Tag Archives: Japan

Renko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents’ decision to separate. Read More »

As the great military commander Nobunaga Oda was consolidating his power across Japan, one of his actions was to wipe out a clan of assassins Read More »

Shin Kishida stars as Juzo, a self-important pinku eiga director plainly modeled on Nagisa Oshima. Read More »

An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. Read More »

A pioneer of a man convinces his family to take advantage of news of a road soon to be built through an area of the country that can be had for next to nothing. Read More »

After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Read More »

Samurai Koheita Mochizuki, who goes by the nickname Dora-Heita, meaning “alley cat” or “playboy” Read More »

A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body. Read More »

When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. Read More »

A few years after the surrender of Japan in the Second World War. Read More »