Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Westward Desperado AKA Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e (1960) Kihachi Okamoto, Hideyo Amamoto, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Akihiko Hirata
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage Read More »
Only On Mondays AKA Getsuyôbi no Yuka (1964) Kô Nakahira, Mariko Kaga, Akira Nakao, Yasukiyo Umeno
Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa Read More »
Manon (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Setsuko Karasuma, Masahiko Tsugawa, Kôichi Satô
The story of the rise and fall of a young courtesan. Read More »
The Face of Jizo AKA Chichi to kuraseba (2004) Kazuo Kuroki, Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano
Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. Read More »
Run! Ichiro AKA Hashire! Ichiro (2001) Kazuki Ohmori, Masatoshi Nakamura, Yûko Asano, Kazuhisa Kawaguchi
Various individuals named Ichiro undergo life-changing events while being inspired Read More »
No Longer Human AKA Ningen shikkaku: Dazai Osamu to 3-nin no onnatachi (2019) Mika Ninagawa, Yûdai Chiba, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kengo Kôra
Oguri Shun plays Dazai Osamu who is one of the more popular novelists in Japan. Read More »
The Whole Family Works AKA Hataraku ikka (1939) Mikio Naruse, Musei Tokugawa, Noriko Honma, Akira Ubukata
Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children Read More »
Hideko, the Bus Conductor AKA Hideko no shashô-san (1941) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daijirô Natsukawa
Okoma, a young lady working as a conductor with a bus company in Kofu Yamanashi Read More »
Lear on the Shore AKA Umibe no Ria (2017) Masahiro Kobayashi, Hiroshi Abe, Mieko Harada, Kaoru Kobayashi
Chokichi Kuwahata was once a leading actor, but he is ravaged by dementia and old age now. Read More »
A Perfect Couple AKA Un couple parfait (2005) Nobuhiro Suwa, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Bruno Todeschini, Nathalie Boutefeu
After several years of coexistence in Lisbon (Portugal), Nicolas and Marie are about to divorce. Read More »
A Legend of Turmoil AKA Shura no densetsu (1992) Akiyoshi Kimata, Akira Kobayashi, Takanori Jinnai, Ruby Moreno
Otaki, a member of a small yakuza family, hunts down the people who murdered his boss. Read More »
Vermilion Souls AKA Shureitachi (2007) Masaki Iwana, Mohamed Aroussi, Taku Furusawa, Valentina Miraglia
Set in Tokyo 7 years after WWII, this surreal story is about a 9 year old boy who wanders into a strange mansion Read More »
Shinjuku Mad AKA Shinjuku maddo (1970) Kôji Wakamatsu, Toshiyuki Tanigawa, Yûko Ejima, Makiko Harada
A man comes to Tokyo searching for his son’s killer. He ventures into the deep underground Read More »
The Five AKA Gonin (1995) Takashi Ishii, Kôichi Satô, Masahiro Motoki, Jinpachi Nezu
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza Read More »