Tag Archives: Japan

Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. Read More »

A poor woman agrees to marry a much older man, not knowing that his wife is still alive. Read More »

Japan’s largest yakuza, boasting 12,000 members, splits apart, resulting in a bloody turmoil spanning Read More »

A provincial warlord who has seized power after success in battle is our titular ‘scoundrel’. Read More »

Rikako of the twelfth grade repeated play at night with her close Miki every day. Read More »

In International Gangs of Kobe the opposite occurs; it’s Sugawara’s presence that brings out Takakura’s ruthless side. Read More »

Hishakaku asks his woman, Otoyo, a former geisha, to move to Tokyo, where they are taken in by Boss Kokin. Read More »

Tose got incredibly lucky to go from being the peasants’ daughter to the owner of a famous inn. Read More »

Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother Read More »

A story of sex and survival, Toshio Shimura’s REVENGE OF THE PEARL QUEEN stars voluptuous Michiko Maeda Read More »