
Once Upon a Time in America(1984)
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.


Drama about the difficult relationship between a former wrestler, his wife and their adopted children.

Ken Ogata
Iwago Tomita

Yukiyo Toake
Kiwa Tomita

Yūko Natori
Someyu

Mariko Ishihara
Kiku

Kimie Shingyoji
Tomokichi

Mari Shirato

Shōgo Shimada
Daizo Moriyama

Mikio Narita
Bunzo Tanigawa

Hajime Hana
Ogasawara

Tonpei Hidari
Sho
Oar is a drama film released in 1985 exploring themes of 1920s, 1910s, 1930s, taisho period, child of a geisha, buyer/seller of children. Directed by Hideo Gosha, it stars Ken Ogata, Yukiyo Toake, Yūko Natori. Drama about the difficult relationship between a former wrestler, his wife and their adopted children.
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