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Tattoo Ari (1982) Banmei Takahashi, Ryûdô Uzaki, Keiko Takahashi, Misako Watanabe
An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman Read More »
Mosquito on the Tenth Floor AKA Jukkai no mosukîto (1983) Yôichi Sai, Yûya Uchida, Ann Lewis, Kyôko Koizumi
Jukkai no Mosukito is the tragic story of a policeman who has never succeeded Read More »
Broken Heart AKA Dai shitsuren (1995) Kazuki Ohmori, Miho Kanno, Miki Mizuno, Miki Nakatani
Eight love stories starts and ends in an amusement park. Read More »
Lake of Tears AKA Umi no koto (1966) Tomotaka Tasaka, Yoshiko Sakuma, Katsuo Nakamura, Ganjirô Nakamura
A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Read More »
The Egoists AKA Keibetsu (2011) Ryuichi Hiroki, Anne Suzuki, Kengo Kôra, Sora Aoi
After losing money with gambling Kazu destroys a nightclub for a Yakuza to clear his debt. Read More »
The Woman of Rumour AKA Uwasa no onna (1954) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga
Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present-day Kyoto. Read More »
Ohyaku: The Female Demon AKA Yôen dokufu-den: Han’nya no Ohyaku (1968) Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Junko Miyazono, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kunio Murai
A female acrobat and a thief plans to steal the gold from the mint. Read More »
Black Panther Bitch M AKA Kuroi Mehyô M (1974) Koretsugu Kurahara, Reiko Ike, Mikio Narita, Akiko Mori
A female master assassin is sent to take down a syndicate boss who is making a power play for the top. Read More »
Muhomatsu Returns Home AKA Muhômatsu kokyô ni kaeru (1973) Shohei Imamura, Fujiko Fujita, Fujio Fujita, Matsuyoshi Fujita
Three years after his first two documentaries on these soldiers who did not return Read More »
Kingdom of Jirocho 3 AKA Jirochô sangokushi daisanbu (1964) Masahiro Makino, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Eitarô Shindô
The oft-filmed tale of real-life yakuza boss Shimizu no Jirocho is told this time by Masahiro Makino Read More »
Helpless (1996) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Ken Mitsuishi, Yôichirô Saitô
Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him Read More »
Sad Vacation (2007) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Kaori Fujimitsu, Eri Ishida
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving Read More »
Hell’s Gate Island AKA Gokumon-to (1977) Kon Ichikawa, Koji Ishizaka, Yôko Tsukasa, Reiko Ôhara
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946. Read More »
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro AKA Kuroki Taro no ai to bôken (1977) Azuma Morisaki, Kunie Tanaka, Harue Akagi, Mitsuko Baishô
Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai’s heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police Read More »