Tag Archives: Japan

Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love. Read More »

Immediately after the Second World War, sister Kiku and brother Isamu, whose mother Read More »

In the 1960s Okinawa was us under American military occupation. Read More »

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando Read More »

The fourth chapter in the Love Cinema series, is a story of a cloistered and obsessive Read More »

A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand. Read More »

Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building Read More »

Jôji is a boxer barred from the ring; Saeko is a singer whose voice is gone. Read More »

A retiring Yakuza gang member and a cop go on a road trip to attend the funeral of a mutual female friend. Read More »

After getting a beating from a yakuza, a record store owner decides that being a yakuza would be his dream job. Read More »