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My Grandpa (2003) Yôichi Higashi, Bunta Sugawara, Satomi Ishihara, Tadanobu Asano
Yoichi Higashi’s Watashi No Gurampa (My Granpa) concerns the relationship between ex-convict Kenzo (Bunta Sugawara) Read More »
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero (1990) Macoto Tezuka, Masao Kusakari, Kaori Mizushima, Hideyo Amamoto
A major electronics company on the verge of developing technology to create a 3D image that can be physically handled Read More »
Night of the Shooting Stars (2003) Shin Togashi, Yûko Takeuchi, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Yûko Itô
Working long hours in the emergency room, nurse Kana Aoshima befriends musician and frequent hospital patient Shogo Amami. Read More »
The Eternal Zero (2013) Takashi Yamazaki, Jun’ichi Okada, Haruma Miura, Mao Inoue
26 year old Kentaro discovers his biological grandfather died as a kamikaze pilot during WW2. Read More »
The Wind, Woman and Road (1958) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Rentarô Mikuni, Satomi Oka
A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity Read More »
Policeman (1933) Tomu Uchida, Eiji Nakano, Isamu Kosugi, Taisuke Matsumoto
Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. Read More »
Owl (2003) Kaneto Shindô, Akira Emoto, Daijirô Harada, Mansaku Ikeuchi
Taking up the argument of ‘Onibaba’ (1964), the nonagenarian Director Kaneto Shindo places the action in the eighties Read More »
Shadow Warriors (1979) Eiichi Kudô, Teruhiko Saigô, Tsunehiko Watase, Sô Yamamura
Upon the death of the third Shogun, his heir is kidnapped by a ninja group. Read More »
The Masutatsu Oyama Trilogy (1977) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Shin’ichi Chiba
This trilogy is comprised of Karate Bullfighter, Karate Bear Fighter, and Karate For Life, each one focusing on a different part Read More »
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985) Macoto Tezuka, Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa
In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit Read More »
Hakuchi: The Innocent (1999) Macoto Tezuka, Tadanobu Asano, Miyako Koda, Reika Hashimoto
A retro-futuristic dystopia adapted from an Ango Sakaguchi novel. Read More »
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (1964) Tai Katô, Ryôhei Uchida, Jûshirô Konoe, Hiroko Sakuramachi
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. Read More »
Saudade (2011) Katsuya Tomita, Ayano, Chie Kudô, Chika Kumada
Seiji works on construction sites. He sympathizes with Hosaka just back from Thailand. Read More »
Freezing Point (1966) Satsuo Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Yasuda, Eiji Funakoshi
Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kidnapped and killed. Read More »