Tag Archives: Japan

Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died in the war slowly disintegrates Read More »

A young swordsman is forced into a tough situation. He must resolve a potential power struggle that involves his adolescent crush Fuku. Read More »

Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, comes to the city to apprentice at a jujitsu school. Read More »

One morning, Kazue (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is about to knocked over by a motorbike in front of the music instrument shop Read More »

A wheelchair bound man goes on a killing spree to ease his hurt when a local college coed rebuffs his amorous advances. Read More »

Nobuko (Hideko Takamine) is a gentle Japanese woman who endures several ordeals during her adult life in this somber, sentimental drama. Read More »

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 »

A young pick-pocket meets a sheltered teenage girl at an art museum while trying to lift her wallet. Read More »

Young college student Shizuka is given the opportunity to act in a stage play with professionals. Read More »

Iyo is a teenage girl from a bourgeois family living nearby the Sea of Japan. Read More »