveng...
1960-03-22
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/44785
#AfraidtoDie #YasuzMasumura #AyakoWakao #TakashiShimura #ClassicMovies

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https://martindowsing.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-temple-of-wild-geese-gan-no-tera.html

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