Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
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 »
Tora-san 15 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro aiaigasa (1975) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ruriko Asaoka
Traveling through Hokkaido with a disgruntled salaryman seeking a lost love (Eiji Funakoshi) Read More »
Demeking / Chikan densha: Benten no oshiri (1998) Shinji Imaoka, Takuji Suzuki, Yôko Chôsokabe, Nao Kojima
When he is hit by a car on the street, a young man named Daikoku Read More »
Shinjuku Underworld: Chinese Mafia War / Shinjuku kuroshakai: Chaina mafia sensô (1995) Takashi Miike, Kippei Shîna, Tomorowo Taguchi, Takeshi Caesar
The film is based around the interactions of a homosexual triad group with a police officer Read More »
Émotion (1966) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Sari Akasaka, Sakio Hirata, Jinichi Ishizaki
Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream Read More »
Gang vs. G-Men / Gyangu tai G-men (1962) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Tetsurô Tanba
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood. Read More »
The Revolt / Dôran (1980) Shirô Moritani, Ken Takakura, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masakane Yonekura
When a young solider is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution Read More »