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Tag Archives: Japan
Wife AKA Tsuma (1953) Mikio Naruse, Mieko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Rentarô Mikuni
Tokyo. Mihoko and Toichi Nakagawa’s ten year marriage is crumbling out of inertia. Read More »
Flowing AKA Nagareru (1956) Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Read More »
13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats AKA Wakai kizoku-tachi: 13-kaidan no Maki (1975) Makoto Naitô, Etsuko Shihomi, Misa Ohara, Hiroshi Nawa
Maki is the leader of a female gang that fights for justice Read More »
Agitator AKA Araburu tamashii-tachi (2001) Takashi Miike, Taisaku Akino, Mickey Curtis, Yoshiyuki Daichi
A fearless Yakuza captain’s loyalty is tested as two ambitious Read More »
Tora-san 48 the final AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kurenai no hana (1995) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tora-san’s family is gathered around the TV wondering where he could be. Read More »
Tora-san 47 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Haikei, Kuruma Torajiro sama (1994) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman, is invited to a festival Read More »
What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi, Frank Buxton
Writer/director Woody Allen explains that when he was asked to supervise the making Read More »
Osaka Tough Guys AKA Naniwa yuukyôden (1995) Takashi Miike, Sei Hiraizumi, Kentarô Nakakura, Hachirô Oka
In this quirky comedy, two high school boys seek quick cash Read More »
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze AKA Ah, yokaren (1968) Shinji Murayama, Yukiko Anjô, Junzaburô Ban, Shin’ichi Chiba
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in WWII. Read More »
Taira Clan Saga AKA Shin Heike monogatari (1955) Kenji Mizoguchi, Narutoshi Hayashi, Raizô Ichikawa, Tatsuya Ishiguro
Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating Read More »
The Thick-Walled Room AKA Kabe atsuki heya (1956) Masaki Kobayashi, Kô Mishima, Torahiko Hamada, Keiko Kishi
Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II Read More »
Detective Hibari 4: Paper Crane Palanquin AKA Hibari torimonochô: orizuru kago (1960) Eiichi Kudô, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Hibari Misora, Kôtarô Satomi
The death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi Read More »
Pantsu no ana (1984) Norifumi Suzuki, Momoko Kikuchi, Yôichi Yamamoto, Yumi Yano
A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. Read More »
Tora-san 46 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan (1993) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island Read More »