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Tag Archives: Japan
East Meets West (1995) Kihachi Okamoto

A disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a navy official are about to land in San Francisco Read More »
Misono Universe (2015) Nobuhiro Yamashita

As a band plays for a crowd in a certain town square in Osaka, a young man rushes the stage Read More »
Gambling Den Heist (1975) Kinji Fukasaku

After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor. Read More »
Bonds / Kizuna (1998) Kichitarô Negishi

Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years Read More »
Hanezu no tsuki (2011) Naomi Kawase, Tôta Komizu

Woodwork artist Takumi moves to a small village Asuka. He then meets Kayoko, a woman who went Read More »
Souls in the Moonlight 2 (1958) Tomu Uchida

The Dai-bosatsu toge saga (a trilogy) is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Read More »
The Fearless Avenger (1972) Kazuo Ikehiro

Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. Read More »
Chikamatsus Love in Osaka (1959) Tomu Uchida

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, finding that she’s going Read More »
Souls in the Moonlight III (1959) Tomu Uchida

Daibosatsu Toge: Kanketsu – In this story, the third and final episode of the Trilogy Read More »