A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
The Buried Forest AKA Umoregi (2005) Kôhei Oguri, Tadanobu Asano, Mai Enoki, Tokie Hidari
Machi, a young high school student from a small mountain town, is having fun with her friends Read More »
Kuro AKA Hanare banareni (2012) Daisuke Shimote, Daisuke Iijima, Hikari Kajiwara, Airi Kido
The story begins in modern Tokyo, following three young people. Kuro is a girl working part-time job at a bakery Read More »
After The Rain AKA Ame agaru (1999) Takashi Koizumi, Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shirô Mifune
Ihei Misawa and his wife Tayo, stranded by rains at a country inn, bring a great deal of happiness to the other residents Read More »
The Morning Schedule (1972) Gozenchû no jikanwari
Two college buddies try to understand a young woman’s suicide through her Super-8 films and clips from their summer trips together. Read More »
Waru (2006) Takashi Miike, Shô Aikawa, Keiko Matsuzaka, Ryo Ishibashi
A member of the Yakuza is imprisoned for violent behaviour including fighting another group of thugs. Read More »
Daguerrotype (2016) Le secret de la chambre noire
When an assistant to a daguerreotypy photographer falls in love Read More »
Tomie: Replay (2000) Tomijiro Mitsuishi
A young girl looking through her father’s notes finds something written about the last experiment he worked on before he went insane. Read More »
The Boss’s Son at College AKA Daigaku no wakadanna (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Harurô Takeda, Yoshiko Tsubouchi
The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university’s rugby team. Read More »
Untama giru (1989) Go Takamine, Chikako Aoyama, Kaoru Kobayashi, John Sayles
Magical realist film about Okinawa. It’s about the occupation of Okinawa – both by the United States Read More »