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Tag Archives: Japan
A Boy Called H (2013) Yasuo Furuhata, Yutaka Mizutani, Ran Itô, Tatsuki Yoshioka
Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio (Yutaka Mizutani), “A Boy Called H” follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed “H”. Read More »
Asian Beat: Powder Road (1991) Chatrichalerm Yukol
The Yakuza has two investments in Thailand. One is a factory polluting the environment in Pattaya. Read More »
Mr. Thank You (1936) Hiroshi Shimizu, Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka
Mr. Thank You is the kindly young driver of a local bus traveling from poverty stricken coastal villages, over the mountains, to the town. Read More »
The Garden (1990) Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Philip MacDonald
A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. Read More »
Sway (2006) Miwa Nishikawa, Joe Odagiri, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masatô Ibu
On the anniversary of the death of the mother of a hip and happening Tokyo-based photographer, the son returns to his hometown for the funeral. Read More »
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (2003) Taiyô Sugiura, Daisuke Shima, Kaori Sakagami
While E.Y.E.S. prepare to safely transport the worlds monsters to a far off planet Read More »
Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet (2002) Tsugumi Kitaura, Taiyô Sugiura, Daisuke Shima, Kaori Sakagami
Once again, Musashi has encountered Cosmos. Now Cosmos has gained some new modes to defeat Scropis. Read More »
The Naked Seven (1972) Yasuharu Hasebe, Mari Tanaka, Keiko Tsuzuki, Yuri Yamashina
A gang consisting of seven women roams around the country to steal and resell everything that makes money. Read More »
Smoke (1995) Wayne Wang, Paul Auster
Writer Paul Benjamin (William Hurt) is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren’s (Harvey Keitel) smoke shop. Read More »