Tag Archives: Japan

Teppei and Kamiya, two average joes working in the electronic services industry Read More »

This film, directed by Mikio Naruse, is a study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. Read More »

In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe’s Elisabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings Read More »

The first of two films in the Ryuzen series, a rogue martial arts practicing, fornicating, alcohol drinking Read More »

Koji Wakamatsu’s biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. Read More »

Documentary on the Japanese boxer Unchain Kaji, who retired from the ring at the age of 30 with an eye injury and a losing record. Read More »

In 1964, a chemical factory in Niigata Prefecture dumped mercury into the Agano River Read More »

A diary film about Kawase’s relationship with her Grandma and the search for her Father Read More »

The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work Read More »

Yoichi Higashi’s Watashi No Gurampa (My Granpa) concerns the relationship between ex-convict Kenzo (Bunta Sugawara) Read More »