Sumio Tomikawa

Murder case.

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After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.

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Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.

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A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

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A scientist builds a humanoid robot detective complete with human-like personality to fight a band of murdering robots created and led by her crazed brother.

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Three friends leave Tokyo and take on a massive criminal organization in Hakata.

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Three men with completely different backgrounds and beliefs—one in his forties who lived through the war, one in his thirties who grew up in the postwar era, and one in his twenties who has never experienced the war— hit it off and cause a great commotion.

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A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.

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Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to take out both parties. After almost getting assassinated himself, he takes a wounded civilian with him despite living in a world where no one can be trusted.

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An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…

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