Rob's (mostly) Asian movie blog.
Last Updated on November 19, 2020 by rob
In the former fishing village she grew up in the beautiful Isako (Kyoko Enami) arrives from Shinjuku with her youthful lover, a fugitive Yakuza named Tetsuo (Akira Oda). He finds it hard to adjust in this desolate place until he strikes up a friendship with a young blind girl named Yuki (Mihoko … Read the rest
Last Updated on October 17, 2020 by rob
When home carer Sawa’s (Sakura Ando) employer requests her to sleep with her dying father she agrees but the result proves a disaster in more ways than one. Finding herself homeless Sawa accosts a series of lonely, elderly men ranging from karaoke bar resident Yasuo (Tatsuo Inoue), grumpy car mechanic Shigeru (Toshio … Read the rest
Last Updated on September 29, 2020 by rob
In 18th century Japan honourable samurai Heizaburo’s (Bando Tsumasaburo) attempts to do the right thing are persistently misunderstood and he ends up arrested. Losing the love of the two women in his life, Namie (Utako Tamaki) and waitress Ochio (Shizuko Mori) and shunned by the townspeople for an undeserved reputation as a … Read the rest
