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Housewife’s Afternoon Delight (2010)

Sayaka is a housewife living in an apartment complex. Her husband Yuji is always busy Read More »
Growing Up Twice (1955) Heinosuke Gosho, Hibari Misora, Kôshirô Matsumoto, Takashi Kitahara

The story here is about boys and girls on the boundary between childhood and adulthood, living in Yoshiwara Read More »
Red Angel (1966) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Shinsuke Ashida, Yûsuke Kawazu

In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. Read More »
The Snow Flurry (1959) Keisuke Kinoshita, Keiko Kishi, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga

Set in a rural village in the Shinshu region, this melodrama about lovers of different social Read More »
Across a Gold Prairie (1999) Isshin Inudô, Yûsuke Iseya, Chizuru Ikewaki, Masatoshi Matsuo

Meet NIPPORI Ayumu, an 80 year-old man, who, due to a serious heart condition Read More »
Evil Spirits of Japan (1970) Kazuo Kuroki, Yôsuke Enomoto, Tatsumi Hijikata, Eiko Horii

Murase is a bodyguard in a yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. Read More »
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 »