The Twilight Samurai [2002]

Genre: Drama

Director: Yoji Yamada

Released in: 2002

Movie length: 129 Min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

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.

Until the Lights Come Back [2005]

Genre: Drama

Director: Takashi Minamoto

Released in: 2005

Movie length: 132 Min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Subtitle: English

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.

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

Subtitle: English/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.

Moving [1993]

Original Title: Ohikkoshi

English Title: Moving

Genre: Drama

Director: Shinji Somai

Released in: 1993

Movie length: 125 Min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Subtitle: English

 

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...

Ryuji [1983]

Original Title: Ryûji

English Title: Ryuji

Genre: Drama

Director: Toru Kawashima

Released in: 1983

Movie length: 92 Min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Subtitle: English

 

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.

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

Subtitle: English

 

Synopsis:: 

Three criminals disguise themselves as Buddhist monks in order to recover a treasure buried underneath a temple.

Terror in the Streets [1970]

Original Title: Akuma 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

Subtitle: English

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 Title: Rabu hoteru

English Title: Love Hotel

Genre: Drama

Director: Shinji Somai

Released in: 1985

Movie length: 85 Min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Subtitle: English

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.

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

Subtitle: English

 

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…

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

Subtitle: English

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.