Approaching thirty, three eccentric male friends try hard to realize their dreams Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
The Precipice / Hyoheki (1958) Yasuzô Masumura, Kenji Sugawara, Fujiko Yamamoto, Hitomi Nozoe
Salarymen Uozo and his friend Kosaku plan to climb a mountain. Read More »
Hoodlum Soldier: Rebel in the Army / Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen (1972) Yasuzô Masumura, Shintarô Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Michiyo Ohkusu
On the Chinese front, Kisaburo, a young soldier, falls in love with a Chinese spy. Read More »
Vermilion Souls / Shureitachi (2007) Masaki Iwana, Mohamed Aroussi, Taku Furusawa, Valentina Miraglia
Set in Tokyo 7 years after WWII, this surreal story is about a 9 year old boy who wanders into a strange mansion Read More »
A Slit-Mouthed Woman 2 / Kuchisake-onna 2 (2008) Kôtarô Terauchi, Rin Asuka, Yukie Kawamura, Akihiro Mayama
Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town of Gifu. Read More »
The Sea and Poison / Umi to dokuyaku (1986) Kei Kumai, Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura
Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments. Read More »
Safe Word AKA Aishiteru! (2022) Kôji Shiraishi, Kawase Chisako, Torinomi Nagisa, Otsuha Ai
Misa is an underground idol and being filmed closely for a documentary. Read More »
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 »