
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss, Mr. Asai, so she can pay her father’s debt, and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement. Read More »
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Ubume no natsu / Summer of Ubume (2005) Akio Jissôji, Hiroshi Abe, Nômaru Abe, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

During the 1950’s, a Tokyo woman from a wealthy family has been pregnant for 20 months while her husband Read More »
Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni

With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town’s wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. Read More »
Otome-gokoro – Sannin-shimai / Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935) Mikio Naruse, Chikako Hosokawa, Masako Tsutsumi, Ryuko Umezono

Three sisters earn money by being street musicians. A number of loosely linked episodes ensue as the sisters Read More »
Enchanted Princess / Hatsuharu tanuki goten (1959) Keigo Kimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Shintarô Katsu

Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. Read More »
Wild Geese / Gan (1966) Kazuo Ikehiro, Ayako Wakao, Gaku Yamamoto, Eitarô Ozawa

A poor woman agrees to marry a much older man, not knowing that his wife is still alive. Read More »
1750 Days of Turbulence (1990) Sadao Nakajima, Kiichi Nakai, Kiyoshi Nakajoe, Mariko Okada

Japan’s largest yakuza, boasting 12,000 members, splits apart, resulting in a bloody turmoil spanning Read More »
Akutô / A Scoundrel (1965) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Kyôko Kishida, Eitarô Ozawa

A provincial warlord who has seized power after success in battle is our titular ‘scoundrel’. Read More »
Lovers’ Kiss (2003) Ataru Oikawa, Aya Hirayama, Aoi Miyazaki, Mikako Ichikawa

Rikako of the twelfth grade repeated play at night with her close Miki every day. Read More »
Kobe Kokusai Gang / International Gangs of Kobe (1975) Noboru Tanaka, Ken Takakura, Bunta Sugawara, Isao Natsuyagi

In International Gangs of Kobe the opposite occurs; it’s Sugawara’s presence that brings out Takakura’s ruthless side. Read More »