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Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972) Buichi Saitô, Daisuke Awaji, Junko Fuji, Akira Hirasawa
The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss Read More »
The Rainbow Seeker 2 / Niji o tsukamu otoko: Nangoku funto-hen (1997) Yôji Yamada, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Sequel to The Rainbow Seeker where Ryo meets Katsu on a small island in the south of Japan. Read More »
Buddies / A un (1989) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Takakura, Eiji Bandô, Sumiko Fuji, Yasuko Tomita
Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love. Read More »
Kiku to Isamu (1959) Tadashi Imai, Emiko Takahashi, Tanie Kitabayashi, George Okunoyama
Immediately after the Second World War, sister Kiku and brother Isamu, whose mother Read More »
Beat (1998) Amon Miyamoto, Mark Bunnell, Claude Maki, Christopher T. Nelson
In the 1960s Okinawa was us under American military occupation. Read More »
The Story of Pure Love / Jun’ai monogatari (1957) Tadashi Imai, Shinjirô Ehara, Hitomi Nakahara, Eiji Okada
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando Read More »
Stake Out / Harikomi (2001) Tetsuo Shinohara, Shiho Wakabayashi, Mantarô Koichi, Masato Sakai
The fourth chapter in the Love Cinema series, is a story of a cloistered and obsessive Read More »
Nanayomachi (2008) Nanayo – Naomi Kawase
A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand. Read More »
Quarreling with Yakuza / Yakuza to kôsô: Jitsuroku Andô-gumi (1972) Jun’ya Satô, Noboru Andô, Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase
Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building Read More »