Tag Archives: japanese

This film, directed by Mikio Naruse, is a study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. Read More »

The first of two films in the Ryuzen series, a rogue martial arts practicing, fornicating, alcohol drinking Read More »

Koji Wakamatsu’s biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. Read More »

Documentary on the Japanese boxer Unchain Kaji, who retired from the ring at the age of 30 with an eye injury and a losing record. Read More »

In 1964, a chemical factory in Niigata Prefecture dumped mercury into the Agano River Read More »

A diary film about Kawase’s relationship with her Grandma and the search for her Father Read More »

Yoichi Higashi’s Watashi No Gurampa (My Granpa) concerns the relationship between ex-convict Kenzo (Bunta Sugawara) Read More »

26 year old Kentaro discovers his biological grandfather died as a kamikaze pilot during WW2. Read More »

A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity Read More »

Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. Read More »