Movies Like Sandakan No. 8

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957·2h 42m·★ 8.1·David Lean

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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

2021·2h 18m·★ 7.2·Keishi Otomo

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The Life of Oharu

1952·2h 16m·★ 8.0·Kenji Mizoguchi

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The Woman in the Rumor

1954·1h 24m·★ 7.4·Kenji Mizoguchi

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A Hen in the Wind

1948·1h 24m·★ 7.4·Yasujirō Ozu

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Seven Samurai

1954·3h 27m·★ 8.6·Akira Kurosawa

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Nobody Knows

2004·2h 21m·★ 8.0·Hirokazu Kore-eda

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Dolls

2002·1h 54m·★ 7.5·Takeshi Kitano

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Lady Snowblood

1973·1h 37m·★ 7.6·Toshiya Fujita

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Lost in Translation

2003·1h 42m·★ 7.7·Sofia Coppola

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Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

1999·1h 42m·★ 7.3·Hiroyuki Okiura

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Battle Royale

2000·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Kinji Fukasaku

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Zatoichi

2003·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Takeshi Kitano

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New Tale of Zatoichi

1963·1h 31m·★ 7.3·Tokuzō Tanaka

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Oranges and Sunshine

2010·1h 44m·★ 7.1·Jim Loach

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Munich – The Edge of War

2021·2h 10m·★ 6.8·Christian Schwochow

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Import/Export

2007·2h 15m·★ 7.0·Ulrich Seidl

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Love and Other Cults

2017·1h 35m·★ 6.2·Eiji Uchida

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Radium Girls

2020·1h 42m·★ 6.3·Lydia Dean Pilcher

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Sakuran

2006·1h 51m·★ 6.8·Mika Ninagawa

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