An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. Read More »
Tag Archives: Rentarô Mikuni
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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 »
My Sons AKA Musuko (1991) Yôji Yamada, Rentarô Mikuni, Masatoshi Nagase, Emi Wakui
Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. Read More »
Luminous Moss AKA Hikarigoke (1992) Kei Kumai, Rentarô Mikuni, Hisashi Igawa, Satoko Iwasaki
The island of Hokkaido, in Japan, is located near the Arctic Circle and is famous for its cold, snowy winters. Read More »
A Taxing Woman’s Return AKA 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 »
The Eagle and the Hawk AKA Washi to taka (1957) Umetsugu Inoue, Yûjirô Ishihara, Rentarô Mikuni, Ruriko Asaoka
In this murder mystery musical, trouble comes in pairs on a cargo ship Read More »
A Hole of My Own Making AKA Jibun no ana no nakade (1955) Tomu Uchida, Rentarô Mikuni, Yumeji Tsukioka, Mie Kitahara
Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died in the war slowly disintegrates Read More »
Kiri-no-hata AKA Sweet Revenge (1977) Katsumi Nishikawa, Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Rentarô Mikuni
Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. Read More »
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965) Satsuo Yamamoto, Rentarô Mikuni, Yûnosuke Itô, Shin’ichi Chiba, Shinjirô Ehara
Hayashida Gisuke is illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during the burglary he becomes a witness of derailment. Read More »
Natsu no niwa: The Friends (1994) Shinji Sômai, Rentarô Mikuni, Naoki Sakata, Yasutaka Oh
A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man Read More »