Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Hell’s Gate Island / Gokumon-to (1977) Kon Ichikawa, Koji Ishizaka, Yôko Tsukasa, Reiko Ôhara
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946. Read More »
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro / Kuroki Taro no ai to bôken (1977) Azuma Morisaki, Kunie Tanaka, Harue Akagi, Mitsuko Baishô
Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai’s heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police Read More »
To the Fields, to the Hills, to the Beaches / Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki (1986) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Saburô Bôya, Izumi Hara, Yasufumi Hayashi
Summer 1937 Japan begins a war with China. Militaristic moods are growing in the country. Read More »
Charisma / Karisuma (1999) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kôji Yakusho, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Ren Ôsugi
A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. Read More »
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas / Chikan densha: Gokuhi honban (1984) Yôjirô Takita, Yûka Takemura, Arisa Shindo, Yûko Aoki
1615. Ninja Sarutobi Sasuke is assigned the task of finding a hidden treasure that will restore his clan to their full power. Read More »
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot / Katte ni shiyagare!! Ôgon keikaku (1996) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Show Aikawa, Hideyo Amamoto, Yoriko Dôguchi
After mistakenly killing an old man they were sent to pick up, two men are pursued by local police and yakuza. Read More »
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs / Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa (1974) Yukio Noda, Miki Sugimoto, Eiji Gô, Tetsurô Tanba
Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. Read More »
Kamikaze Taxi / Kamikaze takushî (1995) Masato Harada, Kôji Yakusho, Kazuya Takahashi, Mickey Curtis
A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend Read More »
Laplace’s Witch / Rapurasu no majo (2018) Takashi Miike, Shô Sakurai, Suzu Hirose, Sôta Fukushi
An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen Read More »