Movies: Tatsuo Matsumura

  • 1962
    Harakiri

    Harakiri (1962)

    Harakiri

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    Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The seni...

    Harakiri
  • 1962
    King Kong vs. Godzilla

    King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

    King Kong vs. Godzilla

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    The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges...

    King Kong vs. Godzilla
  • 1967
    Samurai Rebellion

    Samurai Rebellion (1967)

    Samurai Rebellion

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    The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back....

    Samurai Rebellion
  • 1977
    Island of Hell

    Island of Hell (1977)

    Island of Hell

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    A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946....

    Island of Hell
  • 1993
    Madadayo

    Madadayo (1993)

    Madadayo

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    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....

    Madadayo
  • 1970
    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den (1970)

    Dodes'ka-den

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    This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused...

    Dodes'ka-den
  • 1994
    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin (1994)

    47 Ronin

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    Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death....

    47 Ronin
  • 2000
    After the Rain

    After the Rain (2000)

    After the Rain

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    A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers....

    After the Rain
  • 2001
    Between Calmness and Passion

    Between Calmness and Passion (2001)

    Between Calmness and Passion

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    An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years....

    Between Calmness and Passion
  • 1968
    I, the Executioner

    I, the Executioner (1968)

    I, the Executioner

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    Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide....

    I, the Executioner
  • 1960
    The Human Vapor

    The Human Vapor (1960)

    The Human Vapor

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    A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career of his girlfriend, a beautiful dancer. The Human Vapour is ruthless in his quest fo...

    The Human Vapor
  • 1963
    King Kong vs. Godzilla

    King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

    King Kong vs. Godzilla

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    When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus....

    King Kong vs. Godzilla
  • 1995
    Hiroshima

    Hiroshima (1995)

    Hiroshima

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    Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...

    Hiroshima
  • 1960
    The Secret of the Telegian

    The Secret of the Telegian (1960)

    The Secret of the Telegian

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    Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims....

    The Secret of the Telegian
  • 1982
    Suspicion

    Suspicion (1982)

    Suspicion

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    A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that ...

    Suspicion
  • 1967
    Zatoichi Challenged

    Zatoichi Challenged (1967)

    Zatoichi Challenged

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    Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal porno...

    Zatoichi Challenged
  • 1962
    The Crimson Sky

    The Crimson Sky (1962)

    The Crimson Sky

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    1962 Japanese movie...

    The Crimson Sky
  • 1980
    Foster Daddy, Tora!

    Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980)

    Foster Daddy, Tora!

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    After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam....

    Foster Daddy, Tora!
  • 1997
    The Seven Chefs

    The Seven Chefs (1997)

    The Seven Chefs

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    Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must complete the training of Wataru — the apprentice chosen by his late teacher to become the next master chef — i...

    The Seven Chefs
  • 1961
    Wakarete ikiru toki mo

    Wakarete ikiru toki mo (1961)

    Wakarete ikiru toki mo

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    A Hiromichi Horikawa movie...

    Wakarete ikiru toki mo