Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salary man Read More »
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Tora-san 33 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Yogiri ni musebu torajiro (1984) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Rie Nakahara
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san’s family prepares for a wedding. Read More »
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021) Arthur Harari
When Japan surrenders at the end of World War II, soldier Hiroo Onoda Read More »
The Milkwoman / Itsuka dokusho suruhi (2005) Akira Ogata, Den Fujita, Keisuke Horibe, Teruyuki Kagawa
A 50-year-old unmarried milkwoman Minako one day delivers milk to the house of her first love Read More »
Tora-san 32 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Kuchibue wo fuku Torajirô (1983) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Takeshita
When his travels bring him to Western Japan, Tora-san decides to pay his respects Read More »
Tora-san 31 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tabi to onna to Torajirô (1983) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
One-Eyed Dragon / Doku-ganryû Masamune (1942) Hiroshi Inagaki, Chiezô Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Haruyo Ichikawa
Long thought to be one of the lost treasures of Japanese cinema that had been Read More »
The River Fuefuki (1960) Fuefukigawa
A young man decides to become a warrior, causing trouble for his clan. Read More »
The Cats of Mirikitani (2006) Linda Hattendorf, Bob Bruck, Jess Espinosa
Documentary about red-beret-ed Jimmy Mirikitani, a feisty painter working and living on the street Read More »
