Tag Archives: japanese

After the death of his wife, a man struggles to raise his son in nearly overwhelming poverty. Read More »

Ayako is charged with murdering her much older academic husband while climbing a mountain. Read More »

A young woman undergoes psychiatric treatment after she no longer hears music and develops sexual hang-ups. Read More »

Misumi has a criminal record dating back many years and is now under the spotlight again. Read More »

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband’s co-worker, a widower. Read More »

A bearded kendo champion has difficulties in life because of his conservative ways and his unusual beard. Read More »

A story of a college student (Tatsuo Saitô) and his schoolmates trying to pass the exams by cheating. Read More »

In Lucille Carra’s all too short, invigorating new film, “The Inland Sea,” as in the Donald Richie travel memoir on which it is based Read More »

A portrait of the relationship between Minako, a girl in junior high deserted by her mother when she was young Read More »

Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. Read More »