Misa is an underground idol and being filmed closely for a documentary. Read More »
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The Prickly-mouthed Geisha / Beran me-e geisha (1959) Eiichi Koishi, Hibari Misora, Shinjirô Ebara, Takashi Shimura
Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Read More »
By Player / Sanmon yakusha (2000) Kaneto Shindô, Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, Hideko Yoshida
Film inspired by the life of Japanese actor Taiji Tonoyama, with whom Kaneto Shindo Read More »
Spring on Leper’s Island / Kojima no haru (1940) Shirô Toyoda, Shizue Natsukawa, Ichirô Sugai, Haruko Sugimura
Based on actual events, taken from a woman doctor’s story of life in a remote leper colony. Read More »
The human promise / Ningen no yakusoku (1986) Yoshishige Yoshida, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Orie Satô
An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. Read More »
Akitsu Springs / Akitsu onsen (1962) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Hiroyuki Nagato, Sô Yamamura
The day before Japan announces its defeat in WW2, a very ill Shusaku arrives in Okayama. Read More »
Perfect Days (2023) Wim Wenders, Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano
Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He seems content with his simple life. Read More »
Dawn of the Felines / Mesuneko-tachi (2017) Kazuya Shiraishi, Juri Ihata, Satsuki Maue, Michié
A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Read More »
Under the Open Sky / Subarashiki sekai (2020) Miwa Nishikawa, Koji Yakusho, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura
A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years Read More »
Geisha Assassin / Geisha vs ninja (2008) Gô Ohara, Minami Tsukui, Shigeru Kanai, Nao Nagasawa
This story is set during the Edo ages in Japan. On a rainy night, Kotono confronts the samurais who have killed her father. Read More »