
On her sixteenth birthday, Rin (Yumi Sugimoto), a bullied, timid schoolgirl witnesses her parents killed by fearful, anti-mutant humans. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
The Claws of the Divine Beast (1980)

Based on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama quarrel Read More »
Runway to Hell (1960) Masahiro Makino

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist. Read More »
Karate Wars (1978) Karate daisenso

Maki travels from Japan to Hong Kong and Thailand in order to show the superiority of Japanese karate to those countries’ native to martial arts. Read More »
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965) Daisuke Itô

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. Read More »
Supermarket Woman (1996) Sûpâ no onna

Goro’s supermarket is not doing well; the rival “Bargains Galore” threatens his business. Read More »
Lady Oscar (1979) Jacques Demy

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. Read More »
The Crying Game (1992) Neil Jordan, Stephen Rea

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier Read More »
Kyoto Story (2010) Kyoto uzumasa monogatari

Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. Read More »
Renoir (2025) Chie Hayakawa, Yui Suzuki

In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stressed-out working Read More »