Directed by: Isshin Inudo, Shinji Higuchi Starring: Mansai Nomura, Nana Eikura, Hiroki Narimiya, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Koichi Sato 2012, 145″ (historical action comedy) Nearing the end of Japan’s long years of civil war, with Toyotomi Hideyoshi one short step away from … Continue reading →
Directed by: Shuichi Okita Starring: Kengo Kora, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sosuke Ikematsu, Ayumi Ito 2013, 160″ (comedy/drama) In 1987, Yonosuke leaves his rural hometown to start university life in Tokyo. Good-natured, socially awkward and goofily handsome , he quickly makes friends, joins the samba club, and works as … Continue reading →
Ikiru • いきる Directed by Akira Kurosawa/B&W /1952/143 min/blu-ray Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura), a devoted single father, has mindlessly rubber-stamped documents at city hall for 30 years to support his son. When he receives a diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer, he … Continue reading →
Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari •この空の花：長岡花火物語 Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi/2012 /160 min/blu-ray/colour Out of the blue, newspaper reporter Reiko gets a letter from her ex-boyfriend Kenichi, inviting her to see the famous Nagaoka fireworks festival and a performance of a play … Continue reading →
Directed by: Shinobu Yaguchi Starring: Shota Sometani, Masami Nagasawa, Hideaki Ito 2014, 116″ (comedy) Yuki is 18, a take-life-as-it-comes young lad just out of high school, where he has failed his university-entrance exams and been dumped by his girlfriend. Looking at … Continue reading →
