High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their “production”. Read More »
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Two Wives / Tsuma futari (1967) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Mariko Okada, Kôji Takahashi
After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate Read More »
Yokohama BJ Blues / Yokohama BJ burûsu (1981) Eiichi Kudô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Mari Henmi, Toby Kadoguchi
BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. Read More »
Bullet of Rage / Crime Hunter (1989) Toshimichi Okawa, Seiji Matano, Masanori Sera, Minako Tanaka
After his partner Ahiru (Riki Takeuchi) is gunned down in the process of arresting criminal Read More »
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun / Gunki hatameku motoni (1972) Kinji Fukasaku, Tetsurô Tanba, Sachiko Hidari, Shinjirô Ebara
Twenty six years after the execution of her soldier husband on the dying days of World War II Read More »
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 »