Jack-of-all-trades director Miike Takashi takes on more serious material in the human drama Read More »
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Tampopo (1985) Jûzô Itami, Ken Watanabe
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro, who rides into town like a modern Shane Read More »
Unagi / The Eel (1997) Shôhei Imamura
White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he’s away, suddenly returns home and kills her. Read More »
I Hate But Love (1962) Koreyoshi Kurahara
A celebrity impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. Read More »
Hellish Love (1972) Chûsei Sone, Setsuko Ogawa, Hidemi Hara, Hajime Tanimoto
Based on a traditional Japanese ghost story, the movie follows a man who falls deeply Read More »
Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon (1971)
A working-class housewife is sexually unsatisfied by her husband Read More »
His Motorbike, Her Island (1986) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Kiwako Harada, Riki Takeuchi, Noriko Watanabe, Tomokazu Miura
After a failed romance, a temperamental young biker meets a carefree Read More »
Fires on the Plain (1959) Kon Ichikawa
It is the Philipines, 1945. The Japanese Imperial Army has been reduced to a ragtag mob hiding in the jungles. Read More »
The Saga of Tanegashima (1968) Kazuo Mori
Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan Read More »
Tattooed Flower Vase (1976) Masaru Konuma
Mrs. Yoshino is a beautifully elegant, maturing widow who lives a quiet existence with Takako, her teenaged daughter. Read More »