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Tokyo Drifter

  After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.

Waterboys

  In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite Read More

Woman in the Dunes

  Jumpei Niki, a Tokyo based entomologist and educator, is in a poor seaside village collecting specimens of sand insects. As it is late in the day and as he Read More

Yojimbo

  Sanjuro, a wandering samurai enters a rural town in nineteenth century Japan. After learning from the innkeeper that the town is divided between two gangsters, he plays one side Read More

The Yellow Handkerchief

  Ken Takakura is Yusaku Shima, just parolled after serving his time for murder, making his way home to Hokkaido uncertain whether or not he will be welcome, or whether Read More

Weather Woman

  Keiko Nadachi is a substitute weather-girl for Michiko Kawai on J-TV. As a way of signing off, she hikes up her skirt and flashes her underwear at the audience. Read More

Weather Woman Returns

  Keiko is the new owner of a local television station, and she’s determined to succeed, no matter what! But the rival TV station will stop at nothing to crush Read More

Tampopo

  In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro, who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up Read More

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

  Tora-San, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father’s house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in Read More

Tora-san’s Shattered Romance

  A girl who has escaped from an institution falls in love with Tora-san. He decides to marry her, but his family and the girl’s teacher break up the romance.