The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Under the Sand AKA Sous le sable (2000) François Ozon, Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot
Marie, a professor of English literature in a Paris university, has been happily married Read More »
Twilight Saloon AKA Tasogare sakaba (1955) Tomu Uchida, Shigeru Amachi, Korema Arima, Ureo Egawa
In Twilight Saloon a cast of diverse characters spend an eventful evening Read More »
Hunter in the Dark AKA Yami no karyudo (1979) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshio Harada
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Read More »
A Visage to Remember AKA Omokage (1948) Heinosuke Gosho, Yuriko Hamada, Chishû Ryû, Ichirô Ryûzaki
During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenties Read More »
Haru AKA (Haru) (1996) Yoshimitsu Morita, Eri Fukatsu, Seiyô Uchino, Sei Hiraizumi
Two young individuals meet online and become interested in each other after e-mailing everyday. Read More »
Silver – shirubaa (1999) Takashi Miike, Atsuko Sakuraba, Kenji Haga, Shinobu Kandori
A vengeful woman uses special skills to find the gang that killed her family. Read More »
Naked Tango (1990) Leonard Schrader, Vincent D’Onofrio, Mathilda May, Fernando Rey
Returning by ship to South America, a young girl escapes her elderly husband Read More »
The House of Hanging AKA Byoinzaka no kubikukuri no ie (1979) Kon Ichikawa, Koji Ishizaka, Yoshiko Sakuma, Junko Sakurada
Kosuke visits a photo studio to take photo for his passport. Read More »
Bastoni: The Stick Handlers (2002) Kazuhiko Nakamura, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Tomorô Taguchi, Hideomi Nakazato
Husband and wife Yamaguchi and Natsuki are young, attractive stars in Japanese adult films. Read More »
Rape Shot Momoes Lips AKA Rape shot: Momoe no kuchibiru (1979) Katsuhiko Fujii, Minako Mizushima, Yûko Asuka, Noriaki Abe
Toru, a down and out tabloid reporter is looking for his next “big” story. Read More »
Black Cat AKA Yabu no naka no kuroneko (1968) Kaneto Shindô, Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô
A woman and her daughter-in-law are raped and murdered by samurais during the time of civil war. Read More »
Sympathy for the Underdog AKA Bakuto gaijin butai (1971) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tsunehiko Watase
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. Read More »
Winds of Change AKA Metamorphoses (1978) Takashi, Peter Ustinov
Several animated stories from “Metamorphoses”, Roman poet Ovid’s narrative of legends, are presented. Read More »
Tales of the Unusual AKA Yonimo kimyô na monogatari – Eiga no tokubetsu hen (2000) Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura, Kazuyuki Aijima, Izumi Inamori, Renji Ishibashi
A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts Read More »