The Rendezvous (1972)
The Rendezvous (1972) This sad Japanese romantic melodrama tells the brief love story of a very alert young man and an extremely beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part during a train ride.
Queen Bee (1978)
Queen Bee (1978) Private detective Kindaichi investigates a series of murders in scenic rural Japan.
The ThickWalled Room (1956)
The ThickWalled Room (1956) From the Criterion Collection: "Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II, this drama about a group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers jailed for crimes against humanity was adapted from the diaries of real prisoners. Because of the in
The Inheritance (1962)
The Inheritance (1962) On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown to his family and colleagues. A bevy of lawyers and associates then begin machinations to procure the money for themsel
I Will Buy You (1956)
I Will Buy You (1956) Kobayashi's pitiless take on Japan's professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. An excoriation of the inhumanity bred by a mercenary, bribery-fueled business, it follows the shark-like maneuvers of a scout dead set on signing a promising athlete t
Typhoon Over Nagasaki (1957)
Typhoon Over Nagasaki 1957 Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love both with Japan and a charming Japanese girl named Noriko But Francoise Fabre, a French journalist and Pierres former lover, contacts him while visiting the Land of the Rising
Akuma no temari uta (1977)
Akuma no temari uta 1977 Kosuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder Then some murders happen Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is