The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
Wild Criminal / Kyôhan (1999) Hide, Riki Takeuchi, Aya Nakamura, Miho Nomoto
Out for revenge after waking up in the trunk of a car, a female thug teams Read More »
Navy Special Young Soldier / Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei (1972) Tadashi Imai, Takeo Chii, Mayumi Ogawa, Katsuhiko Sasaki
Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp Read More »
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth / Yôki na gyangu ga chikyû o mawasu (2006) Tetsu Maeda, Takao Ohsawa, Kyôka Suzuki, Shôta Matsuda
Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket Read More »
A Song I Remember / Hitotsu no uta (2011) Kyoshi Sugita, Yuri Ishizaka, Takenori Kaneko, Kôichi Masuno
At a train station in the suburbs of Tokyo, an accident takes place causing death and injury. Read More »
The Red Silk Gambler / Hijirimen bakuto (1972) Teruo Ishii, Eiko Nakamura, Bunta Sugawara, Sanae Tsuchida
With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword Read More »
Neo chinpira: Zoom Goes The Bullet / Neo chinpira: Teppodama pyu (1990) Banmei Takahashi, Shô Aikawa, Chikako Aoyama, Nao Asuka
Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi) Read More »
Vibrator / Vaiburêta (2003) Ryûichi Hiroki, Shinobu Terajima, Nao Ômori, Riho Makise
The film’s main character Rei (Terashima Shinobu) is a freelance writer bombarded by the voices Read More »
Sakuran (2006) Mika Ninagawa, Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shîna, Yoshino Kimura
A young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan). Read More »
Yamato (California) / Yamato (Kariforunia) (2016) Daisuke Miyazaki, Nina Endô, Hanae Kan, Reiko Kataoka
Moody teenager SAKURA shares a small house with her mother and brother Read More »