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Japanese surrealist hitman tale from the 1967.
The race is on to solve a mystery and find the six ancient swords which point the way to a legendary treasure - and a famous detective trapped in the body of a child is on the case.
After a girl witnesses the slaying of her father, she becomes a master of the sword herself in order to avenge his death.
Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
A young boy is chosen as the defender of good and must team up with Japan's ancient spirits and creatures of lore to attempt to destroy the forces of evil.
A group of teenage girls go to stay at a country house only to realise it's haunted as they begin to disappear one by one.
A man begins an affair with one of his servants.
At an elite school where everything is based around gambling, a dispute between factions creates an opportunity for an ambitious student to try and outsmart all the others.
Lives are on the line at Hyakkaoh Academy, the school dedicated to teaching its students how to gamble.
Two lonely American tourists in Tokyo find solace in each other.
New York, 1971. Eugene Smith, once a highly sought-after photographer, now lives as a recluse. But then an unexpected trip to the Japanese city of Minamata, where an unscrupulous corporation has been releasing untreated wastewater into the bay, brings new meaning to his life.
Hongo Takeshi awakens to discover he has been transformed into a grasshopper-hybrid cyborg. Becoming the Masked Rider, he must fight the mysterious evil organisation Shocker to protect all of mankind.
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