Three schoolgirls are infatuated with a yakuza, Katsuta, of the Izu Clan. They meet another yakuza, `Diamond` Fuyu, of the rival Yoshida clan. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Pink Lady’s Motion Picture (1978) Tsugunobu Kotani, Keiko Masuda, Mie, Taisaku Akino
This musical features the Pink Ladies as circus performers who show kindness toward Read More »
Yoen dokufuden: Hitokiri okatsu (1969) Nobuo Nakagawa, Junko Miyazono, Reiko Ônobuta, Kô Nishimura
Okatsu, the daughter of a katana instructor must avenge a judge who rapes and kills his father. Read More »
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori
The environment and the movie stars at a Japanese film studio in the early ’30s are recreated in this drama that looks back Read More »
A Hell Of A Guy (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Mitsuo Sagawa, Mayumi Shimizu
Wada Koji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss. Read More »
Tora-san 29 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro ajisai no koi (1982) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ayumi Ishida
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Read More »
Wolves, Pigs and People (1964) Kinji Fukasaku, Ken Takakura, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Shinjirô Ebara
A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang. Read More »
Technique of Love: Kama Sutra (1970) Kôji Wakamatsu, Eri Ashikawa, Jôji Ichimura, Yûko Etô
A how-to SEX documentary that interprets the Indian sexual scripture Kama Sutra in the style of Koji Wakamatsu. Read More »
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) Nagisa Ôshima, David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto
In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. Read More »
Cold Fever (1995) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens
Hirata finds himself canceling his vacation plans to Hawaii when his grandfather reminds him of his duty to his parents. Read More »