The Yagyu family’s elder son sends an old and cheap looking pot to his young brother Read More »
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Teacher and Three Children / Ishiuchi jinjô kôtô shôgakkô: Hana wa chiredomo (2008) Kaneto Shindô, Akira Emoto, Etsushi Toyokawa, Naomasa Musaka
The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. Read More »
Female Ninja Magic / Kunoichi ninpo (1964) Sadao Nakajima, Mari Yoshimura, Yumiko Nogawa, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position. Read More »
Ballad of Orin / Hanare goze Orin (1977) Masahiro Shinoda, Shima Iwashita, Yoshio Harada, Tomoko Naraoka
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed while she tours the country Read More »
Black Dagger / Burai: Kuro dosu (1968) Keiichi Ozawa, Tamio Kawachi, Chieko Matsubara, Kunie Tanaka, Tetsuya Watari
“Black Dagger” is the fifth successful installment of the “Outlaw” series. Read More »
A Midsummer’s Fantasia / Han yeo-reum-ui pan-ta-ji-a (2014) Kun-jae Jang, Sae-byeok Kim, Hyeong-gook Im, Ryo Iwase
Split into two parts, shot in black and white, the opening chapter First Love Read More »
Lady Poison: Beasts of the Underground / Powazon bodi dokufu (1995) Kazuya Konaka, Rinko Mayumi, Yasunori Murata, Tomorô Taguchi
There’s a new female slasher in town, slicing up men in trendy nightclub bathrooms. Read More »
Drive My Car / Doraibu mai kâ (2021) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima
Adapted from a short story in Murakami Haruki’s “Men Without Women”. Read More »
Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell / Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro (1968) Hajime Satô, Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Satô, Eizô Kitamura
While a plane is being hijacked, a report of a bomb on board, another report of a UFO Read More »
Shape of the Night / Yoru no henrin (1964) Noboru Nakamura, Miyuki Kuwano, Mikijirô Hira, Keisuke Sonoi
A woman is pushed into prostitution by her violent yakuza boyfriend. Read More »