
From a novel by noted author Setoguchi Torao, this modern-day movie stars the great Misora Hibari. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
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 »
Tora-san 50 / Otoko wa tsurai yo 50: Okaeri Tora-san (2019) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka

The 50th film in Tora-san series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. Read More »
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet / Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (2011) Izuru Narushima, Kôji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya

The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930’s to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943. Read More »