In 1973, while exiled in Japan, South Korea’s Kim Dae-Jung is kidnapped. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Authentic True Account: Osaka Shock Tactics / Jitsuroku gaiden: Osaka dengeki sakusen (1976) Sadao Nakajima, Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase
There is almost non-stop action and violent brutality guys get cooked Read More »
Black Angel Vol. 2 / Kuro no tenshi Vol. 2 (1999) Takashi Ishii, Yûki Amami, Takeshi Yamato, Reiko Kataoka
Assigned to kill a Japanese crime boss, Mayo miscalculates Read More »
Departures / Okuribito (2008) Yôjirô Takita, Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been Read More »
Foreboding / Yocho (2017) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kaho, Shôta Sometani, Masahiro Higashide
Miyuki is seeing apparitions at home and worrying her friend Etsuko. Read More »
Tora-san 17 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yuuyake koyake (1976) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
During his travels, Tora-san meets Ikenouchi, a drunken old man whom Read More »
Elephant Song (1994) Gô Rijû, Morio Agata, Hiromi Kuronuma, Miyuki Matsuda
A man dies, and leaves a message to contact only one person Read More »
Internal Sleuth / Sakura no Daimon (1973) Kenji Misumi, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Michi Higashi
When 150 guns are lost from the Iwakuni base and two police officers Read More »
The Oil-Hell Murder / Onna goroshi abura no jigoku (1992) Hideo Gosha, Kanako Higuchi, Miwako Fujitani, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi
Veteran director (Hideo Gosha) adapts this psychological drama based Read More »
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman / Zatôichi (1989) Shintarô Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks Read More »