Doppelganger (Japanese Film 2003) -
Doppelganger (ドッペルゲンガー) is a 2003 Japanese film written and directed by Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Koji Yakusho and Hiromi Nagasaku.
Sword Of Desperation -
Set during the Edo Period, "Sword of Desperation" tells the unforgetteable story of swordsman Kanemi Sanzawmon ( Etsushi Toyokawa ). Three years ago, Kanemi Sanzawmon killed Renko ( Megumi
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 video source from other  July 23, 2011 Helldriver(ヘルドライバー?)is a 2010 Japanese splatter film directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura . It stars Yumiko Hara and Eihi Shiina , and was written by Nishimura and Daichi Nagisa.A meteorite crashes into Japan, releasing a toxic ash that turns the northern half of the country into bloodthirsty zombies . Some time later, with the north now walled off from the rest of Japan, a young woman (Hara) is charged with leading a group of ragtag soldiers into the infected region to kill the "zombie queen" (Shiina) - who also happens to be her homicidal mother... |
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video source from other A Japanese investor is killed in the Principality of Andorra, located north of Spain. Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda ( Yuji Oda ) is there preparing for an international conference. Kosaku Kuroda is then ordered to investigate the murder of the Japanese investor.Kuroda meets two people related to the case. One person is a clerk from Victor Bank named Yuka Shindo ( Meisa Kuroki ). She is afraid someone is chasing her. The other person is Interpol investigator Makoto Kotari ( Hideaki Ito ) who is in charge of the case. He tries to keep Kosaku Kuroda away from the case. Also, these two people each has a dark secret from the past. To protect Yuka, the three of them head to the Japanese consulate in Barcelona where diplomat Kanae Adachi ( Erika Toda ) works. On the way to Barcelona, they are attacked by an unidentified armed group. Yuka worries that the armed group might be an international terrorist organization.Kuroda suspects there is more to the case. He begins.. |
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video source from other December 4, 2010 Abacus and Sword(武士の家計簿)is a December 4, 2010 Movie directed by Yoshimitsu Morita and produced by Masayuki Motomochi Japan.PlotSet during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki ( Masato Sakai ) belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma ( Yukie Nakama ) suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates. .. |
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video source from other 3 May 1941 The Ghost Trainis a 1941 British film directed by Walter Forde and was based on the 1923 play of the same name written by Arnold Ridley , who in later years played Private Godfrey inDad's Army.The film opens with a Great Western express speeding out of Box Tunnel en route to Cornwall. The train's passengers include Herbert and Edna, a young couple travelling to Truro to be married, Miss Bourne, a West London spinster visiting evacuated relatives, Tommy Gander, an overenthusiastic Vaudeville-style comedian and entertainer headed for the Pier Pavilion at Newquay to put on a show, Dr Sterling, a locum for a doctor in Redruth, Richard G Winthrop and his cousin Jackie, also heading for Truro, and Teddy Deakin. Just as they are passing Teignmouth, the communication cord is pulled and the train stops - only for the guard and passengers to find that Gander has lost his hat and is running back to retrieve it. Ignorant of the delay this has caused, he returns to.. |
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video source from www56 May 23, 2009 (중력 피에로Gravity’s Clown/ A Pierrot/Juryoku piero )Directed by Mori Junichi (Laundry), A Pierrot (a.k.a. Gravity's Clowns) breaks down the modern family through an emotionally haunting suspense drama. Based on a novel by Isaka Kotaro whose Accuracy of Death was also recently adapted for the big screen, A Pierrot revolves around a family of four with a complicated past that brews mystery and trouble in the present. Kase Ryo (I Just Didn't Do It) and Okada Masaki (Halfway) form the core of the film as brothers who may be more different than anyone expected, while Kohinata Fumiyo and Suzuki Kyoka play the parents. Also co-starring Yoshitaka Yuriko (Snakes and Earrings) and Okada Yoshinori (Kisarazu Cat's Eye), A Pierrot explores the role of genetics in determining families and individuals as well as the nature versus nurture debate, giving the film's unsettling mystery an intriguing and affecting spin. On the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal ha.. |
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video source from veoh September 22, 2007 Glasses(めがね)is a September 22, 2007 Movie directed by Naoko Ogigami and produced by Kumi Kobata Japan.PlotAmong the most memorable things about Megane are an empty white beach, a luminous turquoise sea, and a verdant country road. Descending on this paradise, Taeko, a buttoned-up, bespectacled woman dragging a very large suitcase, checks into a tiny seaside inn. Expecting to be left alone, she’s put off when the hotel’s proprietor, Yuji, sits down to eat with her. She’s even more disgruntled when Sakura, a placid, revered older woman, takes the liberty of entering Taeko’s room to wake her up! But seeking haven at another hotel proves farcical, and Taeko sheepishly returns to her unconventional hosts. Relieved, she gradually tunes into their simple community and cultivates what Yuji calls “the talent to be here.”There’s a lot of talk about the “visceral power of film.” But Megane takes a step furth.. |
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video source from www56 November 8, 1997 Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald()is a November 8, 1997 Movie directed by Koki Mitani Japan.Plot'Welcome Back Mr. McDonald' (McDonald) is a film about what goes on behind a live radio drama, 'Unmei no Onna' (Woman of Destiny). Miyako Suzuki, who's otherwise just another Japanese housewife, takes part in a drama writing competition held by a broadcasting station and wins on her first ever script. Naturally, she's thrilled that her script will be heard live on the station's midnight program, but with the show going on air soon, the show's star, Nokko, insists on changing the heroine's name, and before one knows it, everyone's changing the script -- impromptu -- even as the show is being broadcast.From Ritsuko and Torazo, the characters become Mary Jane and Peter Michael (and then Donald McDonald). From Japan, the locale is switched to Chicago. And what was a Japanese romance between a pachinko woman and a fisherman soon becomes an exaggerated melodrama involving a.. |
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video source from other May 16, 2003 College of Our Lives()is a May 16, 2003 Movie directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi Japan... |
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video source from www56 January 27, 2007 Happy Dining Table(幸福な食卓)is a January 27, 2007 Movie directed by Takashi Komatsu Japan.PlotOn the first day of school for third-year junior high student Nakahara Sawako (Kitano Kie), her father (Haba Yuichi, Off Balance) announces that he is quitting his teaching position and absolving from all parental responsibilities. For Sawako, this is only the latest episode in her family's parade of problems. Three years ago her father attempted suicide, and since then, things haven't been quite the same, with her mother (Ishida Yuriko, Miracle in Four Days) moving out and her studious older brother (Hiaraoka Yuta, Be With You) giving up school. Amidst the family drama, Sawako finds her own balance, working hard in school and developing a romance with cheerful transfer student Oura (Katusji Ryo, Aegis). But more obstacles lie ahead, changes that will throw her already fragile life further awry... |
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video source from www56 July 27, 1996 Kids Return(キッズ リタ－ン)is a July 27, 1996 Movie directed by Takeshi Kitano Japan.PlotTwo school-age chums, Shinji and Masaru, spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates, playing pranks, and sneaking to the movies. They decide to drop out and gain their fortunes in the outside world. Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local Yakuza gang. Over the years the two do well, but their undisciplined nature comes back to haunt them... |
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video source from other January 17, 2009 Kanna's Big Success!(劇場版 カンナさん大成功です！)is a January 17, 2009 Movie directed by Koichi Inoue Japan.PlotKanna is extremely beautiful. No one could pass by without having a second look. The truth is, she was so ugly that she spent her entire savings on whole-body plastic surgery. Since she became beautiful,Kanna has been leading the happiest life, until someone shows up to reveal her makeover... |
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video source from other September 11, 2010 Eternal First Love(恋するナポリタン 世界で一番おいしい愛され方) is a September 11, 2010 Movie directed by Yoshinori Muratani Japan. Plot Takeshi (Takashi Tsukamoto), an Italian restaurant chef, and Ruri (Saki Aibu) could have been lovers, but Takeshi was too comfortable with their current relationship that he chose to stay best friends with her. Now, Ruri is engaged to another man and Takeshi is deep in regret. He runs through the night of Tokyo to tell her his true feelings before it’s too late, but right as he stands in front of Ruri, an unfortunate accident takes his life away. However, a twist of fate brings them back together once again in an ironic situation. “Eternal First Love“ unfolds as a bittersweet story of an everlasting “first love.”.. |
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video source from other January 15, 2011 SABI♂SABI♀ - Quirky Guys and Gals(サビ男サビ女)is a January 15, 2011 Movie directed by Yosuke Fujita, Plotsegment "Hagemashi Girls (Cheering Girls)"Written & Directed byYosuke Fujita Chiharu ( Nanami Sakuraba ) is a female university student. She likes cheering for people. Chiharu, Mamiko ( Kumiko Shiratori ) and Sanae ( Emiko Kawamura ), three female students then form the Hagemashi Girls (Cheering Girls). They dance and sing to encourage others around them.One day the Hagemashi Girls visits Masuteo's ( YosiYosi Arakawa ) shop. The Hagemashi Girls find out Masuteo wants the girls to cheer for athlete Kokanezaki (Katsuhiro Nagano), who is in a slump this season. Right away the Hagemashi Girls go to the riverside where the player is practicing. The Hagemashi Girls encourage Kokanezaki. Masuteo is impressed by the girls and takes them out to eat. At that time, Hoshimura ( Seminosuke Murasugi ) approaches the group and asks the .. |
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video source from www56 2009.4 가슴 배구단(おっぱいバレー) Oppai Volleyball is a tame coming-of-age story about an educator who is inspired to become better…by agreeing to show high schoolers her breasts if they win a volleyball game. The film is amusing and light, but director Eiichiro Hasumi (Season of Snow) doesn't seem to know how to handle character dramas that don't require expensive camerawork... |
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video source from other April 5, 2003 My Grandpa(わたしのグランパ)is a Movie directed by Yoichi Higashi and produced by Toru Ishii Japan.PlotBased on the novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. - Godai Tamako is 13 years old, in her first year of junior high school and living a very ordinary life with her loving parents and grandmother. The story begins when her 68-year-old grandfather, Kenzo, returns home after spending 13 years in prison. At first Tamako is unsure what to make of Kenzo, whose behaviour is out of synch with the times, but when she sees him step in to resolve a bullying incident and witnesses the obvious affection of the townspeople for his upright manner, she gradually opens her heart to him. But one day Kenzo is summoned by the boss of the yakuza that controls the town..... |
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video source from other January 18, 2003 When the Last Sword Is Drawn(壬生義士伝)is a January 18, 2003 Movie directed by Yojiro Takita and produced by Nozomu Enoki, Hideji Miyajima Japan... |
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video source from www56 September 11, 2010 Villain(悪人) is a September 11, 2010 Movie directed by Sang-il Lee and produced by Genki Kawamura Japan. Plot Yuichi Shimizu ( Satoshi Tsumabuki ) is a young man who takes care of his grandparents in a decaying fishing village in Nagasaki. His grandparents raised Yuichi instead of his mother. Yuichi now works as a civil employee. He is a lonely man. Then one day, Yuichi receives an email. The email is from Mitsuyo Magome ( Eri Fukatsu ), a woman from Saga. Yuichi and Mitsuyo exchanged emails in the past after meeting through an online dating site. Mitsuyo currently lives a mundane life, working at a men's clothing store and living with her younger sister. Looking for companionship, Mitsuyo decided to reach out to Yuichi after a lengthy time without correspondence. The two lonely souls then meet for the first time and throw themselves into a moment of love. By this time, Yuichi is now a wanted criminal and his face appears on the news.. |
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video source from www56 July 15, 2006 The Sinking of Japan(日本沈没)is a July 15, 2006 Movie directed by Shinji Higuchi Japan.PlotThe global scientific community has discovered that in less than 40 years the archipelago of Japan will sink, due to a collision of tectonic plates. A massive plan for the exodus of a nation’ s population gets underway as Prime Minister Yamamoto (Kenji Ishizaka) prepares for a diplomatic mission to plead with foreign governments to accept waves of Japanese over the next few decades. He appoints a woman in his cabinet, Saori Takamori (Mao Daichi), to serve as his Minister of Crisis Management and Disaster Prevention.Kouzi Ishizaka & Etuzi ToyokawaIn the underwater trenches off near the Cook Islands, Tetsuo Onodera (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) pilots a submersible vessel under leading geoscientist, Yusuke Tadokoro (Etsushi Toyokawa). Only days before, Tetsuo had saved the life of a young girl, Misaki, (Mayuko Fukuda) in a massive earthquake thanks to a heroic fem.. |
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video source from youtube March 13, 2010 Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, originally released asToki o Kakeru Shōjo(時をかける少女?, lit. "The Girl Who Runs Through Time"), is a 2010 Japanese science fiction film directed by Masaaki Taniguchi and written by Tomoe Kanno . It is the fourth film based on the novelThe Girl Who Leapt Through Timeand is a sequel to the original 1983 film adaptation . The film stars Riisa Naka as the protagonist Akari Yoshiyama, daughter of the original story's protagonist Kazuko Yoshiyama. Riisa Naka also voiced the protagonist Makoto Konno in the 2006 anime adaptation , which followed a different story.In 2010, Kazuko Yoshiyama ( Narumi Yasuda ) works as a pharmaceutical researcher secretly developing a formula for time travel. When she is left comatose after a car accident, her daughter Akari learns of her mother's first love, Kazuo Fukamachi ( Kanji Ishimaru ), from Kazuko's friend Goro Asakura ( Masanobu Katsumura ). Be.. |
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video source from youtube October 30, 2010 SP: The Motion Picture(ＳＰ 野望篇)is a October 30, 2010 Movie directed by Takafumi Hatano and produced by Naoto Inaba, Shinya Furugori, Chihiro Kameyama, Kumiko Nakajima, Daisuke Sekiguchi Japan.PlotWhen Kaoru Inoue ( Junichi Okada ) opposes Soichiro Ogata ( Shin'ichi Tsutsumi ), Soichiro makes the cryptic remark "It couldn't be helped. It was for a greater cause ..."One month later, at an event hall in Roppongi Hills, there is a charity event for landmine eradication. Kaoru does security with Security Police officers Soichiro Ogata, Eri Sasamoto ( Yoko Maki ), Takahumi Yamamoto ( Satoru Matsuo ) and Mitsuo Ishida ( Yu Kamio ). Kaoru Inoue senses a threatening existence and starts to suffer a severe headache and becomes dizzy. When Kaoru was young, his parents were killed by terrorists and that incident has had an traumatic effect on Kaoru since.Inside the event hall, Kaoru Inoue replies to Ogata calls that everything is fine. The S.. |
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video source from wat_tv 2011 National Audit Bureau member Hajime Matsudaira (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Tadako Torii (Haruka Ayase) & Asahi Gainsbourg (Masaki Okada) travel from their homebase of Tokyo to the city of Osaka. Their mission is to discover any financial irregularities & to ensure the correct use of federal money in the Osaka city government. Their initial audits go smoothly, but things turn more interesting once they enter the Karahori shopping district - the area with a long history reaching back to the Meiji era. The trio of auditors encounter Koichi Sanada (Kiichi Nakai), who runs a tasty okonomiyaki (Japanese pancakes) restaurant and his son Daisuke (Yuki Morinaga), who wants to be a girl. There's also Daisuke's best friend Chako Hashiba (Ruka Sawaki), a tomboyish girl who protects Daisuke at school from bullying. The auditors then inspect the H.R.H. Foundation, an organization set out to preserve Osaka's historical castles. Although their initial inspection doesn't turn.. |
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video source from megavideo 2007 A comedy-drama about xenophobia, Bob Dylan and a bookstore robbery that proves entertaining despite numerous rather large plot holes. Director Yoshihiro Nakamura has a way with quirky characters and narrative reveals. .. |
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video source from other 2010 People usually complain that anthology films lack coherence and consistency. To me it's one of the big perks, but for those people Women Play Twice might be the perfect compromise. Even though there are 6 different shorts, they are all directed by the same director and shot in a very consistent style. Each short handles a different type of woman as seen by one of the passing customers of a small bar. The result is a cozy little romantic drama that uses the variation of the different stories to stay clear from boredom setting in.I usually write a mini-review for each separate short, that would be pretty impractical though as I would be repeating myself over and over again. There is not much difference in style and execution between the different shorts, keeping the quality of the film very consistent all the way through. Each short has a small climax near the end, but there isn't one short that really stands out or falls short compared to the other ones.The.. |
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video source from youtube June 15, 1960 The Apartmentis a 1960 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder , and starring Jack Lemmon , Shirley MacLaine , and Fred MacMurray . It was Wilder's follow-up to the enormously popularSome Like It Hotand, like its predecessor, was a commercial and critical hit, grossing $25 million at the box office. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards , and won five, including Best Picture .It was later adapted as a Broadway musical,Promises, Promises, with a book by Neil Simon , music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David .C. C. Baxter ( Jack Lemmon ) is a lonely office drone for an insurance company in New York City . In order to climb the corporate ladder, Baxter allows four company managers to use his Upper West Side apartment for their various extramarital liaisons. Unhappy with the situation, but unwilling to challenge the managers, Baxter juggles their conflicting demands, while hoping to catch the eye of fetching e.. |
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video source from other July 27, 2001 Spirited Away(千と千尋の神隠しSen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi?, lit. "The Mysterious Disappearance of Sen and Chihiro")is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy - adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli . The film tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a sullen ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, becomes trapped in an alternate reality that is inhabited by spirits and monsters.After her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba, Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and escape back to the human world.Miyazaki wrote the script after he decided the film would be based on his friend's ten-year-old daughter, who came to visit his house each summer. At the time, Miyazaki was developing two personal projects, but they were rejected. Production ofSpirited Awaybegan in 2000. Du.. |
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video source from other October 8, 2011 My SO Has Got Depression(ツレがうつになりまして。)is a October 8, 2011 Movie directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe Japan.PlotMikio ( Masato Sakai ) is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio's wife is Haruko ( Aoi Miyazaki ). They have been married for 5 years. Haruko draws comics for work, but they do not sell well. She mainly relied on Mikio for support. Meanwhile, Haruko did not notice any changes in her husband. She begins to blame herself for not noticing any signs. Mikio's depression derived from his work. His company has been pressing him to quit the company. After Mikio quits his job his condition improves, but the dynamics of their relationship changes. .. |
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video source from youtube October 8, 2011 Before Sunrise (International English title) / In the City of Dawn (literal title)(夜明けの街で)is a October 8, 2011 Movie directed by Setsuo Wakamatsu Japan.PlotBy chance, Watabe ( Goro Kishitani ) meets subordinate worker Nakanishi ( Kyoko Fukada ) at batting center. A friendship occurs which leads to a heated love affair. Watabe then learns that Nakanishi is the prime suspect of a murder case that occurred 15 years - the murder of her father's ex-lover. The statue of limitations for that murder case is soon to expire .. .. |
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video source from youtube March 5, 2011 Wasao(わさお)is a March 5, 2011 Movie directed by Yoshinari Nishikori Japan.PlotA big furry white Akita arrives wonders into the town of Ajigasawa, Aomori - within view of the Shirakami Mountain Range. The dog is tired and in fact has travelled all the way from Tokyo to find its owner. The Akita dog then runs into Tetsuko ( Hiroko Yakushimaru ), the owner of a squid restaurant. The dog doesn't seem to follow anybody and has a habit of appearing and disappearing.Through several cases likes the Nebutsu Festival & the Ajigasawa Triathlon Event, the relationship between Tetsuko and the Akita dog becomes closer ... .. |
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video source from other February 11, 2011 Patisserie Coin de rue(洋菓子店コアンドル)is a February 11, 2011 Movie directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa Japan.PlotTomura ( Yosuke Eguchi ) was once widely lauded as a legendary patissier, but some 8 years ago he inexplicably left the field. Since that time, Tomura has lectured at culinary schools and wrote a guidebook for pastry critics.Natsume ( Yu Aoi ) is a young woman who travels from Kagoshima to Tokyo to find her boyfriend. Natsume fins a job at "Patisserie Coin de rue" - a pastry shop run by husband & wife tandem Yuriko ( Keiko Toda ) and Julian ( Nathan Berg ). At "Patisserie Coin de rue" Natsume works with talented patissier Mariko ( Noriko Eguchi ) & her fascinating creations.Meanwhile, Tomura is now a regular at "Patisserie Coin de rue" & his encounters with Natsume brings about changes in both of their lives … .. |
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video source from dailymotion 2005 Densha Otoko (電車男, translated as Train_Man) is a 2005 Japanese film, starring Takayuki Yamada and Miki Nakatani. It is part of the Densha Otoko franchise. The film was a big success at the box office, making the story of Densha Otoko popular. It was directed by Shosuke Murakami. The screenplay was written by Arisa Kaneko, and was based on the original book by Hitori Nakano. Plot The film follows the basic sequence of the drama, with the lead protagonist saving a young woman from a drunk on the train. The young woman sends him a set of Hermès tea cups as a thank you. .. |
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