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A female plays a race car driver lends her services to the Japanese Secret Service. She goes in pursuit of a cartel of drug runners and assorted Japanese Yakuza types.Read More »

Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is enaged to Mariko, the niece of his company’s president. But Yoshioka has a crisis of consence when he remembers his former love Mitsu, a rural girl whom he met and later left while in college. Shimako, a former friend, persuades Yoshioka to meet with Mitsu while she plots to blackmail Yoshioka by photographing the meeting to break up Mariko and Yoshioka.Read More »

One of the leading lights of the Japanese New Wave, Kiju Yoshida (Eros + Massacre) broke with studio filmmaking for A Story Written With Water, his first independent production and the start of his signature style. Telling the story of a man torn between his fiancee and the familial bond of his mother, Yoshida creates a dazzling narrative that uses flashbacks to tell its story of obsession and desire. With the luminous Mariko Okada as the mother, the celebrated star of such masterpieces as Floating Clouds and Late Autumn, she would become Yoshida’s muse across a series of the director’s ‘anti-melodramas’. Yoshida’s singular visual flair and revolutionary exploration of film codes place him as one of the finest Japanese filmmakers of the postwar period.Read More »

January 1905, Manchuria. The Russo-Japanese War has been going on for nearly a year. The Japanese has just dealt the Russians a notable blow by capturing Port Arthur. The end seems to be in sight but the Japanese themselves are in the blink of collapse as their manpower and resources are stretched to the full. Preparing a final showdown with the Russians, the Japanese sends Lieutenant Tatekawa and 5 soldiers on a scout mission. They are to go behind the Russian lines for information of their subsequent plans. These 6 get what they need, but the essential and toughest part is to make it back.Read More »

Yuta, an absent-minded 5th-grader, is sent to spend the summer with his grandfather, whom Yuta’s parents think is becoming senile and could benefit from Yuta’s companionship. At first, Yuta thinks Gramps is a bit addled, too, but as he gets to know the old man better, he finds that his grandfather sees things quite differently from other people. The special bond that often develops between grandfather and grandson grows stronger and stronger until the magical and heartwarming finale.Read More »

The epic tales of Nemuri Kyoshiro, the ‘Son of the Black Mass’ come to their ultimate conclusion with Matsukata Hiroki having taken over the role upon the death of Ichikawa Raizo. A chance meeting with another half-Caucasian ronin, leads Kyoshiro into a deadly series of encounters as he tries to save the lad’s life and turn him away from the Satsuma Spy group’s band of vicious assassins. The series ends on a high note as the superior sword skills of Matsukata Hiroki make this one of the most exciting motion pictures to come out of Japan. Entertainment at its finest, this is one of the most violent films of that era. A must-see!Read More »

The epic tales of Nemuri Kyoshiro, the “Son of the Black Mass” near their conclusion as a young Matsukata Hiroki takes over the role upon the death of Ichikawa Raizo. Expert swordfighting abounds as the half-breed ronin runs afoul of the twin brother of the Shogun’s heir, who secretly plans to replace his brother and rule the nation. The deep running conspiracy includes some of the most powerful members of the Ruling Council. Meanwhile Kyoshiro must find a way to defeat some of the most skillful fighters he has ever faced. Matsukata Hiroki’s swordsmanship shines as he brings the character to a new level.Read More »

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The wife Yuko Kusumon operating a pottery store was a chastal wife without complaints even though her husband is cheated with her heart.
Kouji Umeya, who was working part-time at a shop, was able to see the unparallel rag, and brought her to the cheerful site.
Furthermore, Kenji will cause serious injury to the spot.
Kouji who came to the end of her uniform and started her bizarre living in Izu villa home.Read More »

Just when you think Kyoshiro’s life can’t get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming that he did it. Tracking down the real culprit will take him along a twisted trail that involves the Shogun’s harem, hidden Christians, and positively pregnant politics.Read More »