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Himeyuri Lily Tower / Himeyuri no Tô (1953) Tadashi Imai, Kyôko Kagawa, Susumu Fujita, Keiko Tsushima

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. Read More »
Samurai Rebellion / Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967) Masaki Kobayashi, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Gô Katô

During peace in 1725, aging swordsman Isaburo is living a henpecked life when his clan Read More »
The Most Dangerous Game / Mottomo kiken na yuugi (1978) Tôru Murakawa, Yûsaku Matsuda, Keiko Tasaka, Ichirô Araki

Assassin Narumi is asked to rescue a kidnapped businessman involved in an air defense project. Read More »
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron / Kumokiri Nizaemon (1978) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kôshirô Matsumoto, Shima Iwashita

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class Read More »
Mai-chan’s Daily Life: The Movie / Mai-chan no nichijô (2014) Sade Satô, Miyako Akane, An Koshi, Shôgo Maruyama

A sadistic place in a remote location put out a help wanted ad luring young teen girls to come work Read More »
Angel Guts: Nami / Tenshi no harawata: Nami (1979) Noboru Tanaka, Eri Kanuma, Takeo Chii, Mimi Sawaki

This is the third film in the Angel Guts series. It tells the story of Nami, a young female journalist. Read More »
Her Lonely Lane / Hôrô-ki (1962) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Akira Takarada, Daisuke Katô

Fumiko struggles to get her literary work published, spending years working Read More »
Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler / Gincho nagaremono mesuneko bakuchi (1972) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Meiko Kaji, Shin’ichi Chiba, Shingo Yamashiro

Nami(played by Meiko Kaji) returns to Tokyo to find the man who killed her father 13 years ago. Read More »
Mishima: The Last Debate / Mishima Yukio vs Tôdai zenkyôtô: 50 nenme no shinjitsu (2020) Keisuke Toyoshima, Yukio Mishima, Osamu Kimura, Masahiko Akuta

One of Japan’s most important 20th century literary figures, nominated for the Nobel Prize Read More »