Various individuals named Ichiro undergo life-changing events while being inspired Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
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 »
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 »
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 »
The Long Excuse AKA Nagai iiwake (2016) Miwa Nishikawa, Masahiro Motoki, Pistol Takehara, Eri Fukatsu
Based on a book by writer – director Miwa Nishikawa, a recently widowed writer Read More »
Forget Me Not AKA Wasurenai to chikatta boku ga ita (2015) Kei Horie, Nijirô Murakami, Akari Hayami, Chiharu
This film tells the story of a high school student named Takashi (Murakami Nijiro) Read More »
The Road I Travel with You AKA Kimi to yuku michi (1936) Mikio Naruse, Heihachirô Ôkawa, Hideo Saeki, Naoyo Yamagata
“The Road I Travel With You” concerns two brothers of marriageable age and their mother Read More »
A Woman’s Sorrows AKA Nyonin aishû (1937) Mikio Naruse, Takako Irie, Hideo Saeki, Heihachirô Ôkawa
The irresolute heroine marries without love and finds herself regarded Read More »
Gulf Road AKA Wangan Doro (1984) Yôichi Higashi, Masao Kusakari, Kanako Higuchi, Kaoru Kobayashi
21st century modern love in 80s Japan. Carried out with absolute smoothness, confidence, and nuance. Read More »
Gentle 12 AKA Juninin no yasashii nihonjin (1991) Shun Nakahara, Kazuyuki Aijima, Michiko Hayashi, Zen Kajihara
Shun Nakahara directs this comic take on Sidney Lumet’s 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men. Read More »
The Sword AKA Meitô bijomaru (1945) Kenji Mizoguchi, Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kan Ishii, Eijirô Yanagi
Kiyone Sakurai, an apprentice sword maker makes a sword for his guardian, Kozaemon Onoda. Read More »