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Tag Archives: Japan
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964) Kazuo Ikehiro, Raizô Ichikawa, Michiko Ai, Akira Amemiya
A fugitive christian “saint” (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. Read More »
A Tale Of Africa (1980) Susumu Hani, Simon Trevor, Kathy, Philip Sayer, Heekura Simba
An old man (Jimmy Stewart) has settled in Kenya, in a remote cabin, with his adult granddaughter and several of her “animal friends”. Read More »
Asiapol Secret Service (1966) Akinori Matsuo, Hideaki Nitani, Jô Shishido, Ruriko Asaoka
Jimmy Wang Yu stars in his first major modern-day role, in the same year he revolutionized martial arts cinema in One-Armed Swordsman. Read More »
Attack Squadron! (1963) Shûe Matsubayashi, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Takashi Shimura
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. Read More »
Firebird: Daybreak Chapter (1978) Kon Ichikawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made Read More »
Tale of a Scarface (1999) Eiichi Kudô, Kiyoshi Nakajo, Nagare Hagiwara, Ken Kanako
“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member Read More »
The Incorrigible (1963) Seijun Suzuki, Ken Yamauchi, Masako Izumi, Midori Tashiro
A teenager is dismissed from school for misconduct. Read More »
Touching the Skin of Eeriness (2013) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Shôta Sometani, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Hôshi Ishida
When a boy loses his father he moves in with his older half-brother. Read More »
Farewell to the Ark (1984) Shûji Terayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mayumi Ogawa, Yoshio Harada
A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions Read More »
The Hidden Fortress (1958) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki
The story follows two greedy peasants in feudal Japan, Tahei and Matashichi Read More »
Initiation of the Two-Sword Style (1943) Daisuke Itô, Jun Fujikawa, Sannosuke Fujikawa, Kensaku Hara
From the deepest archives of Japanese film history comes this superbly restored edition of one of the epic adventures Read More »
Oh, Bomb! (1964) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûnosuke Itô, Fubuki Koshiji, Ichirô Nakatani
Filmed as a traditional Japanese play, a yakuza boss is released from prison, but finds his gang usurped by a shady politician. Read More »
A Mother Should Be Loved (1934) Yasujirô Ozu, Yûkichi Iwata, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Den Ohinata
The film tells of the strained relationship between a mother and her two sons after the death of the family patriarch. Read More »
Shadow of the Wraith (2001) Toshiharu Ikeda, Kozue Ayuse, Hyôe Enoki, Makiko Fujii
A two part horror film. The first segment deals with a teenage girl who leaves her body to torment the lovers of classmate Ryoji – whom she loves. Read More »