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The Menu

2022 ★ 7.2 1h 47m

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

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Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Acting Born: May 21, 1911 Tokyo, Japan

Tanie Kitabayashi (北林谷栄, Kitabayashi Tanie, May 21, 1911 – April 27, 2010) was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the Mainichi Film Awards for Kiku to Isamu. She also won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress in Rainbow Kids (1991), a film that also earned her honors from the Mainichi Film Awards and from Kinema Junpo. She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.

46 titles
My Neighbor Totoro 8.1
Animated, Family, Fantasy
My Neighbor Totoro 1988
Rikyu 7.5
Drama
Rikyu 1989
Twilight of the Cockroaches 5.8
Animated, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Twilight of the Cockroaches 1987
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 6.0
Drama
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 1955
Love: Starting on a Journey 2.5
Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Love: Starting on a Journey 1985
Love is Lost 7.0
Drama
Love is Lost 1956
River Without a Bridge Part 2
Drama
River Without a Bridge Part 2 1970
River Without a Bridge 5.0
Drama
River Without a Bridge 1969
The Human Wall 5.0
Drama
The Human Wall 1959
The Third Will 8.0
Drama
The Third Will 1963
Writhing Tongue 6.2
Drama, Horror
Writhing Tongue 1980
White Snake Enchantment 4.7
Drama
White Snake Enchantment 1983
The Heart 6.8
Drama
The Heart 1955
All My Children 7.2
Drama
All My Children 1963
The Greatest Challenge of All 7.0
Comedy, Drama
The Greatest Challenge of All 1967
Apart from Life 5.8
Drama
Apart from Life 1970
Rainbow Kids 6.4
Comedy, Drama
Rainbow Kids 1991
Song of Love 6.5
Comedy
Song of Love 1967
A Japanese Tragedy 5.3
Drama
A Japanese Tragedy 1953
The Human Bullet 5.8
Comedy, Drama, War
The Human Bullet 1968
Letter from the Mountain 8.4
Drama
Letter from the Mountain 2002
Intentions of Murder 7.0
Drama
Intentions of Murder 1964
A Woman Called En
Drama, History
A Woman Called En 1971
A Story from Echigo 7.2
Drama
A Story from Echigo 1964
Wrath of Daimajin 6.3
Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Wrath of Daimajin 1966
The Sun's Burial 6.4
Crime, Drama
The Sun's Burial 1960
My Second Brother 6.4
Drama
My Second Brother 1959
Terror in the Streets 7.7
Horror, Mystery
Terror in the Streets 1970
Gazing at Love and Death 7.0
Drama
Gazing at Love and Death 1964
Koibito 5.4
Koibito 1951
Foundry Town 7.6
Drama
Foundry Town 1962
Tora-san's Song of Love 8.0
Comedy
Tora-san's Song of Love 1983
Dangerous Women
Mystery, Thriller
Dangerous Women 1985
Heat Wave Island 6.0
Drama, Mystery
Heat Wave Island 1969
Our Town 6.8
Drama
Our Town 1956
Thousand Cranes 8.3
Drama, Romance
Thousand Cranes 1969
Only on Mondays 6.2
Drama
Only on Mondays 1964
Tale of Japanese Burglars 7.0
Comedy, Crime
Tale of Japanese Burglars 1965
Summer Storm 6.5
Summer Storm 1956
Hole in One 6.0
Comedy, Mystery
Hole in One 1957
The Burmese Harp 5.2
Drama, War
The Burmese Harp 1985
Conflagration 7.1
Drama
Conflagration 1958
Patience Has An End 5.7
Crime, Drama
Patience Has An End 1971
The Incident 6.3
Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Incident 1978
The Maid's Kid 8.0
Drama
The Maid's Kid 1955
Oh, My Comrade!
Comedy
Oh, My Comrade! 1970