Tokoku Kitamura (1868-1894) is a Romantic poet and an advocate of liberalism in the Meiji era. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
At Noon (1978) Kôichi Gotô, Kenichi Kaneda, Kôji Tamura, Shinobu Yûki, Crime, Drama
Tadao returns from Tokyo to live in his home town. Living with his parents, he gets a job fixing radios and TV sets. Read More »
Mandara (1971) Akio Jissôji, Shin Kishida, Kôji Shimizu, Hiroko Sakurai, Drama
Two student couples stumble upon a cult dedicated to promoting the primordial human state through rape and agriculture. Read More »
Shogun Assassin (1980) Robert Houston, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Action, Adventure
Long ago there was a great samurai warrior who served his Shogun honorably. The Shogun however grew paranoid as he became more and more senile. Read More »
Koshoku ichidai otoko / A Lustful Man (1961) Yasuzô Masumura, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Tamao Nakamura, Comedy, Drama
Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. Read More »
Hokuriku dairi sensô / Hokuriku Proxy War (1977) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroki Matsukata, Yumiko Nogawa, Mikio Narita, Action, Crime, Drama
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history Read More »
The Story Of Last Chrysanthemum (1939) Kenji Mizoguchi, Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Ryôtarô Kawanami, Drama, Romance
In Tokyo in 1888, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adoptive son of an important actor, discovers that he is praised for his acting only because he is his father’s heir Read More »
Blues Harp (1998) Takashi Miike, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Seiichi Tanabe, Saori Sekino
Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Read More »
Asobi / Play (1971) Yasuzô Masumura, Keiko Takahashi, Masaaki Daimon, Keizô Kanie, Drama, Romance
A young factory worker is picked up and courted by a clumsy youth with yakuza dreams, over one long day and a night. Read More »
Gushonure hitozuma kyôshi – Seifuku de idaite / Despite All That (1999) Shinji Imaoka, Mitsuyo Suwa, Takeshi Itô, Atsuko Suzuki, Drama
Naoko, female art teacher suffering from bipolar disorder spends her time at home compulsively chopping cabbage. Read More »