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Tag Archives: Japan
Shara AKA Sharasôju (2003) Naomi Kawase, Kohei Fukungaga, Yuka Hyyoudo
The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso’s twin boys suddenly disappears. Read More »
Growing Up Twice AKA Takekurabe (1955) Heinosuke Gosho, Hibari Misora, Kôshirô Matsumoto, Takashi Kitahara
The story here is about boys and girls on the boundary between childhood and adulthood, living in Yoshiwara Read More »
The Tale of Zatoichi AKA Zatôichi monogatari (1962) Kenji Misumi, Shintarô Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryûzô Shimada
An impoverished blind masseur becomes a mercenary swordsman, to gain basic respect. Read More »
Tamako in Moratorium AKA Moratoriamu Tamako (2013) Nobuhiro Yamashita, Atsuko Maeda, Suon Kan, Shôko Fujimura
Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Read More »
Mori, the Artist’s Habitat AKA Mori no iru basho (2018) Shûichi Okita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Munetaka Aoki, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Vegetation thrives in painter Morikazu’s garden, which is home to creatures Read More »
Symbol of a Man AKA Otoko no monshô (1963) Akinori Matsuo, Hideki Takahashi, Masako Izumi, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Otoko-no Monsho (Emblem of a Man, aka The Symbol of a Man) is a 1963 Japanese film starring Hideki Takahashi Read More »
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village AKA Tarao Bannai: Kimen mura no sangeki (1978) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Akira Kobayashi, Ichirô Zaitsu, Sanae Kitabayashi
Private eye Tarao Bannai is called in to solve the murdered of a young girl Read More »
Lady Caligula in Tokyo AKA Tôkyô Karigyura fujin (1981) Kôyû Ohara, Maiko Kazama, Asami Ogawa, Tsutomu Akashi
A housewife leaves her husband after he has been cheating on her. Read More »
Journey to the Shore AKA Kishibe no tabi (2015) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Masao Komatsu
Mizuki’s husband Yusuke drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home Read More »
Rage AKA Ikari (2016) Sang-il Lee, Ken Watanabe, Mirai Moriyama, Aoi Miyazaki
A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities. Read More »
The Last Bullet (1995) Michael Pattinson, Jason Donovan, Kôji Tamaki, Daniel Rigney
Set during WWII, an Australian and Japanese soldier play a deadly game of Cat and mouse in a South Pacific Jungle. Read More »
Samurai Reincarnation AKA Makai tenshô (1981) Kinji Fukasaku, Shin’ichi Chiba, Kenji Sawada, Akiko Kana
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces Read More »
The Actress and the Poet AKA Joyû to shijin (1935) Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Uruki, Sachiko Chiba, Kamatari Fujiwara
Ryuji Nagami’s script mandates a fairly straightforward comedy of nonconformism Read More »
Bugmaster AKA Mushishi (2006) Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Joe Odagiri, Nao Ômori, Yû Aoi
Ginko, a Mushi-shi has always been attuned to the Mushi, creatures close Read More »