A budding capitalist and his girlfriend abandon their failure in the big city Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
The Room AKA Heya (1993) Sion Sono, Akaji Maro, Yoriko Dôguchi, Shirô Sano
A quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through all the rooms Read More »
Another Heaven AKA Anaza hevun (2000) Jôji Iida, Yôsuke Eguchi, Miwako Ichikawa, Takashi Kashiwabara
A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim Read More »
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name AKA Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku: Namae no nai mori (2002) Shinji Aoyama, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyôka Suzuki, Nene Ohtsuka
Financially strapped private detective Hama Maike is hired by a businessman Read More »
Lonely Heart AKA Kôfuku (1981) Kon Ichikawa, Yutaka Mizutani, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Rie Nakahara
The plot of ”Lonely Heart” concerns a gunman who murders all the occupants of a bookstore. Read More »
Red Beard AKA Akahige (1965) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki
In a charity hospital, a hard-bitten but honorable older doctor, Dr. Niide Read More »
A Haunted School AKA Bôrei gakkyû (1996) Norio Tsuruta, Yuriko Hishimi, Kei Ishibashi, Hiroko Kano
A young girl who reads the popular Bôrei gakkyû comic finds strange and terrifying things happening to her. Read More »
Focus (1996) Satoshi Isaka, Tadanobu Asano, Keiko Unno, Akira Hirai
A small and intrusive reporting crew are reporting on the actions of a man who monitors transmissions in a documentary they are filming. Read More »
Two Punks AKA Chinpira (1996) Shinji Aoyama, Takao Ohsawa, Duncan, Reiko Kataoka
Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence–a crime drama about a boy Read More »
Kids Return: The Reunion AKA Kizzu ritân: Saikai no toki (2013) Hiroshi Shimizu, Yûta Hiraoka, Takahiro Miura, Bengal
Set 10 years after “Kids Return.” Shinji and Masaru have graduated from high school with different paths in their lives. Read More »