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Tag Archives: Japan
Why Not? AKA Eijanaika (1981) Shôhei Imamura, Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Masao Kusakari
Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America Read More »
Chi-n-pi-ra (1984) Tôru Kawashima, Kyôhei Shibata, Johnny Ohkura, Eri Ishida
Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak: Awakening AKA Eko eko azaraku (2001) Kôsuke Suzuki, Natsuki Katô, Mitsuho Otani, Hassei Takano
A girl dressed in white stands alone in the woods, her hands smeared with blood. Read More »
Man Walking on Snow AKA Aruku, hito (2001) Masahiro Kobayashi, Ken Ogata, Yasufumi Hayashi, Teruyuki Kagawa
Scene: Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Read More »
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film (1999) Masahiro Kobayashi, Akira Emoto, Kippei Shîna, Maika
A retiring Yakuza gang member and a cop go on a road trip to attend the funeral of a mutual female friend. Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak III: Misa the Dark Angel AKA Eko eko azaraku III (1998) Katsuhito Ueno, Hinako Saeki, Ayaka Nanami, Missy Bolden
A temporal portal dumps a rotting zombie on a city street. “Misa Kuroi”, it croaks, before withering away. Read More »
Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man AKA Muhomatsu no issho (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa
In the turn of the Twentieth Century, the rickshaw driver Matsugoro “Matsu” Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard AKA Eko eko azaraku II (1996) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Wataru Shihôdô, Chieko Shiratori
Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to ‘Wizard of Darkness’ to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness AKA Eko eko azaraku (1995) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Miho Kanno, Shu-Ma
Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school Read More »
Four Seasons of Children AKA Kodomo no shiki (1939) Hiroshi Shimizu, Teruo Furuya, Masao Hayama, Shin’ichi Himori
A follow-up to Children in the Wind, Four Seasons of Children is also based on a Tsubota Joji novel. Read More »
Stolen Desire AKA Nusumareta yokujô (1958) Shôhei Imamura, Osamu Takizawa, Shin’ichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Nagato
A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows. Read More »
Bebop High School AKA Bi bappu haisukuru (1985) Hiroyuki Nasu, Kôjiro Shimizu, Tôru Nakamura, Miho Nakayama
If your girl or boy attends Bee Bop High School it is time to seek out alternatives. Read More »
Radiance AKA Hikari (2017) Naomi Kawase, Masatoshi Nagase, Ayame Misaki, Tatsuya Fuji
At a firm specializing in creating audio descriptions for films to serve the visually impaired Read More »
Battle in Outer Space AKA Uchû sai sensô (1959) Ishirô Honda, Ryô Ikebe, Kyôko Anzai, Minoru Takada
Munchkin-like aliens invade Earth full force with their flying saucers and laser weapons, rendering cities helpless. Read More »