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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 »
The Killing Game AKA Satsujin yugi (1978) Tôru Murakawa, Kei Satô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Yutaka Nakajima
After making a sensational hit, Narumi has gone into hiding for 5 years. Read More »
The Wayside Pebble AKA Robô no ishi (1964) Miyoji Ieki, Chikage Awashima, Shûichi Ikeda, Katsuo Nakamura
The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque Read More »
Man of the Story AKA Kathapurushan (1996) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Vishwanathan, Mini Nair, Aranmulla Ponnamma
Against the history of Kerala, we see a young man grow up without a father Read More »
Yuki and Nina (2009) Hippolyte Girardot, Nobuhiro Suwa, Noë Sampy, Arielle Moutel, Tsuyu Shimizu
Yuki is a 9-year-old Japanese girl who lives in France and is best friends with 9-year-old French girl Nina. Read More »
The Pork Cutlet General AKA Tonkatsu taishô (1952) Yûzô Kawashima, Shûji Sano, Etsuko Miyama, Keiko Tsushima
Yusaku, whose nickname is “Tonkatsu Taisho” (General Pork Cutlet), is a popular young children’s doctor. Read More »
Love AKA Aibu (1933) Heinosuke Gosho, Michiko Oikawa, Jun Arai, Tadao Watanabe
Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem Read More »
Iron Maze (1991) Hiroaki Yoshida, Jeff Fahey, Bridget Fonda, Hiroaki Murakami
In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburg: One evening, a Japanese businessman Read More »
The Black Angel AKA Kuro no tenshi Vol. 1 (1998) Takashi Ishii, Riona Hazuki, Reiko Takashima, Jinpachi Nezu
Ikko, the six year old daughter of a yakuza gang boss witnesses the brutal slaying Read More »
Suicide Club AKA Jisatsu sâkuru (2001) Sion Sono, Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho
54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train. Read More »
Secret Detective Investigation: Net in Big Edo AKA Onmitsu dôshin: Ôedo sôsamô (1979) Akinori Matsuo, Hiroki Matsukata, Tetsurô Sagawa, Sanae Tsuchida
A group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Read More »
Those Swell Yakuza AKA Yakuza tosei no sutekina menmen (1988) Akiyoshi Kimata, Takanori Jinnai, Yumi Asô, Hideo Murota
After getting a beating from a yakuza, a record store owner decides that being a yakuza would be his dream job. Read More »
A Mother’s Love AKA Bojô (1950) Hiroshi Shimizu, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Musei Tokugawa, Yatarô Kurokawa
A poor mother leaves behind three children,whom she had with different fathers Read More »