Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
Foreboding / Yocho (2017) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kaho, Shôta Sometani, Masahiro Higashide
Miyuki is seeing apparitions at home and worrying her friend Etsuko. Read More »
Tora-san 17 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yuuyake koyake (1976) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
During his travels, Tora-san meets Ikenouchi, a drunken old man whom Read More »
Elephant Song (1994) Gô Rijû, Morio Agata, Hiromi Kuronuma, Miyuki Matsuda
A man dies, and leaves a message to contact only one person Read More »
Internal Sleuth / Sakura no Daimon (1973) Kenji Misumi, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Michi Higashi
When 150 guns are lost from the Iwakuni base and two police officers Read More »
The Oil-Hell Murder / Onna goroshi abura no jigoku (1992) Hideo Gosha, Kanako Higuchi, Miwako Fujitani, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi
Veteran director (Hideo Gosha) adapts this psychological drama based Read More »
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman / Zatôichi (1989) Shintarô Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks Read More »
Wife to Be Sacrificed / Ikenie fujin (1974) Masaru Konuma, Naomi Tani, Nagatoshi Sakamoto, Terumi Azuma
A woman must endure an extreme ritual when her ex-husband, who has recently escaped from jail, kidnaps her. Read More »
A Story from Echigo / Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu (1964) Tadashi Imai, Yoshiko Sakuma, Shôichi Ozawa, Rentarô Mikuni
Gonsuke has had to leave town to find employment Read More »
Tora-san 16 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Katsushika risshi hen (1975) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Fumie Kashiyama
Tora-san returns to his family’s shop in Shibamata, Tokyo to find himself accused Read More »