
Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, comes to the city to apprentice at a jujitsu school. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
The Heart of Hiroshima / Ai to shi no kiroku (1966)

One morning, Kazue (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is about to knocked over by a motorbike in front of the music instrument shop Read More »
Late Bloomer AKA Osoi hito (2004) Gô Shibata, Ariko Arita, Toshihisa Fukunaga, Naozô Hotta

A wheelchair bound man goes on a killing spree to ease his hurt when a local college coed rebuffs his amorous advances. Read More »
A Woman’s Life AKA Onna no rekishi (1963) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Akira Takarada, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Nobuko (Hideko Takamine) is a gentle Japanese woman who endures several ordeals during her adult life in this somber, sentimental drama. Read More »
Zegen (1987) Shôhei Imamura, Ken Ogata, Mitsuko Baishô, Chun-Hsiung Ko

The award-winning director of such esteemed films as Black Rain and The Ballad of Narayama has chosen here to tell the decidedly dicey true tale of Iheiji Muraoka Read More »
The Garden of Eden AKA Eden no sono (1980) Yasuzô Masumura, Ronni Valente, Leonora Fani, Angela Goodwin

A young pick-pocket meets a sheltered teenage girl at an art museum while trying to lift her wallet. Read More »
Tragedy of W AKA W no higeki (1984) Shin’ichirô Sawai, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yoshiko Mita, Masanori Sera

Young college student Shizuka is given the opportunity to act in a stage play with professionals. Read More »
Before Spring AKA Kaichô-on (1980) Hôjin Hashiura, Keiko Oginome, Ryô Ikebe, Karin Yamaguchi

Iyo is a teenage girl from a bourgeois family living nearby the Sea of Japan. Read More »
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness AKA Hishu monogatari (1977) Seijun Suzuki, Kyôko Enami, Yoshio Harada, Masumi Okada

A female golfer who has exceeded expectations to reach the top not only has to contend with being in-demand Read More »
Hazy Life AKA Donten seikatsu (1999) Nobuhiro Yamashita, Uda Teppei, Hiroshi Yamamoto

Tsutomu meets Kee outside a Pachinko hall. The two strike up an unlikely friendship. Read More »