After a long stint working in Alaska, Jiro returns to his hometown. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Ten Black Women (1961) Kuroi jûnin no onna
Weary of their lot, ten women – all mistresses of the same philandering businessman – join forces to wreak revenge upon him. Read More »
Iron Maze (1991) Hiroaki Yoshida, Jeff Fahey, Bridget Fonda, Hiroaki Murakami
In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburg: One evening, a Japanese businessman Read More »
Westward Desperado / Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e (1960) Kihachi Okamoto, Hideyo Amamoto, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Akihiko Hirata
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage Read More »
A Brother and His Younger Sister / Ani to sono imoto (1939) Yasujirô Shimazu, Reikichi Kawamura, Michiko Kuwano, Kuniko Miyake
A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. Read More »
11’09”01 – September 11 (2002) Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Maryam Karimi, Mohamad Dolati, Agelem Habibi
Eleven directors from 11 countries each contribute an 11-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001. Read More »
Turn / Taan (2001) Hideyuki Hirayama, Riho Makise, Kankurô Nakamura, Akira Emoto
Maki is a talented copper plate artist, however, just before her first gallery show, she gets struck by a truck. Read More »
Hear the Song of the Wind / Kaze no uta o kike (1982) Kazuki Ohmori, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kimie Shingyôji, Kai Atô
A student travels back to Kobe for the summer. Once there, he meets his friend Rat Read More »
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab / Hyakuman-doru o tatakidase (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Keisuke Noro, Michiko Sawa
Wada Koji fights to become a boxing champion. Read More »
Postman Blues / Posutoman burûsu (1997) Sabu, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi, Keisuke Horibe, Ren Ôsugi
Sawaki is a postman who’s not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. Read More »