Tag Archives: japanese

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 »

Taking up the argument of ‘Onibaba’ (1964), the nonagenarian Director Kaneto Shindo places the action in the eighties Read More »

Upon the death of the third Shogun, his heir is kidnapped by a ninja group. Read More »

This trilogy is comprised of Karate Bullfighter, Karate Bear Fighter, and Karate For Life, each one focusing on a different part Read More »

In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit Read More »