In Japan, after the death of Mr. Masago, her wife Satomi Masago loses the family’s company “Lily Cosmetic” Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman (2015) Tomas Hodan, Tim Burton, Tony Dalton, Kamil Fila
A biographical film looking back at the life, work and significance of the genius of world cinema. Read More »
The Petrified Forest (1973) Masahiro Shinoda, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Sayoko Ninomiya, Masako Yagi
Based on novel by Shintaro Ishihara, this is a human drama about the complex relationship of parent and child. Read More »
Karaoke Terror (2003) Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryûhei Matsuda, Kayoko Kishimoto, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. Read More »
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970) Kaneto Shindô, Daijirô Harada, Nobuko Otowa, Keiko Torii
After leaving high school, Michio Yamada (Norio Nagayama in the real life incidents) becomes involved in the shudan shushoku Read More »
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn (2003) Daisuke Gotô, Hôryû Nakamura, Ryôko Asagi, Yumeka Sasaki
A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. Read More »
I Was Born, But… (1932) Yasujirô Ozu, Tatsuo Saitô, Tomio Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Read More »
Mother (1952) Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyôko Kagawa, Eiji Okada
Adopted from a prize-winning school essay on the subject of ‘My Mother,’ upon being widowed a mother with Read More »
Okinawa: The Ten-Year War (1978) Akinori Matsuo, Hiroki Matsukata, Shin’ichi Chiba, Yumiko Nogawa
It’s the tale of Iba Choyu and Iba Choichi and their adopted brother Tomoyuki who grow up to be yakuza on the Okinawa Read More »
Summer Clouds (1958) Mikio Naruse, Chikage Awashima, Michiyo Aratama, Kumi Mizuno
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. Read More »