
Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to ‘Wizard of Darkness’ to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness / Eko eko azaraku (1995) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Miho Kanno, Shu-Ma

Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school Read More »
Four Seasons of Children / Kodomo no shiki (1939) Hiroshi Shimizu, Teruo Furuya, Masao Hayama, Shin’ichi Himori

A follow-up to Children in the Wind, Four Seasons of Children is also based on a Tsubota Joji novel. Read More »
Stolen Desire / Nusumareta yokujô (1958) Shôhei Imamura, Osamu Takizawa, Shin’ichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Nagato

A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows. Read More »
Radiance / Hikari (2017) Naomi Kawase, Masatoshi Nagase, Ayame Misaki, Tatsuya Fuji

At a firm specializing in creating audio descriptions for films to serve the visually impaired Read More »
Battle in Outer Space / Uchû sai sensô (1959) Ishirô Honda, Ryô Ikebe, Kyôko Anzai, Minoru Takada

Munchkin-like aliens invade Earth full force with their flying saucers and laser weapons, rendering cities helpless. Read More »
Brother (2000) Takeshi Kitano, Claude Maki, Omar Epps

A Japanese Yakuza gangster is exiled to the United States. Read More »
Ashura / Ashura-jô no hitomi (2005) Yôjirô Takita, Somegorô Ichikawa, Rie Miyazawa, Kanako Higuchi

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan Read More »
Hikikomori: Tokyo Plastic (2004) Adario Strange, Rex Hayashi, Tsutomu Ishizuka, Kayoko Kawahara

In “Hikikomori: Tokyo Plastic,” Naomi, a young Japanese hacker born in Tokyo Read More »
The Whispering of the Gods / Gerumaniumu no yoru (2005) Tatsushi Ohmori, Hirofumi Arai, Leona Hirota, Megumi Sawara

Rou returns to the rural seminary farm where he studied as a boy and was molested by priests. Read More »