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Tag Archives: Japan
The Poppy (1935) Kenji Mizoguchi, Ichirô Tsukida, Daijirô Natsukawa, Kazuyoshi Takeda
Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Read More »
A Story Written with Water (1965) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Ruriko Asaoka, Isao Yamagata
Shizuo discovers a mysterious letter about his fiancé Yumiko, which prompts him to explore his sexual psychology and memories. Read More »
Goodbye, South, Goodbye (1996) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Hsiang Hsi, Kuei-Ying Hsu, Annie Shizuka Inoh
Produced by the Japanese Shochiku Company, this Taiwanese drama follows the lives of two generations of Taipei residents. Read More »
Instant Swamp (2009) Satoshi Miki, Kumiko Asô, Morio Kazama, Ryô Kase
After being forced to resign from her publishing company job when her magazine goes out of circulation Read More »
Blind Woman’s Curse (1970) Teruo Ishii, Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô
Akemi and the man of her clan confront their opponents; Akemi delivers a sword thrust to kill the opponents’ leader Read More »
Karate Warriors (1976) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Shin’ichi Chiba, Isao Natsuyagi, Akiko Koyama
Chico arrives in a city where there are two waring gangs. Read More »
Cold Fever (1995) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens
Hirata finds himself canceling his vacation plans to Hawaii when his grandfather reminds him of his duty to his parents. Read More »
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993) Shunji Iwai, Yuta Yamazaki, Megumi Okina, Takayuki Sorita
On the day when a fireworks display is planned, Norimichi, Yusuke, and their friends at school in a Japanese seaside town Read More »
The Man in White (2003) Takashi Miike, Masaya Sato, Shôko Aida, Naomi Akimoto
A member of a Yakuza gang exacts revenge on the people responsible for the death of his boss. Read More »
Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959) Kaneto Shindô, Jûkichi Uno, Nobuko Otowa, Harold Conway
An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru (“Lucky Dragon No. 5”) sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Read More »
Night and Fog in Japan (1960) Nagisa Ôshima, Miyuki Kuwano, Fumio Watanabe, Masahiko Tsugawa
Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense Read More »
A Page of Madness (1926) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Masuo Inoue, Ayako Iijima, Yoshie Nakagawa
A husband picks up a job as a janitor at an insane asylum scheming all the time to be close to Read More »
Pulgasari (1985) Sang-ok Shin, Chang Son Hui, Ham Gi Sop, Jong-uk Ri
In feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. Read More »
Scars of the Sun (2006) Takashi Miike, Shô Aikawa, Aiko Satô, Ken’ichi Endô
Katayama (Aikawa Sho) is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he stumbles on a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Read More »