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Heartless (1968) Mio Ezaki, Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Kôji Wada, Hiroshi Nawa

Known as one of the pioneers to establish the Nikkatsu “mood action” genre, Mio Ezaki incorporates road movie scenes with a new theme song sung by Tetsuya Watari Read More »
The Victory of Women (1946) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiko Kuwano, Mitsuko Miura

A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Read More »
Blood of Revenge (1965) Tai Katô, Kôji Tsuruta, Junko Fuji, Tetsurô Tanba

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running Read More »
The Downfall of Osen (1935) Kenji Mizoguchi, Isuzu Yamada, Daijirô Natsukawa, Mitsusaburô Ramon

In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Read More »
The Youth Killer (1976) Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Yutaka Mizutani, Mieko Harada, Etsuko Ichihara

Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love Read More »
A Lively Geisha (1968) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Bunta Sugawara, Keiko Yumi

Koshizu (Fuji), a young geisha, tries to kill herself but is saved by cook Yukichi (Sugahara). Read More »
Ishimatsu The Yakuza: Somethings Fishy (1967) Norifumi Suzuki, Saburô Kitajima, Hideo Murata, Teruo Yoshida

Matsukichi, a worker at a local fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf. Read More »
Gangster VIP (1968) Toshio Masuda, Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Mitsuo Hamada, Tamio Kawachi

The film stars Tetsuya Watari who plays Goro, a gangster who was sent to prison for three years for stabbing a hitman Read More »
Run, Truck Rascal, Run! (1979) Noribumi Suzuki, Bunta Sugawara, Kin’ya Aikawa, Masumi Harukawa

Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Read More »