
Misumi has a criminal record dating back many years and is now under the spotlight again. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Seven Nights in Japan (1976) Lewis Gilbert, Michael York, Hidemi Aoki, Charles Gray

The fictional British royal Prince George travels to Japan and falls in love with a local female tour guide named Sumi. Read More »
Husband and Wife (1953) Mikio Naruse, Ken Uehara, Yôko Sugi, Rentarô Mikuni

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband’s co-worker, a widower. Read More »
The Lady and the Beard (1931) Yasujirô Ozu, Tokihiko Okada, Hiroko Kawasaki, Chôko Iida

A bearded kendo champion has difficulties in life because of his conservative ways and his unusual beard. Read More »
I Flunked, But… (1930) Yasujirô Ozu, Tatsuo Saitô, Kaoru Futaba, Kinuyo Tanaka

A story of a college student (Tatsuo Saitô) and his schoolmates trying to pass the exams by cheating. Read More »
Water Flower (2005) Yusuke Kinoshita, Azusa Hibino, Asuka Kurosawa, Tomi Nakaho

A portrait of the relationship between Minako, a girl in junior high deserted by her mother when she was young Read More »
Angel Dust (1994) Gakuryû Ishii, Kaho Minami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Etsushi Toyokawa

Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. Read More »
The Song Lantern (1943) Mikio Naruse, Shôtarô Hanayagi, Eijirô Yanagi, Ichijirô Oya

The head of an acclaimed Noh (traditional, stylised Japanese drama form) troupe has a son whom he wants to inherit the troupe/ school. Read More »
Satan’s Sword (1960) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Kôjirô Hongô, Tamao Nakamura

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Read More »
Tattooed Life (1965) Seijun Suzuki, Hideki Takahashi, Masako Izumi, Akira Yamauchi

‘Tattooed Life’ begins with a parasol wielding Yakuza assassin attacking a rickshaw. Read More »