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Those Swell Yakuza AKA Yakuza tosei no sutekina menmen (1988) Akiyoshi Kimata, Takanori Jinnai, Yumi Asô, Hideo Murota
After getting a beating from a yakuza, a record store owner decides that being a yakuza would be his dream job. Read More »
A Mother’s Love AKA Bojô (1950) Hiroshi Shimizu, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Musei Tokugawa, Yatarô Kurokawa
A poor mother leaves behind three children,whom she had with different fathers Read More »
The Hidden Fortress AKA Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki
The story follows two greedy peasants in feudal Japan, Tahei and Matashichi Read More »
Fate Deals the Card of Death AKA Bakuchi-uchi: Inochi-huda (1971) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Michiyo Yasuda
Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after Read More »
Themis AKA Himizu (2011) Sion Sono, Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô, Tetsu Watanabe
Two fourteen-year-olds come together sharing misery and pain. Read More »
Love on a Daily Basis AKA Koiko no Mainichi (1988) Akiyoshi Kimata, Shino Ikenami, Seiji Kurasaki, Yûki Matsumura
The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend. Read More »
Shara AKA Sharasôju (2003) Naomi Kawase, Kohei Fukungaga, Yuka Hyyoudo
The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso’s twin boys suddenly disappears. Read More »
Growing Up Twice AKA Takekurabe (1955) Heinosuke Gosho, Hibari Misora, Kôshirô Matsumoto, Takashi Kitahara
The story here is about boys and girls on the boundary between childhood and adulthood, living in Yoshiwara Read More »
The Tale of Zatoichi AKA Zatôichi monogatari (1962) Kenji Misumi, Shintarô Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryûzô Shimada
An impoverished blind masseur becomes a mercenary swordsman, to gain basic respect. Read More »
Tamako in Moratorium AKA Moratoriamu Tamako (2013) Nobuhiro Yamashita, Atsuko Maeda, Suon Kan, Shôko Fujimura
Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Read More »
Mori, the Artist’s Habitat AKA Mori no iru basho (2018) Shûichi Okita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Munetaka Aoki, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Vegetation thrives in painter Morikazu’s garden, which is home to creatures Read More »
Symbol of a Man AKA Otoko no monshô (1963) Akinori Matsuo, Hideki Takahashi, Masako Izumi, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Otoko-no Monsho (Emblem of a Man, aka The Symbol of a Man) is a 1963 Japanese film starring Hideki Takahashi Read More »
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village AKA Tarao Bannai: Kimen mura no sangeki (1978) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Akira Kobayashi, Ichirô Zaitsu, Sanae Kitabayashi
Private eye Tarao Bannai is called in to solve the murdered of a young girl Read More »
Lady Caligula in Tokyo AKA Tôkyô Karigyura fujin (1981) Kôyû Ohara, Maiko Kazama, Asami Ogawa, Tsutomu Akashi
A housewife leaves her husband after he has been cheating on her. Read More »