A talented sculptor is hired to erect a giant Buddha statue when the capital is moved to Nara, in 745 AD. Read More »
Tag Archives: Shinobu Araki
Nemuri Kyoshiro 1: Sappocho / Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Chinese Jade (1963) Tokuzô Tanaka, Raizô Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura, Shinobu Araki, Drama
Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. Read More »
100 Monsters (1968) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Shinobu Araki, Jun Fujimaki, Ryûtarô Gomi, Horror
A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. Read More »