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Tag Archives: Japan
Slaughter in the Snow (1973) Kazuo Ikehiro, Hajime Araki, Kai Atô, Takamori Gen
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Read More »
Platform AKA Zhantai (2000) Zhangke Jia, Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang
Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers Read More »
House AKA Hausu (1977) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba
Oshare (Gorgeous) is excited about spending summer vacation with her father Read More »
Advance Patrol (1957) Kazuo Mori, Kenji Sugawara, Yoshirô Kitahara, Ryûji Shinagawa
January 1905, Manchuria. The Russo-Japanese War has been going on for nearly a year. Read More »
Sword of the Beast AKA Kedamono no ken (1965) Hideo Gosha, Mikijirô Hira, Gô Katô, Shima Iwashita
Gennosuke, a clan retainer, kills one of the clan ministers as part of a plot to achieve reform. Read More »
Circus Boys AKA Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon (1989) Kaizô Hayashi, Hiroshi Mikami, Moe Kamura, Jian Xiu
Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. Read More »
Mother Never Dies / Haha wa Shinazu (1942) Mikio Naruse, Takako Irie, Yukiko Todoroki, Ichirô Sugai
The story begins in 1929 with Sugai (Sugai Ichiro) losing his job in the stock- market crash. Read More »
Abashiri Prison: Saga of Homesickness AKA Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen (1965) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Naoki Sugiura
Shin’Ichi returns home to visit his mother’s grave. Upon returning he finds the mess that his previous reckless behavior left behind. Read More »
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) AKA Prezít svuj zivot (teorie a praxe) (2010) Jan Svankmajer, Václav Helsus, Klára Issová, Zuzana Krónerová
The film uses a mix of cut-out animation from photographs and live-action segments Read More »