The oyabun (yakuza capo) of the clan controlling gambling in the Tokyo district dies suddenly Read More »
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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)
Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke Read More »
Satan’s Sword 3: The Final Chapter (1961)
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Read More »
Serial Killer / Ryakushô: renzoku shasatsuma (1975) Masao Adachi
A visual document of the life of serial killer Norio Nagayama Read More »
Body Drop Asphalt (2000) Junko Wada, Sayuri Oyamada, Makoto Ogi, Yôji Tanaka
Eri Manaka is young, charming and writes a romance novel out of boredom. Read More »
Organised Violence Two / Zoku soshiki bôryoku (1967) Jun’ya Satô, Tetsurô Tanba, Fumio Watanabe, Hayato Tani
A superb proto-jitsuroku type yakuza film by Junya Sato. Fumio Watanabe (in probably his best role) Read More »
Duel at Lightning Pass / Inazuma tôge no kettô (1962) Nobuo Nakagawa, Utaemon Ichikawa, Shinjirô Ebara, Terumi Oka
A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline. Read More »
Bloodiest Flower / Nihon jokyo-den: ketto midare-bana (1971) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Masahiko Tsugawa
The story of Tei, a female coalmine operator, who risks her life to protect the business that was passed on by her late husband. Read More »