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It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve: Masao Adachi (2011) Philippe Grandrieux, Masao Adachi, Naruhiko Onozawa

Grandrieux pays an homage to Masao Adachi, a Japanese filmmaker with a turbulent past Read More »
Tokyo Story / Tôkyô monogatari (1953) Yasujirô Ozu, Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura

Elderly couple Shukishi and Tomi Hirayama live in the small coastal village of Onomichi Read More »
Magino Village: A Tale / 1000-nen kizami no hidokei (1987) Shinsuke Ogawa, Tatsumi Hijikata, Junko Miyashita, Takahiro Tamura

The movie compiles footage taken by Ogawa Production for a period of more than ten years Read More »
A Duel Tale / Hatashiai (2015) Shigemichi Sugita, Mieko Harada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Nanami Sakuraba

An elderly samurai who spent his life as a heya-zumi (essentially a freeloader off his family) Read More »
Violence at Noon / Hakuchû no tôrima (1966) Nagisa Ôshima, Saeda Kawaguchi, Akiko Koyama, Kei Satô

Hakuchû no tôrima is the portrayal of a violent rapist as seen through the recollections of his wife and one of his victims. Read More »
The Stairway to the Distant Past / Harukana jidai no kaidan o (1995) Kaizô Hayashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Haruko Wanibuchi

Mike Hama is a private investigator who has been reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. Read More »
Lonelyheart / Sabishinbô (1985) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Yasuko Tomita, Toshinori Omi, Yumiko Fujita

Lonely and love-struck, high-school student Hiroki pursues one girl but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Read More »
I Am Keiko / Keiko desu kedo (1997) Sion Sono, Keiko Suzuki

Keiko Suzuki is a lonely waitress in Tokyo. Her father passes away of cancer Read More »
Yakuza Wolf – I Perform Murder / Ôkami yakuza: Koroshi wa ore ga yaru (1972) Ryuichi Takamori, Shin’ichi Chiba, Kôji Nanbara, Makoto Satô

The son of a murder crime boss exacts his revenge by pitting two rival clans against each other. Read More »