Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present-day Kyoto. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Ohyaku: The Female Demon / Yôen dokufu-den: Han’nya no Ohyaku (1968) Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Junko Miyazono, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kunio Murai
A female acrobat and a thief plans to steal the gold from the mint. Read More »
Black Panther Bitch M / Kuroi Mehyô M (1974) Koretsugu Kurahara, Reiko Ike, Mikio Narita, Akiko Mori
A female master assassin is sent to take down a syndicate boss who is making a power play for the top. Read More »
Muhomatsu Returns Home (1973)
Three years after his first two documentaries on these soldiers who did not return Read More »
Kingdom of Jirocho 3 / Jirochô sangokushi daisanbu (1964) Masahiro Makino, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Eitarô Shindô
The oft-filmed tale of real-life yakuza boss Shimizu no Jirocho is told this time by Masahiro Makino Read More »
Helpless (1996) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Ken Mitsuishi, Yôichirô Saitô
Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him Read More »
Sad Vacation (2007) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Kaori Fujimitsu, Eri Ishida
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving Read More »
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 »