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Tag Archives: Japan
Under the Open Sky / Subarashiki sekai (2020) Miwa Nishikawa, Koji Yakusho, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura

A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years Read More »
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Eric Bossick, Akiko Monô, Yûko Nakamura

Losing his son Tom in a hit and run triggers violent emotions in Anthony Read More »
Geisha Assassin / Geisha vs ninja (2008) Gô Ohara, Minami Tsukui, Shigeru Kanai, Nao Nagasawa

This story is set during the Edo ages in Japan. On a rainy night, Kotono confronts the samurais who have killed her father. Read More »
The Face of Another / Tanin no kao (1966) Hiroshi Teshigahara, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijirô Hira, Kyôko Kishida

A businessman facially scarred in a laboratory fire receives psychotherapy from a psychiatrist Read More »
Killer’s Mission / Shokin kasegi (1969) Shigehiro Ozawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Yumiko Nogawa, Tomoko Mayama

A shogunate secret agent is sent to investigate a secret deal with a Dutch Read More »
Hana-Dama: Phantom / Hanadama: Gen’ei (2016) Hisayasu Satô, Iori, Shima Ônishi, Kanade Ai

Two figures of the pink cinema – director Sato Hisayasu and screenwriter Read More »
24 Hour Playboy / Ai to heisei no iro – Otoko (1989) Yoshimitsu Morita, Jun’ichi Ishida, Honami Suzuki, Kumiko Takeda

He is a dentist by profession. He is a saxophonist on the side Read More »
Sun on the Horizon / Hi wa katabuki (1996) Naomi Kawase, Uno Kawase

The last piece of the trilogy, following ‘Katatsumori’ and ‘See Heaven’, filming her grandma and herself. Read More »
The Rambler Rides Again / Daisogen no wataridori (1960) Buichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Jô Shishido, Ruriko Asaoka

Taki (Kobayashi), a wandering, singing cowboy, comes upon a village in Hokkaido Read More »