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Incident at Blood Pass (JP)
Original title: 待ち伏せ
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help...
1970-04-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/20528
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Confessions Among Actresses (1971) [also known as "Confession, Theory, Actress"]
Kiju Yoshida

"You're the actress KAIDO Akiko. A transparent cinematographical object, unable to resist or react. Confronted with such things, a man feels like suspended into the void, left on their own. KAIDO Akiko the woman, not the actress, becomes, inevitably, the object of cruel thoughts. All that ends in a stupid way."

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