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Tag Archives: Japan
The Left Handed Sniper: Tokyo Bay AKA Tôkyô wan (1962) Yoshitarô Nomura, Jirô Ishizaki, Hiromi Sakaki, Kyôko Aoi
An undercover Japanese cop meant to operate within a gang, which deals in drugs is killed, by a sniper. Read More »
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs AKA Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki (1960) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori
This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged bar hostess who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own. Read More »
The Way to Fight AKA Kenka no hanamichi: Oosaka saikyô densetsu (1996) Takashi Miike, Takeshi Caesar, Ryoko Imamura, Kazuki Kitamura
Kazuyoshi Tamai, a High School student in Osaka is a street fighter who can do serious damage. Read More »
Rubber’s Lover (1996) Shozin Fukui, Nao, Norimizu Ameya, Yôta Kawase
Scientists use a brain-altering drug to conduct experiments, after one such project goes astray Read More »
When They Cry: Reshuffle AKA Higurashi no naku koro ni: Chikai (2009) Ataru Oikawa, Aika, Rin Asuka, Ayako Kawahara
Rena’s mental state devolves after her parents divorce. She moves with her father to Hinamizawa Village. Read More »
When They Cry AKA Higurashi no naku koro ni (2008) Ataru Oikawa, Gôki Maeda, Airi Matsuyama, Rin Asuka
Early summer, Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. Read More »
The First Gas Human AKA Gasu ningen dai 1 gô (1960) Ishirô Honda, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshio Tsuchiya
A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into ‘The Human Vapour’. Read More »
Battle Heater AKA Batoru hîtâ (1989) Jôji Iida, Akira Emoto, Hisako Hara, Masao Imafuku
Hama, along with his assistant Furuchi, spends his time collecting electronic junk from other people’s garbage and junk yards. Read More »
Evil Dead Trap 3: Broken Love Killer AKA Chigireta ai no satsujin (1993) Toshiharu Ikeda, Shirô Sano, Megumi Yokoyama, Kimiko Yo
A policewoman is investigating the apparent suicide of a college coed. Read More »
The Pledge AKA Bakuchi-uchi Gaiden (1972) Kôsaku Yamashita, Gorô Ibuki, Nobuo Kaneko, Takuzô Kawatani
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke’s successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins. Read More »
The Yakuza (1974) Sydney Pollack, Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George’s kidnapped daughter Read More »
Tokijiro of Kutsukake AKA Kutsukake Tokijiro – yukyo ippiki (1966) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Junko Ikeuchi
Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Read More »
Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t AKA Shiko funjatta (1992) Masayuki Suo, Masahiro Motoki, Misa Shimizu, Naoto Takenaka
Yet another tradition in the tradition of “ragtag misfits” in Japanese comedy…Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t tells the story of a university sumo club in Japan. Read More »
Luminous Moss AKA Hikarigoke (1992) Kei Kumai, Rentarô Mikuni, Hisashi Igawa, Satoko Iwasaki
The island of Hokkaido, in Japan, is located near the Arctic Circle and is famous for its cold, snowy winters. Read More »