A night sleeping on the streets persuades the young Takeshi (Suidobashi Hakase) to swap his leather jacket Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Three Loves / Mittsu no ai (1954) Masaki Kobayashi, Isuzu Yamada, Kô Mishima, Yûnosuke Itô
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator’s son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. Read More »
The Empty Table / Shokutaku no nai ie (1985) Masaki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mayumi Ogawa, Kie Nakai
This gripping docudrama is a fictionalized account of what could happen to a Japanese family Read More »
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Escape / Katte ni shiyagare!! Dasshutsu keikaku (1995) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kenzô Kawarasaki, Yûko Nitô, Shirô Shimomoto
Hapless gangsters are hired by the yakuza to tail his daughter. Read More »
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist / Katte ni shiyagare! Goudatsu-keikaku (1995) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Show Aikawa, Kensuke Asakawa, Yoriko Dôguchi
Two petty gangsters get ransomed by a group of Yakuza members Read More »
Patriotism / Yûkoku (1966) Masaki Dômoto, Yukio Mishima, Yoshiko Tsuruoka
Two characters on a Noh stage dramatize the rite of love and death of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. Read More »
The Tale of Iya / Iya monogatari: Oku no hito (2013) Tetsuichirô Tsuta, Rina Takeda, Shima Ohnishi, Min Tanaka
As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan’s last untouched regions Read More »
Marks / Mâkusu no yama (1995) Yôichi Sai, Masato Hagiwara, Kiichi Nakai, Masato Furuoya
A string of brutal murders are being committed around Tokyo. Read More »
Five Women / Gonin 2 (1996) Takashi Ishii, Ken Ogata, Shinobu Ôtake, Kimiko Yo
Thrown together by chance during the robbery of a jewelry store by a Yakuza gang Read More »
Demons / Shura (1971) Toshio Matsumoto, Katsuo Nakamura, Juro Kara, Yasuko Sanjo
Gengobe Satsuma, an exiled samurai cast out as an Asano clan retainer is given a second chance Read More »