Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Read More »
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Westward Desperado AKA Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e (1960) Kihachi Okamoto, Hideyo Amamoto, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Akihiko Hirata
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage Read More »
Only On Mondays AKA Getsuyôbi no Yuka (1964) Kô Nakahira, Mariko Kaga, Akira Nakao, Yasukiyo Umeno
Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa Read More »
Manon (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Setsuko Karasuma, Masahiko Tsugawa, Kôichi Satô
The story of the rise and fall of a young courtesan. Read More »
The Face of Jizo AKA Chichi to kuraseba (2004) Kazuo Kuroki, Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano
Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. Read More »
Run! Ichiro AKA Hashire! Ichiro (2001) Kazuki Ohmori, Masatoshi Nakamura, Yûko Asano, Kazuhisa Kawaguchi
Various individuals named Ichiro undergo life-changing events while being inspired Read More »
No Longer Human AKA Ningen shikkaku: Dazai Osamu to 3-nin no onnatachi (2019) Mika Ninagawa, Yûdai Chiba, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kengo Kôra
Oguri Shun plays Dazai Osamu who is one of the more popular novelists in Japan. Read More »
The Whole Family Works AKA Hataraku ikka (1939) Mikio Naruse, Musei Tokugawa, Noriko Honma, Akira Ubukata
Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children Read More »
Hideko, the Bus Conductor AKA Hideko no shashô-san (1941) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daijirô Natsukawa
Okoma, a young lady working as a conductor with a bus company in Kofu Yamanashi Read More »
A Legend of Turmoil AKA Shura no densetsu (1992) Akiyoshi Kimata, Akira Kobayashi, Takanori Jinnai, Ruby Moreno
Otaki, a member of a small yakuza family, hunts down the people who murdered his boss. Read More »
Shinjuku Mad AKA Shinjuku maddo (1970) Kôji Wakamatsu, Toshiyuki Tanigawa, Yûko Ejima, Makiko Harada
A man comes to Tokyo searching for his son’s killer. He ventures into the deep underground Read More »
The Five AKA Gonin (1995) Takashi Ishii, Kôichi Satô, Masahiro Motoki, Jinpachi Nezu
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza Read More »
The Long Excuse AKA Nagai iiwake (2016) Miwa Nishikawa, Masahiro Motoki, Pistol Takehara, Eri Fukatsu
Based on a book by writer – director Miwa Nishikawa, a recently widowed writer Read More »
Forget Me Not AKA Wasurenai to chikatta boku ga ita (2015) Kei Horie, Nijirô Murakami, Akari Hayami, Chiharu
This film tells the story of a high school student named Takashi (Murakami Nijiro) Read More »
The Road I Travel with You AKA Kimi to yuku michi (1936) Mikio Naruse, Heihachirô Ôkawa, Hideo Saeki, Naoyo Yamagata
“The Road I Travel With You” concerns two brothers of marriageable age and their mother Read More »