As the great military commander Nobunaga Oda was consolidating his power across Japan, one of his actions was to wipe out a clan of assassins Read More »
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Black Rose Ascension (1975) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Shin Kishida, Naomi Tani, Meika Seri
Shin Kishida stars as Juzo, a self-important pinku eiga director plainly modeled on Nagisa Oshima. Read More »
R100 (2013) Hitoshi Matsumoto, Nao Ohmori, Mao Daichi, Shinobu Terajima
An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. Read More »
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) Takashi Miike, Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda
A pioneer of a man convinces his family to take advantage of news of a road soon to be built through an area of the country that can be had for next to nothing. Read More »
Negotiator (2003) Takashi Miike, Hiroshi Mikami, Mayu Tsuruta, Shirô Sano
After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Read More »
Alley Cat (2000) Kon Ichikawa, Kôji Yakusho, Yûko Asano, Tsurutarô Kataoka
Samurai Koheita Mochizuki, who goes by the nickname Dora-Heita, meaning “alley cat” or “playboy” Read More »
Lesson of the Evil (2012) Takashi Miike, Takayuki Yamada, Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô
A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body. Read More »
Night drum (1958) Tadashi Imai, Rentarô Mikuni, Ineko Arima, Masayuki Mori
When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. Read More »
Wolf (1955) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Sanae Takasugi
A few years after the surrender of Japan in the Second World War. Read More »
Big Man Japan (2007) Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi
An eccentric man aged about 40 lives alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo. Read More »