
A temporal portal dumps a rotting zombie on a city street. “Misa Kuroi”, it croaks, before withering away. Read More »
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Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man / Muhomatsu no issho (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa

In the turn of the Twentieth Century, the rickshaw driver Matsugoro “Matsu” Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard / Eko eko azaraku II (1996) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Wataru Shihôdô, Chieko Shiratori

Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to ‘Wizard of Darkness’ to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness / Eko eko azaraku (1995) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Miho Kanno, Shu-Ma

Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school Read More »
Four Seasons of Children / Kodomo no shiki (1939) Hiroshi Shimizu, Teruo Furuya, Masao Hayama, Shin’ichi Himori

A follow-up to Children in the Wind, Four Seasons of Children is also based on a Tsubota Joji novel. Read More »
Stolen Desire / Nusumareta yokujô (1958) Shôhei Imamura, Osamu Takizawa, Shin’ichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Nagato

A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows. Read More »
Radiance / Hikari (2017) Naomi Kawase, Masatoshi Nagase, Ayame Misaki, Tatsuya Fuji

At a firm specializing in creating audio descriptions for films to serve the visually impaired Read More »
Battle in Outer Space / Uchû sai sensô (1959) Ishirô Honda, Ryô Ikebe, Kyôko Anzai, Minoru Takada

Munchkin-like aliens invade Earth full force with their flying saucers and laser weapons, rendering cities helpless. Read More »
Brother (2000) Takeshi Kitano, Claude Maki, Omar Epps

A Japanese Yakuza gangster is exiled to the United States. Read More »
Ashura / Ashura-jô no hitomi (2005) Yôjirô Takita, Somegorô Ichikawa, Rie Miyazawa, Kanako Higuchi

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan Read More »