Hiroshi Nanjo is an active and tactful youth devoting more of his energies to his part time job Read More »
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Let’s Go, Grandma! (1975) Shigeyuki Yamane, Hideki Saijô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Junko Natsu
Let’s Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story. Read More »
Battle of Roses (1950) Mikio Naruse, Kuniko Miyake, Setsuko Wakayama, Yôko Katsuragi
In Japan, after the death of Mr. Masago, her wife Satomi Masago loses the family’s company “Lily Cosmetic” Read More »
The Irresponsible Fool / Iikagen baka (1964) Yôji Yamada, Hajime Hana, Shima Iwashita, Tokue Hanazawa
Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi’s only trait is his innate mischievousness. Read More »
The Snow Woman (1968) Tokuzô Tanaka, Shiho Fujimura, Akira Ishihama, Machiko Hasegawa
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a terrible snow storm after locating Read More »
Munekata kyôdai / The Munekata Sisters (1950) Yasujirô Ozu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Hideko Takamine, Ken Uehara
Setsuko is unhappily to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. Read More »
Suzaki Paradise Red Light (1956) Yûzô Kawashima
A couple stand indecisively on a bridge in Asakusa. Tsutae and Yoshiji have lost confidence Read More »
The Crowded Train / Manin densha (1957) Kon Ichikawa
Tamio Moroi graduates from a prestigious university and obtains a job at the Camel Brewery in a distant town. Read More »
Kôrei / Seance (2000) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kôji Yakusho
A psychic housewife and her husband become burdened with a kidnapped girl who escaped her assailant. Read More »
Three Outlaw Samurai / Sanbiki no samurai (1964) Hideo Gosha
When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate’s daughter to coerce Read More »