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Tag Archives: Japan
Gambler / Bakuchi uchi (1967) Shigehiro Ozawa, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida, Tomisaburô Wakayama

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. Read More »
Ninja in the Dragon’s Den / Long zhi ren zhe (1982) Corey Yuen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Conan Lee, Jang-Lee Hwang

Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together Read More »
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 »