Onihei Hankach? is a popular series of stories and television jidaigeki in Japan. A story by Sh?tar? Ikenami in the December 1967 issue of the magazine “All Yomimono” developed into a series, which Bungei Shunju published the following year. Read More »
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Okami yo rakujitsu o kire / The Last Samurai (1974) Kenji Misumi, Hideki Takahashi, Ken Ogata, Takahiro Tamura, Action, Drama
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Read More »
Buta to gunkan / Pigs and Battleships (1961) Shôhei Imamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Masao Mishima, Drama, Comedy, Crime
Kinta is caught in the mesh of poverty and opts out by joining the local yakuza gang. His greed draws him into the drug dealing, pimping, and racketeering that fill the gang’s coffers. Read More »
Sengoku jieitai / G.I. Samurai (1979) Kôsei Saitô, Shin’ichi Chiba, Jun Etô, Moeko Ezawa, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country’s warring states era Read More »
Kiiroi namida / Yellow Tears (2007) Isshin Inudô, Shô Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, Drama
They famously say that all the hippies of the ’60s ended up becoming nothing more than bankers. Read More »
Waga koi wa moenu / Flame of My Love (1949) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake, Drama, Romance
A woman’s struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi Read More »
Â! Ikkenya puroresu / Oh! My Zombie Mermaid (2004) Naoki Kubo, Terry Ito, Shinya Hashimoto, Sonim, Shirô Sano, Action, Drama
Comedy, horror and wrestling combine in this fight fest starring real-life wrestler Shinya Hashimoto as Kouta Read More »
Neko to shozo to futari no onna / Shozo, a Cat and Two Women (1956) Shirô Toyoda, Hisaya Morishige, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Comedy, Drama, Family
A timid man who has spent much of his life attempting without success to get out from under the domination of his mother, finds that marriage is no answer. Read More »
Happî awâ / Happy Hour (2015) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Drama
Jun, Akari, Sakurako and Fumi truly believe that they can confide in each other. Read More »
Hana to dotô / The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Tamio Kawaji, Chieko Matsubara, Action, Drama
Working from a novel by Aoyama Koji he tells the story of Ogata Kikuji (Kobayashi Akira) – a former Yakuza member, now on the straight and narrow. Read More »
Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke / Okoto and Sasuke (1935) Yasujirô Shimazu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôkichi Takada, Hideo Fujino, Drama
The Okoto blind is a talented music teacher, but his pride keeps others – especially men – at a distance. Read More »
Kyojin to gangu / Giants and Toys (1958) Yasuzô Masumura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Osamu Abe, Comedy, Drama
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies. Read More »
Sâdo / Third (1978) Yôichi Higashi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsugiaki Yoshida, Aiko Morishita, Drama
Based on a script by Shuji Terayama, follows the relationship of a man with the world around him, his relationship with his mother Read More »
Honogurai mizu no soko kara / Dark Water (2002) Hideo Nakata, Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After winning a custody battle for her daughter, Yoshimi tries to make a new start. Read More »
Battle Royale / Batoru rowaiaru (2000) Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
With school children all over the country growing increasingly delinquent, the Japanese government takes decisive action and introduces the Battle Royale Act. Read More »