The first of two films in the Ryuzen series, a rogue martial arts practicing, fornicating, alcohol drinking Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Endless Waltz (1995) Kôji Wakamatsu, Leona Hirota, Kou Machida, Haruko Sagara
Koji Wakamatsu’s biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. Read More »
Unchain (2000) Toshiaki Toyoda, Unchain Kaji, Chihara Junia
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 »
Living on the River Agano (1992) Makoto Satô
In 1964, a chemical factory in Niigata Prefecture dumped mercury into the Agano River Read More »
Embracing (1992) Naomi Kawase, Uno Kawase
A diary film about Kawase’s relationship with her Grandma and the search for her Father Read More »
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008) Barbet Schroeder, Benoît Magimel, Lika Minamoto, Shun Sugata
The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work Read More »
My Grandpa (2003) Yôichi Higashi, Bunta Sugawara, Satomi Ishihara, Tadanobu Asano
Yoichi Higashi’s Watashi No Gurampa (My Granpa) concerns the relationship between ex-convict Kenzo (Bunta Sugawara) Read More »
The Eternal Zero (2013) Takashi Yamazaki, Jun’ichi Okada, Haruma Miura, Mao Inoue
26 year old Kentaro discovers his biological grandfather died as a kamikaze pilot during WW2. Read More »
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 »