After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest Samurai, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
Flame and Women (1967) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Isao Kimura, Mayumi Ogawa
A sterile man arranges for his disapproving wife to receive artificial insemination Read More »
Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998) Takashi Miike, Takeshi Caesar, Setsuko Karasuma, Yûki Nagata
Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Read More »
The Mourning Forest (2007) Naomi Kawase, Yôichirô Saitô, Kanako Masuda, Machiko Ono
A care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country Read More »
Cops vs. Thugs (1975) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Endô, Seizô Fukumoto
Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal Read More »
A Boy Called H (2013) Yasuo Furuhata, Yutaka Mizutani, Ran Itô, Tatsuki Yoshioka
Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio (Yutaka Mizutani), “A Boy Called H” follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed “H”. Read More »
Asian Beat: Powder Road (1991) Chatrichalerm Yukol
The Yakuza has two investments in Thailand. One is a factory polluting the environment in Pattaya. Read More »
Mr. Thank You (1936) Hiroshi Shimizu, Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka
Mr. Thank You is the kindly young driver of a local bus traveling from poverty stricken coastal villages, over the mountains, to the town. Read More »
Sway (2006) Miwa Nishikawa, Joe Odagiri, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masatô Ibu
On the anniversary of the death of the mother of a hip and happening Tokyo-based photographer, the son returns to his hometown for the funeral. Read More »
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (2003) Taiyô Sugiura, Daisuke Shima, Kaori Sakagami
While E.Y.E.S. prepare to safely transport the worlds monsters to a far off planet Read More »