Tag Archives: japanese

The film takes place during the rule of the eighth shogun Yoshimune, placing the film’s setting somewhere between 1716 and 1745 Read More »

Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit Harakiri Read More »

Yuriko works at home all day as a tape transcriber, while her husband, Takashi, works as a school teacher. Read More »

Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi struggles to imbue her students with a positive view of the world and their place in it Read More »

Unemployed Kihachi and his two sons struggle to make ends meet. But that doesn’t keep Kihachi from wooing single mother Otaka. Read More »

The film tells of two friends from a university (played by Ichirô Yûki and Tatsuo Saitô) who vie for the attention of the same girl (Junko Matsui) during a skiing trip. Read More »

Newcomer Shizuka Ishibashi throws herself into the role of Mika, a nurse by day, a ‘girlie bar’ hostess by night, subject to feelings of anxiety and isolation Read More »

During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses. Read More »

The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi tracks the spy Nojiri, while a mysterious figure named Sakon leads a band of men on their own quest for the wily Nojiri. Read More »

The movie is built around the very complex relationships between Yoshida, leaving Shimizu for Aihara (or at least he tries to) Read More »