The last piece of the trilogy, following ‘Katatsumori’ and ‘See Heaven’, filming her grandma and herself. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
The Rambler Rides Again AKA Daisogen no wataridori (1960) Buichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Jô Shishido, Ruriko Asaoka
Taki (Kobayashi), a wandering, singing cowboy, comes upon a village in Hokkaido Read More »
Tokyo Heaven AKA Tôkyô jôkû irasshaimase (1990) Shinji Sômai, Kiichi Nakai, Riho Makise, Tsurube Shôfukutei
Yuu Kamiya is an up-and-coming talent in Japanese show business. Read More »
Rice AKA Kome (1957) Tadashi Imai, Shinjirô Ebara, Eijirô Tôno, Yûko Mochizuki
The heroes and heroines are all rice farmers, struggling Read More »
The 47 Ronin AKA Chûshingura (1962) Hiroshi Inagaki, Yûzô Kayama, Chûsha Ichikawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
A young lord attempts to combat the corruption endemic to the Shogunate bureaucracy Read More »
The Incident AKA Jiken (1978) Yoshitarô Nomura, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinobu Ôtake, Toshiyuki Nagashima
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife Read More »
Introspection Tower AKA Mikaheri no tô (1941) Hiroshi Shimizu, Chimura Enoki, Teruo Furuya, Mamiko Harada
Problem kids come to a reformatory school where they live, study and work. Read More »
Invisible Man Appears AKA Tômei ningen arawaru (1949) Nobuo Adachi, Shigehiro Fukushima, Chizuru Kitagawa, Takiko Mizunoe, Daijirô Natsukawa
“There is no good or evil in science, but it can be used for good or evil purposes.” Read More »
Demon Pond AKA Yashagaike (1979) Masahiro Shinoda, Tamasaburô Bandô, Gô Katô, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Read More »
Audition AKA Ôdishon (1999) Takashi Miike, Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki
In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife Read More »
What Is Your Name? Part III AKA Kimi no na wa: Daisanbu (1954) Hideo Ôba, Chikage Awashima, Haruyo Ichikawa, Akio Isono
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. Read More »
What Is Your Name? Part II AKA Kimi no na wa: Dainibu (1953) Hideo Ôba, Keiko Awaji, Chikage Awashima, Kimie Hayashi
Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge Read More »
What Is Your Name? AKA Kimi no na wa (1953) Hideo Ôba, Keiko Awaji, Chikage Awashima, Haruyo Ichikawa
Machiko and Haruki are not allowed to meet. When at last they find each other, Haruki has to part for Europe. Read More »
Blueprint of Murder AKA Ankokugai no dankon (1961) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Makoto Satô, Tatsuya Mihashi
While testing the advance prototype of a revolutionary gas engine Read More »
UFO Blue Christmas AKA Burû Kurisumasu (1978) Kihachi Okamoto, Hiroshi Katsuno, Keiko Takeshita, Eiji Okada
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Read More »