Based on actual events, taken from a woman doctor’s story of life in a remote leper colony. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
The human promise AKA Ningen no yakusoku (1986) Yoshishige Yoshida, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Orie Satô
An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. Read More »
Akitsu Springs AKA Akitsu onsen (1962) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Hiroyuki Nagato, Sô Yamamura
The day before Japan announces its defeat in WW2, a very ill Shusaku arrives in Okayama. Read More »
Perfect Days (2023) Wim Wenders, Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano
Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He seems content with his simple life. Read More »
Dawn of the Felines AKA Mesuneko-tachi (2017) Kazuya Shiraishi, Juri Ihata, Satsuki Maue, Michié
A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Read More »
Under the Open Sky AKA Subarashiki sekai (2020) Miwa Nishikawa, Koji Yakusho, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura
A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years Read More »
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Eric Bossick, Akiko Monô, Yûko Nakamura
Losing his son Tom in a hit and run triggers violent emotions in Anthony Read More »
Geisha Assassin AKA Geisha vs ninja (2008) Gô Ohara, Minami Tsukui, Shigeru Kanai, Nao Nagasawa
This story is set during the Edo ages in Japan. On a rainy night, Kotono confronts the samurais who have killed her father. Read More »
The Face of Another AKA Tanin no kao (1966) Hiroshi Teshigahara, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijirô Hira, Kyôko Kishida
A businessman facially scarred in a laboratory fire receives psychotherapy from a psychiatrist Read More »
Killer’s Mission AKA Shokin kasegi (1969) Shigehiro Ozawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Yumiko Nogawa, Tomoko Mayama
A shogunate secret agent is sent to investigate a secret deal with a Dutch Read More »
Hana-Dama: Phantom AKA Hanadama: Gen’ei (2016) Hisayasu Satô, Iori, Shima Ônishi, Kanade Ai
Two figures of the pink cinema – director Sato Hisayasu and screenwriter Read More »
24 Hour Playboy AKA Ai to heisei no iro – Otoko (1989) Yoshimitsu Morita, Jun’ichi Ishida, Honami Suzuki, Kumiko Takeda
He is a dentist by profession. He is a saxophonist on the side Read More »
Sun on the Horizon AKA Hi wa katabuki (1996) Naomi Kawase, Uno Kawase
The last piece of the trilogy, following ‘Katatsumori’ and ‘See Heaven’, filming her grandma and herself. Read More »
The Rambler Rides Again AKA Daisogen no wataridori (1960) Buichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Jô Shishido, Ruriko Asaoka
Taki (Kobayashi), a wandering, singing cowboy, comes upon a village in Hokkaido Read More »
Tokyo Heaven AKA Tôkyô jôkû irasshaimase (1990) Shinji Sômai, Kiichi Nakai, Riho Makise, Tsurube Shôfukutei
Yuu Kamiya is an up-and-coming talent in Japanese show business. Read More »