Set 10 years after “Kids Return.” Shinji and Masaru have graduated from high school with different paths in their lives. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Atragon AKA Kaitei gunkan (1963) Ishirô Honda, Tadao Takashima, Yôko Fujiyama, Yû Fujiki
Several strange occurrences are taking place all over the world including the disappearance of two engineers. Read More »
Enbalming AKA Enbamingu (1999) Shinji Aoyama, Kôjirô Hongô, Masatoshi Matsuo, Yutaka Matsushige
Young female embalmer Miyako while performing the embalming process the head of the corpse shes restoring is stolen. Read More »
Blind Beast AKA Môjû (1969) Yasuzô Masumura, Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori, Noriko Sengoku
A blind sculpter kidnaps a beautiful young model and takes her back to his home. Read More »
The Four Seasons: Natsuko AKA Shiki Natsuko (1980) Yôichi Higashi, Setsuko Karasuma, Hitomi Kageyama, Akiko Kana
A 20-year-old woman feels entrapped in her relationship with her current boyfriend Read More »
I Am Waiting AKA Ore wa matteru ze (1957) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Isamu Kosugi
Jôji is a boxer barred from the ring; Saeko is a singer whose voice is gone. Read More »
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle AKA Rippu Van Winkuru no hanayome (2016) Shunji Iwai, Haru Kuroki, Cocco, Gô Ayano
Nanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting Read More »
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 4 AKA Shôwa zankyô-den: Chizome no karajishi (1967) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji
Fourth film in the “Shôwa Zankyôden” series. This expression means duty, obligations, and rules obeyed by gangsters and outlaws in the pre-Shôwa era. Read More »
Love and Crime AKA Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi (1969) Teruo Ishii, Sada Abe, Yukie Kagawa, Yoshi Katô
Discover 4 famous japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe Read More »
Listen to the Roar of the Ocean AKA Kike wadatsumi no koe: Nippon senbotsu gakusei shuki (1950) Hideo Sekigawa, Hajime Izu, Yasumi Hara, Akitake Kon
Kike wadatsumi no koe: Nippon senbotsu gakusei shuki is a 1950 black and white Japanese war drama film directed by Hideo Sekigawa and based on the best-seller Listen to the Voices from the Sea. This film is strongly anti-war film. Read More »
Madame and Wife AKA Madamu to nyôbô (1931) Heinosuke Gosho, Atsushi Watanabe, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Ichimura
A writer struggles to finish his story against many distractions, but the jazz party next door proves to be too much. Read More »
So Soft, So Cunning AKA Motto shinayaka ni, motto shitataka ni (1979) Toshiya Fujita, Eiji Okuda, Junko Takazawa, Aiko Morishita
A depressed photographer drives a delivery truck and searches for the whereabouts of his estranged wife. Read More »
The Millennial Rapture AKA Sennen no yuraku (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu, Tomori Abe, Tanroh Ishida, Arata Iura
Shingu, a coastal village in Wakayama Prefecture, early 20th century. Midwife Oryu (Terajima Shinobu) Read More »
2/Duo (1997) Nobuhiro Suwa, Eri Yu, Miyuki Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima
Yu, an employee at a clothing boutique, lives with Kei, an out-of-work actor who lives off of her. Read More »
An Inlet of Muddy Water AKA Nigorie (1953) Tadashi Imai, Akiko Tamura, Yatsuko Tan’ami, Ken Mitsuda
Three short tales from stories by Ichiyo Higuchi. Read More »