
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 »
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The Life of Chikuzan (1977) Kaneto Shindô, Ryûzô Hayashi, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Baishô

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 »
Every-Night Dreams (1933) Mikio Naruse, Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saitô, Jun Arai

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 »
Youth in Fury (1960) Masahiro Shinoda, Shin’ichirô Mikami, Shima Iwashita, Kayoko Honoo

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku’s iconoclastic New Wave. Read More »
Jirocho Fuji (1959) Kazuo Mori, Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu

An all-star cast from Daiei Film Company has made “the ultimate Jirocho movie” about the legendary yakuza Shimizu no Jirocho, the biggest Boss in the Tokaido area. Read More »
A Gamblers Life: The Massacring Fudo (1969) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Raizô Ichikawa, Jûshirô Konoe, Machiko Hasegawa

A debt collector visits a gambling den in search of a gambler – the gambler’s wife and daughter are sick Read More »
Terrifying Girls High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973) Norifumi Suzuki, Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike, Seiko Saburi

Three new students at a super-strict girl’s school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic Read More »
Last Days of the Boss (1976) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Isao Bitô, Takeo Chii

Sugawara plays Nozaki, a laborer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss Read More »
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971) Shûji Terayama, Hideaki Sasaki, Masahiro Saito, Yukiko Kobayashi

An angst-ridden teen dealing with his dysfunctional family hits the streets. Read More »
A Hen in the Wind (1948) Yasujirô Ozu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Shûji Sano, Chieko Murata

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband’s return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. Read More »