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The Hidden Fortress / Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki
The story follows two greedy peasants in feudal Japan, Tahei and Matashichi Read More »
Fate Deals the Card of Death / Bakuchi-uchi: Inochi-huda (1971) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Michiyo Yasuda
Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after Read More »
Themis / Himizu (2011) Sion Sono, Shôta Sometani
Two fourteen-year-olds come together sharing misery and pain. Read More »
Love on a Daily Basis / Koiko no Mainichi (1988) Akiyoshi Kimata, Shino Ikenami, Seiji Kurasaki, Yûki Matsumura
The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend. Read More »
Shara / Sharasôju (2003) Naomi Kawase, Kohei Fukungaga, Yuka Hyyoudo
The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso’s twin boys suddenly disappears. Read More »
The Tale of Zatoichi / Zatôichi monogatari (1962) Kenji Misumi, Shintarô Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryûzô Shimada
An impoverished blind masseur becomes a mercenary swordsman, to gain basic respect. Read More »
Tamako in Moratorium / Moratoriamu Tamako (2013) Nobuhiro Yamashita, Atsuko Maeda, Suon Kan, Shôko Fujimura
Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Read More »
Mori, the Artist’s Habitat / Mori no iru basho (2018) Shûichi Okita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Munetaka Aoki, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Vegetation thrives in painter Morikazu’s garden, which is home to creatures Read More »
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village / Tarao Bannai: Kimen mura no sangeki (1978) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Akira Kobayashi, Ichirô Zaitsu, Sanae Kitabayashi
Private eye Tarao Bannai is called in to solve the murdered of a young girl Read More »