A young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan). Read More »
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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 »
Cruel Story of the Shogunate’s Downfall / Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (1964) Tai Katô, Sumiko Fuji, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Isao Kimura
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but as his determination impresses Read More »
Izo (2004) Takashi Miike, Kazuya Nakayama, Kaori Momoi, Ryûhei Matsuda
We begin in 1865, when the Shogunate is on its last legs, but still capable of punishing its enemies. Read More »
Bedtime Eyes (1987) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Kanako Higuchi, Michael Wright, Michiyo Yasuda
Kim, a singer in a jazz club on a military base, has a partner, Ichiro Read More »
Nobody (1999) Shundo Ohkawa, Toshimichi Ohkawa, Masaya Katô, Jinpachi Nezu, Riki Takeuchi
Three friends find themselves in a bar fight with a shady trio of strangers. Read More »
Live / Raivu (2014) Noboru Iguchi, Asami, Yûka Eda, Akiko Ikuina
On the morning of a certain Tuesday, a mysterious “death race” is suddenly announced on television. Read More »
Tora-san Loves an Artist / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san (1973) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Kishi
Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Read More »
Manon (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Setsuko Karasuma
The story of the rise and fall of a young courtesan. Read More »
The Face of Jizo / Chichi to kuraseba (2004) Kazuo Kuroki, Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano
Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. Read More »