A Woman’s Place / Onna no Za (1962) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Yôko Tsukasa, Yuriko Hoshi
The widow of the eldest son of a large family is financially dependent on h...
The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September / Kugatsu no joudan kurabu bando (1982) Shunichi Nagasaki, Masato Furuoya, Sachiko Itô, Masao Matsuda
After the death of his friend Tetsuji, Ryo (Takashi Naito) and his biker ga...
Sicilian Connection / Shatterer (1987) Tonino Valerii, Kôji Kikkawa, Andy J. Forest, Marina Suma
Following the opening of a Japanese auto factory in Sicily, the head of the...
Yorokobi mo kanashimi mo ikutoshitsuki / Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura, Drama
Covering the years from 1932 through 1957, this is the story of the trials ...
Goodbye, South, Goodbye (1996) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Hsiang Hsi, Kuei-Ying Hsu, Annie Shizuka Inoh
Produced by the Japanese Shochiku Company, this Taiwanese drama follows the...
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (1976) Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Documentary
The 1970s in Japan saw the rise of motorcycle gangs, which drew the interes...
Â! Ikkenya puroresu / Oh! My Zombie Mermaid (2004) Naoki Kubo, Terry Ito, Shinya Hashimoto, Sonim, Shirô Sano, Action, Drama
Comedy, horror and wrestling combine in this fight fest starring real-life ...
Chuji Tabinikki Daisanbu Goyohen / A Diary of Chuji’s Travels (1927) Daisuke Itô, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Hideo Nakamura, Kichiji Nakamura, Drama
The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary ...
Hold Me and Kiss Me AKA Watashi o daite soshite kisu shite (1992) Jun’ya Satô, Yôko Minamino, Hidekazu Akai, Tomokazu Miura
Kieko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been inf...
Morning for the Osone Family / Ôsone-ke no ashita (1946) Keisuke Kinoshita, Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji
Kinoshita’s first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superb...
The White Countess (2005) James Ivory, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave
Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world. Into this city of political intrig...
Happî awâ / Happy Hour (2015) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Drama
Jun, Akari, Sakurako and Fumi truly believe that they can confide in each o...
Punishment Island / Shokei no shima (1966)
Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to...
Tora-san 22 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Uwasa no Torajirô (1978) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi’s father on a bus, Tora decides to ge...
Diaries of the Kamikaze / Â dôki no sakura (1967)
This movie is dedicated to desperate young Japanese pilots, during the Seco...