23 May 1987 Drama, Action 100 mins
A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".
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Shunichi Kajima Director
Shōji Kaneko Novel
Tatsuo Suzuki Director of Photography
Tadayuki Kuwana Art Direction
Goro Hanawa Screenplay
Evan Lurie Original Music Composer
Chôchin Trailer
Japan 23 May 1987
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01 January 1987
Radha, a young man, visits a village to attend the wedding of his friend's sister. However, when the groom runs away, he is forced to marry the devastated bride.
06 November 1987
Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth.
01 January 1987
Inheriting the mansion of a forgotten aunt, José Luis, a simple apothecary leaves the countryside for the capital.
12 June 1987
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
31 December 1987
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14 May 1987
A story spanning three generations, from 1871 to 1945. When Gustav Wengler, a farmer’s son, returns from the Franco-German war in 1871, he goes to work for a precision mechanics and optical company, where he soon becomes a master craftsman.
09 September 1987
Teenaged boy discovers he has been afflicted with AIDS after a blood transfusion.
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A young woman marries a rich man and begins a new life in a little town in the Spain of the 20s. Feeling trapped and bored, she begins a relationship with her husband's stepbrother.
11 March 1987
This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job.
12 March 1987
In this open-ended drama, a union leader is confronted with the dilemma of whether to agree to the solution to his company's waste-disposal problem.
01 October 1987
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