Kagemusha (1980)
Kagemusha (1980) When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty living up to his role and clashes with the spirit of the warlord during turbulent times in the kingdom.
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.
The Petrified Forest (1973)
The Petrified Forest 1973 Medical student Himoto Haruo makes no compromises in resolving issues with his mother, his authoritarian department boss, and his girlfriends abusive employer
Africas Light (1975)
This a bit of a slow burner for nothing much happens in the film. However, you’ll be surprised by how it grows on you. The film is about two semi-slackers (Kenichi Hasegawa and Kunie Tanaka) with an ultra-intimate friendship working, slacking and drinking in a freezing Hokkaido town. For a modern
The Wanderers (1973)
The Wanderers 1973 Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three friends in feudal Japan who are ronin masterless warriors, who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls These are not the YOJIMBO Super Samurai but rather the rank and file, the spea
The Seburi Story (1985)
The Seburi Story 1985 The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the communitys members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan encroaches on their world The setting i