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Tag Archives: Japan
If Cats Disappeared from the World / Sekai kara neko ga kietanara (2016) Akira Nagai, Mauro Caiazza, Gaku Hamada, Mieko Harada
Young mailman finds out he has no time left due to a terminal disease. Read More »
A Wife’s Heart / Tsuma no kokoro (1956) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi
A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. Read More »
Wife AKA Tsuma (1953) Mikio Naruse, Mieko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Rentarô Mikuni
Tokyo. Mihoko and Toichi Nakagawa’s ten year marriage is crumbling out of inertia. Read More »
Flowing / Nagareru (1956) Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Read More »
13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats / Wakai kizoku-tachi: 13-kaidan no Maki (1975) Makoto Naitô, Etsuko Shihomi, Misa Ohara, Hiroshi Nawa
Maki is the leader of a female gang that fights for justice Read More »
Agitator (2001) Araburu tamashii-tachi
A fearless Yakuza captain’s loyalty is tested as two ambitious Read More »
Tora-san 48 the final / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kurenai no hana (1995) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tora-san’s family is gathered around the TV wondering where he could be. Read More »
Tora-san 47 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Haikei, Kuruma Torajiro sama (1994) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman, is invited to a festival Read More »
What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) Woody Allen
Woody Allen took a Japanese spy movie entitled Kagi no Kagi, replacing the original voice track with a completely different plot. Read More »