Miyuki is seeing apparitions at home and worrying her friend Etsuko. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Tora-san 18 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô junjô shishû (1976) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Machiko Kyô
When Tora-san’s infatuation with his nephew’s school teacher causes family turmoil Read More »
Tora-san 17 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yuuyake koyake (1976) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
During his travels, Tora-san meets Ikenouchi, a drunken old man whom Read More »
Elephant Song (1994) Gô Rijû, Morio Agata, Hiromi Kuronuma, Miyuki Matsuda
A man dies, and leaves a message to contact only one person Read More »
Internal Sleuth AKA Sakura no Daimon (1973) Kenji Misumi, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Michi Higashi
When 150 guns are lost from the Iwakuni base and two police officers Read More »
The Oil-Hell Murder AKA Onna goroshi abura no jigoku (1992) Hideo Gosha, Kanako Higuchi, Miwako Fujitani, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi
Veteran director (Hideo Gosha) adapts this psychological drama based Read More »
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman AKA Zatôichi (1989) Shintarô Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks Read More »
Super Mario Bros. (1993) Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton, Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper
Two Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension Read More »
The Dancing Girl of Izu AKA Koi no hana saku Izu no odoriko (1933) Heinosuke Gosho, Kinuyo Tanaka, Den Ohinata, Tokuji Kobayashi
In this adaptation from Kawabata, a young student becomes friends with a brother Read More »
Once More AKA Ima hitotabi no (1947) Heinosuke Gosho, Mieko Takamine, Ichirô Ryûzaki, Haruo Tanaka
A romance with political overtones about the relationship of a sheltered bourgeois woman Read More »
Prison Boss AKA Gokuchu no kaoyaku (1968) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Takakura, Ichirô Ryûzaki, Toshi Amatsu
Ken Takakura stars in yet another bad-ass Prison film, in “Prison Boss”. Read More »
Wife to Be Sacrificed AKA Ikenie fujin (1974) Masaru Konuma, Naomi Tani, Nagatoshi Sakamoto, Terumi Azuma
A woman must endure an extreme ritual when her ex-husband, who has recently escaped from jail, kidnaps her. Read More »
A Story from Echigo AKA Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu (1964) Tadashi Imai, Yoshiko Sakuma, Shôichi Ozawa, Rentarô Mikuni
Gonsuke has had to leave town to find employment Read More »
Tora-san 16 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Katsushika risshi hen (1975) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Fumie Kashiyama
Tora-san returns to his family’s shop in Shibamata, Tokyo to find himself accused Read More »
Tora-san 15 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro aiaigasa (1975) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ruriko Asaoka
Traveling through Hokkaido with a disgruntled salaryman seeking a lost love (Eiji Funakoshi) Read More »