Goro’s supermarket is not doing well; the rival “Bargains Galore” threatens his business. Read More »
Tag Archives: Masahiko Tsugawa
Bloodiest Flower / Nihon jokyo-den: ketto midare-bana (1971) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Masahiko Tsugawa
The story of Tei, a female coalmine operator, who risks her life to protect the business that was passed on by her late husband. Read More »
Good-for-nothing (1960) Yoshishige Yoshida, Hizuru Takachiho, Masahiko Tsugawa, Yûsuke Kawazu
A bored young student falls for the young secretary of his rich friend’s father. Read More »
Manon (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Setsuko Karasuma
The story of the rise and fall of a young courtesan. Read More »
Cuban Love AKA Kyûba no koibito (1969) Kazuo Kuroki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Obdulia Plasencia, Gloria Lee
A Japanese sailor arrives in Cuba, willing to know the country and meet its people Read More »
A Taxing Woman’s Return / Marusa no onna 2 (1988) Jûzô Itami, Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentarô Mikuni, Masahiko Tsugawa
Ryoko Itakura returns as the government tax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. Read More »
Heaven and Earth / Ten to Chi to (1990) Haruki Kadokawa, Takaaki Enoki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Atsuko Asano
Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. Read More »
Crazed Fruit (1956) Kô Nakahira, Yûjirô Ishihara, Masahiko Tsugawa, Mie Kitahara
Bored rich kids. Natsuhisa, 20, constantly teases his brother Haruji, 16, about girls. Read More »
Night and Fog in Japan (1960) Nagisa Ôshima, Miyuki Kuwano, Fumio Watanabe, Masahiko Tsugawa
Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense Read More »
Ageman / Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990) Jûzô Itami, Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Hiroshi Ohkôchi, Comedy, Drama
The film stars two of Itami’s regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes partner. Read More »