Second half of the violent tale of revenge from actor Sho Aikawa and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa! Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Gokuaku bozu – Nomu utsu kau / Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments (1971) Buichi Saitô, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Bunta Sugawara, Takashi Shimura
As the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era Read More »
Gokuaku bozu nenbutsu sandangiri / Wicked Priest 4: Killer Priest Comes Back (1970) Takashi Harada, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Bunta Sugawara, Ichirô Nakatani
This tale begins as Shinkai runs into his childhood friend, Takagano (Ichiro Nakatani) Read More »
Gokuaku bozu hitokiri kazoe uta / The Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1970) Takashi Harada, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Asao Koike, Bunta Sugawara
The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai Read More »
Bright Future / Akarui mirai (2003) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji
Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Read More »
The Hit-and-Run Family / Hikinige Family (1992) Toshiyuki Mizutani, Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Mie Nakao, Chiharu
It was a dark and rainy night. Momentarily distracted, salaryman Motomura runs over a young lady Read More »
Fine, Totally Fine / Zenzen daijobu (2008) Yosuke Fujita, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yoshino Kimura, Yoshinori Okada
Approaching thirty, three eccentric male friends try hard to realize their dreams Read More »
The Precipice / Hyoheki (1958) Yasuzô Masumura, Kenji Sugawara, Fujiko Yamamoto, Hitomi Nozoe
Salarymen Uozo and his friend Kosaku plan to climb a mountain. Read More »
Hoodlum Soldier: Rebel in the Army / Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen (1972) Yasuzô Masumura, Shintarô Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Michiyo Ohkusu
On the Chinese front, Kisaburo, a young soldier, falls in love with a Chinese spy. Read More »
Vermilion Souls / Shureitachi (2007) Masaki Iwana, Mohamed Aroussi, Taku Furusawa, Valentina Miraglia
Set in Tokyo 7 years after WWII, this surreal story is about a 9 year old boy who wanders into a strange mansion Read More »