A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
Modori River / Modori-gawa (1983) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Mariko Fuji, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Mieko Harada
Gakuyo is a poet of tanka (Japanese verses comprising 31 syllables) and spends his days in the company of prostitutes. Read More »
King Kong vs. Godzilla / Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1963) Ishirô Honda, Tom Montgomery, Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yû Fujiki
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island Read More »
The End of Summer / Natsu no owari (2013) Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Tomoko is sick and tired of her relationship with unpopular talented writer Shingo Read More »
Face / Kao (2000) Junji Sakamoto, Naomi Fujiyama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michiyo Ohkusu
The story of a socially awkward seamstress and her unexpected, darkly humorous journey Read More »
Lady Ramboh: Kill You! In My Justice / Onna Rambo (1994) Ippei Suzuki, Kenji Imai, Hiroyuki Okita, Tanaka Rooza
The lady of the title is an agent of some sort who, in the course of the movie Read More »
Tora-san 5 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boukyou hen (1970) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Aiko Nagayama
After an encounter with a dying yakuza’s son and at his sister Sakura’s urging Read More »
Tora-san 35 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô ren’ai juku (1985) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Mitsuru Hirata
On the Goto Islands, Tora-san rescues an old lady and befriends her. Read More »
Twinkle / Kira kira hikaru (1992) Joji Matsuoka, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michitaka Tsutsui
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past Read More »
First Love / Hatsukoi (2000) Tetsuo Shinohara, Rena Tanaka, Mieko Harada, Mitsuru Hirata
Satoka Aida, a 17-year high school student, comes to know that her mother’s hospitalization Read More »