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Tag Archives: Japan
Warm Current / Danryû (1939) Kôzaburô Yoshimura, Mieko Takamine, Shin Saburi, Hideo Fujino

After his benefactor Shima falls ill, Hibiki (Shin Saburi) sets out to rebuild the hospital that Shima had run. Read More »
The Deep Blue Sea / Aoi unabara (1957) Tsuneo Kobayashi, Hibari Misora, Ken Takakura, Hachirô Kasuga

From a novel by noted author Setoguchi Torao, this modern-day movie stars the great Misora Hibari. Read More »
The Straits of Love and Hate / Aien kyo (1937) Kenji Mizoguchi, Taizô Fukami, Akira Harue, Kiyoshi Katô

A young couple of lovers want to travel to Tokyo to work and form a family there Read More »
My Second Brother / Nianchan (1960) Shôhei Imamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayo Matsuo, Takeshi Okimura

Being a faithful ‘company man’, Yoshikawa moves steadily ahead within the Toho corporation. Read More »
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time / Toki o kakeru shôjo (1983) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Tomoyo Harada, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Toshinori Omi

Yoshiyama Kazuko is in the 3rd grade of junior high. One day, she’s cleaning in the laboratory Read More »
Be My Slave / Watashi no dorei ni narinasai (2012) Tôru Kamei, Mitsu Dan, Hiroaki Mayama, Misaki Saijô

Hiroaki Mayama is a publishing company employee who’s attracted Read More »
A Portrait of Shunkin / Shunkinsho (1976) Katsumi Nishikawa, Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Moeko Ezawa

Okoto is a rich girl, who was blind since childhood. She has become distant and cold Read More »
Father of the Kamikaze / Â kessen kôkûtai (1974) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kôji Tsuruta, Noboru Andô, Shinjirô Ebara

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan’s defeat in WWII was inevitable. Read More »
Tora-san 6 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Junjô hen (1971) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Ayako Wakao, Chieko Baishô

A girl who has escaped from an institution falls in love with Tora-san. Read More »