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Tag Archives: Japan
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 »
Nightmare Detective AKA Akumu tantei (2006) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hitomi, Masanobu Andô

Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. Read More »
The Japanese Yakuza / Nihon kyôkaku-den (1964) Masahiro Makino, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Minoru Ôki

A timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. Read More »
Good Morning AKA Ohayô (1959) Yasujirô Ozu, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishû Ryû

This movie takes a look at a Westernized suburban area in Japan in the late ’50s. Read More »