Movies: Japanese economic miracle

  • 2011
    From Up on Poppy Hill

    From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

    From Up on Poppy Hill

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    Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. ...

    From Up on Poppy Hill
  • 2004
    69

    69 (2004)

    69

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    Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the atte...

    69
  • 2008
    GS Wonderland

    GS Wonderland (2008)

    GS Wonderland

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    "GS Wonderland" is about the 1960's Group Sounds bands - A Japanese pop movement inspired by the Beatles and other mid-1960's Brit Pop. Three young men set out to start their own band "The Diamonds" when they are signed to a recording contract durin...

    GS Wonderland
  • 1975
    300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins

    300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins (1975)

    300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins

    01975HD

    In this retelling of an infamous unsolved heist, a couple tries to outlast the statute of limitations after successfully stealing 300 million yen....

    300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins