Takahisa Zeze – Moon Child (2003)
Quote:In the year 2014, Japan has collapsed economically and thus its people emigrated in large numbers and settled in other parts of the world. In a corner in Asia, there is a little street called...
View ArticleToshiya Fujita – Shinjuku outlaw: Buttobase AKA Shinjuku Outlaw: Step on the...
Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, is taken to a bar that Nao operates and there he meets his old love Emiko, now working as hostess, and accepts Nao’s appeal for help in finding drug thieves. After...
View ArticleKazuo Hara – Mata no hi no chika AKA The Many Faces of Chika (2005)
Director Kazuo Hara tells the tale of the eponymous Chika and four different relationships she has during the turbulent political climate of the 1970s. Four different actresses play the role of Chika...
View ArticleHiromasa Nomura – Kinuyo no hatsukoi AKA Kinuyo’s First Love (1940)
Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister’s boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human relationships in a town of customs and manners. Lauri...
View ArticleKinuyo Tanaka – Ruten no ôhi AKA The Wandering Princess (1960)
Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of a long-established aristocratic family – all in the interest of the Japanese rulers, which legitimizes...
View ArticleSeijun Suzuki – Ankoku no Ryoken AKA Passport To Darkness (1959)
Quote:The story deals with a trombone player, Ibuki, who’s taking a “working” honeymoon with his wife. While they travel via train to the next gig, his wife disappears. Thinking she left him, Ibuki...
View ArticleRaj Kapoor – Aag aka Fire (1948)
Quote:In Raj Kapoor’s own words, Aag is “the story of youth consumed by the desire for a brighter and more intense life.” Kewal and Nimmi are childhood sweethearts who share a passion for theatre....
View ArticleRaj Kapoor – Barsaat aka Rain (1949)
Plot summary:Two friends from the city with contrasting beliefs about love take their annual holiday in the country. One is a “love ’em and leave ’em” philanderer, the other is waiting for Miss Right....
View ArticleYukio Ninagawa – Masho no natsu –‘Yotsuya kaidan’ yori AKA Summer of Demon...
A version of the famous kabuki play Yotsuya Kaidan from 1981. 1.48GB | 1h 35m | 814×458 | mkv https://nitro.download/view/43BB2BDA4765707/Summer.of.Demon.1981.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv or...
View ArticleKiyoshi Kurosawa – Katte ni shiyagare! Eiyû-keikaku AKA Suit Yourself or...
Two men get involved with a brother and sister that want to drive a local gang out of their neighborhood. 1.34GB | 1h 23m | 720×432 | mkv...
View ArticleSachiko Hidari – The Far Road AKA Toi ippon no michi (1977)
A landmark in Japanese cinema, The Far Road is the first feature film planned, produced, and directed as well as starred in by a woman, Sachiko Hidari. Inspired by her many years of work as an actress...
View ArticleKiyoshi Kurosawa – Katte ni shiyagare!! Dasshutsu keikaku AKA Suit Yourself...
Quote:Nestled in the mid 90’s when Kurosawa was heavily involved in creating diptych crime stories such as “The Serpent’s Path” and “Eyes of the Spider” and especially his “Revenge” double feature,...
View ArticleKôji Wakamatsu – Sei kazoku AKA Sex Family (1971)
Quote:It’s supposed to be a political critique of the japanese patriarchal family structure. The father wearing his military uniform is dominating his family sexually and violently. And while his...
View ArticleKôji Wakamatsu – Hika AKA Secret Flower (1971)
A very rare ATG distributed Wakamatsu, starring Ken Yoshizawa and Rie Yokoyama as two pieces of a destructive love-triangle. Has all the usual Wakamatsu themes of politics, suicide and twisted love,...
View ArticleJin Wang – Chujia nu AKA The Wedding Maidens (1990)
From Wikipedia:The Wedding Maidens (Chinese: 出嫁女; pinyin: Chūjià nǚ) is a 1990 Chinese drama film directed by Wang Jin. It was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the...
View ArticleJohnnie To – Heung joh chow heung yau chow aka Turn left turn right (2003)
Quote:This movie is a great adaptation from the book by the renown artist Jimmy from Taiwan. Not only faithfully materializing the conception from the poetic illustrations in the book, the movie also...
View ArticleYasuzo Masumura – Akumyo: shima arashi AKA Bad Reputation: Notorious Dragon...
Quote:Set in 1937, this is the story of Asakichi, who is played by Shiuntaro Katsu, best known as being Zatoichi in 26 films. Asakichi has been disowned by his father for gambling, so he heads off to...
View ArticleTai Katô – Nihon kyôka den AKA The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
Yakuza film about Mine, a strong-minded woman, who risks her life and her body in a desperate search for true love. 8.60GB | 2h 26m | 1920×800 | mkv...
View ArticleRaj Kapoor – Sangam aka A Meeting of Souls (1964)
Winner of 4 Filmfare Awards: Best Actress (Vyjayantimala), Best Director (Raj Kapoor), Best Editor (Raj Kapoor), Best Sound Recordist (Allaudin). Ganga, Jamuna, Saraswati, three sacred rivers in...
View ArticleRaj Kapoor – Mera Naam Joker aka My Name is Joker (1970)
Winner of 5 Filmfare Awards: Best Cinematography – Color (Radhu Karmakar); Best Director (Raj Kapoor), Best Music Director (Ravi Shankar); Best Playback Singer – Male (Manna Dey for the song “Ay bhai...
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