A timid man who has spent much of his life attempting without success to get out from under the domination of his mother, finds that marriage is no answer. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Happî awâ / Happy Hour (2015) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Drama
Jun, Akari, Sakurako and Fumi truly believe that they can confide in each other. Read More »
Hana to dotô / The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Tamio Kawaji, Chieko Matsubara, Action, Drama
Working from a novel by Aoyama Koji he tells the story of Ogata Kikuji (Kobayashi Akira) – a former Yakuza member, now on the straight and narrow. Read More »
Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke / Okoto and Sasuke (1935) Yasujirô Shimazu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôkichi Takada, Hideo Fujino, Drama
The Okoto blind is a talented music teacher, but his pride keeps others – especially men – at a distance. Read More »
Sâdo / Third (1978) Yôichi Higashi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsugiaki Yoshida, Aiko Morishita, Drama
Based on a script by Shuji Terayama, follows the relationship of a man with the world around him, his relationship with his mother Read More »
Honogurai mizu no soko kara / Dark Water (2002) Hideo Nakata, Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After winning a custody battle for her daughter, Yoshimi tries to make a new start. Read More »
Battle Royale / Batoru rowaiaru (2000) Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
With school children all over the country growing increasingly delinquent, the Japanese government takes decisive action and introduces the Battle Royale Act. Read More »
Watcher in the Attic / Edogawa Ranpo ryoki-kan Yaneura no sanposha (1976) Noboru Tanaka, Junko Miyashita, Renji Ishibashi, Hiroshi Chô, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Erotic
Based on a story by well-praised Japanese writer Edogawa Rampo. In Tokyo, 1923, Saburo Gouda is exploring secrets of his fellow-occupants of an apartment building. Read More »
Tokyo Train Girls: Private Lessons / Yureru densha no naka de: Onna kyôshi no midara na arubaito (2009) Tadashi Kyouya, Megu Fujiura, Myu, Takahiro Nomura, Drama, Romance, Pinku, Erotic
New teacher Chihiro has been on the job for three months. She does her job with great enthusiasm, but she has a secret that nobody must know. Read More »
Kaigenrei / Coup D’Etat (1973) Yoshishige Yoshida, Rentarô Mikuni, Yasuo Miyake, Akiko Kurano, Biography, Drama, History
Ikka Kita is a revolutionary, who suffers when he is brought his younger brother’s clothes, still smeared with his blood. Read More »