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Tag Archives: Japan
The Wind, Woman and Road (1958) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Rentarô Mikuni, Satomi Oka

A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity Read More »
Policeman (1933) Tomu Uchida, Eiji Nakano, Isamu Kosugi, Taisuke Matsumoto

Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. Read More »
Owl (2003) Kaneto Shindô, Akira Emoto, Daijirô Harada, Mansaku Ikeuchi

Taking up the argument of ‘Onibaba’ (1964), the nonagenarian Director Kaneto Shindo places the action in the eighties Read More »
Shadow Warriors (1979) Eiichi Kudô, Teruhiko Saigô, Tsunehiko Watase, Sô Yamamura

Upon the death of the third Shogun, his heir is kidnapped by a ninja group. Read More »
The Masutatsu Oyama Trilogy (1977) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Shin’ichi Chiba

This trilogy is comprised of Karate Bullfighter, Karate Bear Fighter, and Karate For Life, each one focusing on a different part Read More »
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985) Macoto Tezuka, Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa

In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit Read More »
Hakuchi: The Innocent (1999) Macoto Tezuka, Tadanobu Asano, Miyako Koda, Reika Hashimoto

In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. Read More »
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (1964) Tai Katô, Ryôhei Uchida, Jûshirô Konoe, Hiroko Sakuramachi

Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. Read More »
Saudade (2011) Katsuya Tomita, Ayano, Chie Kudô, Chika Kumada

Seiji works on construction sites. He sympathizes with Hosaka just back from Thailand. Read More »