Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan’s Naval Air Force. Read More »
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The Sting of Death (1990) Kôhei Oguri, Keiko Matsuzaka, Ittoku Kishibe, Midori Kiuchi
Period drama set in the 1950’s about a couple isolating themselves from the outside world as they attempt Read More »
I, the Executioner (1968) Tai Katô, Chieko Baishô, Yuki Kawamura, Sanae Nakahara
Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer’s machinations Read More »
Labyrinth of Dreams (1997) Gakuryû Ishii, Rena Komine, Tadanobu Asano, Kotomi Kyôno
Tomiko is a conductor in a rural bus driven by the handsome Niitaka. Tomiko had received a letter from her best friend Tsuyako Read More »
A Class to Remember 2 / Gakko II (1996) Yôji Yamada, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Ayumi Hamasaki
Two teachers at a special high school must deal with the fact that two of their learning impaired students have just disappeared. Read More »
Gakko / A Class to Remember (1993) Yôji Yamada, Toshiyuki Nishida, Eiko Shinya, Keiko Takeshita
Kuroi, a night school teacher, asks his student to each write an essay recalling their experience in his class. Read More »
The Bedroom / Uwakizuma: Chijokuzeme (1992) Hisayasu Satô, Kiyomi Itô, Momori Asano, Kyôko Nakamura
Erotic drama set in an underground Tokyo club called The Bedroom, where the female clientele Read More »
The Red Cherry Blossom Family (1972) Masahiro Makino, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Kôji Tsuruta
It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending. Read More »
Kisses (1957) Yasuzô Masumura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Aiko Mimasu
Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. Read More »
Four Seasons: Utopiano (1980) Shôichirô Sasaki, Sachiyo Nakao
A visual poem that traces the sonic memories of piano tuner Eiko. Read More »