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8.4 Letter from the Mountain

Letter from the Mountain

As the film begins, Takao (Akira Terao) and Michiko (Kanako Higuchi) have already pulled up their Tokyo roots and moved to a village that is Takao's ancestral home. They visit a thatched cottage that serves as a memorial shrine (amidado) for the village dead and chat with the attendant, the spry 96-year-old Oume (Tanie Kitabayashi). Together they admire the view -- from an inspiring distance. Oume, it turns out, is a kind of sage, whose thoughts and observations are a popular feature in a ...

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8.4
2002 Drama 128 min Play
4.5 House on Fire

House on Fire

In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work

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4.5
1986 Drama 133 min Play
0 War and Youth

War and Youth

An auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the father remains reticent. Finally the man opens up, and the girl is able to piece together her aunt's tragic story.

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1991 Drama 112 min Play
7.3 Home from the Sea

Home from the Sea

On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the deepest affection for this piece of land they call home, and the simple life they lead. But rapid industrial growth makes it all but impossible to continue their chosen living style, and they are forced to leave their beloved hometown in search of a brighter future. But their hometown lingers on their hearts, and they dream of a time when they may ...

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7.3
1972 Drama 101 min Play
7.7 Madadayo

Madadayo

This film tells the story of professor Uehida Hyakken-sama (1889-1971), in Gotemba, around the forties. He was a university professor until an air raid, when he left to become a writer and has to live in a hut. His mood has hardly changed, not by the change nor by time.

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7.7
1993 Drama 134 min Play