Dogra Magra / Dogura magura (1988) Toshio Matsumoto, Yôji Matsuda, Shijaku Katsura, Hideo Murota
A man is confined to a mental institution after trying to murder his fiance...
True Story of a Woman in Jail: Continues AKA Zoku jitsuroku onna kanbetsusho (1975) Kôyû Ohara, Hitomi Kozue, Mihoko Arikawa, Kumi Natsuki
This shocking sequel to TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN IN JAIL: SEX HELL, Mayumi (th...
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) Howard Brookner, Josef Sommer, Madonna, Tony Azito
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, g...
When the Last Sword is Drawn (2002)
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support h...
Organised Violence Two / Zoku soshiki bôryoku (1967) Jun’ya Satô, Tetsurô Tanba, Fumio Watanabe, Hayato Tani
A superb proto-jitsuroku type yakuza film by Junya Sato. Fumio Watanabe (in...
Melancholic / Merankorikku (2018) Seiji Tanaka, Yôji Minagawa, Yoshitomo Isozaki, Mebuki Yoshida
Kazuhiko, a graduate of a prestigious university, wasn’t enjoying his life,...
A Cruel Romance / Zhestokiy romans (1984) Eldar Ryazanov, Alisa Freyndlikh, Larisa Guzeeva, Nikita Mikhalkov
Cinematographic adaptation of classical Russian play “Dowry-less” by A. Ost...
Izumi / Fountainhead (1956) Masaki Kobayashi, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Yôko Katsuragi, Drama
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens t...
Kitamura Toukoku: Waga fuyu no uta / Tokoku Kitamura. My Winter Song (1977) Seiichiro Yamaguchi, Ranbô Minami, Mari Tanaka, Renji Ishibashi, Mariko Fuji, Drama, Romance
Tokoku Kitamura (1868-1894) is a Romantic poet and an advocate of liberalis...
Ikite iru Magoroku / The Living Magoroku (1943)
A superstitious farming family is hesitant to use their prized fallow field...
Iron Maze (1991) Hiroaki Yoshida, Jeff Fahey, Bridget Fonda, Hiroaki Murakami
In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburg: One evening, a Japanese b...
Demonlover (2002) Olivier Assayas, Connie Nielsen, Gina Gershon, Chloë Sevigny, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Diane works for a French firm bidding to purchase a Japanese animation outf...
Restoration Fire (1961) Shimura Takashi, Kataoka Chiezo, Awashima Chikage, Tsuchikata Ryunosuke, Okada Eiji, Satomi Kotaro
The story of Shinsengumi and one of its deputy leaders Hijikata Toshizo.
Al...
The Orphan Gambler (1971) Shigehiro Ozawa, Sumiko Fuji, Kôji Tsuruta, Gannosuke Ashiya
Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to ho...
