• A Distant Cry from Spring (Japanese: 遙かなる山の呼び声, Hepburn: Harukanaru yama no Yobigoe) is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. Ken Takakura as...
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  • Ken Takakura (category Biography articles needing translation from Japanese Wikipedia)
    by an Actor in a Leading Role 1978 – as Yusaku Shima, in The Yellow Handkerchief 1981 – as Kōsaku Tajima, in A Distant Cry from Spring 1982 – as Eiji...
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    Chieko Baisho (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    for Best Actress at the 5th Hochi Film Award for A Distant Cry from Spring. She sometimes performs as a voice actress, such as "Sophie" in Howl's Moving...
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    Shane (film) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    directly based on the film. The 1980 Japanese film A Distant Cry from Spring (遙かなる山の呼び声) features a similar plot. In 1981, British singer Kim Wilde released...
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    Japan Academy Film Prize (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    school students and younger are not permitted. The winners are selected from the recipients of the Award for Excellence. The award statue of the winner...
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  • Kikujiro (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    the Sea, Kitano references the yakuza only tangentially in Kikujiro, a departure from his work in crime dramas such as Sonatine and Hana-bi. Aimed at the...
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  • Love Letter (1995 film) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    address under his name. She writes a letter to him and receives a reply from a woman named Itsuki Fujii, who bears a striking resemblance to Hiroko. The...
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    Yoji Yamada (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    (1979) Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979) Tora's Tropical Fever (1980) Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980) A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Tora-san's Love in Osaka...
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  • where the kitsune's home is said to be. On the spring day of Hinamatsuri (the Doll Festival), a boy spots a small girl dressed in pink in his house. He follows...
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    Hidetaka Yoshioka (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    Third Street and its sequel Always: Sunset on Third Street 2. A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1981–2019) as Mitsuo Suwa Final Take...
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  • Battle Royale (film) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    バトル・ロワイアル, Hepburn: Batoru Rowaiaru) is a 2000 Japanese dystopian action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku from a screenplay by Kenta Fukasaku, based on...
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  • money from him. The yakuza track down and confront Nishi, but he kills them all in a violent shootout. The next day, Nishi and his wife are at a beach...
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  • (April 27, 2018). "A Scene at the Sea is an early masterpiece from Takeshi Kitano". Chicago Reader. Retrieved November 29, 2024. A Scene at the Sea at...
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  • Nobody Knows (2004 film) (category Articles with dead external links from April 2020)
    Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese) Martonova, A. Boys dont’t cry: the image of the children as a social problem in Hirokazu Koreeda’s films. - In:...
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  • Tetsuya Takeda (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    – Kinya Hanada Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978) – Tomekichi Gotō A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) – Tamiko's cousin The Return of Godzilla (1984) – Homeless...
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  • Moving (1993 film) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    Moving (Japanese: お引越し, translit. Ohikkoshi) is a 1993 Japanese drama film directed by Shinji Sōmai. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section...
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  • and therefore differed from his own techniques, following the common filmmaking process in order to please them and make a pure-entertainment film....
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  • Kizzu Ritān) is a 1996 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano. The film was made directly after Kitano recovered from a motorcycle wreck...
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  • International Military Tribunal for the Far East (film) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    Blue Ribbon Awards Won: Best Film ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2010-01-17. v t e v t e...
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  • Princess Raccoon (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    Operetta tanuki goten) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The "raccoon" of the English title is actually a translation for the tanuki...
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  • The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (category Use dmy dates from December 2014)
    the Japanese garrison in New Guinea was crammed into a small area and almost completely cut off from food supplies, leading to starvation and eventually...
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  • Gohatto (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    themselves competing for his affections. The final feature from iconoclastic auteur Nagisa Oshima is a daring, visually sumptuous exploration of the rigid social...
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  • The Man Who Stole the Sun (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    isotopes from Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant, he is involved in the botched hijack of one of his school's buses during a field trip. Along with a police detective...
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  • Vengeance Is Mine (1979 film) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    grisly humour, Imamura uncovers a seedy underbelly of civilised Japanese society." Roger Ebert called the movie "a cry of despair and hopelessness on behalf...
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  • Shadow of Fire (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    Shadow of Fire (Japanese: ほかげ, "Hokage") is a 2023 Japanese war drama film written and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. The film premiered at the Horizons...
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  • The Ballad of Narayama (1983 film) (category Rotten Tomatoes ID different from Wikidata)
    Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2007-11-29. Hung, Lee Wood (May 2003). "Natural Culturalism in The Ballad of Narayama: A Study...
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  • The Makioka Sisters (film) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    Tokyo. Sachiko, however, decides not to see her off, thinking the pair would cry and embarrass themselves. Instead, she visits Taeko at her new home, and...
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  • After the Rain (film) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    fr. Archived from the original on December 10, 2006. Retrieved October 23, 2015. Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete...
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    The Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (最優秀主演女優賞) of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho...
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  • Mizuho Suzuki (category Use mdy dates from November 2023)
    Yamaji Never Give up (1978) as Kuga The Demon (1978) (Detective) A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Samurai Reincarnation (1981) (Ogasawara Hidekiyo) The Gate...
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