Shohei Sugiyama has attained all that he has wanted in life. But he is still depressed and unhappy. Read More »
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The Morning Schedule AKA Gozenchû no jikanwari (1972) Susumu Hani, Takuji Hatano, Aya Kunikida, Sumei Shau
Two college buddies try to understand a young woman’s suicide through her Super-8 films and clips from their summer trips together. Read More »
Waru (2006) Takashi Miike, Shô Aikawa, Keiko Matsuzaka, Ryo Ishibashi
A member of the Yakuza is imprisoned for violent behaviour including fighting another group of thugs. Read More »
Tomie: Replay (2000) Tomijiro Mitsuishi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Ken’ichi Endô
A young girl looking through her father’s notes finds something written about the last experiment he worked on before he went insane. Read More »
The Boss’s Son at College AKA Daigaku no wakadanna (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Harurô Takeda, Yoshiko Tsubouchi
The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university’s rugby team. Read More »
Untama giru (1989) Go Takamine, Chikako Aoyama, Kaoru Kobayashi, John Sayles
Magical realist film about Okinawa. It’s about the occupation of Okinawa – both by the United States Read More »
Noble Lady Bound Vase AKA Kifujin shibari tsubo (1977) Masaru Konuma, Naomi Tani, Hitoshi Takagi, Tokuko Watanabe
Yoshitarô, a wealthy but ignorant landowner buys, who lives in the modern city. Read More »
Antarctica AKA Nankyoku monogatari (1983) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Read More »
Boys on the Run AKA Bôizu on za ran (2010) Daisuke Miura, Kazunobu Mineta, Mei Kurokawa, Ryûhei Matsuda
Toshiyuki Tanishi (Mr Tanishi) is a 29-year-old chronic masturbator and toy vending machine salesman – he is socially awkward and down on his luck. Read More »
Distance (2001) Hirokazu Koreeda, Arata Iura, Yûsuke Iseya, Susumu Terajima
Members of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city’s water supply Read More »
After the Storm AKA Umi yori mo mada fukaku (2016) Hirokazu Kore-eda, Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi
Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. Read More »
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 8 – Forbidden Love AKA Showa zankyo-den: hoero karajishi (1971) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Kôji Tsuruta
The eighth chapter of the “Showa Zankyoden” series. A story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty. Read More »
Bloodstained Clan Honor AKA Chi-zome no daimon (1970) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Kôji Tsuruta
It takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created the black market Read More »
Boiling Point AKA 3-4 x jûgatsu (1990) Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida
Two members of a Japanese junior baseball team get mixed up with the local yakuza. Read More »
License to Live AKA Ningen gôkaku (1998) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shun Sugata, Lily
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Read More »