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Tag Archives: japanese
Zatoichi: The Last (2010) Junji Sakamoto, Shingo Katori, Takashi Sorimachi, Satomi Ishihara

Ichi has given up his cane sword and his former life as a traveler in order to settle down Read More »
My Sons / Musuko (1991) Yôji Yamada, Rentarô Mikuni, Masatoshi Nagase, Emi Wakui

Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. Read More »
Gambler / Bakuchi uchi (1967) Shigehiro Ozawa, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida, Tomisaburô Wakayama

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. Read More »
Afternoon Breezes / Kazetachi no gogo (1980) Hitoshi Yazaki, Setsuko Aya, Naomi Ito, Hiroshi Sugita

Two young girls, Mitsu and Natsuko, share the same apartment. Read More »
Chutaro of Banba (1955) Banba no Chûtarô

Based on the play ”Mabuta no Haha” by famed author Hasegawa Shin, this is the first major Read More »
The Yakuza Wives 2 / Gokudo no onna-tachi 2 (1987) Tooru Dobashi, Yukiyo Toake, Rino Katase, Hiroaki Murakami

Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s Read More »
The Sword of Doom / Dai-bosatsu tôge (1966) Kihachi Okamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama

Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. Read More »
Junk Head (2017) Takahide Hori

Mankind can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. Read More »
Sakuya: Slayer of Demons / Sakuya: yôkaiden (2000) Tomoo Haraguchi, Nozomi Andô, Kyûsaku Shimada, Keiko Matsuzaka

The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Read More »