Veteran director (Hideo Gosha) adapts this psychological drama based Read More »
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Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman AKA Zatôichi (1989) Shintarô Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks Read More »
Shimanto River AKA Shimanto-gawa (1991) Hideo Onchi, Kanako Higuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Kaoru Kobayashi
A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. Read More »
Bedtime Eyes (1987) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Kanako Higuchi, Michael Wright, Michiyo Yasuda
Kim, a singer in a jazz club on a military base, has a partner, Ichiro Read More »
Gulf Road AKA Wangan Doro (1984) Yôichi Higashi, Masao Kusakari, Kanako Higuchi, Kaoru Kobayashi
21st century modern love in 80s Japan. Carried out with absolute smoothness, confidence, and nuance. Read More »
Ashura AKA 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 »
Deaths in Tokimeki AKA Tokimeki ni shisu (1984) Yoshimitsu Morita, Kenji Sawada, Kanako Higuchi, Naoki Sugiura
An emotionless hit man is sent on a mission to a remote town. Read More »
Amida-do dayori / Letter from the Mountain (2002) Takashi Koizumi, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Shoji Arano, Drama
As the film begins, Takao (Akira Terao) and Michiko (Kanako Higuchi) have already pulled up their Tokyo roots and moved to a village that is Takao’s ancestral home. They visit a thatched cottage that serves as a memorial shrine (amidado) for the village dead and chat with the attendant, the spry 96-year-old Oume (Tanie Kitabayashi). Together they admire the view — from an inspiring distance. Oume, it turns out, is a kind of sage, whose thoughts and observations are a popular feature in a column in a local newsletter. Her amanuensis is a mute, sweetly smiling young woman named Sayuri (Manami Konishi), who is as devoted to Oume as Oume is to the souls of her beloved dead.
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