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  Commentary:  Under construction. Roger Ebert selected these films as three of his Great Movies.
    The films in this trilogy are:
  
  
  
  
      
  
  Pather Panchali
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Kanu Banerjee	Harihar Roy	Karuna Banerjee	Sarbajaya Roy	Subir Banerjee	Apurba Roy (Little Apu)	Pinaki Sengupta	Apurba Roy (Apu)
  Runki Banerjee	Durga Roy (child)	Uma Dasgupta	Durga Roy (teen)	Chunibala Devi	Indir Thakrun	Tulsi Chakraborty	Prasanna

  
  Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
  Release Date: 1955.
      
  
  Aparajito
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Pinaki Sengupta	Apurba "Apu" Roy (boy)	Smaran Ghosal	Apu (teen)	Kanu Banerjee	Harihar Roy	Karuna Banerjee	Sarbajaya Roy
  Ramani Ranjan Sengupta	Bhabataran	Charu Prakash Ghosh	Nanda Babu	Subodh Ganguly	Headmaster	Kamala Adhikari	Mokshada

  
  Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
  Release Date: 1956.
      
  
  Apur Sansar
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Soumitra Chatterjee	Apurba Kumar Roy	Sharmila Tagore	Aparna	Swapan Mukherjee	Pulu	Alok Chakravarty	Kajal
  Sefalika Devi	Sasinarayan's wife	Dhiresh Majumdar	Sasinarayan	Dhiren Ghosh	Landlord	Belarani Devi	Apu's Neighbor

  
  Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
  Release Date: 1959.
  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the trilogy.
    Release Date: 1955 - 1959
    Directed by Satyajit Ray.

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Tatsuya Nakadai	Kaji	Michiyo Aratama	Michiko

  
    This presentation is divided into three parts, none of which are complete without the other two. Thus, the best reviews of this trilogy acknowledge the relationship among the parts. Below are two of the best reviews I've found for the trilogy:
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
      Although the title above seems to indicate that it covers only the first part of the trilogy, the essay actually covers all three parts.
    The Human Condition Movie Trilogy Review: Japanese Cinema Classic
  
    The films in this trilogy are:
      
  
  No Greater Love
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Chikage Awashima	Tōfuku Kin	Ineko Arima	Shunran Yō	Sō Yamamura	Okishima	Keiji Sada	Kageyama

  
    Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1959
    Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi.
      
  
  Road to Eternity
       

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Kokinji Katsura	Sasa Nitôhei	Jun Tatara	Hino Jun'i	Michirô Minami	Yoshida Jôtôhei	Kei Satô	Shinjô Ittôhei

  
    Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film
    Release Date: 1959
    Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi.
      
  
  A Soldier's Prayer
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Tamao Nakamura	Hinannmin no Shôjo	Yûsuke Kawazu	Terada Nitôhei	Chishū Ryū	Hinanmin no Chôrô	Taketoshi Naitô	Tange Ittôhei

  
    Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film
    Release Date: 1961
    Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi.
  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film series.
    Release Date: 1959 - 1961
    Directed by Masaki Kobayashi.

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  James Caan	Frank	Tuesday Weld	Jessie	Willie Nelson	David "Okla"	James Belushi	Barry
  Robert Prosky	Leo	Tom Signorelli	Attaglia	Dennis Farina	Carl	Nick Nickeas	Nick

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1981
    Directed by Michael Mann.

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  Actor	Role
  Shintaro Katsu	Zatoichi

  
    The episodes in this series are:
      
  
  The Tale of Zatoichi
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Masayo Banri	Otani	Ryuzo Shimada	Shigezo of the Sasagawa Yakuza	Gen Mitamura	Hanji of Matsugishi

  
  
  Release Date: 1962
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
  
      
  
  The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Yoshie Mizutani	Osetsu	Masayo Banri	Otane	Tomisaburō Wakayama	Nagisa no Yoshirō

  
  
  Release Date: 1962
  Directed by Kazuo Mori.
  
      
  
  New Tale of Zatoichi
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Mikiko Tsubouchi	Yayoi	Seizaburō Kawazu	Banno	Fujio Suga	Yasuhiko

  
  
  Release Date: 1963
  Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi the Fugitive
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Miwa Takada	ONobu	Masayo Banri	Otane	Junichiro Narita	Sakichi

  
  
  Release Date: 1963
  Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi on the Road
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Shiho Fujimura	Mitsu	Ryuzo Shimada	Jingoro	Reiko Fujiwara	Hisa

  
  
  Release Date: 1963
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Shogo Shimada	Chuji Kunisada	Machiko Hasegawa	Ogin	Tomisaburo Wakayama	Jushiro

  
  
  Release Date: 1964
  Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Naoko Kubo	Okuni	Mayumi Nagisa	Oshizu	Takashi Edajima	Seiroku

  
  
  Release Date: 1964
  Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.
  
      
  
  Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Nobuo Kaneko	Boss Unosuke	Gen Kimura	Hyaku	Chikara Hashimoto	Inozo

  
  
  Release Date: 1964
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
  
      
  
  Adventures of Zatoichi
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Eiko Taki	Osen	Miwa Takada	Saki	Mikijiro Hira	Gounosuke

  
  
  Release Date: 1964
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi's Revenge
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Norihei Miki	Denroku	Mikiko Tsubouchi	Osayo	Takeshi Kato	Koheita Kadokura

  
  
  Release Date: 1965
  Directed by Akira Inoue.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Fujiyama Hyakutaro	Kanbi	Kenjiro Ishiyama	Boss Jubei Araiso	Masako Akeboshi	Ochiyo

  
  
  Release Date: 1965
  Directed by Kazuo Mori.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Mikio Narita	Jumonji	Chizuru Hayashi	Kume	Kaneko Iwasaki	Otane

  
  
  Release Date: 1965
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi's Vengeance
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Shigeru Amachi	Kurobe	Jun Hamamura	Blind Priest	Gen Kimura	Tamekichi

  
  
  Release Date: 1966
  Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Michiyo Okusu	Okichi	Isao Yamagata	Boss Tohachi	Hisashi Igawa	Eigoro

  
  
  Release Date: 1966
  Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi's Cane Sword
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Shiho Fujimura	Oshizu	Eijirō Tōno	Senzo	Yoshihiko Aoyama	Seikichi

  
  
  Release Date: 1967
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi the Outlaw
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Rentarō Mikuni	Boss Asagoro	Kō Nishimura	Suga	Yuko Hamada	Oshino

  
  
  Release Date: 1967
  Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi Challenged
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Jushiro Konoe	Akazuka	Miwa Takada	Omitsu	Yukiji Asaoka	Tomoe

  
  
  Release Date: 1967
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi and the Fugitives
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Takashi Shimura	Junan	Kayao Mikimoto	Oshizu	Kyosuke Machida	Ogano Genpachiro

  
  
  Release Date: 1968
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
  
      
  
  Samaritan Zatoichi
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Yoshiko Mita	Osode	Makoto Satô	Yasaburo Kashiwazaki	Kô Nishimura	Sosuke Saruya

  
  
  Release Date: 1968
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Toshiro Mifune	'Yojimbo' Daisaku Sasa	Ayako Wakao	Umeno	Osamu Takizawa	Yasuke Eboshiya

  
  
  Release Date: 1970
  Directed by Kihachi Okamoto.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Reiko Ōhara	Okiyo	Masayuki Mori	Dark Lord Yamikubo/Lord Yamikubo	Tatsuya Nakadai	Ronin

  
  
  Release Date: 1970
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Jimmy Wang Yu	Wang Kang	Yūko Hama	Osen	Michie Terada	Oyone

  
  
  Release Date: 1971
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda & Hsu Tseng Hung.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi at Large
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Rentarô Mikuni	Boss Tetsugoro	Hisaya Morishige	Constable Tobei	Etsushi Takahashi	Denjuro

  
  
  Release Date: 1972
  Directed by Kazuo Mori.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi in Desperation
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Kiwako Taichi	Nishikigi	Kyoko Yoshizawa	Kaede	Yasuhiro Koume	Shinkichi

  
  
  Release Date: 1972
  Directed by Kazuo Mori.
  
      
  
  Zatoichi's Conspiracy
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Yukiyo Toake	Miyo	Eiji Okada	Shinbei of Hitachiya	Kei Satô	Magistrate

  
  
  Release Date: 1973
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
  
  
  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the series. The Wikipedia write-ups for the individual episodes are attached to their titles.
    Release Date: 1962 - 1973
    Directed by Various - See each film in the list above.

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Keiji Sada	Heiichiro Fukui	Yoshiko Kuga	Setsuko Arita	Chishū Ryū	Keitaro Hayashi	Kuniko Miyake	Tamiko Hayashi
  Haruko Sugimura	Kikue Haraguchi	Shitara Koji	Minoru Hayashi	Masahiko Shimazu	Isamu Hayashi	Kyoko Izumi	Midori Maruyama

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1959
    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.

Labels: chishū-ryū, Criterion6, dramedy3, yasujirō-ozu

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Josef Köstlinger	Tamino	Håkan Hagegård	Papageno	Birgit Nordin	Queen of the Night	Irma Urrila	Pamina
  Ragnar Ulfung	Monostatos	Ulrik Cold	Sarastro	Elisabeth Erikson	Papagena	Erik Saedén	Speaker

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1975
    Directed by Ingmar Bergman.

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  Commentary:  Under construction.
    The films in this series are:
  
  
  
  
      
  
  Once Upon a Time in China
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Jet Li	Wong Fei-hung	Yuen Biao	Leung Foon	Jacky Cheung	So Sai-man	Rosamund Kwan	13th Aunt
  Kent Cheng	Lam Sai-wing	Yuen Kam-fai	Ling Wan-kai	Yen Shi-kwan	Iron Vest Yim	Jonathan Isgar	Jackson

  
  Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
  Release Date: 1991
  Director: Tsui Hark.
  
  
  
  Once Upon a Time in China II
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Jet Li	Wong Fei-hung	Donnie Yen	Nap-lan Yun-seut	Rosamund Kwan	13th Aunt	Max Mok	Leung Foon
  David Chiang	Lu Haodong	Hung Yan-yan	Priest Gao Kau-kung	Zhang Tielin	Sun Wen	Yen Shi-kwan	Governor Chung

  
  Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
  Release Date: 1992
  Director: Tsui Hark.
  
  
  
  Once Upon a Time in China III
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Jet Li	Wong Fei-hung	Rosamund Kwan	13th Aunt Yee Siu-kwan	Max Mok	Leung Foon	Hung Yan-yan	Kwai Geuk-chat
  John Wakefield	Tomanovsky	Lau Shun	Wong Kei-ying	Chiu Chin	Chiu Tin-bak	Wong Tak-yan	Yan

  
  Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
  Release Date: 1993
  Director: Tsui Hark.
  
  
  
  Once Upon a Time in China IV
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Vincent Zhao	Wong Fei-hung	Jean Wang	14th Aunt May	Max Mok	Leung Foon	Hung Yan-yan	Kwai Geuk-chat
  Lau Shun	Wong Kei-ying	Billy Chow	Iron Fist	Chin Kar-lok	Duen Tin-lui	Wang Jinghua	Miao Sanniang

  
  Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
  Release Date: 1993
  Director: Yuen Bun.
  
  
  
  Once Upon a Time in China V
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Vincent Zhao	Wong Fei-hung	Rosamund Kwan	13th Aunt Yee Siu-kwan	Max Mok	Leung Foon	Kent Cheng	Lam Sai-wing
  Roger Kwok	So Sai-man	Hung Yan-yan	Kwai Geuk-chat	Jean Wang	14th Aunt May	Lau Shun	Wong Kei-ying

  
  Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
  Release Date: 1994
  Director: Tsui Hark.
  
  
  
  Once Upon a Time in China and America
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Jet Li	Wong Fei-hung	Rosamund Kwan	13th Aunt Yee Siu-kwan	Hung Yan-yan	Kwai Geuk-chat	Power Chan	So Sai-man
  Jeff Wolfe	Billy	Joe Sayah	Mexican Bandit	Richard Ng	Uncle Han	Lau Kar-wing	Lion Dance Drummer

  
  Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
  Release Date: 1997
  Director: Sammo Hung.
  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film series.
    Release Date: 1991 - 1997
    Directed by Tsui Hark, Yuen Bun, Sammo Hung & Lau Kar-wing.

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