Kurotokage (1962, aka Black Lizard) has its origins in a 1934 detective novel Read More »
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The Bad Sleep Well AKA Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru (1960) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa
It is a high-profile wedding: the daughter of Mr Iwabuchi, a wealthy businessman Read More »
Tora-san 34 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô shinjitsu ichiro (1984) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salary man Read More »
Tora-san 33 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Yogiri ni musebu torajiro (1984) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Rie Nakahara
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san’s family prepares for a wedding. Read More »
Stakeout AKA Harikomi (1958) Yoshitarô Nomura, Minoru Ôki, Takahiro Tamura, Seiji Miyaguchi
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching Read More »
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle AKA Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle (2021) Arthur Harari, Yûya Endô, Kanji Tsuda, Yûya Matsuura
When Japan surrenders at the end of World War II, soldier Hiroo Onoda Read More »
Genghis Khan and His Mongols AKA Kogan no misshi (1959) Tai Katô, Hashizô Ôkawa, Yoshio Yoshida, Jun Tazaki
Over 1,000 years ago, Mt. Fumi violently erupted, sending fiery fumes Read More »
The Milkwoman AKA Itsuka dokusho suruhi (2005) Akira Ogata, Den Fujita, Keisuke Horibe, Teruyuki Kagawa
A 50-year-old unmarried milkwoman Minako one day delivers milk to the house of her first love Read More »
Tora-san 32 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Kuchibue wo fuku Torajirô (1983) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Takeshita
When his travels bring him to Western Japan, Tora-san decides to pay his respects Read More »
Tora-san 31 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tabi to onna to Torajirô (1983) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
One-Eyed Dragon AKA Doku-ganryû Masamune (1942) Hiroshi Inagaki, Chiezô Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Haruyo Ichikawa
Long thought to be one of the lost treasures of Japanese cinema that had been Read More »
The River Fuefuki AKA Fuefukigawa (1960) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine, Takahiro Tamura, Kôshirô Matsumoto
A young man decides to become a warrior, causing trouble for his clan. Read More »
The Cats of Mirikitani (2006) Linda Hattendorf, Bob Bruck, Jess Espinosa
Documentary about red-beret-ed Jimmy Mirikitani, a feisty painter working and living on the street Read More »
Tora-san 30 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Hana mo arashi mo Torajirô (1982) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Yûko Tanaka
Tora-san 29 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro ajisai no koi (1982) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ayumi Ishida
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Read More »