An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru (“Lucky Dragon No. 5”) sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Read More »
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Night and Fog in Japan (1960) Nagisa Ôshima, Miyuki Kuwano, Fumio Watanabe, Masahiko Tsugawa
Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense Read More »
Scars of the Sun (2006) Takashi Miike, Shô Aikawa, Aiko Satô, Ken’ichi Endô
Katayama (Aikawa Sho) is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he stumbles on a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Read More »
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996) Shunji Iwai, Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Itô
After a young girl’s mother dies, she is cared for by Glico, a brassy hooker, who gives the girl the name “Ageha” (Butterfly). Read More »
Scent of a Spell (1985) Toshiharu Ikeda, Mari Amachi, Johnny Ohkura, Yuki Kazamatsuri
A young man returns home from the bar only to find a woman who was about to kill herself. Read More »
Crazed Beast (1976) Sadao Nakajima, Tsunehiko Watase, Jun Hoshino, Takuzô Kawatani
Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. Read More »
Death by Hanging (1968) Nagisa Ôshima, Kei Satô, Fumio Watanabe, Toshirô Ishidô
This sad tale, based on a true story of a Japanese-born Korean student who raped and killed two girls in 1958 Read More »
An Outlaw (1964) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Tetsurô Tanba, Naoki Sugiura
A killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. Read More »
Passing fancy (1933) Yasujirô Ozu, Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuko Fushimi, Den Ohinata
After the death of his wife, a man struggles to raise his son in nearly overwhelming poverty. Read More »
A Wife Confesses (1961) Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru
Ayako is charged with murdering her much older academic husband while climbing a mountain. Read More »