Three schoolgirls are infatuated with a yakuza, Katsuta, of the Izu Clan. They meet another yakuza, `Diamond` Fuyu, of the rival Yoshida clan. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Labyrinth of Dreams (1997) Gakuryû Ishii, Rena Komine, Tadanobu Asano, Kotomi Kyôno, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Tomiko is a conductor in a rural bus driven by the handsome Niitaka. Tomiko had received a letter from her best friend Tsuyako Read More »
Mirrored Mind (2005) Gakuryû Ishii, Miwako Ichikawa, Yuki Inomata, Kou Machida, Drama
Renowned cyber-punk director ISHII Sogo strays from his roots, entering the realm of the subconscious with Mirrored Mind, a composed, contemplative and also a very personal film. Read More »
Did You See the Barefoot God? (1986) Soo-Kil Kim, Tamotsu Ishibashi, Gen Kodama, Yoriko Dôguchi, Drama
In a small backwater in Northern Japan, self-assured Shigeru and shy Shinji are best friends since childhood. Read More »
Being Two Isnt Easy (1962) Kon Ichikawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Hiroo Suzuki, Eiji Funakoshi, Comedy, Drama
The trials, tribulations, and joys of raising a child. The film follows the everyday events of a family with one boy Read More »
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape (1971) Ken Takakura, Action
Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator. Read More »
Burst City (1982) Gakuryû Ishii, Michirô Endô, Shigeru Izumiya, Takanori Jinnai, Action, Music, Sci-Fi
Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living. Read More »
Carmen from Kawachi (1966) Seijun Suzuki, Yumiko Nogawa, Kôji Wada, Tamio Kawaji, Comedy, Drama
Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Read More »
Suicide Bus (1998) Hiroshi Shimizu, Dankan, Nanako Ôkôchi, Toshinori Omi, Comedy, Drama
A young girl named Mitsuki receives a ticket for a bus tour from his uncle. Read More »
The Boy Who Came Back (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Sachiko Hidari, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Drama
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. Read More »
Yumeji (1991) Seijun Suzuki, Kenji Sawada, Tomoko Mariya, Masumi Miyazaki, Drama
Painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) gets involved with a beautiful widow, becoming a rival of her dead husband’s ghost and the jealous lover who murdered him. Read More »
Summer Vacation 1999 (1988) Shûsuke Kaneko, Eri Miyajima, Tomoko Ôtakara, Miyuki Nakano, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Summer vacation has emptied a Japanese boys’ school of all but three boys: the junior Norio & the seniors Kazuhiko & Naoto. Read More »
A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) Yasujirô Ozu, Takeshi Sakamoto, Chôko Iida, Kôji Mitsui, Drama
A troupe of actors comes to town, short on funds and bedeviled by bad weather, so they can’t put on shows. Read More »
Points and Lines (1958) Tsuneo Kobayashi, Hiroshi Minami, Isao Yamagata, Mieko Takamine, Mystery
A senior detective is determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide. Read More »
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) Akio Jissôji, Shintarô Katsu, Kyûsaku Shimada, Mieko Harada, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming city. Read More »