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Sideways AKA Saidoweizu (2009) Cellin Gluck, Fumiyo Kohinata, Katsuhisa Namase, Rinko Kikuchi
A middle-aged Japanese man travels to California to attend the wedding of his American-based friend. Read More »
Junk Food AKA Janku fudo (1997) Masashi Yamamoto, Ali Ahmed, Arata Furuta, Mika Kumagai
Blending widescreen cinematography with digital video, JUNK FOOD casts an unblinking but painterly Read More »
Yakuza Demon AKA Kikoku (2003) Takashi Miike, Riki Takeuchi, Yûta Sone, Mickey Curtis
Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. Read More »
Nastasya AKA Nastazja (1994) Andrzej Wajda, Tamasaburô Bandô, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Andrzej Wajda’s Japanese-language film based on the last chapter of Dostoevsky’s Idiot Read More »
Tsuburo no gara (2004) Masafumi Yamada, Yûko Hosoe, Shunsuke Iki, Tadayoshi Nishimura
A man and a woman wake up in a hospital room. She’s a nurse, he’s a patient. Read More »
Warm Current AKA Danryû (1939) Kôzaburô Yoshimura, Mieko Takamine, Shin Saburi, Hideo Fujino
After his benefactor Shima falls ill, Hibiki (Shin Saburi) sets out to rebuild the hospital that Shima had run. Read More »
Dedication of the Great Buddha AKA Daibutsu kaigen (1952) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Shinobu Araki, Kôtarô Bandô, Kazuo Hasegawa
A talented sculptor is hired to erect a giant Buddha statue when the capital is moved to Nara, in 745 AD. Read More »
The Deep Blue Sea AKA Aoi unabara (1957) Tsuneo Kobayashi, Hibari Misora, Ken Takakura, Hachirô Kasuga
From a novel by noted author Setoguchi Torao, this modern-day movie stars the great Misora Hibari. Read More »
Bounce Ko Gals AKA Baunsu ko gaurusu (1997) Masato Harada, Hitomi Satô, Yasue Satô, Yukiko Okamoto
Lisa is 16. She is leaving for New York tomorrow at 11 a.m. She saved some money Read More »
The Straits of Love and Hate AKA Aien kyo (1937) Kenji Mizoguchi, Taizô Fukami, Akira Harue, Kiyoshi Katô
A young couple of lovers want to travel to Tokyo to work and form a family there Read More »
My Second Brother AKA Nianchan (1960) Shôhei Imamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayo Matsuo, Takeshi Okimura
Being a faithful ‘company man’, Yoshikawa moves steadily ahead within the Toho corporation. Read More »
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time AKA Toki o kakeru shôjo (1983) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Tomoyo Harada, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Toshinori Omi
Yoshiyama Kazuko is in the 3rd grade of junior high. One day, she’s cleaning in the laboratory Read More »
Be My Slave AKA Watashi no dorei ni narinasai (2012) Tôru Kamei, Mitsu Dan, Hiroaki Mayama, Misaki Saijô
Hiroaki Mayama is a publishing company employee who’s attracted Read More »
A Portrait of Shunkin AKA Shunkinsho (1976) Katsumi Nishikawa, Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Moeko Ezawa
Okoto is a rich girl, who was blind since childhood. She has become distant and cold Read More »