Overview of articles
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Akasen tamanoi: Nukeraremasu
A brothel in the red-light district of Tokyo. Naoko tries to break Shigeko’s record of 26 clients in one day. Shimako keeps wasting her money…Published on: -
Flirt
Extraordinary trilogy in which three variations are told on the same story. The film is based on the short of the same name that was…Published on: -
Tokyo Skin
Atmospheric portrait of a group of thirty-somethings who try to give their lives sense through semi-illicit activities. Début.Published on: -
Rubber’s Lover
Secret experiment into new drug unleashes powers that the medical staff had not foreseen. Experimental.Published on: -
Tokyo Fist
Violent drama about young boxers in Tokyo, by the director of the TETSUO-cult movies.Published on: -
Another Lonely Hitman
Mood film marks co-operation between the director with the ex-Yakuza-lawyer Yamanouchi Yukio and the ex-punk-rock star Ishibashi Ryo as hitman in thisPublished on: -
Seishun no satetsu
Law student and tutor Eto Kenichiro becomes involved with pupil Tomiko, but leaves her in the lurch because he has to marry his cousin.Published on: -
A Fugitive from the Past
This masterpiece is a modernist detective epic about a robbery with murder during a destructive typhoon in 1947.Published on: -
Twilight Saloon
One by one, the guests appear – a pianist, a stripper, a pachinko-playing painter, a young waitress – in this charming group portrait of Japan,…Published on: -
Delamu
Tibetan for “Peace Angel” this film is a record of the Tea-Horse Road, the caravans of the Nujiang River Valley and the aboriginal peoples who…Published on: