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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 »
The Man Who Put His Will on Film AKA Tôkyô sensô sengo hiwa (1970) Nagisa Ôshima, Kazuo Goto, Sukio Fukuoka, Kenichi Fukuda

A metaphysical mystery involving a university student’s camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide. Read More »
Hanzo the Razor: Who’s Got the Gold? AKA Goyôkiba: Oni no Hanzô yawahada koban (1974) Yoshio Inoue, Shintarô Katsu, Kô Nishimura, Mako Midori, Mikio Narita

Follow the money. In a time of economic disaster for wage earners, Hanzo discovers a conspiracy among high officials Read More »
Illusion of Blood AKA Yotsuya kaidan (1965) Shirô Toyoda, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mariko Okada, Junko Ikeuchi

Illusion of Blood takes place in the mid-19th century and concerns a masterless samurai named Iuemon Tamiya (Tatsuya Nakadai) Read More »
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice AKA Goyôkiba (1972) Kenji Misumi, Shintarô Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi, Kô Nishimura

Hanzo Itami is an incorruptible Edo officer who learns that an infamous killer has fled from his island prison. Read More »