Samurai Reincarnation AKA Makai tenshô (1981) Kinji Fukasaku, Shin’ichi Chiba, Kenji Sawada, Akiko Kana
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai d...
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman AKA Zatôichi (1989) Shintarô Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur I...
Campus A-Go-Go / Ereki no wakadaishô (1965) Katsumi Iwauchi, Yûzô Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Chôko Iida
A thoroughly charming 60s youth film centered around Beatlesmania / Group S...
The Devil’s Stairway AKA Maeui gyedan (1964) Lee Man-hee, Jeong-suk Moon, Jin Kyu Kim, Seong-ja Bang
A man wants to leave his mistress so he can marry the daughter of the...
Seashore Village / Gaetmaeul (1965) Kim Soo-yong, Shin Yeong-gyun, Eun-a Ko, Jeong-sun Hwang
At an ocean side village, many fishing boats never return from the high sea...
Strangers When We Meet (1960) Richard Quine, Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs, Drama, Romance
The awarded architect Larry Coe lives a boring marriage with his wife Eve C...
The Long Excuse AKA Nagai iiwake (2016) Miwa Nishikawa, Masahiro Motoki, Pistol Takehara, Eri Fukatsu
Based on a book by writer – director Miwa Nishikawa, a recently widow...
Evil Man of Edo AKA Edo no akutaro (1959) Masahiro Makino, Kusuo Abe, Kunio Kaga, Chizuru Kitagawa
A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller w...
Midare karakuri / Murder in the Doll House (1979) Susumu Kodama, Shin Kishida, Koichi Kitami, Yûsaku Matsuda, Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
In the best traditions of Japanese mystery stories which place fiendi...
The Madonna and the Dragon AKA Tinikling ou ‘La madonne et le dragon’ (1990) Samuel Fuller, Jennifer Beals, Luc Merenda, Patrick Bauchau
Two photojournalists who were once a couple are covering the elections in t...
The Great Duel AKA Dai satsujin (1964) Eiichi Kudô, Takayuki Akutagawa, Kôtarô Satomi, Chôichirô Kawarasaki
A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun’s...
The Empty Table AKA Shokutaku no nai ie (1985) Masaki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mayumi Ogawa, Kie Nakai
This gripping docudrama is a fictionalized account of what could happen to ...
Kekkô Kamen 2: We’ll Be Back… AKA Kekkô Kamen 2 (1992) Yutaka Akiyama, Kenji Yamaguchi, Rie Nakano, Rie Kondoh
Mayumi and the other students are suspected of cheating and put in th...
It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve: Masao Adachi (2011) Philippe Grandrieux, Masao Adachi, Naruhiko Onozawa
Grandrieux pays an homage to Masao Adachi, a Japanese filmmaker with a turb...
