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Tag Archives: Japan
Mr. Thank You (1936) Hiroshi Shimizu, Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka
Mr. Thank You is the kindly young driver of a local bus traveling from poverty stricken coastal villages, over the mountains, to the town. Read More »
The Garden (1990) Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Philip MacDonald
A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. Read More »
Prison Boss (1968) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Takakura, Ichirô Ryûzaki, Toshi Amatsu
Ken Takakura stars in yet another bad-ass Prison film, in “Prison Boss”. Read More »
Sway (2006) Miwa Nishikawa, Joe Odagiri, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masatô Ibu
On the anniversary of the death of the mother of a hip and happening Tokyo-based photographer, the son returns to his hometown for the funeral. Read More »
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (2003) Taiyô Sugiura, Daisuke Shima, Kaori Sakagami
While E.Y.E.S. prepare to safely transport the worlds monsters to a far off planet Read More »
Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet (2002) Tsugumi Kitaura, Taiyô Sugiura, Daisuke Shima, Kaori Sakagami
Once again, Musashi has encountered Cosmos. Now Cosmos has gained some new modes to defeat Scropis. Read More »
The Naked Seven (1972) Yasuharu Hasebe, Mari Tanaka, Keiko Tsuzuki, Yuri Yamashina
A gang consisting of seven women roams around the country to steal and resell everything that makes money. Read More »
Smoke (1995) Wayne Wang, Paul Auster, Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Giancarlo Esposito
Writer Paul Benjamin (William Hurt) is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren’s (Harvey Keitel) smoke shop. Read More »
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) Mikio Naruse, Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Hideko Takamine
The story of a family in Tokyo who live under the same roof in a large house Read More »
Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (1997) Takashi Miike, Takeshi Caesar, Seiji Chihara, Noriko Eguchi
This is a story of rough kids trying to find their way in the world, a world of violence Read More »
Domineering (1982) Sadao Nakajima, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Bunta Sugawara
The aftermath of the death of the biggest yakuza family. Read More »
The God Suzaku (1997) Naomi Kawase, Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Sachiko Izumi
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Read More »
Black Snow (1965) Tetsuji Takechi, Kotobuki Hananomoto, Chitose Kurenai, Chieko Murata
Black Snow tells the tale of a disturbed young man who, after spying on his mother with a black serviceman Read More »
The Lone Stalker (1968) Kazuo Ikehiro, Raizô Ichikawa, Mayumi Ogawa, Kaneko Iwasaki
Isazo is a traveler player and a living legend in the world of the Yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and courage Read More »