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Japanese Films in the Kenyon Library (by Director)

 

Title Date Running Time Color / B&W Location Director/Producer Other Notes
Dodes 'Ka-den (Tokyo slum-dwellers) 1970 140 min. Color MLL Akira Kurosawa  
Donzoku (Lower Depths) 1964 126 min. B/W MLL Akira Kurosawa  
Dreams (Yume) 1990 119 min. Color 91.0155 Akira Kurosawa  
Ikiru (To Live!) 1952 134 min. B/W 89.0289 Akira Kurosawa  
Kagemusha (The Shadow Warriors) 1980 160 min. Color 93.0330 Akira Kurosawa  
Kumonosu-jo (Throne of Blood) 1957 105 min. B/W 88.0328 Akira Kurosawa  
No Regrets for Our Youth (Waga seishun ni kui nashi). 1946 110 min. B/W 90.0019 Akira Kurosawa Set in '30s.
Nora inu (Stray Dog) 1988 122 min. B/W 92.0289 Akira Kurosawa  
Ran 1986 160 min. Color 88.0058 Akira Kurosawa  
Rashomon 1950 83 min. B/W 88.0095 Akira Kurosawa  
Sanjuro 1962 96 min. B/W MLL Akira Kurosawa  
Seven Samurai (Shichinno-Samurai) 1954 197 min. (total) B/W 93.0081- 93.0082 Akira Kurosawa 2 parts.
Stray Dog (Noru inu) 1949 122 min. B/W 92.0289 Akira Kurosawa  
Tengoku to jigoku (High & Low) 1963 143 min. B/W MLL Akira Kurosawa  
Yojimbo 1961 110 min. B/W MLL Akira Kurosawa  
Rikyu 1991 116 min. Color 92.0290 Hiroshi Teshigahara  
Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) 1964 123 min. B/W 92.0338 Hiroshi Teshigahara Based on novel by Abe Kobo. Starring Eiji Ikada & Kyoto Kishida.
Go Masters (Mikan no taikyoku) 1988 134 min. Color 91.0058 Junya Sato & Duan Ji-Shun  
Tampopo (Dandelion) 1987 114 min. Color 89.0007 Juzo Itami  
Taxing Woman, A (Maru-sa no onna) 1987 127 min. Color 91.0178 Juzo Itami  
Hadaka no shima (The Island) 1962 93 min. B/W MLL? Kaneto Shindo  
Sandakan 8 1974 121 min. Color 90.0004 Kei Kumai  
Genroku Chushingura 1942 225 min. (total) B/W MLL Kenji Mizoguchi 2 parts (113 & 112 min.)
Life of Oharu (Saikaku Ichidai) 1952 136 min. B/W 90.0078 Kenji Mizoguchi Based on story by Ihara Saikaku (18th c.)
Osaka Elegy 1936 75 min. B/W 92.0137 Kenji Mizoguchi  
Sansho the Bailiff. 1954 132 min. B/W 91.0159 Kenji Mizoguchi  
Street of Shame (Uwasa no onna) 1956 85 min. B/W MLL Kenji Mizoguchi  
Ugetsu Monogatari 1953 96 min. B/W 88.0352 Kenji Mizoguchi Two peasants in war-torn 16th c. Japan abandon their families seek their fortunes in the spoils of war. In attaining his goal, each man destroys his own life.
Burmese Harp (Biruma no tategoto) 1957 116 min. B/W 89.0240 Kon Ichikawa  
Fires on the Plain (Nobi) 1959 105 min. B/W 97.0052 Kon Ichikawa Anti-war film, cannibalism, Philippines.
Makioka Sisters (Sasameyuki) 1983 140 min. Color MLL Kon Ichikawa Based on novel by Junichiro Tanizaki.
Gonza the Spearman (Yari no Gonza) 1986 126 min. Color 92.0052 Masahiro Shinoda 1700s period piece.
Himatsuri (Fire Festival) 1985 120 min. Color 92.0011 Mitsuo Yanagimachi Japanese "New Wave" film.
Gan (Wild Geese) 1953 101 min. B/W MLL Shiro Toyoda Based on novella by Mori Ogai.
Ballad of Narayama (Narayama bushiko) 1983 129 min. Color 92.0029 Shohei Imamura First filmed in 1958 by Kinoshita Keisuke.
Eijanaika 1981 151 min. Color 91.0034 Shohei Imamura  
Jigokumon (Gate of Hell) 1953 86 min. Color MLL Teinosuke Kinugasa A lady-in-waiting impersonates the Empress to permit the ruler's escape during a 12th c. revolt. Later her valiant guard, taken by her beauty, asks to marry her as a reward, only to learn that she already has a husband. G. of H. depicts the conflict bet
Autumn Afternoon, An (Samma no aji) 1962 113 min. Color 92.0130 Yasujiro Ozu Ozu's last film.
Tokyo Story 1953 136 min. B/W 90.0026 Yasujiro Ozu  
Kazoku gemu (The Family Game) 1983 107 min. Color 88.0264 Yoshimitsu Morita Tokyo in the 1980s.

 

 

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Comments to: Rita S. Kipp
Last Edited: 11/23/98

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