A wistful slice-of-life drama about a college student’s attempts to manage her relations with two men. Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
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 »
Erotic Liaisons / Erotikkuna kankei (1992) Kôji Wakamatsu, Ryûdô Uzaki, Joe Yamanaka, Kei Satô
Set in Paris, the plot concerns a low-key private detective agency run by Rie Read More »
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 »