Monday, March 4, 2024

The Twilight Samurai [2002]




Genre: Drama
Director: Yoji Yamada
Released in: 2002
Movie length: 129 Min
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Subtitle: Portuguese/English

Synopsis
Seibei Iguchi is a low-ranking samurai living in the fading days of the Shogun period in Japan. His wife has died of tuberculosis, and with two daughters and an elderly mother to support, he and his family must survive in austerity. But when news of his sword-fighting prowess gets out, his superiors order him on a dangerous mission: kill a renowned warrior who is on the wrong side of a clan power struggle.



Thursday, December 21, 2023

Until the Lights Come Back [2005]




Genre: Drama
Director: Takashi Minamoto
Released in: 2005
Movie length: 132 Min
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
SubtitleEnglish

Synopsis
Sometimes the bright lights of the city blind us to what really matters. In Until the Lights Come Back, director Takashi Minamoto reveals six stories about what might happen should those lights fail.


Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun [1981]




Original Title: Sêrâ-fuku to Kikanjû
English Title: Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Genre: Drama
Director: Shinji Somai
Released in: 1981
Movie length: 112 Min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
SubtitleEnglish/Portuguese
 
Synopsis:: 
Hoshi Izumi is a young innocent forced to grow up quickly when her father dies and she finds herself next in line as the boss of a moribund yakuza clan. Wrenched from the security of her classroom and thrust into the heart of the criminal underworld, she must come to terms with the fact that her actions hold the key to the life or death of the men under her command as they come under fire from rival gangs.


Thursday, December 7, 2023

Moving [1993]




Original Title: Ohikkoshi
English Title: Moving
Genre: Drama
Director: Shinji Somai
Released in: 1993
Movie length: 125 Min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
SubtitleEnglish
 
Synopsis:: 
Renko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents' decision to separate. With the companionship of her boyfriend, Minoru, and Sally, a classmate in the same boat, Renko gradually realises the practical implications of divorce, and tries repeatedly to get her parents to reconcile. In the mean time an old man teaches her about the need to forget the past...

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Ryuji [1983]




Original Title: Ryûji
English Title: Ryuji
Genre: Drama
Director: Toru Kawashima
Released in: 1983
Movie length: 92 Min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
SubtitleEnglish
 
Synopsis:: 
Ryuji tries to quit yakuza and spend a decent life with his wife Mariko and daughter Aya, but as he's used to getting easy money, it'd become hard for him to work hard and get little. Eventually he's back to where he belongs.

Thursday, November 23, 2023

In the Shadow of Naga [2008]




Original Title: Nak prok
English Title: In the Shadow of Naga
Genre: Drama
Director: Nasorn Panungkasiri
Released in: 2008
Movie length: 94 Min
Country: Thailand
Language: Thai
SubtitleEnglish
 
Synopsis:: 
Three criminals disguise themselves as Buddhist monks in order to recover a treasure buried underneath a temple.

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Terror in the Streets [1970]




Original TitleAkuma ga yondeiru
English Title: Terror in the Streets
Genre: Drama/Mistery
Director: Michio Yamamoto
Released in: 1970
Movie length: 76 Min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
SubtitleEnglish

Sinopse: 
Yuri Ebara is inexplicably laid off, abandoned by her closest friend, and is suddenly asked to move out of her apartment. As she nears rock bottom, she begins to suspect someone is out to drive her insane, or worse.


Love Hotel [1985]




Original TitleRabu hoteru
English Title: Love Hotel
Genre: Drama
Director: Shinji Somai
Released in: 1985
Movie length: 85 Min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
SubtitleEnglish
Warning: This post contains images of nudity

Sinopse: 
In a fit of despair, Muraki decides to kill himself and a prostitute he has picked up. However, he loses his nerve and doesn't go through with it. Two years later he runs into her again.


Thursday, November 16, 2023

The Living Skeleton [1968]




Original Title: Kyuketsu dokuro sen
English Title: The Living Skeleton
Genre: Terror
Director: Hiroshi Matsuno
Released in: 1968
Movie length: 80 Min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
SubtitleEnglish
 
Synopsis:: 
A ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and rape his wife. Three years later her twin sister is kidnapped by the same pirates, who begin to die strange deaths…

Monday, November 13, 2023

Journey to Japan [1973]




Original Title: Poruno no joô: Nippon sex ryokô
English Title: Journey To Japan aka The Kyoto Connection
Genre: Drama
Director: Sadao Nakajima
Released in: 1973
Movie length: 72 Min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
SubtitleEnglish
Warning: This post contains images of nudity
 
Synopsis:: 
On a trip to Japan a woman accidentally enters the wrong car. The driver is a sexually frustrated loner.