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Tag Archives: Japan
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 »
Fate Deals the Card of Death / Bakuchi-uchi: Inochi-huda (1971) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Michiyo Yasuda

Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after Read More »