Tag Archives: japanese
Meshi / Repast (1951) Mikio Naruse, Ken Uehara, Setsuko Hara, Yukiko Shimazaki, Drama
Nemuri Kyoshiro 14: Fylfot Swordplay (1969) Kazuo Ikehiro, Hiroki Matsukata, Yôko Namikawa, Kikko Matsuoka, Action, Drama
Nemuri Kyoshiro 13: The Full Moon Swordsman (1969) Kazuo Mori, Hiroki Matsukata, Tomomi Satô, Sanae Nakahara, Action, Drama
Megane / Glasses (2007) Naoko Ogigami, Satomi Kobayashi, Mikako Ichikawa, Ryô Kase, Comedy, Drama
High And Low / Tengoku to jigoku (1963) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Crime, Mystery, Drama
Biruma no tategoto / The Burmese Harp (1956) Kon Ichikawa, Rentarô Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi, Drama, Music, War
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (1969) Kazuo Ikehiro, Raizô Ichikawa, Naoko Kubo, Shiho Fujimura, Action, Drama
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spiders Lair (1968) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Raizô Ichikawa, Mako Midori, Maka Sarijo, Action, Drama
The titular “tarantula” is a murderous woman who, along with the brother who is in love with her, kill without warrant because they are wealthy & above the law. Read More »
Massacre Gun (1967) Yasuharu Hasebe, Jô Shishido, Hideaki Nitani, Yôko Yamamoto, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Kuroda (Jô Shishido) is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Read More »
Hakase no aishita sûshiki / The Professor and His Beloved Equation (2006) Takashi Koizumi, Akira Terao, Eri Fukatsu, Takanari Saito, Drama, Family, Romance
This is the story between single mother housekeeper and mathematics professor,who has a brain damage.
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Erosu purasu Gyakusatsu / Eros Plus Massacre (1969) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Yûko Kusunoki, Biography, Drama
In the 1920s, the anarchist revolutionary Sakae Osugi is financially supported by his wife, journalist Itsuko Masaoka. Read More »
Nippon konchuki / The Insect Woman (1963) Shôhei Imamura, Emiko Aizawa, Setsuko Amamiya, Tomio Aoki, Drama
Amorality in Japan. Tome is born into poverty in rural Japan, in the late 1910s. Chuji, her father, dotes on her; her mother is less faithful. Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman (1968) Tokuzô Tanaka, Raizô Ichikawa, Miwa Takada, Yaeko Mizutani, Drama
Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is the textbook example of a bad idea – especially when the collateral damage starts to tick him off. Read More »
Ninjô kami fûsen / Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937) Sadao Yamanaka, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Kan’emon Nakamura, Tsuruzô Nakamura, Drama
The story develops in the Tokugawa era of the 18th century, in a poor district of Tokyo, where impoverished samurai live from hand to mouth among equally poor people of lower social classes. Read More »