In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there’s no tomorrow. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Vanished Girl in the Woods (2011) Ryûta Miyake, Rin Asuka, Mizuki Doki, Nanami Fujimoto
Two young girls vanish without a trace inside of a forest. Mana, the mother of the seven-year-old disappeared Sakura Read More »
The Fencing Master (1962) Shunkai Mizuho, Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Kinuyo Tanaka
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Read More »
V Madonna War (1985) Genji Nakamura, Yukari Usami, Kozue Saito, Rikako Murakami
Hope Hill High, a Japanese school which struggles with a relentless biker gang from a rival school called the the Yagyu. Read More »
Joyû Sumako no koi / The Love of Sumako the Actress (1947) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sô Yamamura, Kikue Môri
The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken Read More »
Samurai From Somewhere / Zoku Dojo Yaburi: Mondo Muyo (1964) Yasushi Kikuchi, Kôki Matsuno, Isamu Nagato, Tetsurô Tanba, Haruko Wanibuchi
Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions Read More »
Dr. Akagi / Kanzô sensei (1998) Shôhei Imamura, Akira Emoto, Kumiko Asô, Jacques Gamblin
Dr. Akagi, a rural physician in Japan during WWII, wages a one-man crusade against hepetitis Read More »
Band of Assassins AKA Shinsengumi (1969) Tadashi Sawashima, Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Kin’ya Kitaôji
Feudal Japan. Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins Read More »
A Woman’s Testament / Jokyo (1960) Kon Ichikawa, Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Jirô Tamiya
Three stories about modern women. The first works in a nightclub and plans to marry the boss. Read More »
Utsukushisa to kanashimi to / With Beauty And Sorrow (1965) Masahiro Shinoda, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Kaga, Sô Yamamura
Long before the events of the movie Ôki, who was approaching middle age, had a relation to 16-year-old Otoko. Read More »