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 »
Tag Archives: Japan
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996) Shunji Iwai, Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Itô
After a young girl’s mother dies, she is cared for by Glico, a brassy hooker, who gives the girl the name “Ageha” (Butterfly). Read More »
Scent of a Spell (1985) Toshiharu Ikeda, Mari Amachi, Johnny Ohkura, Yuki Kazamatsuri
A young man returns home from the bar only to find a woman who was about to kill herself. Read More »
Crazed Beast (1976) Sadao Nakajima, Tsunehiko Watase, Jun Hoshino, Takuzô Kawatani
Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. Read More »
Death by Hanging (1968) Nagisa Ôshima, Kei Satô, Fumio Watanabe, Toshirô Ishidô
This sad tale, based on a true story of a Japanese-born Korean student who raped and killed two girls in 1958 Read More »
The Boxer (1977) Shûji Terayama, Bunta Sugawara, Kentarô Shimizu, Masumi Harukawa
A young boxer accidentally kills an ex-boxing champion’s brother. Read More »
The Secret of the Telegian (1960) Jun Fukuda, Kôji Tsuruta, Yumi Shirakawa, Seizaburô Kawazu
Detectives must stop a homicidal madman called the “Telegian” from his killing rampage Read More »
An Outlaw (1964) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Tetsurô Tanba, Naoki Sugiura
A killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. Read More »
Passing fancy (1933) Yasujirô Ozu, Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuko Fushimi, Den Ohinata
After the death of his wife, a man struggles to raise his son in nearly overwhelming poverty. Read More »
A Wife Confesses (1961) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Eitarô Ozawa
Ayako is charged with murdering her much older academic husband while climbing a mountain. Read More »
The Music (1972) Yasuzô Masumura, Noriko Kurosawa, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Chôei Takahashi
A young woman undergoes psychiatric treatment after she no longer hears music and develops sexual hang-ups. Read More »
The Third Murder (2017) Hirokazu Koreeda, Masaharu Fukuyama, Kôji Yakusho, Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Misumi has a criminal record dating back many years and is now under the spotlight again. Read More »
Seven Nights in Japan (1976) Lewis Gilbert, Michael York, Hidemi Aoki, Charles Gray
The fictional British royal Prince George travels to Japan and falls in love with a local female tour guide named Sumi. Read More »
Husband and Wife (1953) Mikio Naruse, Ken Uehara, Yôko Sugi, Rentarô Mikuni
A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband’s co-worker, a widower. Read More »
Sincerity (1939) Mikio Naruse, Minoru Takada, Sachiko Murase, Takako Irie
Drama about the relationship of a mother and her daughters. Read More »