Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Goyokin (1969) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Tsukasa
Tatsuya Nakadai plays a samurai overcome with guilt over his unwitting part in a massacre of a small village. Read More »
No Blood Relation (1932) Mikio Naruse, Yoshiko Okada, Shin’yô Nara, Yukiko Tsukuba
An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim – with the help of her gangster brother – the daughter she abandoned years before. Read More »
Writhing Tongue (1980) Yoshitarô Nomura, Tsunehiko Watase, Yukiyo Toake, Mayuko Wakamori
A five-year-old girl gets a tiny scratch on her finger while playing with mud in a marsh. Read More »
Hanadama (2014) Hisayasu Satô, Tomori Abe, Shun Asada, Kei Fujiwara
A film by Hisayasu Satô. Transfer student Mizuki is bullied mercilessly by classmate Aya and others. Read More »
Reversal of Fortune (1990) Barbet Schroeder, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver
attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. Read More »
Drifting into Chaos (1989) Sachi Hamano, Kyoko Sawamura, Natsuki Yamamoto, Kan’ichi Hiraga
Film loosely follows plot of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with rape in addition to murders. Read More »
Crazy Thunder Road (1980) Gakuryû Ishii, Tatsuo Yamada, Masamitsu Ohike, Kôji Nanjô
When the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the gang feels betrayed. Read More »
Morning Breeze in Edo (1960) Hideaki Onishi, Chiezô Kataoka
The sole survivor of a shipwreck searches for missing members of a family. Read More »
Sasaki Kojiro (1967) Hiroshi Inagaki, Hideyo Amamoto, Yuriko Hoshi, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Read More »