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Afternoon Breezes AKA Kazetachi no gogo (1980) Hitoshi Yazaki, Setsuko Aya, Naomi Ito, Hiroshi Sugita
Two young girls, Mitsu and Natsuko, share the same apartment. Read More »
Hear the Song of the Wind AKA Kaze no uta o kike (1982) Kazuki Ohmori, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kimie Shingyôji, Kai Atô
A student travels back to Kobe for the summer. Once there, he meets his friend Rat Read More »
Serial Killer AKA Ryakushô: renzoku shasatsuma (1975) Masao Adachi
A visual document of the life of serial killer Norio Nagayama Read More »
Chutaro of Banba AKA Banba no Chûtarô (1955) Nobuo Nakagawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Isuzu Yamada, Sanae Mitsuoka
Based on the play ”Mabuta no Haha” by famed author Hasegawa Shin, this is the first major Read More »
A Class to Remember 2 AKA Gakko II (1996) Yôji Yamada, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Ayumi Hamasaki
The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School. Read More »
The Yakuza Wives 2 AKA Gokudo no onna-tachi 2 (1987) Tooru Dobashi, Yukiyo Toake, Rino Katase, Hiroaki Murakami
Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s Read More »
The Sword of Doom AKA Dai-bosatsu tôge (1966) Kihachi Okamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. Read More »
Onimasa AKA Kiryûin Hanako no shôgai (1982) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masako Natsume, Akiko Nakamura
A yakuza melodrama, covering decades in the lives of Boss Onimasa Read More »
Junk Head (2017) Takahide Hori
Mankind can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. Read More »
Sakuya: Slayer of Demons AKA Sakuya: yôkaiden (2000) Tomoo Haraguchi, Nozomi Andô, Kyûsaku Shimada, Keiko Matsuzaka
The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Read More »
Godzilla’s Revenge AKA Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki (1969) Ishirô Honda, Kenji Sahara, Machiko Naka, Tomonori Yazaki
Ichiro is a highly imaginative, but lonely, boy growing up in urban Tokyo. Read More »
Stolen Pleasure AKA Tadare (1962) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Jirô Tamiya, Yaeko Mizutani
Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adaptation by Kaneto Shindo, Masumura Yasuzo directs. Read More »
Hero of the Red Light District AKA Yôtô monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri (1960) Tomu Uchida, Chiezô Kataoka, Yaeko Mizutani, Isao Kimura
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness Read More »
Rampaging Dragon on the North AKA Hokkai no Abare-Ryu (1966) Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuo Umemiya, Susumu Fujita, Nijiko Kiyokawa
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza Read More »