This is yet another ninkyô yakuza film that seems to be (unconsciously?) trying to deal Read More »
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Genocide AKA Konchû daisensô (1968) Kazui Nihonmatsu, Keisuke Sonoi, Yûsuke Kawazu, Emi Shindô
All the insects on Earth become wild and attack humans, causing Armageddon. Read More »
Slaughter in the Snow (1973) Kazuo Ikehiro, Hajime Araki, Kai Atô, Takamori Gen
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Read More »
House AKA Hausu (1977) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba
Oshare (Gorgeous) is excited about spending summer vacation with her father Read More »
Advance Patrol (1957) Kazuo Mori, Kenji Sugawara, Yoshirô Kitahara, Ryûji Shinagawa
January 1905, Manchuria. The Russo-Japanese War has been going on for nearly a year. Read More »
Sword of the Beast AKA Kedamono no ken (1965) Hideo Gosha, Mikijirô Hira, Gô Katô, Shima Iwashita
Gennosuke, a clan retainer, kills one of the clan ministers as part of a plot to achieve reform. Read More »
Circus Boys AKA Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon (1989) Kaizô Hayashi, Hiroshi Mikami, Moe Kamura, Jian Xiu
Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. Read More »
Mother Never Dies AKA Haha wa Shinazu (1942) Mikio Naruse, Takako Irie, Yukiko Todoroki, Ichirô Sugai
The story begins in 1929 with Sugai (Sugai Ichiro) losing his job in the stock- market crash. Read More »
Abashiri Prison: Saga of Homesickness AKA Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen (1965) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Naoki Sugiura
Shin’Ichi returns home to visit his mother’s grave. Upon returning he finds the mess that his previous reckless behavior left behind. Read More »
Night’s Tightrope AKA Shôjo (2016) Yukiko Mishima, Tsubasa Honda, Gorô Inagaki, Shizuka Ishibashi
Based on the novel Shojo by Kanae Minato, watch for the story of high school student Yuki who plans to see a dead body. Read More »
Voice Without a Shadow AKA Kagenaki koe (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Yôko Minamida, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko
Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Read More »
Intimidation AKA Aru kyôhaku (1960) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Kô Nishimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Mari Shiraki
A bank manager is blackmailed into robbing his own bank. Read More »
The Man Who Put His Will on Film AKA Tôkyô sensô sengo hiwa (1970) Nagisa Ôshima, Kazuo Goto, Sukio Fukuoka, Kenichi Fukuda
A metaphysical mystery involving a university student’s camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide. Read More »
Hanzo the Razor: Who’s Got the Gold? AKA Goyôkiba: Oni no Hanzô yawahada koban (1974) Yoshio Inoue, Shintarô Katsu, Kô Nishimura, Mako Midori, Mikio Narita
Follow the money. In a time of economic disaster for wage earners, Hanzo discovers a conspiracy among high officials Read More »
Illusion of Blood AKA Yotsuya kaidan (1965) Shirô Toyoda, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mariko Okada, Junko Ikeuchi
Illusion of Blood takes place in the mid-19th century and concerns a masterless samurai named Iuemon Tamiya (Tatsuya Nakadai) Read More »