A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. A rich girl takes an interest in him and tries to help him find a good job. Read More »
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Max Mon Amour / Max My Love (1986) Nagisa Ôshima, Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Comedy
Reserved and cool, Margaret is the French wife of Peter, a British diplomat posted to France with their son Nelson. Read More »
Kaette kita yopparai / Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968) Nagisa Ôshima, Kazuhiko Kato, Osamu Kitayama, Norihiko Hashida, Action, Comedy
Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan. The action develops into a crime story. Read More »
Shonen / Le Petit Garcon / Boy (1969) Nagisa Ôshima, Fumio Watanabe, Akiko Koyama, Tetsuo Abe, Drama
Based on real events reported in Japanese newspapers in 1966 “Boy” follows the title character, Toshio Omura, across Japan, as he is forced to participate in a dangerous scam to support his dysfunctional family. Toshio’s father, Takeo Omura, is an abusive, lazy veteran, who forces his wife, the boy’s stepmother, Takeko Tamiguchi, to feign being hit by cars in order to shake down the motorists. When his wife is unable to perform the scam, Toshio is enlisted…
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Muri shinjû: Nihon no natsu / Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967) Nagisa Ôshima, Keiko Sakurai, Kei Satô, Tetsuo Ashida, Crime, Drama
Over the course of a night, a sex-obsessed young woman, a suicidal man, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster are taken prisoner of a gang awaiting a shootout between a rival gang at dawn.
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