
The last piece of the trilogy, following ‘Katatsumori’ and ‘See Heaven’, filming her grandma and herself. Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
The Rambler Rides Again / Daisogen no wataridori (1960) Buichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Jô Shishido, Ruriko Asaoka

Taki (Kobayashi), a wandering, singing cowboy, comes upon a village in Hokkaido Read More »
Tokyo Heaven / Tôkyô jôkû irasshaimase (1990) Shinji Sômai, Kiichi Nakai, Riho Makise, Tsurube Shôfukutei

Yuu Kamiya is an up-and-coming talent in Japanese show business. Read More »
Rice / Kome (1957) Tadashi Imai, Shinjirô Ebara, Eijirô Tôno, Yûko Mochizuki

The heroes and heroines are all rice farmers, struggling Read More »
The 47 Ronin / Chûshingura (1962) Hiroshi Inagaki, Yûzô Kayama, Chûsha Ichikawa, Tatsuya Mihashi

A young lord attempts to combat the corruption endemic to the Shogunate bureaucracy Read More »
The Incident / Jiken (1978) Yoshitarô Nomura, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinobu Ôtake, Toshiyuki Nagashima

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife Read More »
Introspection Tower / Mikaheri no tô (1941) Hiroshi Shimizu, Chimura Enoki, Teruo Furuya, Mamiko Harada

Problem kids come to a reformatory school where they live, study and work. Read More »
Invisible Man Appears / Tômei ningen arawaru (1949) Nobuo Adachi, Shigehiro Fukushima, Chizuru Kitagawa, Takiko Mizunoe, Daijirô Natsukawa

“There is no good or evil in science, but it can be used for good or evil purposes.” Read More »
Demon Pond / Yashagaike (1979) Masahiro Shinoda, Tamasaburô Bandô, Gô Katô, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Read More »
Audition / Ôdishon (1999) Takashi Miike, Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki

In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife Read More »