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Tag Archives: Japan
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) Mikio Naruse, Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Hideko Takamine
The story of a family in Tokyo who live under the same roof in a large house Read More »
Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (1997) Takashi Miike, Takeshi Caesar, Seiji Chihara, Noriko Eguchi
This is a story of rough kids trying to find their way in the world, a world of violence Read More »
Domineering (1982) Sadao Nakajima, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Bunta Sugawara
The aftermath of the death of the biggest yakuza family. Read More »
The God Suzaku (1997) Naomi Kawase, Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Sachiko Izumi
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Read More »
Black Snow (1965) Tetsuji Takechi, Kotobuki Hananomoto, Chitose Kurenai, Chieko Murata
Black Snow tells the tale of a disturbed young man who, after spying on his mother with a black serviceman Read More »
The Lone Stalker (1968) Kazuo Ikehiro, Raizô Ichikawa, Mayumi Ogawa, Kaneko Iwasaki
Isazo is a traveler player and a living legend in the world of the Yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and courage Read More »
Zeiram 2 (1994) Keita Amemiya, Mitsuo Abe, Francis Cherry, Makio Hiraiwa
Intergalactic bounty hunters Iria and Bob return to track down an ancient mystical relic. Read More »
Zeiram (1991) Keita Amemiya, Yûko Moriyama, Kunihiro Ida, Yukijirô Hotaru
Teppei and Kamiya, two average joes working in the electronic services industry Read More »
Avalanche (1937) Mikio Naruse, Hideo Saeki, Ranko Edogawa, Noboru Kiritachi
This film, directed by Mikio Naruse, is a study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. Read More »
Edward II (1991) Derek Jarman, Steven Waddington, Kevin Collins, Andrew Tiernan
In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe’s Elisabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings Read More »
Hoodlum Priest and the Gold Mint (1968) Kazuo Ikehiro, Shintarô Katsu, Kayo Matsuo, Taketoshi Naitô
The rogue Ryuzen priest is now not only gambling, fornicating, fighting, drinking Read More »
The Hoodlum Priest (1967) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Shintarô Katsu, Mayumi Ogawa, Hôsei Komatsu
The first of two films in the Ryuzen series, a rogue martial arts practicing, fornicating, alcohol drinking Read More »
Endless Waltz (1995) Kôji Wakamatsu, Leona Hirota, Kou Machida, Haruko Sagara
Koji Wakamatsu’s biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. Read More »
Unchain (2000) Toshiaki Toyoda, Unchain Kaji, Chihara Junia
Documentary on the Japanese boxer Unchain Kaji, who retired from the ring at the age of 30 with an eye injury and a losing record. Read More »