Kisses

Jul 23, 1957

1h 14m

★ 6.6

Overview

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at the beach.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Daiei Film

Kisses Trailers

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Cast

Kinichi Miyamoto

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Akiko Shirakawa

Hitomi Nozoe

Ryoko Uno

Aiko Mimasu

Daikichi Miyamoto

Eitarō Ozawa

Kikyoko Shirakawa

Sachiko Murase

Kinichi's Mother

Saiko Mima

Kazuko Wakamatsu

Kaoru Shimizudani

Yosuke Irie

Gai Harada

Naoyasu Itō

Kanji Kawara

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8.2

Woman in the Dunes

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8.0

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7.1

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7.8

The Face of Another

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A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

7.3

The Pornographers

Mar 12, 1966

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession. Imamura’s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.

6.9

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6.9

Giants and Toys

Jun 22, 1958

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

7.4

Pale Flower

Mar 1, 1964

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.

7.2

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The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.

6.3

The Catch

Nov 22, 1961

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7.1

Crazed Fruit

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6.5

Gate of Flesh

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7.0

Tattooed Life

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6.6

Cruel Story of Youth

Jun 3, 1960

A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

7.1

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5.6

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6.5

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6.5

Night and Fog in Japan

Oct 9, 1960

Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments.

6.6

Street of Love and Hope

Nov 17, 1959

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