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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.
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  • Year: 1954
  • Country: Japan
  • Genre: Drama and Action
  • Rating: 8.6
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Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
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  • Year: 1985
  • Country: France and Japan
  • Genre: Drama, Action and History
  • Rating: 8.2
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In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
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  • Year: 1958
  • Country: Japan
  • Genre: Drama, Adventure and Action
  • Rating: 8
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A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
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  • Year: 1949
  • Country: Japan
  • Genre: Drama, Thriller and Crime
  • Rating: 7.8
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