A prostitute tries to change her life after the enforcement of an anti-prostitution law. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Snakes and Earrings AKA Hebi ni Piasu (2008) Yukio Ninagawa, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kengo Kôra, Arata Iura
19 year old Rui finds life deeply disappointing until she falls in love with Ama in Shibuya, Tokyo. Read More »
City of Beasts AKA Yajû toshi (1970) Jun Fukuda, Toshio Kurosawa, Rentarô Mikuni, Noriko Takahashi
University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama Read More »
Ultra Q: The Movie AKA Urutora Q za mûbi: Hoshi no densetsu (1990) Akio Jissôji, Toshio Shiba, Keiko Oginome, Shingo Kazami
A series of unexplained murders occur near an old burial mound. Read More »
Passport to Darkness AKA Ankoku no ryoken (1959) Seijun Suzuki, Ryôji Hayama, Tamaki Sawa, Mari Shiraki
A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step Read More »
Survive Style 5+ (2004) Gen Sekiguchi, Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto, Kyôko Koizumi
A man continually trying and failing to get his wife to stay dead Read More »
Main Theme AKA Mein têma (1984) Yoshimitsu Morita, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kaori Momoi, Hironobu Nomura
A former kindergarten teacher has quit her job. One day she meets a magician Read More »
A Colt Is My Passport AKA Koruto wa ore no pasupoto (1967) Takashi Nomura, Jô Shishido, Chitose Kobayashi, Jerry Fujio
The melancholy, homely Kamimura is a hit man who takes a job to kill a mob boss who’s gotten greedy. Read More »
Meridian in the Mist AKA Kiri no shigosen (1996) Masanobu Deme, Shima Iwashita, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tetsuya Chikushi
A story of friendship between two women, Yae and Kiyoko. Read More »
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict AKA Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni (1993) Akira Inoue, Masakazu Tamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yushi Shoda
A noble samurai serving the Shogun as ‘Kogi Kaishaku-nin’ (Official Executioner) Read More »
Profound Desires of the Gods AKA Kamigami no fukaki yokubô (1968) Shohei Imamura, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Hideko Okiyama
The Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island to drill Read More »
The Funeral AKA Osôshiki (1984) Jûzô Itami, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai
At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. Read More »
The Merciless Trap AKA Nasake muyo no wana (1961) Jun Fukuda, Makoto Satô, Ichirô Nakatani, Kumi Mizuno
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict Read More »
Sword of Desperation AKA Hisshiken torisashi (2010) Hideyuki Hirayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Read More »
Gambling Den Heist AKA Shikingen gôdatsu (1975) Kinji Fukasaku, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Takuzô Kawatani, Hideo Murota
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor. Read More »