Mitsuyo Asaka
One of three female stars of post-war chanbara theatre (with Oe Michiko and Yoko Fuji)
Fine, with Occasional Murders (1984)
Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being. (more)
Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being. (more)
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1976)
Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison ... (more)
Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison ... (more)
Sachiko no sachi (1976)
Based on the manga of the same name by Kazuo Kamimura. (more)
Based on the manga of the same name by Kazuo Kamimura. (more)
I Am Nipponjin (2006)
A Japanese-American college student travels to her grandfather's beloved homeland to see and experience the "real Japan" she has so often read and heard about. Yet when she arrives she discovers that the Japan of her dreams is so much more different from what she ... (more)
A Japanese-American college student travels to her grandfather's beloved homeland to see and experience the "real Japan" she has so often read and heard about. Yet when she arrives she discovers that the Japan of her dreams is so much more different from what she ... (more)
Life on the Longboard (2005)
A depressed middle-aged man takes up surfing after he retires. (more)
A depressed middle-aged man takes up surfing after he retires. (more)
The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords (1964)
The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will become Jirocho's wife, as well as other members of his future family. There is a particularly great swordfight near the ... (more)
The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will become Jirocho's wife, as well as other members of his future family. There is a particularly great swordfight near the ... (more)