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Big Shots Die at Dawn AKA Kaoyaku akatsukini shisu (1961) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Shimazaki
After a long stint working in Alaska, Jiro returns to his hometown. Read More »
Tora-san 7 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Rumi Sakakibara
Tora-san returns to his hometown and is reconciled with his mother Kiku Read More »
The Beast Shall Die AKA Yajû shisubeshi (1959) Eizô Sugawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Eijirô Tôno
A promising post-graduate literature student (Nakadai) is transformed into a psychotic killer Read More »
Shimanto River AKA Shimanto-gawa (1991) Hideo Onchi, Kanako Higuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Kaoru Kobayashi
A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. Read More »
Modori River AKA Modori-gawa (1983) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Mariko Fuji, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Mieko Harada
Gakuyo is a poet of tanka (Japanese verses comprising 31 syllables) and spends his days in the company of prostitutes. Read More »
King Kong vs. Godzilla AKA Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1963) Ishirô Honda, Tom Montgomery, Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yû Fujiki
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island Read More »
The End of Summer AKA Natsu no owari (2013) Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, Hikari Mitsushima, Kaoru Kobayashi, Gô Ayano
Tomoko is sick and tired of her relationship with unpopular talented writer Shingo Read More »
Face AKA Kao (2000) Junji Sakamoto, Naomi Fujiyama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michiyo Ohkusu
The story of a socially awkward seamstress and her unexpected, darkly humorous journey Read More »
Lady Ramboh: Kill You! In My Justice AKA Onna Rambo (1994) Ippei Suzuki, Kenji Imai, Hiroyuki Okita, Tanaka Rooza
The lady of the title is an agent of some sort who, in the course of the movie Read More »
Three Outlaw Samurai AKA Sanbiki no samurai (1964) Hideo Gosha, Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira
When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate’s daughter to coerce Read More »
Tora-san 5 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boukyou hen (1970) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Aiko Nagayama
After an encounter with a dying yakuza’s son and at his sister Sakura’s urging Read More »
Tora-san 4 AKA Shin otoko wa tsurai yo (1970) Shun’ichi Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Komaki Kurihara
After winning big at the races, Torajiro wants to take his aunt and uncle Read More »
Tora-san 35 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô ren’ai juku (1985) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Mitsuru Hirata
On the Goto Islands, Tora-san rescues an old lady and befriends her. Read More »
Twinkle AKA Kira kira hikaru (1992) Joji Matsuoka, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michitaka Tsutsui
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past Read More »