Movies Like Ballad of Orin

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1971·2h 10m·★ 7.1·Masahiro Shinoda

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Gonza the Spearman

1986·2h 6m·★ 7.0·Masahiro Shinoda

2 shared crewDir. Masahiro ShinodaDP: Kazuo Miyagawa

Himiko

1974·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Masahiro Shinoda

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Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

1975·1h 35m·★ 7.3·Masahiro Shinoda

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The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

1970·1h 44m·★ 6.8·Masahiro Shinoda

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Captive's Island

1966·1h 27m·★ 7.0·Masahiro Shinoda

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1980·2h 24m·★ 6.9·Seijun Suzuki

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