
Tokyo Drifter stands with Branded to Kill as one of the best-known and most acclaimed films of Seijun Suzuki, one of Japan’s most talented maverick directors. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
The Water Was So Clear AKA Gaki zoshi (1973) Yôichi Takabayashi, Yûtarô Ban, Akira Nitta

Romance, rape, tension, repression and death: these are the quintessential themes explored in this dialogue-free Japanese black-and-white movie. Read More »
The Warrior and the Wolf AKA Lang zai ji (2009) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Joe Odagiri, Maggie Q, Tsung-Hua To

The disillusioned general of an ancient Chinese army regiment finds himself stranded in a village populated by a strange clan with mystical connections to wolves. Read More »
The Champion AKA Shôri-sha (1957) Umetsugu Inoue, Yûjirô Ishihara, Keiji Itami, Mie Kitahara

Intersecting circles of obligation link a former boxer, the youth he vows to make a champion Read More »
Violent Panic: The Big Crash AKA Bôsô panikku: Daigekitotsu (1976) Kinji Fukasaku, Tsunehiko Watase, Miki Sugimoto, Yayoi Watanabe

Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil. Read More »
The Shiinomi School AKA Shiinomi Gakuen (1955) Hiroshi Shimizu, Kyôko Kagawa, Yukiko Shimazaki, Jûkichi Uno

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Read More »
Pale Flower AKA Kawaita hana (1964) Masahiro Shinoda, Ryô Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki

Just released from prison after serving three years for murdering a member of a rival gang Read More »
Adventure in Kigan Castle / Kiganjô no bôken (1966) Senkichi Taniguchi, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Makoto Satô

Liberated from a slave auction, Osami joins with priest Ensai on a quest to find and deliver relics of the Buddha to Osami’s brother Read More »
Café Lumière AKA Kôhî jikô (2003) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara

The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search for a cafe that’s frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching. Read More »
Wild Berries AKA Hebi ichigo (2003) Miwa Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Miho Tsumiki, Sei Hiraizumi

A portrait of an ordinary family that turns unstable when their frivolous son Shuji returns home after a long absence. Read More »