Tag Archives: japanese

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 »

Adopted from a prize-winning school essay on the subject of ‘My Mother,’ upon being widowed a mother with Read More »

It’s the tale of Iba Choyu and Iba Choichi and their adopted brother Tomoyuki who grow up to be yakuza on the Okinawa Read More »

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. Read More »

Chikuzan Takahashi, in his late sixties at the time of filming, is a blind musician who has spent most of his life on the roads of Northern Japan Read More »

A single mother works tirelessly as a Ginza bar hostess to ensure a better life for her young son until–her long-lost husband returns. Read More »