Hiroshi Kawaguchi

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The Most Valuable Wife
6.7

The Most Valuable Wife

In the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to break all ties with their previous lives and form ...
A Wife Confesses
7.5

A Wife Confesses

Oct. 29, 1961

A Wife Confesses

Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
Buddha
6.7

Buddha

Oct. 31, 1961

Buddha

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. ...
Floating Weeds
7.9

Floating Weeds

Nov. 17, 1959

Floating Weeds

When a theater troupe’s master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating ...
Giants and Toys
7.3

Giants and Toys

Jun. 22, 1958

Giants and Toys

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
Bridge of Japan
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Bridge of Japan

Oct. 01, 1956

Bridge of Japan

Ichikawa’s 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic ...
Venus Wars
6.6

Venus Wars

Mar. 11, 1989

Venus Wars

The new frontier of Venus has degenerated into a dystopia ravaged by the civil war between Ishtar and Aphrodia. Bubbly reporter Susan Sommers ...