in theaters on my screens

Night Drum

V.O.: Yoru no tsuzumi

Jap. 1957. Mores drama by Tadashi Imai with Rentaro Mikuni, Masayuki Mori, Ineko Arima. A knight is forced by social code to put to death his adulterous wife and her lover.

Runtime: 95 min.

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The Balloon

V.O.: Fusen

Jap. 1956. Drama by Yûzô Kawashima with Tatsuya Mihashi, Sachiko Hidari, Masayuki Mori.

Runtime: 110 min.

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Princess Yang Kwei-fei

V.O.: Yôkihi

Jap. 1955. History by Kenji Mizoguchi with Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, So Yamamura. Rebellion rumbles in the court of the Chinese emperor after a beautiful young girl from a family of schemers has been chosen to become his future wife.

Runtime: 90 min.

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Floating Clouds

V.O.: Ukigumo

Jap. 1955. Sentimental drama by Mikio Naruse with Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada. Returning to Japan in 1946, a young woman reunites with a colleague with whom she had shared a passionate love affair.

Runtime: 123 min.

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Ugetsu Monogatari

Jap. 1953. Fantasy by Kenji Mizoguchi with Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka. An ambitious peasant falls under the spell of a princess' ghost.

Runtime: 91 min.

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Rashomon

Jap. 1952. Drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. Four witnesses give different versions of a deadly assault.

Runtime: 88 min.