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Rainy Dog AKA Gokudô kuroshakai (1997) Takashi Miike, Shô Aikawa, Li Wei Chang, Shih Chang
A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss Read More »
April Fish AKA Shigatsu no sakana (1986) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Miyoko Akaza, Nao Asuka, Wakaba Irie
A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited Read More »
The Third Shadow AKA Daisan no kagemusha (1963) Umetsugu Inoue, Raizô Ichikawa, Hizuru Takachiho, Masayo Banri
A warlords’ retainer offers a farmer the chance to become a samurai Read More »
Dogra Magra AKA Dogura magura (1988) Toshio Matsumoto, Yôji Matsuda, Shijaku Katsura, Hideo Murota
A man is confined to a mental institution after trying to murder his fiancee. Read More »
The Blazing Sword AKA Moeyo-ken (1966) Hirokazu Ichimura, Tetsuko Kobayashi, Asahi Kurizuka, Shun’ya Wazaki
Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Read More »
Shinsengumi Last Days of the Shogunate AKA Shoretsu shinsengumi – bakumatsu no doran (1960) Yasushi Sasaki, Chiezô Kataoka, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Yatarô Kurokawa
Near the end of the Edo period, a military force known as Shinsengumi guards the Shogun. Read More »
Rise Against the Sword AKA Abare Gôemon (1966) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa, Makoto Satô
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. Read More »
Door (1988) Banmei Takahashi, Keiko Takahashi, Daijirô Tsutsumi, Shirô Shimomoto
After several strangely threatening calls from a local salesman Read More »
The Third Yakuza II AKA Shin daisan no gokudô II (1996) Takashi Miike, Keishiro Kojima, Kiyoshi Nakajoe, Asami Sawaki
A secret family business that no one knows! Men swear their lives when they Read More »
The Third Yakuza AKA Shin daisan no gokudô – boppatsu Kansai gokudô sensô (1996) Takashi Miike, Takeshi Caesar, Keishiro Kojima, Kiyoshi Nakajoe
Masaki Hattori decides to name new leader of the clan “everything”. Read More »
The Glorious Asuka Gang! AKA Hana no asuka gumi! (1988) Yôichi Sai, Miho Tsumiki, Yôko Kikuchi, Kumiko Takeda
In this flower of the bird group action film, according to the high mouth pure title for the comic book Read More »
By a Man’s Face Shall You Know Him AKA Otokonokao wa rirekisho (1966) Tai Katô, Noboru Andô, Kanjûrô Arashi, Torahiko Hamada
Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz Read More »
The Twilight Samurai AKA Tasogare Seibei (2002) Yôji Yamada, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi
Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without glory as a bureaucrat in the mid-XIX century Japan. Read More »
Thousand Cranes AKA Senba zuru (1969) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Machiko Kyô, Mikijirô Hira
The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher Read More »