Shinji (Akira Kobayashi), a wandering street musician, gets involved with a mob boss, Akitsu (Nobuo Kaneko) Read More »
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Carmen Comes Home AKA Karumen kokyô ni kaeru (1951) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine, Shûji Sano, Chishû Ryû
With no practical skills and being slightly scatterbrained, Kin Aoyama ran away Read More »
Return of the Vagabond AKA Wataridori itsu mata kaeru (1960) Buichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Jô Shishido
The 3rd film of the famous “Wataridori” (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. Read More »
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman AKA Eburi manshi no yûga-na seikatsu (1963) Kihachi Okamoto, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirô Tôno
This comedy portrays the everyday life of an ordinary salary-man who uses himself as a model to write a novella. Read More »
Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance AKA Zoku shinobi no mono (1963) Satsuo Yamamoto, Raizô Ichikawa, Sô Yamamura, Shiho Fujimura
Confident that he has destroyed the Iga Ninja, the evil Oda Nobunaga Read More »
Story of a Beloved Wife AKA Aisai monogatari (1951) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Jûkichi Uno, Ichirô Sugai
Shindo’s directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Read More »
Boneless AKA Honenuki (1967) Seiichi Fukuda, Kaoru Miya, Mari Nagisa, Noriko Chigetsu
When the two lovers Yukio and Minoru meet again after four years of separation Read More »
The Last Swordsman AKA Okita Sôji (1974) Masanobu Deme, Masao Kusakari, Yukihiro Takahashi, Hôsei Komatsu
This is the story of Okita Soji, one of the finest swordsmen in the Shinsengumi group, captain of the first troop Read More »
Take Me Out to the Snowland AKA Watashi wo ski ni tsuretette (1987) Yasuo Baba, Hiroshi Mikami, Tomoyo Harada, Kiwako Harada
Fumio Yano is an unassuming young businessman in the ski wear line. Read More »
Melancholic AKA Merankorikku (2018) Seiji Tanaka, Yôji Minagawa, Yoshitomo Isozaki, Mebuki Yoshida
Kazuhiko, a graduate of a prestigious university, wasn’t enjoying his life, until he takes a job at a bathhouse. Read More »
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man with the Karajishi Tattoo AKA Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi jingi (1969) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji
Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. Read More »
Morning for the Osone Family AKA Ôsone-ke no ashita (1946) Keisuke Kinoshita, Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji
Kinoshita’s first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superbly wrought Read More »
Gray Sunset AKA Hana ichimonme (1985) Shunya Itô, Yukiyo Toake, Minoru Chiaki, Teruhiko Saigô, Yumiko Nogawa
Gray Sunset is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shunya Ito. It was Japan’s submission Read More »
Rainy Dog AKA Gokudô kuroshakai (1997) Takashi Miike, Shô Aikawa, Li Wei Chang, Shih Chang
A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss Read More »
April Fish AKA Shigatsu no sakana (1986) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Miyoko Akaza, Nao Asuka, Wakaba Irie
A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited Read More »