
At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. Read More »
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Sword of Desperation / Hisshiken torisashi (2010) Hideyuki Hirayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Read More »
Everything Goes Wrong / Subete ga kurutteru (1960) Seijun Suzuki, Tamio Kawachi, Yoshiko Nezu, Sayuri Yoshinaga

The young rebel Juro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution Read More »
Late Chrysanthemums / Bangiku (1954) Mikio Naruse, Haruko Sugimura, Ken Uehara, Sadako Sawamura

What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Read More »
The Sun Above, Death Below / Sogeki (1968) Hiromichi Horikawa, Yûzô Kayama, Ruriko Asaoka, Masayuki Mori

Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring Read More »
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 »