The movie takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Curse II The Bite (1989) Frederico Prosperi, Jill Schoelen, J. Eddie Peck, Jamie Farr
After a young man is bitten on the hand by a radioactive snake, his hand changes into a lethal snake head Read More »
Real (2013) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takeru Satoh, Haruka Ayase, Joe Odagiri
Koichi and Atsumi are childhood friends who eventually fall for each other and become lovers. Read More »
The Balloon (1956) Yûzô Kawashima, Shirô Amakusa, Michiyo Aratama, Izumi Ashikawa
Haruki Murakami (Masayuki Mori), once lionized as a master painter Read More »
The Poppy (1935) Kenji Mizoguchi, Ichirô Tsukida, Daijirô Natsukawa, Kazuyoshi Takeda
Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Read More »
A Story Written with Water (1965) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Ruriko Asaoka, Isao Yamagata
Shizuo discovers a mysterious letter about his fiancé Yumiko, which prompts him to explore his sexual psychology and memories. Read More »
Goodbye, South, Goodbye (1996) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Hsiang Hsi, Kuei-Ying Hsu, Annie Shizuka Inoh
Produced by the Japanese Shochiku Company, this Taiwanese drama follows the lives of two generations of Taipei residents. Read More »
Instant Swamp (2009) Satoshi Miki, Kumiko Asô, Morio Kazama, Ryô Kase
After being forced to resign from her publishing company job when her magazine goes out of circulation Read More »
Blind Woman’s Curse (1970) Teruo Ishii, Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô
Akemi and the man of her clan confront their opponents; Akemi delivers a sword thrust to kill the opponents’ leader Read More »
Karate Warriors (1976) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Shin’ichi Chiba, Isao Natsuyagi, Akiko Koyama
Chico arrives in a city where there are two waring gangs. Read More »