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The Rainbow Seeker / Niji o tsukamu otoko (1996) Yôji Yamada, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yûko Tanaka
A timid movie theater owner is secretly in love with one of his patrons but struggles to express his feelings. Read More »
Chikagoro naze ka Charusuton / At This Late Date The Charleston (1981) Kihachi Okamoto, Gô Rijû, Yû Fujiki, Ichirô Zaitsu
A group of old men take over an empty house and proclaim it to be a new “country” they have founded, called Yama. Read More »
Big Shots Die at Dawn / Kaoyaku akatsukini shisu (1961) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Shimazaki
After a long stint working in Alaska, Jiro returns to his hometown. Read More »
Ten Black Women / Kuroi jûnin no onna (1961) Kon Ichikawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Keiko Kishi, Tamao Nakamura
Weary of their lot, ten women – all mistresses of the same philandering businessman – join forces to wreak revenge upon him. Read More »
Westward Desperado / Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e (1960) Kihachi Okamoto, Hideyo Amamoto, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Akihiko Hirata
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage Read More »
A Brother and His Younger Sister / Ani to sono imoto (1939) Yasujirô Shimazu, Reikichi Kawamura, Michiko Kuwano, Kuniko Miyake
A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. Read More »
Turn / Taan (2001) Hideyuki Hirayama, Riho Makise, Kankurô Nakamura, Akira Emoto
Maki is a talented copper plate artist, however, just before her first gallery show, she gets struck by a truck. Read More »
Hear the Song of the Wind / Kaze no uta o kike (1982) Kazuki Ohmori, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kimie Shingyôji, Kai Atô
A student travels back to Kobe for the summer. Once there, he meets his friend Rat Read More »
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab / Hyakuman-doru o tatakidase (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Keisuke Noro, Michiko Sawa
Wada Koji fights to become a boxing champion. Read More »