In 1870’s Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn (2015) Juichiro Yamasaki, Naohisa Tanaka, Kano Kajiwara, Yoshitomo Fujihisa
1726, Sanchu, Okayama Prefecture: farmers negotiate with the feudal domain in order to seek exemption from rising taxes. Read More »
The Mysterians (1957) Ishirô Honda, Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Momoko Kôchi
Aliens arrive on Earth and ask permission to be given a certain tract of land for their people to live on. Read More »
A Geisha (1953) Kenji Mizoguchi, Michiyo Kogure, Ayako Wakao, Seizaburô Kawazu
In the post-war, the sixteen year-old teenager Eiko seeks out the geisha Miyoharu in the district of Gion Read More »
Cruel Ghost Legend (1968) Kazuo Hase, Masumi Harukawa, Nobuo Kaneko, Saeda Kawaguchi
A Samurai kills a Blind Man who tells him to “Repay his debts.” Read More »
Hospitalité (2010) Kôji Fukada, Kenji Yamauchi, Kiki Sugino, Kanji Furutachi
In suburban Tokyo, the Kobayashis – Mikio, his young second wife Natsuki Read More »
Legacy of the 500,000 (1963) Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki
During the Second World War, Takeichi Matsuo had participated in hiding a huge cache of gold in the Phillippine mountains. Read More »
Crazed Fruit (1956) Kô Nakahira, Yûjirô Ishihara, Masahiko Tsugawa, Mie Kitahara
Bored rich kids. Natsuhisa, 20, constantly teases his brother Haruji, 16, about girls. Read More »
Unperishable Sword (1960) Yasushi Sasaki, Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Keiko Fujita
Ruby (1992) John Mackenzie, Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn, Frank Orsatti
An exploration of certain conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination from Jack Ruby’s perspective. Read More »