Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
The Tale of the Crucified Lovers (1954) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
In 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. Read More »
Goro the Assassin (1968) Keiichi Ozawa, Tatsuya Fuji, Shôki Fukae, Chitose Kobayashi
To fulfill a prison mate’s dying wish, and to right what is wrong, Goro will kill again. Read More »
Miss Oyu (1951) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Nobuko Otowa, Yûji Hori
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Read More »
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969) Kôsaku Yamashita, Bin Amatsu, Hiroshi Arikawa, Daisuke Awaji
After collecting her sickly follower from jail, Oryu is taken in by a fishing village. Read More »
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969) Shigehiro Ozawa, Bin Amatsu, Kanjûrô Arashi, Masaharu Arikawa
The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. Read More »
Morning for the Osone Family (1946) Keisuke Kinoshita, Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji
Kinoshita’s first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superbly wrought tale about a liberal-minded Japanese family torn apart by war and imperialist politics. Read More »
High School Ghosthustlers (1995) Yoshinari Nishikôri, Mitsuko Abe, Gô Awazu, Glover
The GhostHustlers are three beautiful female students Kyoko, Mayu and Emi who fight evil spirits at Onin High School. Read More »
The Fencing Master (1962) Shunkai Mizuho, Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Kinuyo Tanaka
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Read More »
The 47 Ronin (1941) Kenji Mizoguchi, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. Read More »