
Based on Edogawa Ranpo Award winner “Hanazono no Meikyu” by Yoko Yamazaki. Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
Harakiri / Seppuku (1962) Masaki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita

Following the collapse of his clan, an unemployed samurai (Tatsuya Nakadai) Read More »
The New Voyage / Gakko III (1998) Yôji Yamada, Shinobu Ôtake, Yûki Kuroda, Nenji Kobayashi

A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins Read More »
Forget Love for Now (1937) Hiroshi Shimizu

The lives of unhappy children and women, particularly mothers Read More »
Minamata: The Victims and Their World / Minamata Kanja-san to sono sekai (1971) Noriaki Tsuchimoto

The film focuses on residents who suffered Minamata disease in the nervous system Read More »
Love Letter / Rabu retâ (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Keiko Takahashi, Katsuo Nakamura, Mariko Kaga

Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. Read More »
No More Easy Life / Mo hozue wa tsukanai (1979) Yôichi Higashi, Kaori Momoi, Eiji Okuda, Leo Morimoto

A wistful slice-of-life drama about a college student’s attempts to manage her relations with two men. Read More »
Tora-san 42 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan (1989) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Fumi Dan

The well-intentioned, kind-hearted, and somewhat awkward but always lovable Read More »
Tora-san 40 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro sarada kinenbi (1988) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Hiroko Mita

In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor Read More »
Paradise: What Is Being Done / Rakuen: Nagasarete (2006) Tôru Kamei, Bengal, Fujiko, Katsuya Kobayashi

Stranded on a seemingly uninhabited island, an anchorwoman campaigning Read More »