A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. Read More »
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Singing Lovebirds AKA Oshidori utagassen (1939) Masahiro Makino, Chiezô Kataoka, Ryôsuke Kagawa, Takashi Shimura
Oharu is in love with ronin who lives next door, but he is being pursued by two of the town beauties. Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure AKA Nemuri Kyôshirô: Shôbu (1964) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Kôichi Aihara, San’emon Arashi
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bullseye on his back after befriending Read More »
Leave My Girl Alone AKA Bokuno onna ni teodasuna (1986) Shun Nakahara, Kyôko Koizumi, Ryo Ishibashi, Teppei Yamada
A financially desperate young woman gets a job tutoring a rich young boy Read More »
The Inferno AKA Jigoku (1979) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Mieko Harada, Kyôko Kishida, Ryûzô Hayashi
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper Read More »
The Place Where the Sun Sits AKA Taiyô no suwaru basho (2014) Hitoshi Yazaki, Asami Mizukawa, Fumino Kimura, Aoi Koizumi
A 10-year high school class reunion becomes a hotbed of speculation, jealousy, revenge Read More »
The Devil’s Ballad AKA Akuma no temari-uta (1977) Kon Ichikawa, Kôji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi, Akiko Nishina
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. Read More »
Tora-san 20 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! (1977) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Shiho Fujimura
Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya’s newest tenant, a pachinko-playing Read More »
Tora-san 19 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô to tonosama (1977) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kyôko Maya
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. Read More »
Blue (2002) Hiroshi Ando, Mikako Ichikawa, Manami Konishi, Asami Imajuku
An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Read More »
Tokyo Zombie AKA Tôkyô zonbi (2005) Sakichi Satô, Tadanobu Asano, Shô Aikawa, Erika Okuda
After getting busted for goofing off at work, lovable morons Fujio (Tadanobu Asano) Read More »
The Fort of Death AKA Gonin no Shôkin Kasegi (1969) Eiichi Kudô, Kanjûrô Arashi, Hideo Fujimoto, Teruo Fujinaga
After a plan to force the farmers of Enoki Village to partake in the rebuilding Read More »
Girl’s Junior High School: Too Young to Play Like This AKA Joshi gakuen: Otona no asobi (1971) Akira Katô, Junko Natsu, Rumi Gotô, Jirô Okazaki
Shirobara Middle School is now a full time boarding school in the third Read More »
KT (2002) Junji Sakamoto, Il-hwa Choi, Akira Emoto, Kyôko Enami
In 1973, while exiled in Japan, South Korea’s Kim Dae-Jung is kidnapped. Read More »
Authentic True Account: Osaka Shock Tactics AKA Jitsuroku gaiden: Osaka dengeki sakusen (1976) Sadao Nakajima, Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase
There is almost non-stop action and violent brutality guys get cooked Read More »