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Tag Archives: Japan
Afternoon Breezes / Kazetachi no gogo (1980) Hitoshi Yazaki, Setsuko Aya, Naomi Ito, Hiroshi Sugita
Two young girls, Mitsu and Natsuko, share the same apartment. Read More »
Chutaro of Banba (1955) Banba no Chûtarô
Based on the play ”Mabuta no Haha” by famed author Hasegawa Shin, this is the first major Read More »
The Yakuza Wives 2 / Gokudo no onna-tachi 2 (1987) Tooru Dobashi, Yukiyo Toake, Rino Katase, Hiroaki Murakami
Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s Read More »
The Sword of Doom / Dai-bosatsu tôge (1966) Kihachi Okamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. Read More »
Junk Head (2017) Takahide Hori
Mankind can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. Read More »
Sakuya: Slayer of Demons / Sakuya: yôkaiden (2000) Tomoo Haraguchi, Nozomi Andô, Kyûsaku Shimada, Keiko Matsuzaka
The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Read More »
Godzilla’s Revenge / Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki (1969) Ishirô Honda, Kenji Sahara, Machiko Naka, Tomonori Yazaki
Ichiro is a highly imaginative, but lonely, boy growing up in urban Tokyo. Read More »
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 (1966)
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza Read More »