In Japan, the small Masashi moves from one evacuation center to a small town. Read More »
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka (1962)
In one of her best movie roles, super-star singer/actress Misora Hibari Read More »
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A AKA 46-okunen no koi (2006) Takashi Miike, Ryûhei Matsuda, Masanobu Andô, Shunsuke Kubozuka
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. Read More »
Genocide AKA Konchû daisensô (1968) Kazui Nihonmatsu, Keisuke Sonoi, Yûsuke Kawazu, Emi Shindô
All the insects on Earth become wild and attack humans, causing Armageddon. Read More »
Slaughter in the Snow (1973) Kazuo Ikehiro, Hajime Araki, Kai Atô, Takamori Gen
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Read More »
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 »