Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in Africa Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
The Cherry Orchard / Sakura no sono (1990) Shun Nakahara, Hiroko Nakajima, Miho Tsumiki, Yasuyo Shirashima
The film offers a glimpse at a group of school girls who are very flexible in terms of gender roles Read More »
The Demon AKA Kichiku (1978) Yoshitarô Nomura, Shima Iwashita, Ken Ogata, Hiroki Iwase
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children Read More »
The Left Handed Sniper: Tokyo Bay AKA Tôkyô wan (1962) Yoshitarô Nomura, Jirô Ishizaki, Hiromi Sakaki, Kyôko Aoi
An undercover Japanese cop meant to operate within a gang, which deals in drugs is killed, by a sniper. Read More »
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs AKA Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki (1960) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori
This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged bar hostess who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own. Read More »
The Way to Fight AKA Kenka no hanamichi: Oosaka saikyô densetsu (1996) Takashi Miike, Takeshi Caesar, Ryoko Imamura, Kazuki Kitamura
Kazuyoshi Tamai, a High School student in Osaka is a street fighter who can do serious damage. Read More »
Rubber’s Lover (1996) Shozin Fukui, Nao, Norimizu Ameya, Yôta Kawase
Scientists use a brain-altering drug to conduct experiments, after one such project goes astray Read More »
When They Cry AKA Higurashi no naku koro ni (2008) Ataru Oikawa, Gôki Maeda, Airi Matsuyama, Rin Asuka
Early summer, Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. Read More »
The First Gas Human AKA Gasu ningen dai 1 gô (1960) Ishirô Honda, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshio Tsuchiya
A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into ‘The Human Vapour’. Read More »
Battle Heater AKA Batoru hîtâ (1989) Jôji Iida, Akira Emoto, Hisako Hara, Masao Imafuku
Hama, along with his assistant Furuchi, spends his time collecting electronic junk from other people’s garbage and junk yards. Read More »