Kim, a singer in a jazz club on a military base, has a partner, Ichiro Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Nobody (1999) Shundo Ohkawa, Toshimichi Ohkawa, Masaya Katô, Jinpachi Nezu, Riki Takeuchi
Three friends find themselves in a bar fight with a shady trio of strangers. Read More »
Live / Raivu (2014) Noboru Iguchi, Asami, Yûka Eda, Akiko Ikuina
On the morning of a certain Tuesday, a mysterious “death race” is suddenly announced on television. Read More »
Tora-san Loves an Artist / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san (1973) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Kishi
Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Read More »
Manon (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Setsuko Karasuma
The story of the rise and fall of a young courtesan. Read More »
The Face of Jizo / Chichi to kuraseba (2004) Kazuo Kuroki, Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano
Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. Read More »
Run! Ichiro / Hashire! Ichiro (2001) Kazuki Ohmori, Masatoshi Nakamura, Yûko Asano, Kazuhisa Kawaguchi
Various individuals named Ichiro undergo life-changing events while being inspired Read More »
No Longer Human / Ningen shikkaku: Dazai Osamu to 3-nin no onnatachi (2019) Mika Ninagawa, Yûdai Chiba, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kengo Kôra
Oguri Shun plays Dazai Osamu who is one of the more popular novelists in Japan. Read More »
The Whole Family Works / Hataraku ikka (1939) Mikio Naruse, Musei Tokugawa, Noriko Honma, Akira Ubukata
Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children Read More »
Hideko, the Bus Conductor / Hideko no shashô-san (1941) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daijirô Natsukawa
Okoma, a young lady working as a conductor with a bus company in Kofu Yamanashi Read More »