
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Read More »
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House AKA Hausu (1977) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba

Oshare (Gorgeous) is excited about spending summer vacation with her father Read More »
Advance Patrol (1957) Kazuo Mori, Kenji Sugawara, Yoshirô Kitahara, Ryûji Shinagawa

January 1905, Manchuria. The Russo-Japanese War has been going on for nearly a year. Read More »
Sword of the Beast AKA Kedamono no ken (1965) Hideo Gosha, Mikijirô Hira, Gô Katô, Shima Iwashita

Gennosuke, a clan retainer, kills one of the clan ministers as part of a plot to achieve reform. Read More »
Circus Boys AKA Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon (1989) Kaizô Hayashi, Hiroshi Mikami, Moe Kamura, Jian Xiu

Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. Read More »
Mother Never Dies / Haha wa Shinazu (1942) Mikio Naruse, Takako Irie, Yukiko Todoroki, Ichirô Sugai

The story begins in 1929 with Sugai (Sugai Ichiro) losing his job in the stock- market crash. Read More »
Abashiri Prison: Saga of Homesickness AKA Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen (1965) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Naoki Sugiura

Shin’Ichi returns home to visit his mother’s grave. Upon returning he finds the mess that his previous reckless behavior left behind. Read More »
Night’s Tightrope AKA Shôjo (2016) Yukiko Mishima, Tsubasa Honda, Gorô Inagaki, Shizuka Ishibashi

Based on the novel Shojo by Kanae Minato, watch for the story of high school student Yuki who plans to see a dead body. Read More »
Voice Without a Shadow AKA Kagenaki koe (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Yôko Minamida, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko

Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Read More »
Intimidation AKA Aru kyôhaku (1960) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Kô Nishimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Mari Shiraki

A bank manager is blackmailed into robbing his own bank. Read More »