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Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori

The environment and the movie stars at a Japanese film studio in the early ’30s are recreated in this drama that looks back Read More »
A Hell Of A Guy (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Mitsuo Sagawa, Mayumi Shimizu

Wada Koji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss. Read More »
Tora-san 29 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro ajisai no koi (1982) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ayumi Ishida

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Read More »
Wolves, Pigs and People (1964) Kinji Fukasaku, Ken Takakura, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Shinjirô Ebara

A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang. Read More »
Technique of Love: Kama Sutra (1970) Kôji Wakamatsu, Eri Ashikawa, Jôji Ichimura, Yûko Etô

A how-to SEX documentary that interprets the Indian sexual scripture Kama Sutra in the style of Koji Wakamatsu. Read More »
The Donkey Comes on a Tank (1964) Yôji Yamada, Hajime Hana, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Shima Iwashita

Sabu was once a boy soldier, but people in his village disliked him. Read More »
Yotsuya Kaidan (1956) Masaki Môri, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akemi Tsukushi, Chieko Sôma

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. Read More »
The Biggest Gamble / Sengo Saidai no Toba (1969) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Akiko Koyama

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district’s chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible Read More »
The Enchantment / Yûwakusha (1989) Shunichi Nagasaki, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Masao Kusakari, Kiwako Harada

Love triangles are fun. They are especially fun with the involved including a psychiatrist, his secretary and a patient. Read More »