
Hishakaku asks his woman, Otoyo, a former geisha, to move to Tokyo, where they are taken in by Boss Kokin. Read More »
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Fireflies / Hotarubi (1958) Heinosuke Gosho, Chikage Awashima, Junzaburô Ban, Ayako Wakao

Tose got incredibly lucky to go from being the peasants’ daughter to the owner of a famous inn. Read More »
The Radiant Prince / Shin Genji monogatari (1961) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Hanayo Sumi

Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother Read More »
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 »