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Both have the same director and are about low ranking samurai who deal with love, impending poverty, and honour.
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both films are directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi and star actor Show Aikawa. They also both share the theme of a father who kidnaps a man whom he thinks to be his daughter's killer.
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Both movies share the theme of a young guy sent to prison who is given a hard time by other inmates
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Both movies are based on the life of Yoshi Shiratori, an anti-hero in Japanese culture, who is famous for having escaped from prison four times. Both movies show a special relationship between a prison warden and one of his inmates, who is constantly trying to escape while being abused by the prison staff.
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both are about corruption, child exploitation, and pedophilia
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Both movies share VERY similar plot lines. Both involve two boyhood friends. One grows up to become a cop, the other seems to have had an unknown fate. The cop investigates a series of serial killings throughout the movie and makes a startling discovery about the fate of his boyhood friend.
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Both star Tsumabuki Satoshi
Both are crime/mystery genres
Both are crime/mystery genres
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Both movies involve the abuse of vulnerable deaf children
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Both 'Mountain Cry' and 'Blind Mountain' are about small-minded villagers in a remote chinese village.