Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
A Woman Crying in Spring (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Akiko Chihaya, Ryuko Fuji, Shizue Hyôdô
Described by David Bordwell as ‘probably the greatest revelation’ of the retrospective of Shochiku’s Read More »
Women of the Night / Yoru no onnatachi (1948) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda
Fusako Owada, a young woman in postwar Japan, is the mistress of a notorious drug dealer. Read More »
Bakurô ichidai / The Life of a Horse Trader (1951) Keigo Kimura, Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Takashi Shimura
This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiba tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka “The Shark,” Read More »
Koichiro Uno’s Wet and Swinging (1984) Shûsuke Kaneko, Natsuko Yamamoto, Jôji Sawada, Arisa Hayashi
The rise of a young and sexy tennis player. Read More »
A Woman’s Life / Onna no issho (1962) Yasuzô Masumura, Machiko Kyô, Masaya Takahashi, Jirô Tamiya
Kei, a house servant, is kicked out after an altercation and is then adopted by a nearby family. Read More »
Kikujiro (1999) Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto
A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Read More »
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu’s Return / Hibotan bakuto: Oryû sanjô (1970) Tai Katô, Sumiko Fuji, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kanjûrô Arashi
Oryu searches for a blind girl she left behind but gets involved in a Yakuza turf war. Read More »
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973) Jun’ya Satô, Noboru Andô, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Murota
A band of ex-soldiers, scoundrels, and thugs in Ginza after World War Two fight Read More »
Lake of Tears / Umi no koto (1966) Tomotaka Tasaka, Yoshiko Sakuma, Katsuo Nakamura, Ganjirô Nakamura
A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Read More »