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
Posted on June 12, 2026
Sanshiro Sugata (Susumu Fujita) wants to learn jujitsu. But after he witnesses the power of judo firsthand, he abandons his jujitsu training to study with judo master Shogoro Yano Read More
Posted on June 12, 2026
It’s a man’s world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it Read More
Posted on June 11, 2026
Director Nagisha Oshima’s follow-up to his controversial film In the Realm of the Senses continues to explore the link between sexual obsession and madness. In a small Japanese village, Read More
