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The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town / Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Saihate no Nagare-mono (1969) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Takashi Shimura, Kaneko Iwaskura
It’s a battle of good versus evil in the frozen north when former prison inmate Katsuji takes on Boss Tamaru Read More »
Bounce Ko Gals / Baunsu ko gaurusu (1997) Masato Harada, Hitomi Satô, Yasue Satô, Yukiko Okamoto
Lisa is 16. She is leaving for New York tomorrow at 11 a.m. She saved some money Read More »
The Domain: The Naniwa Story / Nihon Kyokaku-den: Naniwa-hen (1965) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Hideo Murata, Asao Uchida
Osaka, 1920. A sailor returns from several years at sea to see his brother Read More »
The Chivalrous Life / Kyokotsu ichidai (1967) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Minoru Ôki
This is yet another ninkyô yakuza film that seems to be (unconsciously?) trying to deal Read More »
The Woman in the Typhoon Area / Taifuken no onna (1948) Hideo Ôba, Sô Yamamura, Setsuko Hara, Takashi Kanda
A gang of 4 pirates, down on their luck, head for a weather-tracking station on an outlying island Read More »
Fruits of Passion / Les fruits de la passion (1981) Shûji Terayama, Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Illiers, Arielle Dombasle
A girl loves a rich and much older man (played by Kinski). She is willing to do everything Read More »
Unlucky Monkey / Anrakkî monkî (1998) SABU, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Akira Yamamoto
Yamazaki has spent a lot of time plotting a robbery of a local bank Read More »
The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
After Japan’s loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give Read More »
The Scarlet Camellia / Goben no tsubaki (1964) Yoshitarô Nomura, Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katô, Sachiko Hidari
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father’s condition. Read More »