Tag Archives: Japan

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. Read More »

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother Read More »

Known as one of the pioneers to establish the Nikkatsu “mood action” genre, Mio Ezaki incorporates road movie scenes with a new theme song sung by Tetsuya Watari Read More »

A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Read More »

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running Read More »

In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Read More »

Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love Read More »

Koshizu (Fuji), a young geisha, tries to kill herself but is saved by cook Yukichi (Sugahara). Read More »

Matsukichi, a worker at a local fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf. Read More »

The film stars Tetsuya Watari who plays Goro, a gangster who was sent to prison for three years for stabbing a hitman Read More »