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Tag Archives: Japan
Videophobia (2019) Daisuke Miyazaki, Sumire Ashina, Tomona Hirota, Shûgo Oshinari

A film which looks at the modern implications of technology Read More »
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse / Bakeneko Toruko furo (1975) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Naomi Tani, Misa Ohara, Taiji Tonoyama

A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife Read More »
Kirie Eleison / (Nama) tôchô ripôto: Chiwa (1993) Hisayasu Satô, Kiyomi Itô, Takeshi Itô, Mako

A medical researcher working with a blind, mute quadriplegic patient begins Read More »
Tora-san 22 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Uwasa no Torajirô (1978) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô

After a chance encounter with Hiroshi’s father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious Read More »
Tora-san 21 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wagamichi wo yuku (1978) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Nana Kinomi

Tora-san returns from his travels throughout Japan to his family in Tokyo Read More »
Rouge / Rûju (1984) Hiroyuki Nasu, Emi Shindô, Shôhei Hino, Yuki Kitazume

Tsutomu (Shohei Hino) is a magazine editor obsessed with porn star Nami (Emi Shindo) Read More »
Yakuza of Seki / Seki no yatappe (1963) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Isao Kimura, Yukiyo Toake

A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. Read More »
Singing Lovebirds (1939) Oshidori utagassen

Oharu is in love with ronin who lives next door, but he is being pursued by two of the town beauties. Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure / Nemuri Kyôshirô: Shôbu (1964) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Kôichi Aihara, San’emon Arashi

Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bullseye on his back after befriending Read More »