Posted on June 23, 2026
Widow Keiko (Hideko Takamine) is a well-liked and decently paid bar hostess, but greedy relatives and ill-advised affairs leave her lonely and facing debts. No longer a young woman, Read More
Posted on June 22, 2026
Returning to their lord’s castle, samurai warriors Washizu (Toshirô Mifune) and Miki (Minoru Chiaki) are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the Read More
Posted on June 22, 2026
You can say that again! The days leading up to a toddler’s second birthday are seen alternately from the adorable youngster’s point of view and from the perspective of Read More
Posted on June 18, 2026
Ryoko Itakura (Nobuko Miyamoto) is one of the top tax investigators in the Japanese government, unafraid to take on even the roughest characters who have been accused of committing Read More
Posted on June 18, 2026
Ace tax investigator Ryoko Itakura (Nobuko Miyamoto) sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a suspected millionaire who owns a thriving chain of seedy Read More
Posted on June 18, 2026
Kon Ichikawa’s Buddhist tale of peace, The Burmese Harp, is universally relevant in many eras and cultures, although it comments specifically on the destruction of Burma during World War Read More
Posted on June 17, 2026
A staggering work of existential science fiction, The Face of Another dissects identity with the sure hand of a surgeon. Okuyama (Yojimbo‘s Tatsuya Nakadai), after being burned and disfigured Read More
Posted on June 17, 2026
Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law. As the legality of prostitution in Japan draws to a Read More
Posted on June 15, 2026
In Osaka’s slum, youth without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Read More
Posted on June 12, 2026
A geisha sets up schemes to get rid of a bankrupt businessman being supported by her sister. Widely regarded as Kenji Mizoguchi’s best pre-war film, Sisters of the Gion Read More
