Kenjirô Ohmori
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A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
High and Low

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
Red Beard

A milestone in Japanese teen drama, representing the 1970s. It questions the meaning of life, worries, and joys.
Oretachi no Tabi

TV series produced by MBS and TOEI, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Seiichi Morimura.
Ningen no Shōmei

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
Magnitude 7.9

Two Japanese spies with extrasensory powers go to Istanbul to stop a global agenda of assassinations.
ESPY

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie
Eternity of Love

A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.
Monument to Holy Service

On June 24, 1969, Etsuko Takano, a 20-year-old third-year student at Ritsumeikan University, jumped in front of a train and died instantly. She left no suicide note, but did leave over a dozen diaries. This film is based on her writings.