
The third and final part details the family’s trials during the Sino-Japanese War to the Soviet army’s Read More »
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Men and War II / Senso to ningen II: Ai to kanashimino sanga (1971) Satsuo Yamamoto, Osamu Takizawa, Shinsuke Ashida, Hideki Takahashi

The second part follow the the stories of two brothers serving in different units of the Imperial Japanese army Read More »
Eleven Samurai / Jûichinin no samurai (1967) Eiichi Kudô, Isao Natsuyagi, Kôtarô Satomi, Kôji Nanbara

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu Read More »
Samurai Wolf / Kiba Ôkaminosuke (1966) Hideo Gosha, Isao Natsuyagi, Ryôhei Uchida, Junko Miyazono

This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba Read More »
Men and War / Senso to nigen (1970) Satsuo Yamamoto, Kei Yamamoto, Hideki Takahashi, Mizuho Suzuki

The first part follows the rise of the Godai clan rise from war-profiteers to their becoming Read More »
Hanagatami (2017) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Shunsuke Kubozuka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka

Based on Kazuo Dan’s 1937 novella, Director Nobuhiko Obayashi, whose surreal phenomenon ‘House (Hausu)’ Read More »
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro’s Birth (1972)

Tsunehei of Hachiman is all smiles after Monjiro saves his life. He introduces Monjiro to Omitsu Read More »
The Ninja Hunt / Ninja-gari (1964) Tetsuya Yamanouchi, Jûshirô Konoe, Kei Satô, Shingo Yamashiro

Four ex-samurai are hired to find and kill ninja infiltrators who are intent on destroying the Matsuyama clan. Read More »
New True Story of Woman Condemned to Hell / Shin jitsuroku onna kanbetsusho: Rengoku (1976) Kôyû Ohara, Hitomi Kozue, Yuri Yamashina, Hiroshi Chô

After Mayumi kills her cheating man and his mistress she is on her way to prison. Read More »
True Story of a Woman in Jail: Sex Hell / Jitsuroku onna kanbetsusho: sei-jigoku (1975) Kôyû Ohara, Hitomi Kozue, Meika Seri, Maya Hiromi

A group of young women is thrown into a horrible juvenile hall, due to their illegal acts. Read More »