It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Bullet Train AKA Shinkansen daibakuha (1975) Jun’ya Satô, Ken Takakura, Shin’ichi Chiba, Kei Yamamoto
One of the Japanese Shinkansen “Bullet Trains” is threatened with a bomb Read More »
Shogun (1980) Jerry London, Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne (Richard Chamberlain), an English ship pilot, whose vessel wrecked Read More »
Wandering Ginza Butterfly AKA Ginchô wataridori (1972) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase
Nami, a young woman, is released from the prison after serving 3 years for killing a man. Read More »
Head of the Boss AKA Shin jingi naki tatakai: Kumicho no kubi (1975) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase, Yuriko Hishimi
Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki goes wrong Read More »
An Actor’s Revenge AKA Yukinojô henge (1963) Kon Ichikawa, Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao
While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across Read More »
Floating Clouds AKA Ukigumo (1955) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada
A tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely women Read More »
They Say Nothing Stays the Same AKA Aru sendo no hanashi (2019) Joe Odagiri, Akira Emoto, Ririka Kawashima, Nijirô Murakami
Why does one need a ferryman? One needs a ferryman where there is a body Read More »
The Yakuza Papers 3: Proxy War AKA Jingi naki tatakai: Dairi sensô (1973) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tsunehiko Watase
Yakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family Read More »
The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode AKA Jingi naki tatakai: Kanketsu-hen (1974) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroko Fuji, Seizô Fukumoto, Gorô Ibuki
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization Read More »