Tag Archives: japanese

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque Read More »

Yusaku, whose nickname is “Tonkatsu Taisho” (General Pork Cutlet), is a popular young children’s doctor. Read More »

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem Read More »

Ikko, the six year old daughter of a yakuza gang boss witnesses the brutal slaying Read More »

54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train. Read More »

The story follows two greedy peasants in feudal Japan, Tahei and Matashichi Read More »

Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after Read More »

Two fourteen-year-olds come together sharing misery and pain. Read More »

The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend. Read More »

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso’s twin boys suddenly disappears. Read More »