20/11/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Outubro-Novembro

Swimming Upstream (1990)




Ejima and Ikushima (1955) de Hideo Oba: ***
On This Earth (1957) de Kozaburo Yoshimura: ***
Forever, My Love (1958) de Eisuke Takizawa: ***
Shadow Avenger (1959) de Nobuo Nakagawa: ***
Tange Sazen - Secret of the Two Swords (1962) de Tai Kato: *****
Gnawed to the Bone (1966) de Tai Kato: ****
Kyu-chan's Big Dream (1967) de Yoji Yamada: ***
The Pit of Death (1968) de Koji Shima: ***
The Sea of Eden (1976) de Katsumi Nishikawa: **
Somehow, Crystal (1981) de Shingo Matsubara: ***
Forever with You (1995) de Ryuichi Hiroki: ***
Swimming Upstream (1990) de Joji Matsuoka: ****
Osaka Story (1999) de Jun Ichikawa: ***
Seoul (2002) de Masahiko Nagasawa: **
Akira & Akira (2002) de Mitsuru Meike: **
Hentai Land (2004) de Shozin Fukui: *
A Good Husband (2009) de Isao Yukisada: *
Before a Falling Star Fades Away (2015) de Kenji Shibayama: *
Corpo a Corpo (2023) de Masaaki Jindo: **
My (K)Night (2023) de Ryutaro Nakagawa: **
One Last Bloom (2023) de Takahisa Zeze: **
My Mother's Eyes (2023) de Takeshi Kushida: **
The Gesuidouz (2024) de Kenichi Ugana: *
Confession (2024) de Nobuhiro Yamashita: **
A Strange House (2024) de Junichi Ishikawa: *
Super Happy Forever (2024) de Kohei Igarashi: ***

20/10/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Setembro-Outubro

The End of Love (1961)




Romantic and Crazy (1934) de Kajiro Yamamoto: ***
Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip (1938) de Torajiro Saito: **
Tomorrow There Will Be Fine Weather (1948) de Hiroshi Shimizu: *****
Sisters of Nishijin (1952) de Kozaburo Yoshimura: ****
Children of the Great Buddha (1952) de Hiroshi Shimizu: *****
The Black Hood Man 2 (1955) de Kokichi Uchide: **
The Sentimental Idiot (1956) de Hiroshi Shimizu: ****
Monkey Sun (1959) de Kajiro Yamamoto: ***
Image of a Mother (1959) de Hiroshi Shimizu: *****
The End of Love (1961) de Eizo Yamagiwa: ****
The Third Will (1963) de Kenji Misumi: ****
Pressure of Guilt (1963) de Hiromichi Horikawa: ****
Snow Country (1965) de Hideo Oba: ****
None But the Brave (1965) de Frank Sinatra: ***
Life of Matsu the Untamed (1965) de Kenji Misumi: ****
Pretty Devil Yoko (1966) de Yasuo Furuhata: ****
Shroud of Snow (1967) de Kenji Misumi: ****
The Sisters and I (1967) de Kenji Misumi: ***
The Funeral Racket (1968) de Kenji Misumi: ***
The Viper Brothers (1971) de Sadao Nakajima: ***
Love Hunter - Hot Skin (1972) de Masaru Konuma: ***
Lady Oscar (1979) de Jacques Demy: **
Diva in the Netherworld (1980) de Takafumi Nagamine: **
Cinderella Revolution (1983) de Hirohisa Kokusho: **
A Tale of Bloody Vengeance (1995) de Masaru Tsushima: **
Baptism of Blood (1996) de Kenichi Yoshihara: **
30 -thirty- (1997) de Shinobu Sakagami: ***
The Things We Liked (1997) de Joji Matsuoka: **
Sennen-Tabito (1999) de Jinsei Tsuji: **
The Blue Blanket (2002) de Itsumichi Isomura: **
Woman-Killer in Oil Hell (2009) de Shinobu Sakagami: **
New Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan (2012) de Noboru Iguchi, et al: *
Hello, Goodbye (2016) de Takeo Kikuchi: ***
Frantic (2021) de Shugo Fujii: 0
The House of the Serpent (2022) de Hiroshi Takahashi: *
Masked Hearts (2023) de Yuya Ishii: **
A Samurai in Time (2023) de Junichi Yasuda: **
Shylock’s Children (2023) de Katsuhide Motoki: **
A Girl Named Ann (2024) de Yu Irie: ***
Worlds Apart (2024) de Natsuki Seta: ***
Buzzy Noise (2024) de Hiroki Kazama: *
52-Hertz Whales (2024) de Izuru Narushima: *
April, Come She Will (2024) de Tomokazu Yamada: *
Previously Saved Version (2024) de Kei Ishikawa: **
The Yin-Yang Master Zero (2024) de Shimako Sato: **
The Woman in the Lakes (2024) de Tatsushi Ohmori: *

20/09/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Agosto-Setembro

The Paper Crane (1962)




The Black Hooded Man (1955) de Kiyoshi Saeki: **
The Abandoned Swords (1958) by Sadatsugu Matsuda: ***
Mask of the Moon (1961) de Masahiro Makino: ****
Golden Peacock Castle Part 1 (1961) de Shoji Matsumura: **
Golden Peacock Castle Part 2 (1961) de Shoji Matsumura: **
Golden Peacock Castle Part 3 (1961) de Shoji Matsumura: **
Golden Peacock Castle Part 4 (1961) de Shoji Matsumura: ***
The Paper Crane (1962) de Toshikazu Kono: ****
The Boss (1965) de Teruo Ishii; **
The Forest of No Escape (1965) de Sokichi Tomimoto: ***
Organized Crime (1967) de Junya Sato: ***
Song of Vengeance (1968) de Masahisa Sadanaga, Shigeyuki Yamane: ****
It's All Right, My Friend (1983) de Ryu Murakami: *
Princess Eve (1984) de Shusuke Kaneko: *
Flakes of Snow (1985) de Kichitaro Negishi: ***
Mischievous Lolita - Attacking the Virgin from Behind (1986) de Shusuke Kaneko: **
You'll Fall For Me (1989) de Takayoshi Watanabe: **
New Wife's Private Parts - Caress (1991) de Hisayasu Sato: ***
The King of Minami - Theatrical Movie 2 (1993) de Sadaaki Haginiwa: **
pierce LOVE&HATE (1997) de Hiroshi Ando: ***
The Towers of Musahino Line (1997) de Naoki Nagao: **
Legend of the End-of-Century Gambling Wolf Saga (1997) de Masatsugu Takase: *
Solitude Point (1998) de Hisako Matsui: ***
Just Another Day (1998) de Satoshi Kenmochi: ****
Colorful (2000) de Shun Nakahara: *
Rendezvous (2000) de Kosuke Yamamoto: **
Wave (2001) de Hiroshi Okuhara: ***
Somewhere on Earth (2001) de Kiseki Hamada: ***
The Ripples (2002) de Naoki Nagao: ***
Kokoro to Karada (2004) de Hiroshi Ando: **
Zoo (2005) de Hiroshi Ando, Komiya Masatetsu, Ryu Kaneda, et al: **
Yakuza Legacy (2009) de Masatsugu Takase: *
Rakugo Story (2011) de Shinpei Hayashiya: **
The Woman of Shinjuku (2014) de Shinji Imaoka: ***
Sound of Waves (2016) de Kaze Shindo: *
Kalanchoe (2017) de Shun Nakagawa: **
Flower and Sword (2017) de Tetsuo Shinohara: ***
Sketches of Life (2019) de Naoki Segi: *
Sayonara, Girls (2022) de Shun Nakagawa: ***
Roleless (2022) de Masahiko Sato, Kentaro Hirase, Yutaro Seki: ***
The Moon (2023) de Yuya Ishii: ***
Sana (2023) de Takashi Shimizu: 0
Afterglows (2023) de Taichi Kimura: ***
Seaside Lover (2023) de Shinji Imaoka: **
Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023) de Kenichi Ugana: **
Natchan’s Little Secret (2023) de Yasujiro Tanaka: *
Cloud (2024) de Kiyoshi Kurosawa: ***
Missing (2024) de Keisuke Yoshida: ***
Amalock (2024) de Kazuhiro Nakamura: *
Happiness (2024) de Tetsuo Shinohara: *
Undead Lovers (2024) de Daigo Matsui: **
The Shoreline (2024) de Takeo Kikuchi: 0
House of Sayuri (2024) de Koji Shiraishi: ***
Serpent's Path (2024) de Kiyoshi Kurosawa: **
18×2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024) de Michihito Fujii: **
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024) de Kaku Arakawa: ***

20/08/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Julho-Agosto

Children of the Beehive: What Happened Next (1951)




Sailor (1944) de Kenkichi Hara: **
You Are the Next Eagle (1944) de Toshimasa Hozumi: **
Children of the Beehive - What Happened Next (1951) de Hiroshi Shimizu: *****
The Wind Blows Twice (1952) de Shiro Toyoda: ***
Detective Hibari 3 - Case of the Hidden Coin (1959) de Kokichi Uchide: **
The Blue Beast (1960) de Hiromichi Horikawa: *****
A Woman from Osaka (1962) de Eizo Sugawa: ****
Greatest Challenge of All (1967) de Yoji Yamada: ***
Quarreling With Yakuza (1973) de Junya Sato: ****
Tokyo Gulf Burns (1975) de Katsumune Ishida: ***
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu (1977) de Yutaka Kohira: ****
F2 Grand Prix (1984) de Tsugunobu Kotani: **
Tokyo Blackout (1987) de Toshio Masuda: **
Love Letter (1998) de Azuma Morisaki: ****
The Goofball (1998) de Junji Sakamoto: ****
Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture (2000) de Nobuyuki Shintani: *
Barber's Sorrow (2002) de Ryuichi Hiroki: **
Be in Happiness (2003) de Satoshi Kenmochi: **
Suicide DVD (2005) de Shozin Fukui: 0
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater - Diet (2005) de Tadafumi Ito: ***
Backdancers! (2006) de Kozo Nagayama: 0
Lovely Complex (2006) de Kitaji Ishikawa: *
Tokyo Friends - The Movie (2006) de Kozo Nagayama: 0
By Rule of Crow’s Thumb (2012) de Tadafumi Ito: *
Angel Home (2013) de Yukihiko Tsutsumi: **
Princess Jellyfish (2014) de Yasuhiro Kawamura: *
The Fish Tale (2022) de Shuichi Okita: ****
Undercurrent (2023) de Rikiya Imaizumi: **
Mom, Is That You? (2023) de Yoji Yamada: **
Okiku and the World (2023) de Junji Sakamoto: ****
Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill (2023) de Youichi Narita: *
Don’t Call it Mystery - The Movie (2023) de Hiroaki Matsuyama: *
If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die (2023) de Kentaro Ohtani: 0
Winter Stuff (2024) de Yuki Ito: **
Silent Love (2024) de Eiji Uchida: *
Vicissitude (2024) de Takuro Ijichi: ***
The Midnight Sun (2024) de Hina Murata: **
Rude to Love (2024) de Yukihiro Morigaki: ***
All the Long Nights (2024) de Sho Miyake: ***
Happy Life (2024) de Yoshihiko Taniguchi: ***
The Next Day (2024) de Hiroyuki Shintani: **
Lost in Reminiscence (2024) de Hirota Tomohiro: ***
Stolen Identity - The Last Hacker (2024) de Hideo Nakata: *

20/07/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Junho-Julho

Japan's No.1 Traitor (1968)




The Dawn of Freedom (1944) de Yutaka Abe: ***
Pure White Nights (1951) de Hideo Oba: ***
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957) de Kunio Watanabe: **
Detective Hibari 2 - Secret of the Golden Coin (1958) de Kinnosuke Fukada: **
Showdown at Lightning Pass (1962) de Nobuo Nakagawa: **
When Women Lie (1963) de Yasuzo Masumura, Kozaburo Yoshimura, Teinosuke Kinugasa: ***
Japan's No.1 Traitor (1968) de Eizo Sugawa: ***
Violent Fraternity (1974) de Sadao Nakajima: ***
Japanese Godfather - Conclusion (1978) de Sadao Nakajima: **
Devil De Story (1983) de Mitsutetsu Natsuki: **
The Burmese Harp (1985) de Kon Ichikawa: ***
Orochi Strikes Again (1985) de Takami Akai: **
Overflow School Swimsuit (1986) de Yojiro Takita: *
Eko Eko Azarak III - Misa the Dark Angel (1998) de Katsuhito Ueno: *
The Exam (1999) de Yojiro Takita: ***
When Slackers Dream of the Moon (1999) by Takashi Motoki: ***
A Message from Akira Kurosawa (2000) de Hisao Kurosawa: ***
Hotoke (2001) de Jinsei Tsuji: ***
Eko Eko Azarak IV - Awakening (2001) de Kosuke Suzuki: *
The Last Snow (2002) de Nobuhiko Obayashi: ***
Tales of Terror from Tokyo - Vol. 1 (2003) de Takashi Shimizu, et al: **
Tales of Terror from Tokyo - Vol. 2 (2004) de Norio Tsuruta, et al: **
Tales of Terror from Tokyo - The Movie (2004) de Akio Yoshida, et al: **
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater - Death Make (2005) de Taichi Ito: 0
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater - Snake Girl (2005) de Noboru Iguchi: **
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater - The Wish (2005) de Atsushi Shimizu: **
Tales of Terror - Haunted Apartment (2005) de Akio Yoshida: *
Arch Angels (2006) de Issei Oda: 0
Sukeban Boy (2006) de Noboru Iguchi: *
Tales of Terror from Tokyo - Vol. 3, Part 1 (2007) de Kosuke Suzuki, et al: **
Tales of Terror from Tokyo - Vol. 3, Part 2 (2007) de Mari Yasusato, et al: **
The Machine Girl (2008) de Noboru Iguchi: **
K-20 - The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008) de Shimako Sato: **
Robo-geisha (2009) de Noboru Iguchi: *
Tales of Terror From Tokyo - Nozomi (2010) de Makoto Shinozaki: **
Tales of Terror From Tokyo - Tsukimono (2010) de Makoto Shinozaki: ***
Tomie - Unlimited (2011) de Noboru Iguchi: **
Karate-Robo Zaborga (2011) de Noboru Iguchi: *
Zombie Ass - Toilet of the Dead (2011) de Noboru Iguchi: 0
Dead Sushi (2012) de Noboru Iguchi: 0
Nuigulumar Z (2013) de Noboru Iguchi: 0
Live (2014) de Noboru Iguchi: 0
Devotion to Cinema (2016) de Noboru Iguchi: *
Slavemen (2017) de Noboru Iguchi: 0
Born Bone Born (2018) de Gori: **
Ghost Squad (2018) de Noboru Iguchi: *
Lock-On Love (2018) de Noboru Iguchi: 0
The Flowers of Evil (2019) de Noboru Iguchi: **
Book-Paper-Scissors (2019) de Nanako Hirose: **
Rise of the Machine Girls (2019) de Yuki Kobayashi: *
Runway (2020) de Norichika Oba: **
The Shaman's Daughter (2021) de Yusuke Isaka: **
Sun and Bolero (2022) de Yutaka Mizutani: *
Ichiko (2023) de Akihiro Toda: **
G-Men (2023) de Toichiro Ruto: *
Ripples (2023) de Naoko Ogigami: ***
Insomniacs After School (2023) de Chihiro Ikeda: **
Drawing Closer (2024) de Takahiro Miki: 0
My Home Hero - The Movie (2024) de Takahiro Aoyama: *

20/06/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Maio-Junho

The Song of Bwana Toshi (1965)



Shanghai (1938) de Fumio Kamei: ****
The Burning Sky (1940) de Yutaka Abe: ***
The Tragedy of Japan (1946) de Fumio Kamei: ***
The Shogun and the Fishmonger (1961) de Tadashi Sawashima: ***
The Song of Bwana Toshi (1965) de Susumu Hani: ****
Bride of the Andes (1966) de Susumu Hani: ****
Women and Miso Soup (1968) de Heinosuke Gosho: ***
The Private Police (1969) de Junya Sato: ***
Japan's No.1 Disconnected Man (1969) de Eizo Sugawa: ***
The Gambler's Counterattack (1971) de Junya Sato: ***
Blue Lagoon - A Summer Experience (1981) de Toshiharu Ikeda: ***
Time and Tide (1983) de Azuma Morisaki: ****
Elder Sister's Diary (1984) de Hiroyuki Nasu: *
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis! (1986) de Masato Harada: **
Like a Beast (1990) de Yasuki Oka: **
Like a Beast 2 (1990) de Yasuki Oka: *
Heaven Shaking Event (1991) de Toshio Masuda: **
Private Lessons II (1993) de Seiji Izumi: 0
Heartbreaker - With Love From a Bullet (1993) de Soichiro Komatsu: *
Anatomia Extinction (1995) de Yoshihiro Nishimura: ***
The Tale of Himeji Castle (1995) de Tamasaburo Bando: ***
Doomed Megalopolis - Side Story (1995) de Izo Hashimoto: **
Eko Eko Azarak - Wizard of Darkness (1995) de Shimako Sato: **
Eko Eko Azarak II - Birth of the Wizard (1996) de Shimako Sato: *
Inferno (1997) de Atsuya Kitagawa: **
The Rainbow Seeker 2 (1997) de Yoji Yamada: ***
The Whispered City (2000) de Jun Ichikawa: ***
Okite (2003) de Hiroki Matsukata: **
Umineko - Inseparable (2004) de Yoshimitsu Morita: **
Speakerman - The Boo (2004) de Yoshihiro Nishimura: *
Tokyo Gore Police (2008) de Yoshihiro Nishimura: **
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009) de Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu: *
Helldriver (2010) de Yoshihiro Nishimura: *
Mutant Girls Squad (2010) de Yoshihiro Nishimura, Noboru Iguchi, Tak Sakaguchi: *
The Ninja War of Torakage (2014) de Yoshihiro Nishimura: *
Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017) de Yoshihiro Nishimura: **
The Voice of Sin (2020) de Nobuhiro Doi: **
Tokyo Dragon Chef (2020) de Yoshihiro Nishimura: *
The Lone Ume Tree (2021) de Kotaro Wajima: ***
Unfeigned Happy Ending (2021) de Daisuke Matsuo: **
Wedding High (2022) de Akiko Ohku: ***
Cat Sharehouse (2022) de Shinya Ayabe: *
School Meals Time Graduation (2022) de Shinya Ayabe, Maya Ayabe: 0
Neck (2023) de Takeshi Kitano: ***
We're Broke, My Lord (2023) de Tetsu Maeda: **
Lumberjack the Monster (2023) de Takashi Miike: *
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please (2023) de Koji Shiraishi: *
Rei (2024) de Toshihiko Tanaka: **
Golden Kamuy (2024) de Shigeaki Kubo: *
In a Closed Snowy Mountain Villa (2024) de Ken Iizuka: *

20/05/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Abril-Maio

The White Heron (1958)



Chocolate and Soldiers (1938) de Takeshi Sato: ****
Naval Brigade at Shanghai (1939) de Hisatora Kumagai: ***
Song of Destruction (1945) de Yasushi Sasaki: *
Maidens of the Base (1945) de Yasushi Sasaki: **
Typhoon Over Nagasaki (1957) de Yves Ciampi: ***
Eight Views of a Samurai (1958) de Tai Kato: ***
The White Heron (1958) de Teinosuke Kinugasa: ****
Man of Thirteen Eyes (1958) de Sadatsugu Matsuda: **
Goodbye, Hello (1959) de Kon Ichikawa: ***
Beauty the Enemy (1959) de Yasuzo Masumura: ***
Lord Mito 2 - The Vice-Shogun (1959) de Sadatsugu Matsuda: ***
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge? (1961) de Yves Ciampi: ***
Crazy Big Adventure (1965) de Kengo Furusawa: **
The Actress vs. Greedy Sharks (1966) de Tadashi Sawashima: **
Crazy Big Explosion (1969) de Kengo Furusawa: **
3.000 Kilometer Trap (1971) de Jun Fukuda: **
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) de Toshio Masuda: *
Let's Go, Grandma! (1975) de Shigeyuki Yamane: ***
The Corporation (1976) de Satsuo Yamamoto: ***
Almost Transparent Blue (1979) de Ryu Murakami: ****
Female Teacher - Dirty Rumor (1979) de Akira Kato: ***
Stacked Wood Scraps (1983) de Kosei Saito: ****
Green Requiem (1988) de Akiyoshi Imazeki: *
Der Lindenbaum (1988) de Kazuhiko Yamaguchi: *
Eat the Kimono (1988) de Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams: ***
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spirit World - What Happens When You Die (1989) de Teru Ishida: *
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spirit World 2 - I was surprised when I died! (1990) de Mitsunori Hattori: *
The Good Wife of Tokyo (1993) de Kim Longinotto: ***
Dream Girls (1994) de Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams: **
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3 - Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Whole (1994) de Tetsuro Tamba, Akira Ishihara: 0
Ring (1995) de Chisui Takigawa: *
Shinjuku Boys (1995) de Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams: ***
The Rainbow Seeker (1996) de Yoji Yamada: **
Haunted School 2 (1996) de Hideyuki Hirayama: *
Haunted School 3 (1997) de Shusuke Kaneko: **
Off-Balance (2000) de Shin Togashi: **
Body Drop Asphalt (2000) de Junko Wada: **
Gaea Girls (2000) de Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams: ***
Departing Osaka Station at 0:00 (2006) de Masaki Harada: *
Bela - Humanoid Monster (2020) de Tsutomu Hanabusa: *
Super Legend God Hikoza (2022) de Minoru Kawasaki: 0
Movie (Choke) (2023) de Gen Nagao: **
Revolver Lily (2023) de Isao Yukisada: *
Takano Tofu (2023) de Mitsuhiro Mihara: **
The Forbidden Play (2023) de Hideo Nakata: 0
Let’s Go Karaoke! (2023) de Nobuhiro Yamashita: **
From the End of the World (2023) de Kazuaki Kiriya: *
The Voices of the Silenced (2023) de Park Soo-nam, Park Ma-eui: ***
Life of Mariko in Kabukicho (2023) de Eiji Uchida, Shinzo Katayama: **
Voice (2024) de Yukiko Mishima: **
Chime (2024) de Kiyoshi Kurosawa: ***
City Hunter (2024) de Yuichi Satoh: **
All Lives (2024) de Ryuichi Hiroki: *

20/04/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Março-Abril

Settlement of Love (1956)



Song of the White Orchid (1939) de Kunio Watanabe: **
Harmonica Boy (1940) de Torajiro Saito: ***
Tokyo Five Men (1945) de Torajiro Saito: ***
Claws of Iron (1951) de Nobuo Adachi: **
House of Bamboo (1955) de Samuel Fuller: ****
Settlement of Love (1956) de Shin Saburi: ***
The Temptress and the Monk (1957) de Eisuke Takizawa: ***
Procurer of Hell (1961) de Kihachi Okamoto: ****
The Manhunter (1962) de Akinori Matsuo: ***
Interpol Code 8 (1963) de Toshio Sugie: ***
Gang Alliance (1963) de Kinji Fukasaku: ****
Typhoon Reporter (1963) de Shigeo Tanaka: ***
Keg of Gunpowder (1964) de Takashi Tsuboshima: ***
Trap of Suicide Kilometer (1964) de Jun Fukuda: **
Zero Fighter (1966) de Shiro Moritani: ***
Terror Beneath the Sea (1966) de Hajime Sato: *
Organized Violence 2 (1967) de Junya Sato: ****
Hell in the Pacific (1968) de John Boorman: ***
Monument to the Girls' Corps (1968) de Toshio Masuda: ****
The Great Villains (1968) de Yasuzo Masumura: ****
Red Sun (1971) de Terence Young: ***
To Love Again (1971) de Kon Ichikawa: ***
Violent Gang Re-Arms (1971) de Junya Sato: ****
Daigoro vs. Goliath (1971) de Toshihiro Iijima: **
Delinquent Boss - Alley Dog Commando (1972) de Yukio Noda: **
The Ando Gang Documentary Film (1973) de Junya Sato: ***
Female Teacher - Private Life (1973) de Noboru Tanaka: ***
Kanda River (1974) de Masanobu Deme: ***
Female Teacher - Secret (1978) de Shinichi Shiratori: *
Moment (1981) de Macoto Tezuka: ***
Something Like It (1981) de Yoshimitsu Morita: ****
Tokimeki Coast Story (1984) de Yoshitaka Asama: **
Tokyo Pop (1988) de Fran Rubel Kuzui: ***
The King of Minami - Theatrical Movie 1 (1993) de Sadaaki Haginiwa: **
1 Litre of Tears (2005) de Riki Okamura: **
Itecho (2015) de Yukio Tanaka: *
Out of my Hand (2015) de Takeshi Fukunaga: **
Oh My Zombie (2016) de Yoshihiro Kamimoto: *
For Rei (2019) de Yukari Sakamoto: ***
Analog (2023) de Hideta Takahata: *
Touken Ranbu 2 (2023) de Saiji Yakumo: 0
The Chocolate Man (2023) de Yuji Suzuki: **
One Percenter (2023) de Yudai Yamaguchi: **
Mountain Woman (2023) de Takeshi Fukunaga: ***
Trapped Balloon (2023) de Hiroyuki Miyagawa: *
(Ab)normal Desire (2023) de Yoshiyuki Kishi: **
Ichikei's Crow - The Movie (2023) de Ryo Tanaka: *
Between the White and Black Keys (2023) de Masanori Tominaga: **

20/03/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Fevereiro-Março

Ghost Pub (1994)



A Gentle Breeze with Father (1940) de Satsuo Yamamoto: ****
Love Letter (1959) de Seijun Suzuki: ***
Prince of Space (1959) de Eijiro Wakabayashi: *
Embraced by the Dark (1982) de Kazunari Takeda: **
Legend of Plumeria (1983) de Yoshisuke Kawasaki: *
Spring Bell (1985) de Koreyoshi Kurahara: ***
Circuit Nurse (1988) de Toshihiro Ito: *
Scary True Stories (1991) de Norio Tsuruta: *
Scary True Stories - Night Two (1992) de Norio Tsuruta: *
Scary True Stories - Realm of Spectres (1992) de Norio Tsuruta: **
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1992) de Chiaki Konaka: **
Ghost Pub (1994) de Takayoshi Watanabe: ***
Secret Waltz (1996) de Akira Nobi: ***
A Haunted School (1996) de Norio Tsuruta: *
Ring 0 - Birthday (2000) de Norio Tsuruta: **
Scarecrow (2001) de Norio Tsuruta: *
Premonition (2004) de Norio Tsuruta: ***
Negotiator (2005) de Katsuyuki Motohiro: **
Dream Cruise (2007) de Norio Tsuruta: *
Orochi - Blood (2008) de Norio Tsuruta: **
Sideways (2009) de Cellin Gluck: **
Partners (2010) de Masaru Shimomura: **
King's Game (2011) de Norio Tsuruta: *
P.O.V. - A Cursed Film (2012) de Norio Tsuruta: *
Talk to the Dead (2013) de Norio Tsuruta: 0
2 Women (2022) de Ryuichi Hiroki: **
Out (2023) de Hiroshi Shinagawa: *
Monster (2023) de Hirokazu Koreeda: ***
A Spoiling Rain (2023) de Haruhiko Arai: ****
Dear Kaita Ablaze (2023) de Hisayasu Sato: *
Shadow of Fire (2023) de Shinya Tsukamoto: ***
Nemesis the Movie - Mystery of Golden Spiral (2023) de Yu Irie: 0
Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 1 - Bloody Halloween - Destiny (2023) de Tsutomu Hanabusa: *
Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 2 - Bloody Halloween - Final Battle (2023) de Tsutomu Hanabusa: *
The Parades (2024) de Michihito Fujii: **

20/02/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Janeiro-Fevereiro

The Kii River (1966)



Nightshade Flower (1951) de Kon Ichikawa: ***
Gentle Breeze (1959) de Tadashi Sawashima: **
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord (1959) de Daisuke Ito: **
Deep River Melody (1960) de So Yamamura: ***
The King (1962) de Daisuke Ito: ****
Drunken Sword (1962) de Tadashi Sawashima: ***
The Kii River (1966) de Noboru Nakamura: ****
The Million Dollar Pursuit (1968) de Yoji Yamada: ***
Dynamite Don-Don (1978) de Kihachi Okamoto: ***
The Dropout (1982) de Eiichi Kudo: ****
Kids (1985) de Shoji Takahashi: ***
Apartment Wife - Flesh Hell (1985) de Nobuaki Shirai: 0
A Desirable Marriage (1991) de Yoshimitsu Morita: **
Future Memories - Last Christmas (1992) de Yoshimitsu Morita: ***
One More Time, One More Chance (1996) de Tetsuo Shinohara: **
Long Dream (2000) de Higuchinsky: *
Pakodate-jin (2002) de Tetsu Maeda: **
Tetsujin 28½ (2010) de Mamoru Oshii: ***
Torinoko City (2017) de Hiroki Yamaguchi: 0
In Her Room (2022) de Chihiro Ito: *
Remembering Every Night (2022) de Yui Kiyohara: **
The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn (2022) de Ryuhei Kitamura: *
River (2023) de Junta Yamaguchi: ****
Tocka (2023) de Yoshitaka Kamada: ***
Ben-Joe (2023) de Akira Iwamatsu: *
Yoko (2023) de Kazuyoshi Kumakiri: **
Side by Side (2023) de Chihiro Ito: *
Dependence (2023) de Kento Yamaguchi: **
Who Were We? (2023) de Tetsuya Tomina: *
After the Fever (2023) de Akira Yamamoto: **
Groovy Sukiyaki (2023) de Takeshi Miyasaka: **
Kingdom 3 - The Flame of Destiny (2023) de Shinsuke Sato: * 
One Second Ahead, One Second Behind (2023) de Nobuhiro Yamashita: *
Performing Hiroshima (2023) de Natsuka Kusano, Asahihiro Mima, et al: **

20/01/24

Fragmentos de 2024, Dezembro-Janeiro

Phoenix (1956)



Girls in the Orchard (1953) de Kajiro Yamamoto: ***
Natsuko's Adventure in Hokkaido (1953) de Noboru Nakamura: ***
Phoenix (1956) de Umetsugu Inoue: ****
A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956) de Koji Shima: ***
The Scarlet Cherry Lord (1958) de Tai Kato: ***
Unwieldy Brothers (1960) de Tadashi Sawashima: ****
Samurai Vagabonds (1960) de Tadashi Sawashima: ***
Shingo's New Challenges Part 1 (1961) de Sadatsugu Matsuda: ***
Shingo's New Challenges Part 2 (1961) de Sadatsugu Matsuda: **
Shingo's New Challenges Part 3 (1963) de Sadatsugu Matsuda: ***
Hishakaku and Kiratsune - A Tale of Two Yakuza (1968) de Tomu Uchida: ***
Naked Ambition (1970) de Kazuo Ikehiro: ****
Foreigner's Mistress Oman - Falling Autumn Flower (1972) de Chusei Sone: **
The Shinano River (1973) de Yoshitaro Nomura: **
Secret Chronicle - Crimson Goddess in Paradise (1973) de Chusei Sone: *
Dynamic Islands (1975) de Yasuzo Masumura: ***
Lake of Illusions (1982) de Shinobu Hashimoto: *
Hell in a Bottle (1986) de Yoshihiro Kawasaki: *
Gegege no Kitaro - Yokai Tales, Elohim Essaim (1987) de Yoshiaki Kobayashi: **
Thousand Cranes (1989) de Seijiro Koyama: ***
Taro! Momotaro in Panic (1991) de Teruyoshi Ishii: *
Tokyo Scramble (1991) de Kozo Sudo, Minoru Matsui, Ichiro Yamamoto: **
Sosuke Loses His Lover (1992) de Koji Wakamatsu: ***
800 Two Lap Runners (1994) de Ryuichi Hiroki: ****
The King of Minami - The Special Movie (1995) de Sadaaki Haginiwa: ***
The Night of the Earthquake (2002) de Daisuke Goto: **
Hellevator (2004) de Hiroki Yamaguchi: **
Love Square (2005) de Rei Sakamoto: **
Meatball Machine (2005) de Yudai Yamaguchi: **
Tetsujin 28 - The Movie (2005) de Shin Togashi: **
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater - Present (2005) de Yudai Yamaguchi: *
Tebana Sankichi - Snot Rocket & Super Detective (2005) de Yudai Yamaguchi: *
Fall Into the Blue (2006) de Toshiro Enomoto: *
The Muse (2008) de Yutaka Ikejima: **
Samurai Zombie (2008) de Tak Sakaguchi: **
Be a Man! Samurai School (2008) de Tak Sakaguchi: *
Tamami - The Baby's Curse (2008) de Yudai Yamaguchi: *
Deadball (2011) de Yudai Yamaguchi: *
Yakuza Weapon (2011) de Yudai Yamaguchi e Tak Sakaguchi: *
Unification Of Japan (2013) de Yoshihisa Yamamoto: *
Wonogawa (2014) de Hiroki Yamaguchi: *
GameCenter CX - The Movie (2014) de Masatoshi Kurakata: **
Chinyuki (2016) de Yudai Yamaguchi: *
The Eye's Dream (2016) de Hisayasu Sato: *
Rokuroku - The Promise of the Witch (2017) de Yudai Yamaguchi: 0
The World's Longest Photograph (2018) de Shogo Kusano: **
Education and Nationalism (2022) de Saika Hisayo: **
Mondays - See You ‘This’ Week! (2022) de Ryo Takebayashi: ***
Mad Cats (2023) de Reiki Tsuno: *
Bad Lands (2023) de Masato Harada: *
Immersion (2023) de Takashi Shimizu: 0
You Made My Dawn (2023) de Mai Sakai: *
Godzilla Minus One (2023) de Takashi Yamazaki: ***
Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi! (2023) de Koji Shiraishi: **

20/12/23

Fragmentos de 2023, Novembro-Dezembro

No Man, No Cry (1998)




The Song of Home (1925) de Kenji Mizoguchi: ***
Tipsy Life (1933) de Sotoji Kimura: ****
Vow in the Desert (1940) de Kunio Watanabe: **
Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952) de Teinosuke Kinugasa: ****
When It Rains, It Pours (1957) de Noboru Nakamura: ***
The Invisible Wall (1958) de Hideo Oba: ***
Taikoki - Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1958) de Tatsuo Osone: ***
Young Lord Yakuza (1961) de Toshikazu Kono: ***
Drifting Detective - Black Wind in the Harbor (1961) de Kinji Fukasaku: **
The Thief and the Spy (1966) de Kazuo Ikehiro: ***
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman (1979) de Akio Jissoji: **
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1988) de Nobuhiko Obayashi: **
Kuma-chan (1992) de Kazuya Konaka: **
The King Of Minami 3 (1993) de Sadaaki Haginiwa: **
No Man, No Cry (1998) de Yoshitaka Kamada: ****
Free and Easy 11 (2000) de Katsuhide Motoki: ***
Waru - The End (2006) de Takashi Miike: 0
Hatsuko's World (2007) de Yuki Tanada: ***
Teto (2010) de Hiroshi Gokan: *
Drifting Clouds (2010) de Daisuke Hasebe: *
Liar Game - The Final Stage (2010) de Hiroaki Matsuyama: 0
Liar Game - Reborn (2012) de Hiroaki Matsuyama: 0
Nobunaga Concerto - The Movie (2016) de Hiroaki Matsuyama: *
Astral Abnormal Suzuki (2019) de Daisuke Ono: *
The Pass - Last Days of the Samurai (2020) de Takashi Koizumi: **
How to Find Happiness (2022) de Shunichi Nagasaki: *
Fragments of the Last Will (2022) de Takahisa Zeze: **
Winny (2023) de Yusaku Matsumoto: **
Hard Days (2023) de Michihito Fujii: **
Family (2023) de Kazuhiro Sawataishi: *
Our Secret Diary (2023) de Kentaro Takemura: *
Baby Assassins 2 Babies (2023) de Yugo Sakamoto: **
Father of the Milky Way Railroad (2023) de Izuru Narushima: *

20/11/23

Fragmentos de 2023, Outubro-Novembro

Mr. Pu (1953)



Genealogy of Women (1942) de Masahiro Makino: ***
Mr. Pu (1953) de Kon Ichikawa: ***
May You Not Die (1954) de Seiji Maruyama: ****
The Beauty and the Dragon (1955) de Kozaburo Yoshimura: ****
Wrath of the Koga Ninja (1960) de Nobuyoshi Nishizawa: **
Mark of Blood (1962) de Sadatsugu Matsuda: ***
Pink Lady's Motion Picture (1978) de Tsugunobu Kotani: **
YMO Propaganda (1984) de Makoto Sato: ***
Biotherapy (1986) de Akihiro Kashima: *
Youjo Melon (1987) de Masayuki Kuzumi: *
Door II - Tokyo Diary (1991) de Banmei Takahashi: ***
Russian Lullabies (1993) de Nobuhiko Obayashi: **
Zero Woman (1995) de Daisuke Goto: *
Zero Woman - Final Mission (1995) de Koji Enokido: *
Zero Woman - The Accused (1996) de Daisuke Goto: **
Zero Woman - Assassin Lovers (1996) de Masahide Kuwabara: *
Sasori in U.S.A. (1997) de Daisuke Goto: 0
Zero Woman - The Hunted (1997) de Norihisa Yoshimura: *
Zero Woman - Dangerous Game (1998) de Hidekazu Takahara: *
Zero Woman Returns (1999) de Yasushi Saisyu: *
Pig's Inferno (2000) de Nobutaka Yamaoka: **
Mourning Wife (2001) de Daisuke Goto: **
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn (2003) de Daisuke Goto: **
Zero Woman 2005 (2004) de Taisen Kamakura: 0
Blind Love (2005) de Daisuke Goto: **
Zero Woman R (2007) de Hiroyuki Tsuji: *
Girl in Captivity - Psycho Torture Chamber (2008) de Daisuke Goto: *
Toyo’s Camera (2009) de Junichi Suzuki: **
The Last Message (2012) de Hajime Hashimoto: *
Ken and Kazu (2015) de Hiroshi Shoji: **
Trace of Breath (2017) de Haruka Komori: **
Almost a Miracle (2019) de Yuya Ishii: **
Listening To The Air (2019) de Haruka Komori: **
The Real Exorcist (2020) de Shokyo Oda: 0
Revolution+1 (2022) de Masao Adachi: **
Grand Guignol (2022) de Hajime Hashimoto: 0
The Girls (2023) de Kenichi Ugana: *
Downfall (2023) de Naoto Takenaka: ***
Perfect Days (2023) de Wim Wenders: ***
Beyond the Fog (2023) de Daichi Murase: ***
In Love and Deep Water (2023) de Yusuke Taki: 0
Evil Does Not Exist (2023) de Ryusuke Hamaguchi: ***
All the Songs We Never Sang (2023) de Chris Rudz: **
Visitors - Complete Edition (2023) de Kenichi Ugana: **