A shogunate secret agent is sent to investigate a secret deal with a Dutch Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
Hana-Dama: Phantom / Hanadama: Gen’ei (2016) Hisayasu Satô, Iori, Shima Ônishi, Kanade Ai
Two figures of the pink cinema – director Sato Hisayasu and screenwriter Read More »
24 Hour Playboy / Ai to heisei no iro – Otoko (1989) Yoshimitsu Morita, Jun’ichi Ishida, Honami Suzuki, Kumiko Takeda
He is a dentist by profession. He is a saxophonist on the side Read More »
Sun on the Horizon / Hi wa katabuki (1996) Naomi Kawase, Uno Kawase
The last piece of the trilogy, following ‘Katatsumori’ and ‘See Heaven’, filming her grandma and herself. Read More »
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 »