Eiji Okada - Kkiste

Die Frau in den Dünen

Der abenteuerlustige Entomologe Niki Jumpei ist immer auf der Suche nach seltenen oder sogar neuen Insektenarten. Um diese zu finden, streift er regelmäßig durch die weitläufige und entlegene Küstengegend. Da er bei einem seiner Streifzüge den letzten Bus in die Stadt verpasst, sucht er eine Schlafmöglichkeit für die Nacht und wird von den Einwohnern der Gegend zu einem Haus geschickt, wo eine junge Witwe zuhause ist. Das Haus ist unterhalb einer Klippe gelegen und von unüberwindbaren ...

NR

8.296

1964 Drama 123 min Spielen

7.2

Antarctica

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.

PG

7.2

1983 Adventure 143 min Spielen

7.8

This Transient Life

Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.

NR

7.8

1970 Drama 143 min Spielen

8.3

Woman in the Dunes

An entomologist suffers extreme psychological and sexual torture after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village.

NR

8.3

1964 Drama 147 min Spielen

6.8

The Ugly American

An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition ...

NR

6.8

1963 Drama 115 min Spielen

7.9

Hiroshima Mon Amour

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.

NR

7.9

1959 Drama 92 min Spielen

6.8

Tower of Lilies

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.

NR

6.8

1953 Drama 128 min Spielen

6.6

Mother

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

NR

6.6

1952 Drama 98 min Spielen

6.5

Till We Meet Again

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

NR

6.5

1950 Drama 111 min Spielen

6.4

White Beast

The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. With its cat fights, hysterical tantrums, film noir lighting, and dramatic music, White Beast is indicative of the new influences of the Hollywood psychological thriller on Naruse. Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) initiated a cycle of women's prison movies in the United States that may or may not have been ...

NR

6.4

1950 Drama 97 min Spielen