Tag Archives: japanese

Seduction, betrayal, murder, insomnia and apparitions are the elements at play in Wayne Wang’s tense and masterful version Read More »

After a life in reform school, Rika (Reiko Oshida) tries her hand at becoming a decent, upstanding citizen. Read More »

A young Japanese man finds himself in the company of a strange, effeminate gay man and a girl with a seedy sexual history and who even now is pregnant again. Read More »

Tetsuaki is an unpublished novelist who makes his living by taking odd jobs. Read More »

A story about the rise and fall of United Red Army, a real life 70s short-lived Japanese armed revolutionary communist movement Read More »

Based on novel by Shintaro Ishihara, this is a human drama about the complex relationship of parent and child. Read More »

One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. Read More »

After leaving high school, Michio Yamada (Norio Nagayama in the real life incidents) becomes involved in the shudan shushoku Read More »

A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. Read More »

Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Read More »