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High School Ghosthustlers (1995) Yoshinari Nishikôri, Mitsuko Abe, Gô Awazu, Glover

The GhostHustlers are three beautiful female students Kyoko, Mayu and Emi who fight evil spirits at Onin High School. Read More »
The 47 Ronin (1941) Kenji Mizoguchi, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa

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 »
Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005) Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine, Andrew Alfieri, Hideaki Anno, Moyoco Anno

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