Tag Archives: japanese

In 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. Read More »

Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Read More »

The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. Read More »

The GhostHustlers are three beautiful female students Kyoko, Mayu and Emi who fight evil spirits at Onin High School. Read More »

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. Read More »

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother Read More »

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 »

A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Read More »

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running Read More »

In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Read More »