War photojournalist Yasuyuki Tsukahara married popular manga artist Yuki Sonoda and had children. Read More »
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The Creature Called Man / Jaga wa hashitta (1970) Kiyoshi Nishimura, Yûzô Kayama, Jirô Tamiya, Mariko Kaga
A police inspector and Olympic sharpshooter (Kayama) Read More »
Darkness in the Light / Nippon no kuroi natsu – Enzai (2001) Kei Kumai, Kiichi Nakai, Akira Terao, Naomi Hosokawa
A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture) Read More »
Rampo (1994) Rintarô Mayuzumi, Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Naoto Takenaka, Michiko Hada, Masahiro Motoki
Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government Read More »
Enclosed Pain / Tojiru hi (2000) Isao Yukisada, Makoto Togashi, Tetsu Sawaki, Ayaka Maeda
A brother and sister share more than the standard love for each other, much more Read More »
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 »