Hayashida Gisuke is illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during the burglary he becomes a witness of derailment. Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
That Night’s Wife (1930) Yasujirô Ozu, Mitsuko Ichimura, Tokihiko Okada, Chishû Ryû
A desperate man with a sick daughter decides to commit a robbery in order to help her. Read More »
The Blind Menace (1960) Kazuo Mori, Shintarô Katsu, Tamao Nakamura, Mieko Kondô
Before he portrayed the legendary blind swordsman, Zatoichi, Shintaro Katsu played Suganoichi, a blind court masseur with a dark side. Read More »
Drunken Angel (1948) Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reizaburô Yamamoto
After a battle with rival criminals, a small-time gangster is treated by an alcoholic doctor in post-war Japan. Read More »
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) Susumu Hani, Haruo Asanu, Kazuko Fukuda, Kuniko Ishii
In the seminal tragedy of a love story, which is shot in a documentary style Read More »
Warring Clans (1963) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Makoto Satô
A lone masterless warrior with some new friends helps ship 300 rifles to a Japanese warlord during the sengoku period. Read More »
Retreat from Kiska (1965) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Sô Yamamura, Makoto Satô
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. Read More »
Norwegian Wood (2010) Tran Anh Hung, Ken’ichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara
Set in the 1960’s, high school student Toru Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) loses his only friend Kizuki (Kengo Kora) after he commits suicide. Read More »
Warning from Space (1956) Kôji Shima, Keizô Kawasaki, Toyomi Karita, Bin Yagisawa
UFOs are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Read More »
The Black Test Car (1962) Jirô Tamiya, Junko Kanô, Eiji Funakoshi, Yasuzô Masumura
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch. Read More »