Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother Read More »
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Revenge of the Pearl Queen (1956) Toshio Shimura, Susumu Fujita, Michiko Maeda, Ken Utsui
A story of sex and survival, Toshio Shimura’s REVENGE OF THE PEARL QUEEN stars voluptuous Michiko Maeda Read More »
The Boxer (1977) Shûji Terayama, Bunta Sugawara, Kentarô Shimizu, Masumi Harukawa
A young boxer accidentally kills an ex-boxing champion’s brother. Read More »
Seijo densetsu / No More God, No More Love (1985) Tôru Murakawa, Hiromi Gô, Shima Iwashita, Miyuki Ono
Released after seven years in prison, an inveterate thug goes from strength to ruthless strength Read More »
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf / Yomigaeru kinrô (1979) Tôru Murakawa, Yûsaku Matsuda, Jun Fubuki, Kei Satô
Yusaka Matsuda stars as a seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salary man who leads a double life Read More »
Onna no naka ni iru tanin / The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) Mikio Naruse, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Mitsuko Kusabue
Tashiro (Keiju Kobayashi) coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto (Tatsuya Mihashi) Read More »
The Woman Who Wanted to Die (1971) Kôji Wakamatsu, Eriko Shima, Hiroshi Yajima, Takeshi Shima
In the wake of Yukio Mishima’s suicide, two suicidal couples are about to face their memories Read More »
When They Cry: Reshuffle / Higurashi no naku koro ni: Chikai (2009) Ataru Oikawa, Aika, Rin Asuka, Ayako Kawahara
Rena’s mental state devolves after her parents divorce. She moves with her father to Hinamizawa Village. Read More »
Kiriko (1994) Takeshi Miyasaka, Megumi Takahashi, Rie Kondoh, SABU
Yakuza drug dealers lure the blind Kiriko into town to take revenge on her. Read More »
Suke-san Kaku-san oabare (1961) Tadashi Sawashima, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Hiroki Matsukata, Haruo Tanaka
The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun’s uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Read More »