
In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. Read More »
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Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (1964) Tai Katô, Ryôhei Uchida, Jûshirô Konoe, Hiroko Sakuramachi

Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. Read More »
Saudade (2011) Katsuya Tomita, Ayano, Chie Kudô, Chika Kumada

Seiji works on construction sites. He sympathizes with Hosaka just back from Thailand. Read More »
Beijing Watermelon (1989) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Bengaru, Masako Motai, Yasufumi Hayashi

The film is based on true events. It centers around Shunzo, a popular greengrocer who lives in a city near Tokyo. Read More »
A Chaos of Flowers (1988) Kinji Fukasaku, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Keiko Matsuzaka, Ken Ogata

Poet Akiko Yosano is a poor woman with many children, she composes while doing the housework. Read More »
Blood for Blood (1971) Yasuharu Hasebe, Jô Shishido, Makoto Satô, Meiko Kaji

A uniformly excellent, no-no-nonsense, straightforward yakuza sage. Read More »
Earth (1939) Tomu Uchida, Isamu Kosugi, Akiko Kazami, Donguriboya

The setting is that of a farming family in Ibaraki from where also the originating writers hailed. Read More »
Uzumasa Limelight (2014) Ken Ochiai, Seizô Fukumoto, Chihiro Yamamoto, Masashi Gôda

The film centers an aged movie extra who specializes to be killed in samurai movies without ever being lit by the limelight. Read More »
Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989) Yasuo Furuhata, Yoshiko Mita, Rino Katase, Ken’ichi Hagiwara

Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Read More »
009-1: The End of the Beginning (2013) Koichi Sakamoto, Mayuko Iwasa, Minehiro Kinomoto, Nao Nagasawa

In 20xx, the world is divided into two powers: the Western Block and the Eastern Block. Read More »