A perverted loner roams the rafters of a boarding house in 1920s Tokyo in Watcher in the Attic, directed by one of the Nikkatsu‘s top Roman Porno filmmaking talents, Noboru Tanaka, peeping on the unusual sexual antics of its residents in this dreamlike tale of voyeurism, obsession and murder drawn from the “erotic grotesque” literature of Japan’s foremost master of mystery and the macabre, Edogawa Rampo.Read More »
A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage. Based on a Yukio Mishima novel.Read More »
Female teacher Kyoko Miyake is left in a provincial fishing town. Her younger sister Chika quit her job and followed her. Kyoko’s class is one of the most difficult classes in the school, and all the teachers have a hard time dealing with the problem child Takeshi. The family next door, Yamazaki Dentistry, has only four siblings and a father. The second son, Jiro, was a thug who had returned from Tokyo.Read More »
Acclaimed screenwriter and filmmaker Haruhiko Arai dusts off his director’s hat following his 1997 Body and Soul to turn a passion project of 30 years into a reality. An adaption of Yuichi Takai’s prize-winning 1983 novel of the same name, This Country’s Sky is a nuanced drama set in Suginami, Tokyo towards the destitute final years of WWII. Satoko (Fumi Nikaido) is a 19 year old girl falling passionately in love with her older married neighbor (Hiroki Hasegawa), who has been spared combat due to his failing the military physical examination. Even away from the battlefield, as they grow closer their feelings are caught up in the violence of war.Read More »
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.Read More »
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When a boy loses his father he moves in with his older half-brother. The older sibling and is girlfriend are indeed kind and helpful and treat the boy well. Still, he is lonely and finds consolation in his love for dancing with his male friend. However, many strange occurrences are happening in town and the dance is taking an almost metaphysical dimension.Read More »
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A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.Read More »
There are two gangsters. The one who is planning to rob the 500 million yen from the large factory. and The another one who is planning to take that money over….Read More »
The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortly after the war.Read More »