Sawaki is a postman who’s not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. Read More »
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Beauty in Rope Hell / Dan Oniroku Bijo nawa jigoku (1983) Genji Nakamura, Miki Takakura, Maya Itô, Daisuke Iijima
A mailman becomes obsessed with a pretty, young wife. He captures the woman Read More »
Heitai Gokudo / Enlisted Yakuza (1968) Kiyoshi Saeki, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Reiko Ônobuta, Shingo Yamashiro
Yakuza from different gangs get enlisted in the Japanese army where they have Read More »
A Woman’s Place / Onna no Za (1962) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Yôko Tsukasa, Yuriko Hoshi
The widow of the eldest son of a large family is financially dependent on her husband’s relatives. Read More »
18 Who Cause a Storm (1963) Yoshishige Yoshida, Tamotsu Hayakawa, Yoshiko Kayama, Taiji Tonoyama
A shipyard worker gets an offer of free lodging in the company seaside rest house. Read More »
Taiheiyô hitoribocchi / Alone Across the Pacific (1963) Kon Ichikawa, Yûjirô Ishihara, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka
Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing Read More »
Organized Crime – Loyalty Offering Brothers / Soshiki boryoku: kyodai sakazuki (1969) Jun’ya Satô, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Kyôsuke Machida
After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô) Read More »
Waterboys / Wôtâ bôizu (2001) Shinobu Yaguchi, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura
All it takes for a bunch of schoolboys to join the swim club is the arrival of a pretty teacher who clearly is considered a babe. Read More »
Bye Bye Love / Baibai rabu (1974) Isao Fujisawa, Atsuko Ami, Miyabi Ichijô, Yûzô Morita
Two young people undertake a doomed summer road trip through Japan Read More »
Heart, Beating in the Dark / Yami utsu shinzô (2005) Shunichi Nagasaki, Noriko Eguchi, Shoichi Honda, Kaori Mizushima
A young couple are on the run after killing their baby. They hide out for the night in a dingy apartment. Read More »