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Tag Archives: Japan
Disappear (2005) Hideo Jôjô, Mei Fujishiro, Kaede, Kazuaki Kubo
The high school students Asi, Kwangshu and Yinan have been friends since childhood Read More »
The Warped Ones (1960) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Tamio Kawaji, Yuko Chiyo, Eiji Gô
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger Read More »
Heavenly Sin (1992) Toshio Masuda, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Omar Sharif, Hiroki Matsukata
Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her. Read More »
All Around Us (2008) Ryosuke Hashiguchi, Lily Franky, Tae Kimura, Masaaki Akahori
In 1993 Kanao and Shoko are a Tokyo couple awaiting the arrival of their first child. Read More »
However… (1991) Hirokazu Koreeda, Leo Morimoto, Toyonori Yamanouchi, Ishimatsu Kitagawa
The story and repercussions of a Japanese government official Read More »
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest Samurai, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Read More »
Flame and Women (1967) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Isao Kimura, Mayumi Ogawa
A sterile man arranges for his disapproving wife to receive artificial insemination Read More »
Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998) Takashi Miike, Takeshi Caesar, Setsuko Karasuma, Yûki Nagata
Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Read More »
The Mourning Forest (2007) Naomi Kawase, Yôichirô Saitô, Kanako Masuda, Machiko Ono
A care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country Read More »