Hiroshi Shimizu – Sono ato no hachi no su no kodomotachi AKA Children of the...
Quote:In the sequel to Children of the Beehive, a journalist arrives in the secluded foothills of Shimizu’s cherished Izu in search of a hidden commune to ask, “What happened to the children of the...
View ArticleShin’ya Tsukamoto – Hokage AKA Shadow of Fire (2023)
In the black market, a war orphan is confronted with the struggles of people living in the immediate aftermath of WWII. Hokage.2023.1080p.U-NEXT.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-MagicStar.mkvGeneralContainer:...
View ArticleMasahiro Makino – Shôwa zankyô-den: Shinde moraimasu (1970)
imdb wrote:Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada (Takakura) goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he’s released in 1927, the world has changed....
View ArticleKoreyoshi Kurahara – Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen AKA The Gate of Youth Part 2...
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu. Seishun.no.mon.Jiritsu.hen.1982.1080p.WEB-DL.DD+2.0.H.264-SbR.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 2 h 16...
View ArticleHiromichi Horikawa – Aoi yaju AKA The Blue Beast (1960)
Quote:At the publishing company “Fujin Shunju,” union executives Date, Kuroki, Imoto, and others were having a heated argument with President Ogawa over the raise of employees’ wages. Kuroki returns...
View ArticleYasuzô Masumura – Saikô shukun fujin AKA The Most Valuable Wife (1959)
Another early Masumura with Wakao Ayako, based on the novel by Blue Sky Maiden’s (青空娘) Genji Keita. This time we have Wakao as the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, whose two elder sisters have...
View ArticleKirio Urayama – Seishun no mon AKA The Gate of Youth (1975) (HD)
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke’s infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke’s...
View ArticleYoshihiro Nishimura – Tokyo doragon hanten AKA Tokyo Dragon Chef (2020)
imdb:Retired Yakuzas, Ryu and Tatsu, open a ramen restaurant and become an instant hit. But a mysterious upstart gang is taking down every Yakuza family one by one, luring the duo back to the gangland...
View ArticleTeruo Ishii – Yasagure anego den: sôkatsu rinchi AKA Female Yakuza Tale:...
Ocho gets abducted by a yakuza clan that uses a gang of women to smuggle drugs in their vaginas. Finding out that the kingpin had killed the last boss and abducted his daughter, Ocho joins forces with...
View ArticleKiriô Urayama – Kyûpora no aru machi AKA Foundry Town (1962)
Nikkatsu’s big prestige film of the year, however, was Kiriro Uryama’s Foundry Town – a drama about the troubled family life of a bright, spunky teenage girl in a rough factory town. Urayama’s first...
View ArticleRyû Murakami – Daijôbu, mai furendo Aka All Right, My Friend (1983)
a 1983 Japanese film starring Peter Fonda as a superhero called Gonzy Traumerai. The film, written and directed by Ryu Murakami, based on his own novel, is a parody of such films as Superman, E.T. the...
View ArticleHiroshi Shimizu – Kiri no oto AKA Sound in the Mist (1956)
Synopsis:In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko’s wife Kazuyo comes to see them...
View ArticleTôru Kamei – Watashi no dorei ni narinasai AKA Be My Slave (2012)
Synopsis:Dan Mitsu stars as Kana, a female employee at a publishing company who strikes up a sexual relationship with a younger co-worker (Mayama Akihiro). He soon discovers that Kana’s fetishes...
View ArticleTarô Yuge – Ojôsan (1961)
Mubi: A romantic comedy depicting the variant and whimsical daily lives of the Japanese mademoiselles in the Metropolis of Tokyo. Taro Yuge - Ojosan [1961].mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 1 h 18...
View ArticleKôji Shima – Onna Mekura Monogatari (1965)
Synopsis At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, stumbling on a staircase, he meets a businessman named Tsuruko and falls in love...
View ArticleKenji Misumi -Yuki no mosho AKA Shroud of Snow (1967)
Before and after WWII, the complex emotional tribulations of a woman and her husband. Shroud of Snow 1967 DVDrip AAC x265-sasame.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 1h 32mnSize: 1.19 GiBDXVA:...
View ArticleTokuzô Tanaka – Shinobi no mono: Kirigakure Saizo AKA Shinobi No Mono 4:...
Tokogawa Ieyasu is the ruler of Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete — the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now besieged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu’s ninjas...
View ArticleHiroshi Edagawa – Bara no ki ni bara no hana saku (1959)
description only in Japanese <ストーリー>...
View ArticleTadashi Imai – Fushin no toki AKA The Time Of Reckoning (1968)
“The Time of Reckoning” transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces...
View ArticleKiyoshi Kurosawa – Chime (2024)
The life of a schoolteacher is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread. Chime.2024.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC5.1.H.264-BADQUALITY.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 44 min 49...
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