A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hanjiro rescues a village in crisis. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Autumn Moon / Qiu yue (1992) Clara Law, Masatoshi Nagase, Pei-Hui Li, Siu Wan Choi
Twentysomething Japanese tourist, Tokio, comes to Hong Kong looking for good cuisine. Read More »
The Rambling Guitarist / Gitaa o motta wataridori (1959) Takeichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Sanae Nakahara
Shinji (Akira Kobayashi), a wandering street musician, gets involved with a mob boss, Akitsu (Nobuo Kaneko) Read More »
Return of the Vagabond / Wataridori itsu mata kaeru (1960) Buichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Jô Shishido
The 3rd film of the famous “Wataridori” (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. Read More »
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman / Eburi manshi no yûga-na seikatsu (1963) Kihachi Okamoto, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirô Tôno
This comedy portrays the everyday life of an ordinary salary-man who uses himself as a model to write a novella. Read More »
Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance / Zoku shinobi no mono (1963) Satsuo Yamamoto, Raizô Ichikawa, Sô Yamamura, Shiho Fujimura
Confident that he has destroyed the Iga Ninja, the evil Oda Nobunaga Read More »
Story of a Beloved Wife / Aisai monogatari (1951) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Jûkichi Uno, Ichirô Sugai
Shindo’s directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Read More »
Boneless / Honenuki (1967) Seiichi Fukuda, Kaoru Miya, Mari Nagisa, Noriko Chigetsu
When the two lovers Yukio and Minoru meet again after four years of separation Read More »
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978) Richard A. Colla, Katharine Hepburn, Kevin McKenzie, Dennis Dimster
Two young boys and an eccentric old lady who possesses a junkyard work together to create Read More »
The Last Swordsman / Okita Sôji (1974) Masanobu Deme, Masao Kusakari, Yukihiro Takahashi, Hôsei Komatsu
This is the story of Okita Soji, one of the finest swordsmen in the Shinsengumi group, captain of the first troop Read More »