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Kyojin to gangu / Giants and Toys (1958) Yasuzô Masumura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Osamu Abe, Comedy, Drama
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies. Read More »
Sâdo / Third (1978) Yôichi Higashi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsugiaki Yoshida, Aiko Morishita, Drama
Based on a script by Shuji Terayama, follows the relationship of a man with the world around him, his relationship with his mother Read More »
Honogurai mizu no soko kara / Dark Water (2002) Hideo Nakata, Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After winning a custody battle for her daughter, Yoshimi tries to make a new start. Read More »
Battle Royale / Batoru rowaiaru (2000) Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
With school children all over the country growing increasingly delinquent, the Japanese government takes decisive action and introduces the Battle Royale Act. Read More »
Nagisa (2000) Masaru Konuma, Madoka Matsuda, Arisa Inasaka, Yoshie Yoshiki, Drama
This film takes place one summer during the 1960s near a beach in Enoshima located outside of Tokyo. Read More »
Watcher in the Attic / Edogawa Ranpo ryoki-kan Yaneura no sanposha (1976) Noboru Tanaka, Junko Miyashita, Renji Ishibashi, Hiroshi Chô, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Erotic
Based on a story by well-praised Japanese writer Edogawa Rampo. In Tokyo, 1923, Saburo Gouda is exploring secrets of his fellow-occupants of an apartment building. Read More »
Tokyo Train Girls: Private Lessons / Yureru densha no naka de: Onna kyôshi no midara na arubaito (2009) Tadashi Kyouya, Megu Fujiura, Myu, Takahiro Nomura, Drama, Romance, Pinku, Erotic
New teacher Chihiro has been on the job for three months. She does her job with great enthusiasm, but she has a secret that nobody must know. Read More »
The Third Contest / Mondonosuke Sanban Shobu (1965) Tetsuya Yamanouchi, Shigeru Amachi, Kanjûrô Arashi, Gannosuke Ashiya, Drama
When Mondonosuke, a young sword student has a bad dream about his sensei being killed in a duel, he takes it upon himself to return to Edo and see if his teacher needs help. Read More »
Kaigenrei / Coup D’Etat (1973) Yoshishige Yoshida, Rentarô Mikuni, Yasuo Miyake, Akiko Kurano, Biography, Drama, History
Ikka Kita is a revolutionary, who suffers when he is brought his younger brother’s clothes, still smeared with his blood. Read More »
Bakuhatsu! Boso yugi / Detonation! Violent Games (1976) Teruo Ishii, Kôichi Iwaki, Yutaka Nakajima, Yumi Takigawa, Action, Crime
Teruo Ishii’s West Side Story, done as a bloody, violent, sexploitative biker gang film. It’s the Red Chilis versus the Black Cats, and the chick who just may heal the divide. Read More »
Shûu / Sudden Rain (1956) Mikio Naruse, Setsuko Hara, Shûji Sano, Kyôko Kagawa, Comedy, Drama
Setsuko Hara plays Fumiko, whose unsuccessful marriage has made her become more and more cynical. When her niece, Ayako visits and complains about her own marriage, she is unsurprised. Read More »
Izumi / Fountainhead (1956) Masaki Kobayashi, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Yôko Katsuragi, Drama
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply. Read More »
Yotamono to komachimusume / Lumberjack and Lady (1935) Hiromasa Nomura, Shozaburo Abe, Akio Isono, Sôjin Kamiyama, Comedy
A Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a practical joke and romance are the set up for some great comedy and drama from a team of distinctive appearance who are exploiting their silent cinema styles to the full. Read More »
Kaette kita yopparai / Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968) Nagisa Ôshima, Kazuhiko Kato, Osamu Kitayama, Norihiko Hashida, Action, Comedy
Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan. The action develops into a crime story. Read More »