Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bullseye on his back after befriending Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
Leave My Girl Alone / Bokuno onna ni teodasuna (1986)
A financially desperate young woman gets a job tutoring a rich young boy Read More »
The Inferno / Jigoku (1979) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Mieko Harada, Kyôko Kishida, Ryûzô Hayashi
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper Read More »
The Place Where the Sun Sits / Taiyô no suwaru basho (2014) Hitoshi Yazaki, Asami Mizukawa, Fumino Kimura, Aoi Koizumi
A 10-year high school class reunion becomes a hotbed of speculation, jealousy, revenge Read More »
The Devil’s Ballad / Akuma no temari-uta (1977) Kon Ichikawa, Kôji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi, Akiko Nishina
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. Read More »
Tora-san 20 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! (1977) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Shiho Fujimura
Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya’s newest tenant, a pachinko-playing Read More »
Tora-san 19 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô to tonosama (1977) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kyôko Maya
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. Read More »
Blue (2002) Hiroshi Ando, Mikako Ichikawa, Manami Konishi, Asami Imajuku
An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Read More »
Tokyo Zombie / Tôkyô zonbi (2005) Sakichi Satô, Tadanobu Asano, Shô Aikawa, Erika Okuda
After getting busted for goofing off at work, lovable morons Fujio (Tadanobu Asano) Read More »
The Fort of Death / Gonin no Shôkin Kasegi (1969) Eiichi Kudô, Kanjûrô Arashi, Hideo Fujimoto, Teruo Fujinaga
After a plan to force the farmers of Enoki Village to partake in the rebuilding Read More »