With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town’s wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. Read More »
Tag Archives: Rentarô Mikuni
Natsu no niwa: The Friends (1994) Shinji Sômai
A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man Read More »
Crossroads of Death / Shi no jûjiro (1956) Umetsugu Inoue, Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Hisano Yamaoka
Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having Read More »
The human promise / Ningen no yakusoku (1986) Yoshishige Yoshida, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Orie Satô
An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. Read More »
Wife AKA Tsuma (1953) Mikio Naruse, Mieko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Rentarô Mikuni
Tokyo. Mihoko and Toichi Nakagawa’s ten year marriage is crumbling out of inertia. Read More »
Will to Live / Ikitai (1999) Kaneto Shindô, Rentarô Mikuni, Shinobu Ohtake, Akira Emoto
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day Read More »
Shadow of Deception / Naikai no wa (1971) Kôichi Saitô, Shima Iwashita, Akira Nakao, Rentarô Mikuni
Five years ago Minako spent a night with Sozo, the younger brother of her ex-husband. Read More »
A Story from Echigo / Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu (1964) Tadashi Imai, Yoshiko Sakuma, Shôichi Ozawa, Rentarô Mikuni
Gonsuke has had to leave town to find employment Read More »
City of Beasts / Yajû toshi (1970) Jun Fukuda, Toshio Kurosawa, Rentarô Mikuni, Noriko Takahashi
University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama Read More »
Profound Desires of the Gods / Kamigami no fukaki yokubô (1968) Shohei Imamura, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Hideko Okiyama
The Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island to drill Read More »