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Tag Archives: Japan
My Soul Is Slashed (1991) Shûsuke Kaneko, Ken Ogata, Hideyo Amamoto, Nina Blake

Ken Ogata, a company man, is killed. Accidentally, he is transfused with the blood of Dracula and returned to life. Read More »
The Great Villains / Dai akutô (1968) Yasuzô Masumura, Jirô Tamiya, Kei Satô, Mako Midori

Psychological action drama about the activities of a corrupt lawyer. Read More »
The Drifting Avenger (1968) Jun’ya Satô, Ken Takakura, Ken Goodlet, Judith Roberts

Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Read More »
Autumn Has Already Started / Aki tachinu (1960) Mikio Naruse, Nobuko Otowa, Jun Fujimaki, Kamatari Fujiwara

Single mum (father of child dead) from the country with 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo Read More »
Good-for-nothing (1960) Yoshishige Yoshida, Hizuru Takachiho, Masahiko Tsugawa, Yûsuke Kawazu

A bored young student falls for the young secretary of his rich friend’s father. Read More »
A Mother’s Love / Bojô (1950) Hiroshi Shimizu, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Musei Tokugawa, Yatarô Kurokawa

A poor mother leaves behind three children,whom she had with different fathers Read More »
Campus A-Go-Go / Ereki no wakadaishô (1965) Katsumi Iwauchi, Yûzô Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Chôko Iida

A thoroughly charming 60s youth film centered around Beatlesmania / Group Sounds-era rock music Read More »
The Rainbow Seeker / Niji o tsukamu otoko (1996) Yôji Yamada, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yûko Tanaka

A timid movie theater owner is secretly in love with one of his patrons but struggles to express his feelings. Read More »
Chikagoro naze ka Charusuton / At This Late Date The Charleston (1981) Kihachi Okamoto, Gô Rijû, Yû Fujiki, Ichirô Zaitsu

A group of old men take over an empty house and proclaim it to be a new “country” they have founded, called Yama. Read More »