“The Messenger” is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground Read More »
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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 »
Outrage Coda (2017) Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tatsuo Nadaka
Five years after surviving the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families Read More »
Will to Live / Ikitai (1999) Kaneto Shindô, Rentarô Mikuni, Shinobu Ohtake, Akira Emoto
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day Read More »
Bullet Train (1975) Shinkansen daibakuha
One of the Japanese Shinkansen “Bullet Trains” is threatened with a bomb Read More »
Wandering Ginza Butterfly / Ginchô wataridori (1972) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase
Nami, a young woman, is released from the prison after serving 3 years for killing a man. Read More »
Head of the Boss / Shin jingi naki tatakai: Kumicho no kubi (1975) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase, Yuriko Hishimi
Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki goes wrong Read More »
An Actor’s Revenge / Yukinojô henge (1963) Kon Ichikawa, Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao
While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across Read More »