Tashiro (Keiju Kobayashi) coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto (Tatsuya Mihashi) Read More »
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The Woman Who Wanted to Die (1971) Kôji Wakamatsu, Eriko Shima, Hiroshi Yajima, Takeshi Shima
In the wake of Yukio Mishima’s suicide, two suicidal couples are about to face their memories Read More »
When They Cry: Reshuffle / Higurashi no naku koro ni: Chikai (2009) Ataru Oikawa, Aika, Rin Asuka, Ayako Kawahara
Rena’s mental state devolves after her parents divorce. She moves with her father to Hinamizawa Village. Read More »
Kiriko (1994) Takeshi Miyasaka, Megumi Takahashi, Rie Kondoh, SABU
Yakuza drug dealers lure the blind Kiriko into town to take revenge on her. Read More »
Suke-san Kaku-san oabare (1961) Tadashi Sawashima, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Hiroki Matsukata, Haruo Tanaka
The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun’s uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Read More »
Riarizumu no yado / Ramblers (2003) Nobuhiro Yamashita, Keishi Nagatsuka, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Machiko Ono
Tsuboi and Kinoshita have just arrived at a desolate town. Both of them are amateur filmmakers. Read More »
The Masseurs and a Woman / Anma to onna (1938) Hiroshi Shimizu, Shotaro Akagi, Shin’ichi Himori, Ayuko Hirano
Two blind masseurs Toku and Fuku walk to a mountain retreat to work for the season. Read More »
Children in the Wind / Kaze no naka no kodomo (1937) Hiroshi Shimizu, Reikichi Kawamura, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Masao Hayama
On vacation’s eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement. Read More »
The Fossil / Kaseki (1975) Masaki Kobayashi, Shin Saburi, Mayumi Ogawa, Keiko Kishi
In the story, an industrialist learns of a medical condition which will greatly shorten his life. Read More »
Light and Shade of Youth (1976) Shigeyuki Yamane, Hiromi Gô, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Atsushi Kawaguchi
Hiroshi Nanjo is an active and tactful youth devoting more of his energies to his part time job Read More »