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Tag Archives: Japan
A Song I Remember / Hitotsu no uta (2011) Kyoshi Sugita, Yuri Ishizaka, Takenori Kaneko, Kôichi Masuno
At a train station in the suburbs of Tokyo, an accident takes place causing death and injury. Read More »
The Red Silk Gambler / Hijirimen bakuto (1972) Teruo Ishii, Eiko Nakamura, Bunta Sugawara, Sanae Tsuchida
With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword Read More »
Neo chinpira: Zoom Goes The Bullet / Neo chinpira: Teppodama pyu (1990) Banmei Takahashi, Shô Aikawa, Chikako Aoyama, Nao Asuka
Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi) Read More »
Vibrator / Vaiburêta (2003) Ryûichi Hiroki, Shinobu Terajima, Nao Ômori, Riho Makise
The film’s main character Rei (Terashima Shinobu) is a freelance writer bombarded by the voices Read More »
Sakuran (2006) Mika Ninagawa, Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shîna, Yoshino Kimura
A young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan). Read More »
Yamato (California) / Yamato (Kariforunia) (2016) Daisuke Miyazaki, Nina Endô, Hanae Kan, Reiko Kataoka
Moody teenager SAKURA shares a small house with her mother and brother Read More »
Cruel Story of the Shogunate’s Downfall / Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (1964) Tai Katô, Sumiko Fuji, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Isao Kimura
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but as his determination impresses Read More »
Hiroshima (1995) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode, Lynne Adams, Wesley Addy, Allen Altman
Harry Truman, the successor to the Oval Office after the late President Roosevelt Read More »
Izo (2004) Takashi Miike, Kazuya Nakayama, Kaori Momoi, Ryûhei Matsuda
We begin in 1865, when the Shogunate is on its last legs, but still capable of punishing its enemies. Read More »