“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
The Incorrigible (1963) Seijun Suzuki, Ken Yamauchi, Masako Izumi, Midori Tashiro
A teenager is dismissed from school for misconduct. Read More »
Touching the Skin of Eeriness (2013) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Shôta Sometani, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Hôshi Ishida
When a boy loses his father he moves in with his older half-brother. Read More »
Farewell to the Ark (1984) Shûji Terayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mayumi Ogawa, Yoshio Harada
A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions Read More »
Initiation of the Two-Sword Style (1943) Daisuke Itô, Jun Fujikawa, Sannosuke Fujikawa, Kensaku Hara
From the deepest archives of Japanese film history comes this superbly restored edition of one of the epic adventures Read More »
A Mother Should Be Loved (1934) Yasujirô Ozu, Yûkichi Iwata, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Den Ohinata
The film tells of the strained relationship between a mother and her two sons after the death of the family patriarch. Read More »
Shadow of the Wraith (2001) Toshiharu Ikeda, Kozue Ayuse, Hyôe Enoki, Makiko Fujii
A two part horror film. The first segment deals with a teenage girl who leaves her body to torment the lovers of classmate Ryoji – whom she loves. Read More »
Great Jailbreak (1975) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Nana Kinomi, Bunta Sugawara
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri Prison. Read More »
Kanikôsen (2009) SABU, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kengo Kôra
On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Read More »
Bloodbath at Pinky High Part 1 (2012) Toshiya Kominami, Rika Hoshimi, Asami, Asuka Misugi
High school girl, green was the leader of a female gang fight galore, of losing knowing since I was a kid Read More »