Yoshishige Yoshida – Ningen no yakusoku AKA A Promise AKA The Human Promise...
Ningen no yakusoku (1986) Synopsis:Yoshida returned to feature filmmaking after a hiatus of thirteen years with this brave and moving film about the struggle to maintain dignity in the face of old age...
View ArticleTokuzô Tanaka – Zoku heitai yakuza AKA Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O. (1965)
Zoku heitai yakuza (1965) Having escaped, Omiya and Arita are sent flying backwards by landmines set by the guerillas. Once again, they must confront their superiors....
View ArticleTakeshi Fukunaga – Mountain Woman (2022)
Mountain Woman (2022) Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws strength from Mt. Hayachine, where the spirits of humans ascend after passing....
View ArticleJun’ya Satô – Ningen no shômei AKA Proof of the Man (1977)
Ningen no shômei (1977) When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police Detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York City. There he is joined by Detective Shuftan, and...
View ArticleKei Kumai – Umi to dokuyaku aka The Sea and Poison (1986)
Umi to dokuyaku (1986) Quote:LEAD: EARLY in ”The Sea and Poison,” the harrowing Japanese movie now at Film Forum 1, a surgical team performs a lung operation on a young woman. It is probably the most...
View ArticleTing-Hung Kuo & Koichi Takano – Sûpâ robotto Maha Baronu AKA The Iron Man (1974)
Sûpâ robotto Maha Baronu (1974) Super Robot Mach Baron is the 1974 sequel TV series to Super Robot Red Baron and this sequel to the Red Baron. The.Iron.Man.1974.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv General...
View ArticleYoshimitsu Morita – No yohna mono AKA No yona mono AKA Something Like It (1981)
No yohna mono (1981) For his 23rd birthday, Shintoto receives from his fellow Shins, Rakugo colleagues and friends, a somethinggy bank: the pass towards a new friendship....
View ArticleWim Wenders – Perfect Days (2023)
Perfect Days (2023) Hirayama lives a life of blissful contentment, spending his days balancing his job as a caretaker of Tokyo’s public toilets with his passion for music, literature, and photography....
View ArticleToshiya Fujita – Aka chôchin AKA Red Lantern (1974)
Aka chôchin (1974) Masayuki and Sachie had little to lose when they first met each other. They were young. Their lives unscripted. It did not take long for Masayuki to quit his job and for the two to...
View ArticleNobuhiko Ôbayashi – Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu AKA Samurai Kids (1993)
Mizu no tabibito Samurai kizzu (1993) Synopsis:A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8 year old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall. Quote: The New...
View ArticleKôichi Saitô – Yadonashi AKA The Homeless (1974)
Yadonashi (1974) he Japanese remake of Robert Enrico’s french film The Last Adventure, where Alain Delon & Lino Ventura have respectively exchanged their place with Ken Takakura & Shintaro...
View ArticleYasuzô Masumura – Irezumi AKA Spider Tattoo (1966)
Irezumi (1966) Quote:“Irezumi” (which means “tattoo” in Japanese) is an erotic costume film from one of the bad boys of ’60s Japanese cinema. Director Masumura used a full palette of primary colors...
View ArticleYasuzô Masumura – Dai Akutô AKA The Great Villains (1968)
Dai Akutô (1968) Psychological action drama about the activities of a corrupt lawyer. Yasuzo Masumura - The Great Villains [1968].mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 1 h 32 minSize: 3.92...
View ArticleMitsuo Yanagimachi – Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo AKA About Love, Tokyo (1992)
Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo (1992) Ho Jun is a student from Beijing who is working in a cattle slaughter house in Tokyo. He lives with other Chinese friends in cheap lodgings. All of them find it difficult to...
View ArticleKazuaki Kiriya – Casshern (2004)
Casshern (2004) Synopsis: In a world with an alternate history, a great war finally comes to an end leaving the earth diseased and polluted. The geneticist Dr. Azuma vies for support from the...
View ArticleTeiichi Hori – Moso shojo okaku-kei AKA Otaku Type Delusion Girl (2007)
Moso shojo okaku kei (2007) Synopsis: Teen romance film based on a manga (Japanese comic book) series by Fujoshi Rumi. Moso shojo otaku kei.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 1h 53mnSize: 1.10...
View ArticleYugo Sakamoto – Baby Assassins 2 Babies (2023) (HD)
Baby Assassins 2 Babies (2023) Chisato and Mahiro were banned from performing tasks because they violated the organization’s rules. Needing money to make ends meet, they resumed their days as...
View ArticleYukihiko Tsutsumi – First Love (2021)
First Love (2021) Imdb:A university student has the usual dreams and aspirations. It turns out to be a pipe dream and so she murders her own flesh and blood. The usual media heads seek an answer in...
View ArticleYasuzô Masumura – Bibô ni tsumi ari AKA Beauty the Enemy (1959)
Bibô ni tsumi ari (1959) In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city....
View ArticleHayao Miyazaki – Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta AKA Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle....
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