Samurai Koheita Mochizuki, who goes by the nickname Dora-Heita, meaning “alley cat” or “playboy” Read More »
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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 »
The Lucky Adventurer Oda Nobunaga (1959) Toshikazu Kôno, Katsuo Nakamura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Eitarô Shindô
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. Read More »
Symbol (2009) Hitoshi Matsumoto, David Quintero, Luis Accinelli
A man wakes up alone in a brightly illuminated white room with no windows or doors. Read More »
Gorath (1962) Ishirô Honda, Ryô Ikebe, Yumi Shirakawa, Akira Kubo
In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Read More »
Tokyo Sonata (2008) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi
An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company. Read More »
Industrial Spy (1968) Eiichi Kudô, Tatsuo Umemiya, Reiko Ônobuta, Kyôsuke Machida
A spy learns the top secrets of a company. Read More »