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Tag Archives: Japan
The Samurai I Loved AKA Semishigure (2005) Mitsuo Kurotsuchi, Somegorô Ichikawa, Yoshino Kimura, Kôji Imada
A young swordsman is forced into a tough situation. He must resolve a potential power struggle that involves his adolescent crush Fuku. Read More »
Judo Saga AKA Sugata Sanshirô (1943) Akira Kurosawa, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki
Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, comes to the city to apprentice at a jujitsu school. Read More »
The Heart of Hiroshima AKA Ai to shi no kiroku (1966) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tetsuya Watari, Izumi Ashikawa
One morning, Kazue (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is about to knocked over by a motorbike in front of the music instrument shop Read More »
Late Bloomer AKA Osoi hito (2004) Gô Shibata, Ariko Arita, Toshihisa Fukunaga, Naozô Hotta
A wheelchair bound man goes on a killing spree to ease his hurt when a local college coed rebuffs his amorous advances. Read More »
A Woman’s Life AKA Onna no rekishi (1963) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Akira Takarada, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobuko (Hideko Takamine) is a gentle Japanese woman who endures several ordeals during her adult life in this somber, sentimental drama. Read More »
Zegen (1987) Shôhei Imamura, Ken Ogata, Mitsuko Baishô, Chun-Hsiung Ko
The award-winning director of such esteemed films as Black Rain and The Ballad of Narayama has chosen here to tell the decidedly dicey true tale of Iheiji Muraoka Read More »
The Garden of Eden AKA Eden no sono (1980) Yasuzô Masumura, Ronni Valente, Leonora Fani, Angela Goodwin
A young pick-pocket meets a sheltered teenage girl at an art museum while trying to lift her wallet. Read More »
Tragedy of W AKA W no higeki (1984) Shin’ichirô Sawai, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yoshiko Mita, Masanori Sera
Young college student Shizuka is given the opportunity to act in a stage play with professionals. Read More »
Before Spring AKA Kaichô-on (1980) Hôjin Hashiura, Keiko Oginome, Ryô Ikebe, Karin Yamaguchi
Iyo is a teenage girl from a bourgeois family living nearby the Sea of Japan. Read More »
Storm Over the Pacific AKA Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi (1960) Shûe Matsubayashi, Hugo Grimaldi, Yôsuke Natsuki, Toshirô Mifune, Kôji Tsuruta
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan’s Naval Air Force. Read More »
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness AKA Hishu monogatari (1977) Seijun Suzuki, Kyôko Enami, Yoshio Harada, Masumi Okada
A female golfer who has exceeded expectations to reach the top not only has to contend with being in-demand Read More »
Hazy Life AKA Donten seikatsu (1999) Nobuhiro Yamashita, Uda Teppei, Hiroshi Yamamoto
Tsutomu meets Kee outside a Pachinko hall. The two strike up an unlikely friendship. Read More »
Cat Girl Gambler: Murder Incorporated AKA Toba no mesu neko: sutemi no shôbu (1966) Hiroshi Noguchi, Yumiko Nogawa, Eiji Gô, Jô Shishido
After stopping a pickpocket on his job, Yukiko gets drawn into a high-stakes game of the Yakuza clans in her father’s home town. Read More »
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 3 AKA Showa zankyo-den: Ippiki okami (1966) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji
Takei Shigejiro belongs to the Shimazu family. When his boss gets killed, he takes revenge and ends up in prison. Read More »