Masaki Hattori decides to name new leader of the clan “everything”. Read More »
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The Glorious Asuka Gang! / Hana no asuka gumi! (1988) Yôichi Sai, Miho Tsumiki, Yôko Kikuchi, Kumiko Takeda
In this flower of the bird group action film, according to the high mouth pure title for the comic book Read More »
By a Man’s Face Shall You Know Him / Otokonokao wa rirekisho (1966) Tai Katô, Noboru Andô, Kanjûrô Arashi, Torahiko Hamada
Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz Read More »
The Twilight Samurai / Tasogare Seibei (2002) Yôji Yamada, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi
Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without glory as a bureaucrat in the mid-XIX century Japan. Read More »
Thousand Cranes / Senba zuru (1969) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Machiko Kyô, Mikijirô Hira
The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher Read More »
Faraway Tomorrow (1979) Tooi ashita
Akira comes to Kyushu to investigate the circumstances surrounding his father’s imprisonment more than 19 years ago. Read More »
An Actor’s Revenge (1959) Yukinojo Henge
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo’s kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata Read More »
Hymn / Sanka (1972) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa
The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin Read More »
Sideways / 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 / 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 »