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The Orphan Gambler (1971) Shigehiro Ozawa, Sumiko Fuji, Kôji Tsuruta, Gannosuke Ashiya

Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills Read More »
Koma (2009) Naomi Kawase

A Japanese-Korean man (Kitamura Kizuki) travels to a village in Nara to fulfill his late grandfather’s final wish. Read More »
Conflagration (1958) Kon Ichikawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai

Goichi Mizoguchi, an aspiring Buddhist monk who became involved in the temple that was owned by his father Read More »
A Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji (1955) Tomu Uchida, Chiezo Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Chizuru Kitagawa

A samurai travels to Edo with his two servants. On their way, they meet many people and encounter great injustice. Read More »
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965) Satsuo Yamamoto, Rentarô Mikuni, Yûnosuke Itô, Shin’ichi Chiba, Shinjirô Ehara

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 »
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 »