Sabu was once a boy soldier, but people in his village disliked him. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Yotsuya Kaidan (1956) Masaki Môri, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akemi Tsukushi, Chieko Sôma
Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. Read More »
The Biggest Gamble / Sengo Saidai no Toba (1969) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Akiko Koyama
When Honjo is selected as Kansai district’s chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible Read More »
The Enchantment / Yûwakusha (1989) Shunichi Nagasaki, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Masao Kusakari, Kiwako Harada
Love triangles are fun. They are especially fun with the involved including a psychiatrist, his secretary and a patient. Read More »
Tora-san 18 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô junjô shishû (1976) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Machiko Kyô
When Tora-san’s infatuation with his nephew’s school teacher causes family turmoil Read More »
Tora-san 14 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro komoriuta (1974) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Yukiyo Toake
After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money Read More »
BOX: The Hakamada Case / Box: Hakamada jiken – inochi towa (2010) Banmei Takahashi, Hirofumi Arai, Duncan, Masato Hagiwara
Iwao Hakamada, an ex-boxer, was found guilty of 4 murders in 1966. Read More »
Guts of a Virgin / Shojo no harawata (1986) Kazuo ‘Gaira’ Komizu, Saeko Kizuki, Naomi Hagio, Megumi Kawashima
Members of a film crew making a soft core porn are dismembered by a demon in a warehouse. Read More »
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Mayumi Shimizu, Nobuo Kaneko
A carnivalesque tale of a young student who hooks up with a down-at-heels traveling circus troupe. Read More »
Gate of Hell / Jigokumon (1953) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Machiko Kyô, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata
In 1159, during an attempted coup, one of the court’s ladies in waiting disguises herself Read More »