Ichiro is a highly imaginative, but lonely, boy growing up in urban Tokyo. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Hero of the Red Light District / Yôtô monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri (1960) Tomu Uchida, Chiezô Kataoka, Yaeko Mizutani, Isao Kimura
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness Read More »
Rampaging Dragon on the North / Hokkai no Abare-Ryu (1966) Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuo Umemiya, Susumu Fujita, Nijiko Kiyokawa
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza Read More »
Under the Sand / Sous le sable (2000) François Ozon, Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot
Marie, a professor of English literature in a Paris university, has been happily married Read More »
Twilight Saloon / Tasogare sakaba (1955) Tomu Uchida, Shigeru Amachi, Korema Arima, Ureo Egawa
In Twilight Saloon a cast of diverse characters spend an eventful evening Read More »
Hunter in the Dark / Yami no karyudo (1979) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshio Harada
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Read More »
A Visage to Remember / Omokage (1948) Heinosuke Gosho, Yuriko Hamada, Chishû Ryû, Ichirô Ryûzaki
During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenties Read More »
Haru (1996) Yoshimitsu Morita, Eri Fukatsu, Seiyô Uchino, Sei Hiraizumi
Two young individuals meet online and become interested in each other after e-mailing everyday. Read More »
Silver – shirubaa (1999) Takashi Miike, Atsuko Sakuraba, Kenji Haga, Shinobu Kandori
A vengeful woman uses special skills to find the gang that killed her family. Read More »
Naked Tango (1990) Leonard Schrader, Vincent D’Onofrio, Mathilda May, Fernando Rey
Returning by ship to South America, a young girl escapes her elderly husband Read More »