Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family’s debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises 4 children. After Pearl Harbor is attacked, they are interned with other Japanese immigrants in a camp, losing both their land and their assets.
Category: Movies
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Marriage Counselor Tora-san
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san’s family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san’s wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
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The Rooftop
The lives of a group of simple people who are living on the roof of a building in Zamalek are intertwined, among whom is Nabila, a widow living with her son whose uncle wants to seize his inheritance, and Farid, her neighbor who stands beside her to help with her problem.
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Night Shadows
When two brothers, Josh and Mike, go to a small southern town for a vacation, they find most of the residents either dead or missing. When Mike himself goes missing, Josh teams up with the local sheriff and an attractive school teacher to find him until Josh discovers that the whole town and most of it’s people have been infected by a form of toxic waste, and they have all turned into toxic vampires whom prowl the streets at night for human blood!
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Splatter University
A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer.
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The Woman of Wrath
A woman, married off to an abusive butcher, is overpowered by the twin forces of patriarchy and tradition in Taiwan during circa 1920 to 1945.
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Zudov, You’re Fired!
About rural projectionist Nikita Zudov, a passionate film lover who makes amateur films that expose and ridicule bureaucrats, parasites and bribe-takers.
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The Final Academy Documents
Documentation of the showcase titled ‘The Final Academy’, filmed on October 4, 1982 in The Haçienda, Manchester. Video 1 features the movies “Towers Open Fire” and “Ghosts at No. 9”, video 2 features Burroughs’ readings and performances by John Giorno and Brion Gysin.
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Sexy Timetrip Ninjas
1615. Ninja Sarutobi Sasuke is assigned the task of finding a hidden treasure that will restore his clan to their full power. However, sexy ninja warrior Kagero stands in Sasuke’s way. Complications ensue when a sudden time warp occurs and both Sasuke and Kagero find themselves thrust hundreds of years into the future to Tokyo, Japan in 1984.
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Incredible Bet, or True Event That Ended Happily Hundred Years Ago
A young student and a rich banker make a bet for two million rubles. On the condition of the wager, the student was to spend 15 years in solitary confinement.