A young boy has formed an idealized image of his father, who has yet to be repatriated from Russia. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Once More / Ima hitotabi no (1947) Heinosuke Gosho, Mieko Takamine, Ichirô Ryûzaki, Haruo Tanaka
A romance with political overtones about the relationship of a sheltered bourgeois woman Read More »
Saya: Perspective in Love / Saya no iru tousizu (1986) Akiyoshi Kimata, Ikue Masudo, Tatsuo Nadaka, Masami Tsuchiya
The flamboyant editor of an underground porn magazine asks his star photographer Read More »
Wandering Home / Yoi ga sametara, uchi ni kaerô (2010) Yôichi Higashi, Tadanobu Asano, Hiromi Nagasaku, Sei Andô
War photojournalist Yasuyuki Tsukahara married popular manga artist Yuki Sonoda and had children. Read More »
The Creature Called Man / Jaga wa hashitta (1970) Kiyoshi Nishimura, Yûzô Kayama, Jirô Tamiya, Mariko Kaga
A police inspector and Olympic sharpshooter (Kayama) Read More »
Darkness in the Light / Nippon no kuroi natsu – Enzai (2001) Kei Kumai, Kiichi Nakai, Akira Terao, Naomi Hosokawa
A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture) Read More »
Rampo (1994) Rintarô Mayuzumi, Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Naoto Takenaka, Michiko Hada, Masahiro Motoki
Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government Read More »
Enclosed Pain / Tojiru hi (2000) Isao Yukisada, Makoto Togashi, Tetsu Sawaki, Ayaka Maeda
A brother and sister share more than the standard love for each other, much more Read More »
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972) Buichi Saitô, Daisuke Awaji, Junko Fuji, Akira Hirasawa
The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss Read More »
Sicilian Connection / Shatterer (1987) Tonino Valerii, Kôji Kikkawa, Andy J. Forest, Marina Suma
Following the opening of a Japanese auto factory in Sicily, the head of the company is kidnapped Read More »