Set in Paris, the plot concerns a low-key private detective agency run by Rie Read More »
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An Artist of the Floating World / Ukiyo no gakka (2019) Kazuki Watanabe, Natsuko Akiyama, Shunsuke Daitô, Masato Hagiwara
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was Read More »
Spanking Love (1995) Shoji Tanaka, Renji Ishibashi, Toshio Kakei, Hisami Shiraishi
Ryo Masuda is a S/M film director who asks a woman he meets on the street to star in one of his films. Read More »
Tora-San 41 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji (1989) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Takeshita
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. Read More »
Tora-san 39 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro monogatari (1987) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Kumiko Akiyoshi
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother Read More »
Tora-san 38 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojô (1987) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Keiko Takeshita
Tora-san, the näive and romantic peddler, returns once more to his home in Hokkaido Read More »
The Path of the King / Nihon yakuza-den: Sôchiyô e no michi (1971) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama
When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence Read More »
Made to Order Cloth / Oatsurae Jirôkichi koshi (1931) Daisuke Itô, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Naoe Fushimi, Nobuko Fushimi
The only completely preserved silent film directed by Daisuke Ito Read More »
Zero Focus / Zero no shôten (1961) Yoshitarô Nomura, Yoshiko Kuga, Hizuru Takachiho, Ineko Arima
After Teiko’s new husband disappears on a business trip, she discovers Read More »
The War of the 16 Year Olds / Juroku-sai no senso (1973) Toshio Matsumoto, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Itsuro Shimoda, Michiko Saga
The film serves as a tribute to those that lost their lives during the air raid Read More »