Tag Archives: japanese
Mabuta no haha / The Mother He Never Knew (1962) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Michiyo Kogure, Drama, Action
Shûbun / Scandal (1950) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Yôko Katsuragi, Drama
Ichiro Aoye, a young painter, encounters a famous singer, Miyako Saijo, while on holiday in the mountains. Read More »
Kanashi iro yanen / Getting Blue in Color (1988) Yoshimitsu Morita, Tôru Nakamura, Masahiro Takashima, Miwako Fujitani, Action, Crime, Drama
Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. Read More »
Koto / Ancient City (1980) Kon Ichikawa, Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Keiko Kishi, Drama
Koto is a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura in an adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata’s story The Old Capital. Read More »
Mujô / This Transient Life (1970) Akio Jissôji, Kotobuki Hananomoto, Akiji Kobayashi, Eiji Okada, Drama
Set around a remote Buddhist monastery, it features Masao, a young son of a rich merchant who doesn’t want to follow his father into business or go to college Read More »
Jisatsu manyuaru / Suicide Manual (2003) Osamu Fukutani, Chisato Morishita, Kenji Mizuhashi, Yûko Nakamura, Drama, Horror, Thriller
After the group suicide of four people, journalists Yuu and Rie investigate the reasons behind an endless cycle of suicides Read More »
Niryû shôsetsuka: Shiriarisuto / The Serialist (2013) Nobuaki Izaki, Takaya Kamikawa, Denden, Aya Hirayama, Mystery
Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Read More »
Shimauma / Zebra (2016) Hajime Hashimoto, Ryô Ryûsei, Kenta Suga, Kyoko Hinami, Crime, Thriller
Dora (Ryo Ryusei) and associates runs a badger game scheme to extort victims out of money. One day though, their target looks like an ordinary guy, but he tuns out to be a yakuza. Read More »
Orion-za kara no shôtaijô / The Invitation from Cinema Orion (2007) Kenki Saegusa, Rie Miyazawa, Ryo Kase, Ryûdô Uzaki, Drama
Based on the short story from the best-selling collection “Poppoya” by Jiro Asada, “The Invitation from Cinema Orion” tells the story of a couple’s undying love for the cinema and each other. Read More »