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animation, short films and the asian cinema
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Martin Dowsing,
Author of 'The Face of an Actor- The Life and Films of Tatsuya Nakadai' remembers the great actor:
martindowsing.blogspot.com/2025/11/tats...
Author of 'The Face of an Actor- The Life and Films of Tatsuya Nakadai' remembers the great actor:
martindowsing.blogspot.com/2025/11/tats...
Tatsuya Nakadai 1932-2025
Sword of Doom (1966) Today (which happens to be Remembrance Day) I woke up and turned on my phone to find a WhatsApp message from a fr...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Martin Dowsing,
Author of 'The Face of an Actor- The Life and Films of Tatsuya Nakadai' remembers the great actor:
martindowsing.blogspot.com/2025/11/tats...
Author of 'The Face of an Actor- The Life and Films of Tatsuya Nakadai' remembers the great actor:
martindowsing.blogspot.com/2025/11/tats...
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La Légende survivra 🔥🔥🔥
Tatsuya Nakadai ❤️
1932-2025
Tatsuya Nakadai ❤️
1932-2025
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
La Légende survivra 🔥🔥🔥
Tatsuya Nakadai ❤️
1932-2025
Tatsuya Nakadai ❤️
1932-2025
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Images from films starring one of the towering figures of Japanese cinema, Tatsuya Nakadai - RIP
Yojimbo (1961)
High and Low (1963)
The Face of Another (1966)
Kill! (1968)
Yojimbo (1961)
High and Low (1963)
The Face of Another (1966)
Kill! (1968)
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Images from films starring one of the towering figures of Japanese cinema, Tatsuya Nakadai - RIP
Yojimbo (1961)
High and Low (1963)
The Face of Another (1966)
Kill! (1968)
Yojimbo (1961)
High and Low (1963)
The Face of Another (1966)
Kill! (1968)
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The Age of Assassins - Anarchic spy spoof from Kihachi Okamoto starring Nakadai as a mild-mannered professor of criminal psychology with a bad case of athlete's foot who is dragged into conspiracy. Or so it would seem...
The Age of Assassins (殺人狂時代, Kihachi Okamoto, 1967)
A mild-mannered professor is dragged into an international conspiracy in Kihachi Okamoto’s absurdist adventure.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Age of Assassins - Anarchic spy spoof from Kihachi Okamoto starring Nakadai as a mild-mannered professor of criminal psychology with a bad case of athlete's foot who is dragged into conspiracy. Or so it would seem...
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Tatsuya Nakadai [仲代達矢 1932 - 2025)]
RIP
RIP
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai [仲代達矢 1932 - 2025)]
RIP
RIP
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The Face of Another (🇯🇵 1966) dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Face of Another (🇯🇵 1966) dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
Rub Out the Past 1966 日本暗黒街
Directed by Masaharu Segawa
Koji Tsuruta, Eiko Muramatsu, Kō Nishimura
Lone wolf and #yakuza enforcer Takeshi Kageyama, is cajoled into doing a favour for his old boss, securing the lucrative heroin trade out of Kobe #filmsky #moviesky #toei #movie #nw #鶴田浩二 #瀬川昌治
Directed by Masaharu Segawa
Koji Tsuruta, Eiko Muramatsu, Kō Nishimura
Lone wolf and #yakuza enforcer Takeshi Kageyama, is cajoled into doing a favour for his old boss, securing the lucrative heroin trade out of Kobe #filmsky #moviesky #toei #movie #nw #鶴田浩二 #瀬川昌治
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Happy Birthday Ayako Wakao!
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November 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Happy Birthday Ayako Wakao!
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Vengeance of a Snowgirl (1971)
Underrated Shaw Brothers flick in which a swordswoman seeks revenge on the men who killed her parents and left her crippled
Directed and co-written by Lo Wei
Starring Li Ching - BOTD in 1948
Underrated Shaw Brothers flick in which a swordswoman seeks revenge on the men who killed her parents and left her crippled
Directed and co-written by Lo Wei
Starring Li Ching - BOTD in 1948
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Vengeance of a Snowgirl (1971)
Underrated Shaw Brothers flick in which a swordswoman seeks revenge on the men who killed her parents and left her crippled
Directed and co-written by Lo Wei
Starring Li Ching - BOTD in 1948
Underrated Shaw Brothers flick in which a swordswoman seeks revenge on the men who killed her parents and left her crippled
Directed and co-written by Lo Wei
Starring Li Ching - BOTD in 1948
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The new restoration of Shinji Aoyama's Eureka is playing at the Garden Cinema 7/13th December as part of their Select Japan strand
Eureka (25th anniversary) / The Garden Cinema
Select Japan is delighted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Shinji Aoyama's classic of modern Japanese cinema with the UK premiere of a new digital restoration. In Kyushu, southwest Japan, one hot ...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The new restoration of Shinji Aoyama's Eureka is playing at the Garden Cinema 7/13th December as part of their Select Japan strand
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Akira Kobayashi BOTD
87 years 🎉
87 years 🎉
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Akira Kobayashi BOTD
87 years 🎉
87 years 🎉
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Images from films starring Brigitte Lin - BOTD in 1954
Love Massacre (1981)
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
Chungking Express (1994)
Love Massacre (1981)
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
Chungking Express (1994)
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Images from films starring Brigitte Lin - BOTD in 1954
Love Massacre (1981)
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
Chungking Express (1994)
Love Massacre (1981)
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
Chungking Express (1994)
November 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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#NW
#FirstTimeWatch
Jigoku (1960) aka The Sinners Of Hell 📽
dir. Nobuo Nakagawa
'A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell'
Phone off need to concentrate on subtitles 😁
#FirstTimeWatch
Jigoku (1960) aka The Sinners Of Hell 📽
dir. Nobuo Nakagawa
'A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell'
Phone off need to concentrate on subtitles 😁
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#NW
#FirstTimeWatch
Jigoku (1960) aka The Sinners Of Hell 📽
dir. Nobuo Nakagawa
'A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell'
Phone off need to concentrate on subtitles 😁
#FirstTimeWatch
Jigoku (1960) aka The Sinners Of Hell 📽
dir. Nobuo Nakagawa
'A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell'
Phone off need to concentrate on subtitles 😁
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Isao Takahata should have turned 90 today.
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Isao Takahata should have turned 90 today.
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The Naked Island 裸の島 by Kaneto Shindō 新藤 兼人
What an impressive film!
なんて印象的な映画なんだ！
What an impressive film!
なんて印象的な映画なんだ！
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The Naked Island 裸の島 by Kaneto Shindō 新藤 兼人
What an impressive film!
なんて印象的な映画なんだ！
What an impressive film!
なんて印象的な映画なんだ！