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Tag Archives: Japan
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 »
Big Shots Die at Dawn / Kaoyaku akatsukini shisu (1961) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Shimazaki
After a long stint working in Alaska, Jiro returns to his hometown. Read More »
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 »