A convicted rapist, Ikuo is released from prison and goes in pursuit of the woman he raped, Mieko. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Lady of the Stable AKA Umagoya no reijô (1991) Hisayasu Satô, Yukinojô, Mineo Sugiura, Rie Asai
Yuu is living with her Ryusei horse on the edge of the sea. Read More »
Temple of the Golden Pavilion AKA Kinkakuji (1976) Yoichi Takabayashi, Saburô Shinoda, Toshio Shiba, Katsuhiko Yokomitsu
The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. Read More »
The Proud Challenge AKA Hokori takaki chosen (1962) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Tetsurô Tanba, Hitomi Nakahara
As the film begins, Kuroki, a journalist for a trade paper, is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. Read More »
Love Exposure AKA Ai no mukidashi (2008) Sion Sono, Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô
Three emotionally abused people from the fringes of society get locked in a convoluted love triangle. Read More »
Basara – The Princess Goh AKA Gô-hime (1992) Hiroshi Teshigahara, Rie Miyazawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiya Nagasawa
Chronicles the trials and tribulations of Oribe, the successor to tea-master Rikyu, Usu, his gardener Read More »
The Army (1944) Rikugun – Keisuke Kinoshita
Kinoshita’s ambitious and intensely moving film begins as a multi-generational epic about the military legacy of one Japanese family Read More »
Death Powder AKA Desu pawuda (1986) Shigeru Izumiya, Takichi Inukai, Rikako Murakami
Two people, a man and a woman enters a warehouse that will change their life and minds forever. Read More »
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare AKA Yôkai daisensô (1968) Yoshiyuki Kuroda, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Hideki Hanamura, Chikara Hashimoto
When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him. Read More »
Kekkô Kamen 2: We’ll Be Back… AKA Kekkô Kamen 2 (1992) Yutaka Akiyama, Kenji Yamaguchi, Rie Nakano, Rie Kondoh
Mayumi and the other students are suspected of cheating and put in the torture room, where a device is waiting on them. Read More »