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Tag Archives: Japan
Earth (1939) Tomu Uchida, Isamu Kosugi, Akiko Kazami, Donguriboya
The setting is that of a farming family in Ibaraki from where also the originating writers hailed. Read More »
Uzumasa Limelight (2014) Ken Ochiai, Seizô Fukumoto, Chihiro Yamamoto, Masashi Gôda
The film centers an aged movie extra who specializes to be killed in samurai movies without ever being lit by the limelight. Read More »
Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989) Yasuo Furuhata, Yoshiko Mita, Rino Katase, Ken’ichi Hagiwara
Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Read More »
009-1: The End of the Beginning (2013) Koichi Sakamoto, Mayuko Iwasa, Minehiro Kinomoto, Nao Nagasawa
In 20xx, the world is divided into two powers: the Western Block and the Eastern Block. Read More »
The Catch (1983) Shinji Sômai, Ken Ogata, Masako Natsume, Kôichi Satô
A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend’s father, a tuna fisherman Read More »
Our Blood Will Not Forgive (1964) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Chieko Matsubara
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza for the death of their father. Read More »
Black Line (1960) Teruo Ishii, Shigeru Amachi, Kyôko Katsura, Yôko Mihara
A reporter investigating a prostitution ring is framed for murder. Read More »
Exiles (2004) Tony Gatlif, Romain Duris, Lubna Azabal, Zouhir Gacem
Two French lovers, Zano and Naima, decided to travel to the land of their parents: Algeria. Read More »
Samurai Geisha (1969) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business Read More »