Movies: Noboru Mitani

  • 1980
    Dreamy Fifteen

    Dreamy Fifteen (1980)

    Dreamy Fifteen

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    Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrolls in a prestigious high school in Tokyo. Plans are made for him to live in his uncle's house, part of which is rented out while his...

    Dreamy Fifteen
  • 1983
    Choji Snack Bar

    Choji Snack Bar (1983)

    Choji Snack Bar

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    Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown....

    Choji Snack Bar
  • 2000
    Living Hell

    Living Hell (2000)

    Living Hell

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    Family is the source of all evil, in this aspiring horror film which traces its descent from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre gore and the atmospheric Hammer films. Chiyo, an old woman and her granddaughter, Yuki, are the sole survivors of a horrendous cr...

    Living Hell
  • 1975
    Great Jailbreak

    Great Jailbreak (1975)

    Great Jailbreak

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    A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo. The friendship between two men on death row, a fleeting love affair with a travel...

    Great Jailbreak
  • 1983
    Detective Story

    Detective Story (1983)

    Detective Story

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    Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodygard his daughter until she leaves. Shuichi finds the job annoying and wants to quit. But he also has a sc...

    Detective Story
  • 1978
    Teacher Deer

    Teacher Deer (1978)

    Teacher Deer

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    Mejika, reputed for her iron discipline, is hired as a biology teacher at a renowned high school. But her provocative attitude starts to worry the school's administration as she reveals vice and corruption that are running rampant in the school....

    Teacher Deer
  • 1997
    The Key

    The Key (1997)

    The Key

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    Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their relationship has been that her husband is dissatisfied with her lack of passion during lovemaking. All this changes after ...

    The Key
  • 1986
    Atami Murder Case

    Atami Murder Case (1986)

    Atami Murder Case

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    Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural ...

    Atami Murder Case
  • 1977
    田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ

    田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ (1977)

    田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ

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    A family murder case that occurred in Hita City, Oita Prefecture. A murderer whose statute of limitations is about to expire is shown on TV, and detective Kiyoshi Atsumi heads to Tokyo, but... The upstart Keiju Kobayashi, his old friend Etsuko Ichiha...

    田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
  • 2005
    Summer of Ubume

    Summer of Ubume (2005)

    Summer of Ubume

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    Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a ...

    Summer of Ubume
  • 1972
    Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

    Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)

    Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

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    The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brother...

    Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
  • 1977
    Curse of the Dog God

    Curse of the Dog God (1977)

    Curse of the Dog God

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    A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals....

    Curse of the Dog God
  • 2004
    Déracine

    Déracine (2004)

    Déracine

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    A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the street. His paintings, dynamically exploding on pieces of cardboard, catch the eyes of Kyoko, an art...

    Déracine
  • 1993
    The Last Dance

    The Last Dance (1993)

    The Last Dance

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    A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, Buhei gradually comes to realize the truth o...

    The Last Dance
  • 2007
    Kissho Tennyo

    Kissho Tennyo (2007)

    Kissho Tennyo

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    A story about Sayoko Kano, a junior high school student, who is believed to be a descendent of an Indian goddess. Sayoko is a kind of femme fatale, who uses her supernatural power to control people, especially men....

    Kissho Tennyo
  • 2003
    Gozamareji

    Gozamareji (2003)

    Gozamareji

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    Gozamareji
  • 1986
    The Gentlemen’s Alliance

    The Gentlemen’s Alliance (1986)

    The Gentlemen’s Alliance

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    Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another....

    The Gentlemen’s Alliance
  • 1978
    Young Beast: Secret Pleasures

    Young Beast: Secret Pleasures (1978)

    Young Beast: Secret Pleasures

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    Yasuji Hajima runs a butcher shop. When he was younger, he was just as interested in the sex as the next man but lately he has a hard time satisfying his wife who is still oversexed at her age. The Hajimas have one son, Shuichi, who is studying to en...

    Young Beast: Secret Pleasures
  • 2005
    Under the Same Moon

    Under the Same Moon (2005)

    Under the Same Moon

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    When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuya decided to become a doctor. Following through on his dreams, Tetsuya is now a doctor and is about ...

    Under the Same Moon
  • 1994
    Elephant Song

    Elephant Song (1994)

    Elephant Song

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    Coffee-shop waitress Kanako, divorced with a young son, finds herself obliged to honour a rash promise she made to a long-time customer. He always wanted to be buried in the land rather than a cemetery, so that his body would be 'useful' - and now he...

    Elephant Song