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Tag Archives: Japan
The Affair / Jôen (1967) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Yoshie Minami, Tadahiko Sugano

A woman, unhappily married to a cheating executive, starts meeting her dead mother’s lover Read More »
Terrifying Girls’ High School: Animal Courage / Kyôfu joshi kôkô: Animal dôkyôsei (1973) Masahiro Shimura, Reiko Ike, Ryôko Ema, Natsuko Yashiro

Reiko Ike is back as a tough schoolgirl who eventually has to band together with her enemies Read More »
Lost Paradise (1997) Shitsurakuen

Rinko, the wife of an easily irritable, reputable doctor and Sholchiro Read More »
Why Not? / Eijanaika (1981) Shôhei Imamura, Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Masao Kusakari

Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America Read More »
Chi-n-pi-ra (1984) Tôru Kawashima, Kyôhei Shibata

Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. Read More »
Man Walking on Snow (2001) Masahiro Kobayashi

Scene: Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak III: Misa the Dark Angel / Eko eko azaraku III (1998) Katsuhito Ueno, Hinako Saeki, Ayaka Nanami, Missy Bolden

A temporal portal dumps a rotting zombie on a city street. “Misa Kuroi”, it croaks, before withering away. Read More »
Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man / Muhomatsu no issho (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa

In the turn of the Twentieth Century, the rickshaw driver Matsugoro “Matsu” Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard / Eko eko azaraku II (1996) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Wataru Shihôdô, Chieko Shiratori

Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to ‘Wizard of Darkness’ to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous Read More »