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Tag Archives: japanese
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 »
Floating Clouds / Ukigumo (1955) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada

A tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely women Read More »
They Say Nothing Stays the Same / Aru sendo no hanashi (2019) Joe Odagiri, Akira Emoto, Ririka Kawashima, Nijirô Murakami

Why does one need a ferryman? One needs a ferryman where there is a body Read More »
The Yakuza Papers 3: Proxy War / Jingi naki tatakai: Dairi sensô (1973) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tsunehiko Watase

Yakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family Read More »
The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode / Jingi naki tatakai: Kanketsu-hen (1974) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroko Fuji, Seizô Fukumoto, Gorô Ibuki

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization Read More »
The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September / Kugatsu no joudan kurabu bando (1982) Shunichi Nagasaki, Masato Furuoya, Sachiko Itô, Masao Matsuda

After the death of his friend Tetsuji, Ryo (Takashi Naito) and his biker gang drift apart. Read More »
The Japanese Belly Button / Nihonjin no heso (1977) Eizô Sugawa, Mako Midori, Akihiro Miwa, Hajime Hana

Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss. Read More »
Gamblers and Racketeers / Bakuto tai tekiya (1964) Shigehiro Ozawa, Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Sumiko Fuji

It’s brother against brother and father against son in this all-star yakuza epic. Read More »
Preparation for the Festival / Matsuri no junbi (1975) Kazuo Kuroki, Jun Etô, Haruko Mabuchi, Hajime Hana

A young Japanese man comes to the realization that he must leave Read More »