Matsukichi, a worker at a local fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Gangster VIP (1968) Toshio Masuda, Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Mitsuo Hamada, Tamio Kawachi
The film stars Tetsuya Watari who plays Goro, a gangster who was sent to prison for three years for stabbing a hitman Read More »
Run, Truck Rascal, Run! (1979) Noribumi Suzuki, Bunta Sugawara, Kin’ya Aikawa, Masumi Harukawa
Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Read More »
Gangster VIP 2 (1968) Keiichi Ozawa, Tetsuya Watari, Izumi Ashikawa, Eimei Esumi, Jûkei Fujioka
Wherever he goes, trouble follows Goro like a shadow. Continuing in the storyline of its predecessor Read More »
The Beast to Die (1980) Tôru Murakawa, Yûsaku Matsuda, Asami Kobayashi, Yoshirô Aoki
A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Read More »
Bloody Territories (1969) Yasuharu Hasebe, Akira Kobayashi, Ryôji Hayama, Tadao Nakamaru
A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure Read More »
Festival Champ (1976) Noribumi Suzuki, Hiroki Matsukata, Jirô Sakagami, Etsuko Shihomi
A man working in a fish market is crazy about festivals. Read More »
The Hidden Blade (2004) Yôji Yamada, Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka
During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo Read More »
Sweet Little Lies (2010) Hitoshi Yazaki, Miki Nakatani, Nao Ômori, Jûichi Kobayashi
Underneath the veneer of orderly lives, frozen smiles and awkward averted glances, SWEET LITTLE LIES is a cold-as-steel clinical study of a couple. Read More »
Sanshiro Sugata (1965) Seiichirô Uchikawa, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Eiji Okada
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. Read More »
In the Realm of Sex (1977) Masaru Konuma, Natsuko Yashiro, Asami Ogawa, Hirotarô Honda
Naomi Tani and Yuko Katagiri appear as themselves in the film, making fun of their on-screen personas. Read More »
The Heart (1973) Kaneto Shindô, Noboru Matsuhashi, Kazunaga Tsuji, Anri
Adaptation of Natsume Soseki’s classic novel in a modern setting. Read More »
Marebito (2004) Takashi Shimizu, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara
In Tokyo, the freelance cameraman Takuyoshi Masuoka is obsessed investigating the fear sensation near death. Read More »
Sexy Line (1961) Teruo Ishii, Teruo Yoshida, Yôko Mihara, Mako Sanjô
A man meets a woman. He is wrongfully suspected for the murder of her lover. Read More »
Restoration Fire (1961) Shimura Takashi, Kataoka Chiezo, Awashima Chikage, Tsuchikata Ryunosuke, Okada Eiji, Satomi Kotaro
The story of Shinsengumi and one of its deputy leaders Hijikata Toshizo. Read More »