Oryu searches for a blind girl she left behind but gets involved in a Yakuza turf war. Read More »
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Girl Boss 5: Escape from Reform School AKA Sukeban: Kankain dassô (1973) Sadao Nakajima, Miki Sugimoto, Yûko Kanô, Hiroko Isayama
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school Read More »
Yumechiyo’s Diary AKA Yumechiyo nikki (1985) Kirirô Urayama, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Kirin Kiki
Yumechiyo Nikki is the story of a woman who is suffering from leukemia, the result of exposure to the atomic blast when she was still unborn. Read More »
Ninja, a Band of Assassins AKA Shinobi no mono (1962) Satsuo Yamamoto, Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Yûnosuke Itô
Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo), a talented young ninja, becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate Oda Nobunaga Read More »
Pink Tush Girl AKA Momojiri musume: Pinku hippu gaaru (1978) Kôyû Ohara, Jun Takahashi, Yûya Uchida, Kaori Takeda
Yuko’s boyfriend dumps her just after they have her first sexual experience Read More »
Message from Space AKA Uchu kara no messeji (1978) Kinji Fukasaku, Vic Morrow, Shin’ichi Chiba, Philip Casnoff
In this Star Wars take-off, the peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas Read More »
The Crowded Train AKA Manin densha (1957) Kon Ichikawa, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Chishû Ryû, Haruko Sugimura
Tamio Moroi graduates from a prestigious university and obtains a job at the Camel Brewery in a distant town. Read More »
The Inugami Family AKA Inugami-ke no ichizoku (1976) Kon Ichikawa, Koji Ishizaka, Yôko Shimada, Teruhiko Aoi
After the death of the Father , His family are gathered to share Inheritances Read More »
Travelling Actors AKA Tabi yakusha (1940) Mikio Naruse, Kamatari Fujiwara, Kan Yanagiya, Minoru Takase
Story about a group of actors mostly based on the guys playing the horse. Read More »
Kanashii kibun de joke (1985) Masaharu Segawa, Takeshi Kitano, Kie Nakai, Naoko Ôtani
This is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian Read More »
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab AKA Hyakuman-doru o tatakidase (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Keisuke Noro, Michiko Sawa
Wada Koji fights to become a boxing champion. Read More »
Men and War III AKA Senso to ningen III: Kanketsuhen (1973) Satsuo Yamamoto, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Junko Natsu, Kei Yamamoto
The third and final part details the family’s trials during the Sino-Japanese War to the Soviet army’s Read More »
Men and War II AKA Senso to ningen II: Ai to kanashimino sanga (1971) Satsuo Yamamoto, Osamu Takizawa, Shinsuke Ashida, Hideki Takahashi
The second part follow the the stories of two brothers serving in different units of the Imperial Japanese army Read More »
Eleven Samurai AKA Jûichinin no samurai (1967) Eiichi Kudô, Isao Natsuyagi, Kôtarô Satomi, Kôji Nanbara
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu Read More »
Samurai Wolf AKA Kiba Ôkaminosuke (1966) Hideo Gosha, Isao Natsuyagi, Ryôhei Uchida, Junko Miyazono
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba Read More »