Oryu searches for a blind girl she left behind but gets involved in a Yakuza turf war. Read More »
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A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973) Jun’ya Satô, Noboru Andô, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Murota
A band of ex-soldiers, scoundrels, and thugs in Ginza after World War Two fight Read More »
Lake of Tears / Umi no koto (1966) Tomotaka Tasaka, Yoshiko Sakuma, Katsuo Nakamura, Ganjirô Nakamura
A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Read More »
Aisuru / To Love (1997) Kei Kumai, Miki Sakai, Atsuro Watabe, Jô Shishido
Mitsu (Sakai Miki) meets Yoshioka (Watabe Atsuro) on Christmas and spends the night with him. Read More »
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971) Tai Katô, Junko Fuji, Kôji Tsuruta, Katsutoshi Akiyama
The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu Read More »
Inazuma / Lightning (1952) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Mitsuko Miura, Kyôko Kagawa
Mikio Naruse’s second adaptation of a novel by Fumiko Hayashi stars Hideko Takamine, the director’s frequent muse Read More »
The Target of Roses / Bara no hyôteki (1972)
A gunslinger is hired to kill a news photographer. The young ward of the shot photographer Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak: Awakening / Eko eko azaraku (2001)
A girl dressed in white stands alone in the woods, her hands smeared with blood. Read More »
Sanshiro Sugata (1965)
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. Read More »
Crest of Betrayal (1994)
When Tamiya Iyemon joins the Asano Clan, he brings with him a legacy of death. Read More »