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Tag Archives: Japan
Lady Ramboh: Kill You! In My Justice / Onna Rambo (1994) Ippei Suzuki, Kenji Imai, Hiroyuki Okita, Tanaka Rooza
The lady of the title is an agent of some sort who, in the course of the movie Read More »
Tora-san 5 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boukyou hen (1970) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Aiko Nagayama
After an encounter with a dying yakuza’s son and at his sister Sakura’s urging Read More »
Tora-san 35 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô ren’ai juku (1985) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Mitsuru Hirata
On the Goto Islands, Tora-san rescues an old lady and befriends her. Read More »
Twinkle / Kira kira hikaru (1992) Joji Matsuoka, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michitaka Tsutsui
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past Read More »
First Love / Hatsukoi (2000) Tetsuo Shinohara, Rena Tanaka, Mieko Harada, Mitsuru Hirata
Satoka Aida, a 17-year high school student, comes to know that her mother’s hospitalization Read More »
Saburai: Way of the Bohachi / Bôhachi bushidô: Sa burai (1974) Takashi Harada, Keiko Aikawa, Bin Amatsu, Takashi Ebata
The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate Read More »
Typhoon Over Nagasaki / Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) Yves Ciampi, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Keiko Kishi
Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards Read More »
Wild Criminal / Kyôhan (1999) Hide, Riki Takeuchi, Aya Nakamura, Miho Nomoto
Out for revenge after waking up in the trunk of a car, a female thug teams Read More »
Navy Special Young Soldier / Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei (1972) Tadashi Imai, Takeo Chii, Mayumi Ogawa, Katsuhiko Sasaki
Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp Read More »