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The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town AKA Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Saihate no Nagare-mono (1969) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Takashi Shimura, Kaneko Iwaskura
It’s a battle of good versus evil in the frozen north when former prison inmate Katsuji takes on Boss Tamaru Read More »
The Life of Matsu the Untamed AKA Muhomatsu no issho (1943) Hiroshi Inagaki, Tsumasaburô Bandô, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Keiko Sonoi
Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Read More »
Moonlight Whispers AKA Gekkô no sasayaki (1999) Akihiko Shiota, Kenji Mizuhashi, Tsugumi, Kôta Kusano
An offbeat study of the adult games that men and women play filtered through the actions Read More »
Katatsumori (1994) Naomi Kawase, Uno Kawase
Fe AKA Hagane (1994) Kanji Nakajima, Fumiko Kawahara, Eiji Maruyama, Reina Oshibe
Near the remains of an iron factory, an old painter faces the challenges of creation Read More »
Forest of Oppression AKA Assatsu no mori (1967) Shinsuke Ogawa
The Oppressed Students focuses on the phenomenon of the struggle of university students Read More »
Elegy of the North AKA Banka (1957) Heinosuke Gosho, Yoshiko Kuga, Masayuki Mori, Mieko Takamine
A young woman falls for a middle aged business man, but things get complicated when she also starts having feelings for his wife. Read More »
The Descendants of Taro Urashima AKA 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 »
Horse and Woman and Dog AKA Uma to onna to inu (1990) Hisayasu Satô, Kanako Kishi, Kazuhiro Sano, Yuri Sasaki
Three social outcasts who live near the seaside interact with each other in increasingly disturbing ways. Read More »
The Domain: The Naniwa Story AKA Nihon Kyokaku-den: Naniwa-hen (1965) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Hideo Murata, Asao Uchida
Osaka, 1920. A sailor returns from several years at sea to see his brother Read More »
Tokyo Drifter AKA Tôkyô nagaremono (1966) Seijun Suzuki, Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi
Tokyo Drifter stands with Branded to Kill as one of the best-known and most acclaimed films of Seijun Suzuki, one of Japan’s most talented maverick directors. Read More »
Spring on Leper’s Island AKA Kojima no haru (1940) Shirô Toyoda, Shizue Natsukawa, Ichirô Sugai, Haruko Sugimura
Based on actual events, taken from a woman doctor’s story of life in a remote leper colony. Read More »
Skull AKA Dokuro (1927) Sentarô Shirai, Utaemon Ichikawa, Kokuten Kôdô, Ritsuko Niizuma
A rare film which depicts the tragic fate of a Christian lord who fought for his fate in the Edo period. Read More »
The 47 Ronin AKA Chûshingura (1962) Hiroshi Inagaki, Yûzô Kayama, Chûsha Ichikawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
A young lord attempts to combat the corruption endemic to the Shogunate bureaucracy Read More »