
Murase is a bodyguard in a yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. Read More »
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Tales of Ginza (1955) Yûzô Kawashima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yumeji Tsukioka, Mie Kitahara

When she was a little girl, Wakako Kyoguku’s portrait was painted by a talented young artist. Read More »
Rabu sutori o kimini / Memories of You (1988) Shin’ichirô Sawai, Kumiko Goto, Tôru Nakamura, Tomomi Satô, Drama, Romance

University student Akira meets the lovely 14-year-old Yumi, whom he had tutored years ago. Read More »
Odd Obsession (1959) Kon Ichikawa, Machiko Kyô, Ganjirô Nakamura, Junko Kanô

An ageing antique specialist in Kyoto, Japan is losing virility but finds himself excited when Read More »
An Inn at Osaka (1954) Heinosuke Gosho, Shûji Sano, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Mito

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company Read More »
Hakai / Apostasy (1948) Keisuke Kinoshita, Ryô Ikebe

Segawa, a teacher in a small village, decides to break with his cowardice after discovering their pariah origin. Read More »
Big Time Gambling Boss (1968) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin’ichirô Mikami

The oyabun (yakuza capo) of the clan controlling gambling in the Tokyo district dies suddenly Read More »
Shinobi No Mono 3: Resurrection / Shin shinobi no mono (1963) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Eijirô Tôno

When we last saw the intrepid ninja Ishikawa Goemon (Raizo Ichikawa), he was about to be boiled alive. Read More »
Lost Continent / Continente perduto (1955) Enrico Gras, Giorgio Moser, Leonardo Bonzi, George Bryan

An Italian documentary film about maritime Southeast Asia including Borneo. Read More »
Satan’s Sword 2: The Dragon God (1960) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Kôjirô Hongô, Tamao Nakamura

Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke Read More »