A story of sex and survival, Toshio Shimura’s REVENGE OF THE PEARL QUEEN stars voluptuous Michiko Maeda Read More »
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Rampaging Dragon on the North / Hokkai no Abare-Ryu (1966) Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuo Umemiya, Susumu Fujita, Nijiko Kiyokawa
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza Read More »
Himeyuri Lily Tower / Himeyuri no Tô (1953) Tadashi Imai, Kyôko Kagawa, Susumu Fujita, Keiko Tsushima
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. Read More »
The Descendants of Taro Urashima / Urashima Tarô no kôei (1946) Mikio Naruse, Susumu Fujita, Nobuo Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier Read More »
Judo Saga AKA Sugata Sanshirô (1943) Akira Kurosawa, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki
Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, comes to the city to apprentice at a jujitsu school. Read More »
Yataro’s Sedge Hat AKA Yatarô gasa (1960) Masahiro Makino, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Minoru Chiaki, Susumu Fujita
Tossing his hat in the air to pick a direction, Yataro the wanderer sets out on a journey of adventure Read More »
Imperial Navy (1981) Shûe Matsubayashi, Susumu Fujita, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Akihiko Hirata, Drama, War
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan’s greatest flagship during the Second World War. Read More »