Top Cast
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Kenji Susukida
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Koji Nakata
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Yumeji Tsukioka
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Kiyo Kuroda
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Junnosuke Miyazaki
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Jun Usami
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Shika Saito
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Shigeko Chikamatsu
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Kanji Koshiba
Overview
Depicting a family during wartime.
Rating
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Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.
Little Boy Blue
Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.
Grave of the Fireflies
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
The Young One
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Skin
When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
A Question of Faith
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
The Young Lions
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Goodbye June
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Come Sunday
An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
That Evening Sun
Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.