Makoto Satô – YMO Propaganda (1984)
Starring Yellow Magic Orchestra and David Brooks Palmer, YMO Propaganda is a 1984 musical film directed by Shin Saito. The film originally premiered theatrically throughout Japan in 1984 and is...
View ArticleKô Nakahira – Hikaru umi AKA Bright Sea (1963)
Autotranslated from Japanesse:Seven male students of the English literature department who have endured among 33 female students for four years of college life. After the graduation party, Nosaka...
View ArticleKôji Fukada – Fuchi ni tatsu AKA Harmonium (2016)
Quote:Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio’s family life. Koji Fukada - (2016) Harmonium.mkv General...
View ArticleKinji Fukasaku – Kaisan shiki aka Ceremony of Disbanding (1967)
Quote:Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world...
View ArticleShôhei Imamura – Kuroi Ame AKA Black Rain (1989)
Quote: A somber, visually distilled, and deeply affecting portrait of the human toll and uncalculated tragedy of nuclear holocaust. In contrast to Shohei Imamura’s characteristically unrefined,...
View ArticleAzuma Morisaki – Nora inu AKA Stray Dog (1973) (HD)
Quote:When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works...
View ArticleToshio Sugie – Janken musume AKA So Young, So Bright (1955)
Quote:Western audiences associate Japanese popular cinema with monster movies and period dramas such as samurai films but, as with most national cinemas, comedies and musicals were industry mainstays....
View ArticleGakuryû Ishii (Sogo Ishii) – Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)
A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha. Electric.Dragon.80.000V.2001.576p.BluRay.DD5.1.x264.mkv General...
View ArticleIsao Yamada – Anmonaito no sasayaki wo kiita AKA I’ve Heard the Ammonite...
Synopsis:A fantasy story based on the relationship between Kenji Miyazawa and his younger sister Toshi. This is the first 35mm film written and directed by Isao Yamada, who has created a unique world...
View ArticleKyôsuke Mikuriya & Hayao Miyazaki – Meitantei Holmes AKA Sherlock Hound...
Before he went on to create Totoro and Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki captured a whole generation of children’s imaginations with his retelling of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries using a loveable cast of...
View ArticleNorifumi Suzuki – Torakku yarô: Dokyô ichibanboshi AKA Trucker Yaro V AKA...
A truck driver in Yamagata prefecture finds himself stuck on the road due to a police speeding checkpoint. The trucker decides to use the road shoulder instead. Wen stopped they explain to the police...
View ArticleYoshinari Okamoto – Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii AKA...
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa’s films. The series consists of episodes of varying length, typically between 30 and 60 minutes, which chronicle the making of Kurosawa’s films. Altogether...
View ArticleKôzaburô Yoshimura – Amai Himitsu AKA Sweet Secret (1971) (HD)
A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men. Amai.Himitsu.1971.Hdtv.mkv General Container: Matroska Runtime: 1 h...
View ArticleNorifumi Suzuki – Torakku yarô: Furusato tokkyûbin AKA Trucker Yaro X AKA...
Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving in to collect the sheets for her and ends up...
View ArticleYoshinari Okamoto – Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii AKA...
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa’s films. The series consists of episodes of varying length, typically between 30 and 60 minutes, which chronicle the making of Kurosawa’s films. Altogether...
View ArticleGô Shibata – Nn-891102 (1999)
Summary:Ryuich, the survivor when bombing in Nagasaki has the amazing document of those tragic at the order, it is record of explosion of an atomic bomb on August 9, 1945 11:02. He has made this...
View ArticleYoshinari Okamoto – Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii AKA...
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa’s films. The series consists of episodes of varying length, typically between 30 and 60 minutes, which chronicle the making of Kurosawa’s films. Altogether...
View ArticleNatsuki Takahashi – Sayonara konban wa AKA A Girl in My Room (2022)
A fantasy romantic comedy that highlights the charm of the city of Onomichi. A fantasy romantic comedy based on the popular comic by the manga artist, YAMAMOTO Chugaku, supported by the younger...
View ArticleYoshinari Okamoto – Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii AKA...
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa’s films. The series consists of episodes of varying length, typically between 30 and 60 minutes, which chronicle the making of Kurosawa’s films. Altogether...
View ArticleKon Ichikawa – Wagahai wa neko de aru AKA I Am A Cat (1975)
Review from clydefro.comI wasn’t sufficiently acquainted with Kon Ichikawa’s work (and, truthfully, I’m still not), but the entire tone of his relatively obscure I Am a Cat caught me somewhat by...
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