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Tag Archives: Japan
Early Summer AKA Bakushû (1951) Yasujirô Ozu, Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Chikage Awashima
In postwar Tokyo, this household is loving and serene: older parents, their 28-year-old daughter Noriko Read More »
Minbo – or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion AKA Minbô no onna (1992) Jûzô Itami, Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi, Takehiro Murata
A grand old Japanese hotel is trying to get a prestigious contract as the site of a summit meeting of important foreign officials. Read More »
The Battle for the Liberation of Japan: Summer in Sanrizuka AKA Nihon Kaiho sensen: Sanrizuka no natsu (1968) Shinsuke Ogawa
Farmers in a collective of ancient villages near Tokyo fight back one summer Read More »
Cuban Love AKA Kyûba no koibito (1969) Kazuo Kuroki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Obdulia Plasencia, Gloria Lee
A Japanese sailor arrives in Cuba, willing to know the country and meet its people Read More »
Blessing Bell AKA Kôfuku no kane (2002) SABU, Susumu Terajima, Naomi Nishida, Reila Aphrodite
After losing his job at the factory Igarashi aimlessly wanders through Tokyo Read More »
Pervert Ward: S&M Clinic AKA Hentai byôtô: SM shinryo-shitsu (1989) Hisayasu Satô, Kiyomi Itô, Kazuhiro Sano
An abusive psychologist S&M sexplays becomes too much for his wife. Read More »
Zipang AKA Jipangu (1990) Kaizô Hayashi, Masahiro Takashima, Narumi Yasuda, Bengal
Jigoku is a samurai outlaw who is on the run with his motley bunch of followers. Read More »
Luminous Woman AKA Hikaru onna (1987) Shinji Sômai, Keiji Mutô, Michiru Akiyoshi, Narumi Yasuda
A mountain man from Hokkaido comes to Tokyo in search of the woman he loves Read More »
Infection AKA Kansen (2004) Masayuki Ochiai, Michiko Hada, Mari Hoshino, Tae Kimura
In a general hospital near bankruptcy, the reduced staff is working under a severe stress. Read More »
Altitude 7000 Meters: Four Hours of Terror AKA Kôdo nanasen metoru: kyôfu no yojikan (1959) Tsuneo Kobayashi, Ken Takakura, Kenji Imai, Naoko Kubo
Passengers on an airliner in flight are startled to discover that a killer Read More »
Hiruko the Goblin AKA Yôkai hantâ: Hiruko (1991) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Kenji Sawada, Masaki Kudou, Hideo Murota
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Read More »
A Taxing Woman’s Return AKA Marusa no onna 2 (1988) Jûzô Itami, Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentarô Mikuni, Masahiko Tsugawa
Ryoko Itakura returns as the government tax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. Read More »
Red Persimmons AKA Manzan benigaki (2001) Shinsuke Ogawa, Xiaolian Peng
The ostensible subject of this remarkably beautiful film is the growing, drying Read More »
A Slope in the Sun AKA Hi no ataru sakamichi (1958) Tomotaka Tasaka, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Izumi Ashikawa
A college aged woman arrives in Tokyo to study while finding work at the wealthy Tashiro family home Read More »