After an encounter with a dying yakuza’s son and at his sister Sakura’s urging Read More »
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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 »
Saburai: Way of the Bohachi / Bôhachi bushidô: Sa burai (1974) Takashi Harada, Keiko Aikawa, Bin Amatsu, Takashi Ebata
The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate Read More »
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 »