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Theatrical Release Date:

09/21/2001

DVD Release Date:

04/10/2007

Run Time:

110min.

Starring:

Koji Yakusho , Yuko Asano , Bunta Sugawara , Tsurutaro Kataoka

Director(s):

Kon Ichikawa

Distributor(s):

Toho

MPAA Rating:

Not Rated

Genre(s):

Drama

Plot: As the Japanese studios were declining in 1969, four legendary directors from that country's "golden age" of cinema -- Kon Ichikawa, Masaki Kobayashi, Keisuke Kinoshita, and of course Akira Kurosawa -- banded together to start their own production ... Read More

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Japanese Director Kon Ichikawa Dead at 92

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He directed more than 80 films and worked almost his whole life at the famous Toho Studios. Now Kon Ichikawa has succumbed to pneumonia at age 92, according to a spokesperson from Toho, and reported by the Associated Press. Ichikawa first came to notice...