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Tag Archives: Japan
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 »
Narayama bushikô / Ballad of Narayama (1958) Keisuke Kinoshita, Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yûko Mochizuki, Drama

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy Read More »
Yuke yuke nidome no shojo / Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) Kôji Wakamatsu, Michio Akiyama, Hiroshi Imaizumi, Mimi Kozakura, Drama

After being raped in an unknown rooftop, nineteen year-old girl Poppo meets a mysterious boy, and both share their sexual traumas and fears, with fatal consequences. Read More »