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Eko Eko Azarak III: Misa the Dark Angel AKA Eko eko azaraku III (1998) Katsuhito Ueno, Hinako Saeki, Ayaka Nanami, Missy Bolden
A temporal portal dumps a rotting zombie on a city street. “Misa Kuroi”, it croaks, before withering away. Read More »
Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man AKA Muhomatsu no issho (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa
In the turn of the Twentieth Century, the rickshaw driver Matsugoro “Matsu” Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard AKA Eko eko azaraku II (1996) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Wataru Shihôdô, Chieko Shiratori
Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to ‘Wizard of Darkness’ to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness AKA Eko eko azaraku (1995) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Miho Kanno, Shu-Ma
Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school Read More »
Four Seasons of Children AKA Kodomo no shiki (1939) Hiroshi Shimizu, Teruo Furuya, Masao Hayama, Shin’ichi Himori
A follow-up to Children in the Wind, Four Seasons of Children is also based on a Tsubota Joji novel. Read More »
Stolen Desire AKA Nusumareta yokujô (1958) Shôhei Imamura, Osamu Takizawa, Shin’ichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Nagato
A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows. Read More »
Bebop High School AKA Bi bappu haisukuru (1985) Hiroyuki Nasu, Kôjiro Shimizu, Tôru Nakamura, Miho Nakayama
If your girl or boy attends Bee Bop High School it is time to seek out alternatives. Read More »
Radiance AKA Hikari (2017) Naomi Kawase, Masatoshi Nagase, Ayame Misaki, Tatsuya Fuji
At a firm specializing in creating audio descriptions for films to serve the visually impaired Read More »
Battle in Outer Space AKA Uchû sai sensô (1959) Ishirô Honda, Ryô Ikebe, Kyôko Anzai, Minoru Takada
Munchkin-like aliens invade Earth full force with their flying saucers and laser weapons, rendering cities helpless. Read More »
Brother (2000) Takeshi Kitano, Claude Maki, Omar Epps
A Japanese Yakuza gangster is exiled to the United States. Read More »
Ashura AKA Ashura-jô no hitomi (2005) Yôjirô Takita, Somegorô Ichikawa, Rie Miyazawa, Kanako Higuchi
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan Read More »
Hikikomori: Tokyo Plastic (2004) Adario Strange, Rex Hayashi, Tsutomu Ishizuka, Kayoko Kawahara
In “Hikikomori: Tokyo Plastic,” Naomi, a young Japanese hacker born in Tokyo Read More »
Eyes of the Spider AKA Kumo no hitomi (1998) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shô Aikawa, Duncan, Ren Ôsugi
Eyes of the Spider concerns Nijima, a white-collar worker who one day finds the man responsible for his young daughter’s brutal rape and murder. Read More »
The Whispering of the Gods AKA Gerumaniumu no yoru (2005) Tatsushi Ohmori, Hirofumi Arai, Leona Hirota, Megumi Sawara
Rou returns to the rural seminary farm where he studied as a boy and was molested by priests. Read More »