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Giants and Toys (1958) Yasuzô Masumura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product Read More »
11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu

On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence Read More »
Caterpillar (2010) Kôji Wakamatsu, Shinobu Terajima

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, in 1940, Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home as a honored Read More »
Till We Meet Again (1955) Yûzô Kawashima, Sô Yamamura

Sonejiro sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei Read More »
The Balloon (1956) Yûzô Kawashima, Shirô Amakusa

Haruki Murakami (Masayuki Mori), once lionized as a master painter, is now the president of a thriving camera Read More »
Samurai Wolf II (1967) Hideo Gosha, Isao Natsuyagi

Kiba is caught in the intrigue between a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical, betrayed swordsman, a manipulative lady and an arrogant dojo master. Read More »
Ballad of a Worker (1962) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Read More »
Mikkai / The Assignation (1959) Kô Nakahira

Young Kikuko (Yoko Katsuragi) is married to an older university professor Read More »
Triple Cross (1992) Kinji Fukasaku

Three old gangsters pull off one last heist to raise much-needed cash for their various debts. Read More »