Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. Read More »
Tag Archives: Rentarô Mikuni
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 / 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 / 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 »
The Wind, Woman and Road (1958) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Rentarô Mikuni, Satomi Oka
A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity Read More »
Wuthering Heights (1988) Yoshishige Yoshida, Yûsaku Matsuda, Yûko Tanaka, Rentarô Mikuni
This erotic and violent story taken from Emily Bronte’s classic novel, and Georges Bataille’s analyzes Read More »
Husband and Wife (1953) Mikio Naruse, Ken Uehara, Yôko Sugi, Rentarô Mikuni
A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband’s co-worker, a widower. Read More »