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Detective Hibari 4: Paper Crane Palanquin / Hibari torimonochô: orizuru kago (1960) Eiichi Kudô, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Hibari Misora, Kôtarô Satomi
The death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi Read More »
Pantsu no ana (1984) Norifumi Suzuki, Momoko Kikuchi, Yôichi Yamamoto, Yumi Yano
A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. Read More »
Tora-san 46 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan (1993) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island Read More »
Tora-san 45 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no seishun (1992) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Jun Fubuki
Crossroads / Jûjiro (1928) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Akiko Chihaya, Junosuke Bandô, Yukiko Ogawa
After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Read More »
Jam Films (2002) Daizaburo Hanada, Jôji Iida, Shunji Iwai, Morio Agata, Natsuko Akiyama, Samuel Pop Aning
“The Messenger” is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground Read More »
New Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701 / Shin joshû Sasori: 701-gô (1976) Yutaka Kohira, Yumi Takigawa, Yûsuke Natsu, Yoko Konno
Nami Matsushima’s sister goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it Read More »
A Chorus of Angels / Kita no kanaria-tachi (2012) Junji Sakamoto, Ayako Fujitani, Renji Ishibashi, Yôzaburô Itô
20 years ago, an elementary school student falls on an island in the northern tip of Hokkaido. Read More »
Jean’s Blues: No Future / Jînzu burûsu: Asu naki buraiha (1974) Sadao Nakajima, Tsunehiko Watase, Meiko Kaji, Ryôhei Uchida
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn’t hers. Read More »