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Tag Archives: Japan
Keiko (1979) Claude Gagnon, Junko Wakashiba, Akiko Kitamura, Takuma Ikéuchi
Keiko is a 23-year-old lonely virgin who lives in a tiny room, and hopes to meet someone in the cafe she frequents. Read More »
Petrel Hotel Blue (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu, Hitomi Katayama, Gô Jibiki, Arata Iura
Seeking to exact revenge upon Yoji, Yukio travels to an area surrounded by the sea, desert and lava topped mountains. Read More »
Asakusa Kid (2002) Makoto Shinozaki, Suidôbashi Hakase, Sujitarô Tamabukuro, Saburô Ishikura
A night sleeping on the streets persuades the young Takeshi (Suidobashi Hakase) to swap his leather jacket Read More »
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 »