
Kiyone Sakurai, an apprentice sword maker makes a sword for his guardian, Kozaemon Onoda. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
The Killing Game / Satsujin yugi (1978) Tôru Murakawa, Kei Satô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Yutaka Nakajima

After making a sensational hit, Narumi has gone into hiding for 5 years. Read More »
The Wayside Pebble / Robô no ishi (1964) Miyoji Ieki, Chikage Awashima, Shûichi Ikeda, Katsuo Nakamura

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque Read More »
Man of the Story / Kathapurushan (1996) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Vishwanathan, Mini Nair, Aranmulla Ponnamma

Against the history of Kerala, we see a young man grow up without a father Read More »
Yuki and Nina (2009) Hippolyte Girardot, Nobuhiro Suwa, Noë Sampy, Arielle Moutel, Tsuyu Shimizu

Yuki is a 9-year-old Japanese girl who lives in France and is best friends with 9-year-old French girl Nina. Read More »
The Pork Cutlet General / Tonkatsu taishô (1952) Yûzô Kawashima, Shûji Sano, Etsuko Miyama, Keiko Tsushima

Yusaku, whose nickname is “Tonkatsu Taisho” (General Pork Cutlet), is a popular young children’s doctor. Read More »
Love / Aibu (1933) Heinosuke Gosho, Michiko Oikawa, Jun Arai, Tadao Watanabe

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem Read More »
The Black Angel / Kuro no tenshi Vol. 1 (1998) Takashi Ishii, Riona Hazuki, Reiko Takashima, Jinpachi Nezu

Ikko, the six year old daughter of a yakuza gang boss witnesses the brutal slaying Read More »
Suicide Club / Jisatsu sâkuru (2001) Sion Sono, Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho

54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train. Read More »
The Hidden Fortress / Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki

The story follows two greedy peasants in feudal Japan, Tahei and Matashichi Read More »