Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Takafusa Ryuzoji, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. Read More »
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Ikite iru Magoroku / The Living Magoroku (1943) Keisuke Kinoshita, Ken Uehara, Fumiko Katsuragi, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Drama
A superstitious farming family is hesitant to use their prized fallow fields to grow crops to help feed the nation’s troops. Read More »
Linda Linda Linda (2005) Nobuhiro Yamashita, Doona Bae, Aki Maeda, Yû Kashii, Comedy, Drama, Music
Linda Linda Linda tells the story of a group of girls, Kei, Kyoko, and Nozomi, who decide to put together a band for their school festival. Read More »
Kanko no machi / Jubilation Street (1944) Keisuke Kinoshita, Ken Uehara, Eijirô Tôno, Chiyo Shin, Drama, War
As World War II escalates, the tight-knit habitants of a street in Tokyo must relocate from their homes so that the government can use the space. Read More »
Yami utsu shinzô / Heart, Beating in the Dark (1982) Shunichi Nagasaki, Takashi Naitô, Shigeru Muroi, Tarô Suwa, Drama
A young girl and a man struggle to understand their place in urban Japan, all the while holding dark secrets. Read More »
Nise daigakusei / A False Student (1960) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Jerry Fujio, Jun Fujimaki, Comedy, Drama
Nise Daigakusei is an odd, straightforward youth drama by Yasuzo Masamura, set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students. Read More »
Sabita naifu / Rusty Knife (1958) Toshio Masuda, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Shôji Yasui, Action, Crime, Film-Noir
Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. Read More »
Jigokuhen / Portrait of Hell (1969) Shirô Toyoda, Hideyo Amamoto, Yôko Naitô, Tatsuya Nakadai, Drama
A rebellious Korean artist tests the limits of his sadistic patron, an omnipotent feudal Japanese lord. Read More »
Maihime / Dancing Girl (1951) Mikio Naruse, Sô Yamamura, Mieko Takamine, Mariko Okada, Drama
Mabuta no haha / The Mother He Never Knew (1962) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Michiyo Kogure, Drama, Action
Shûbun / Scandal (1950) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Yôko Katsuragi, Drama
Ichiro Aoye, a young painter, encounters a famous singer, Miyako Saijo, while on holiday in the mountains. Read More »
Kanashi iro yanen / Getting Blue in Color (1988) Yoshimitsu Morita, Tôru Nakamura, Masahiro Takashima, Miwako Fujitani, Action, Crime, Drama
Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. Read More »
Koto / Ancient City (1980) Kon Ichikawa, Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Keiko Kishi, Drama
Koto is a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura in an adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata’s story The Old Capital. Read More »
Osaka Elegy / Naniwa erejî (1936) Kenji Mizoguchi, Isuzu Yamada, Seiichi Takegawa, Chiyoko Ôkura, Drama
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss, Mr. Asai, so she can pay her father’s debt, and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement. Read More »
Mujô / This Transient Life (1970) Akio Jissôji, Kotobuki Hananomoto, Akiji Kobayashi, Eiji Okada, Drama
Set around a remote Buddhist monastery, it features Masao, a young son of a rich merchant who doesn’t want to follow his father into business or go to college Read More »