Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman Read More »
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Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected / Kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu (2005) Satoshi Miki, Juri Ueno, Yû Aoi, Ryô Iwamatsu
Suzume Katagura is a bored housewife who spends her days doing chores Read More »
Intimacies / Shinmitsusa (2012) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Hamaguchi wrote and directed this film as a graduation project for the students Read More »
Passion (2008) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Aoba Kawai, Nao Okabe, Ryuta Okamoto
A young couple announces their wedding at a party with friends. Read More »
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo / Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1935) Sadao Yamanaka, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Kiyozo, Kunitarô Sawamura
The Yagyu family’s elder son sends an old and cheap looking pot to his young brother Read More »
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 »