Drama Movies

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
The World of Kanako
Japan
2014
Tetsuya Nakashima (Director, Writer) Koji Yakusho Nana Komatsu Satoshi Tsumabuki Hiroya Shimizu Fumi Nikaido Ai Hashimoto Aoi Morikawa Mahiro Takasugi Jun Kunimura Asuka Kurosawa Munetaka Aoki Joe Odagiri Miki Nakatani Akio Fukamachi (Writer) Nobuhiro Kadoma (Writer) Shoichi Ato (Cinematographer)
An astonishing glimpse into a disturbing world (Saturday, June 12, 2021)
Tezuka's Barbara
Japan
2019
Makoto Tezuka (Director) Fumi Nikaido Goro Inagaki Kiyohiko Shibukawa Shizuka Ishibashi Moemi Katayama Eri Watanabe Ryosuke Otani Hisako Kurosawa (Writer) Osamu Tezuka (Writer) Kubbie Tsoi (Cinematographer) Christopher Doyle (Cinematographer)
Rather lifeless interpretation of a manga (Friday, July 2, 2021)
Hydra
Japan
2019
Kensuke Sonomura (Director, Actor) Masanori Mimoto Tasuku Nagase Takaya Aoyagi Takashi Nishina Satoshi Kibe Tomoro Taguchi Yoji Tanaka Jiro Kaneko (Writer) Yasuyuki Suzuki (Cinematographer)
Very low budget but a great calling card for the crew (Saturday, July 24, 2021)
Happiness
Japan
2016
Sabu (Director, Writer) Masatoshi Nagase Erika Okuda Hiroki Suzuki Tetsuya Chiba Arisa Nakajima Kôichi Furuya (Cinematographer)
Happiness is just sadness you haven't reached yet (Sunday, August 22, 2021)
Jam
Japan
2018
Sabu (Director, Writer) Sho Aoyagi Keita Machida Nobuyuki Suzuki Masayasu Yagi Yûta Ozawa Hayato Onozuka Kanta Sato
A bit of a Sabu throwback (Wednesday, September 29, 2021)
Sanshiro Sugata
Japan
1943
Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Denjirō Ōkōchi Susumu Fujita Yukiko Todoroki Ryūnosuke Tsukigata Takashi Shimura Ranko Hanai Sugisaku Aoyama Tsuneo Tomita (Writer) Akira Mimura (Cinematographer) Seiichi Suzuki (Soundtrack)
Fine, if a little insubstantial (Saturday, January 22, 2022)
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Japan
1972
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Director, Writer) Meiko Kaji Tatsuo Umemiya Tsunehiko Watase Akiko Koyama Tomiko Ishii Kôji Nanbara Yayoi Watanabe Mari Mochida Mieko Aoyagi Isao Matsumoto (Writer) Toshiaki Tsushima (Soundtrack) Hanjirô Nakazawa (Cinematographer)
The Meiko Kaji reboot (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)
Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2
Japan
1972
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Director, Writer) Meiko Kaji Sonny Chiba Shingo Yamashiro Fujio Suga Junzaburô Ban Tamase Mitsukawa Tôru Yuri Yukie Kagawa Hideo Murota Tsunehiko Watase Isao Matsumoto (Writer) Toshiaki Tsushima (Soundtrack) Yoshio Nakajima (Cinematographer)
Reviewed by Simon (Saturday, January 29, 2022)
Chasuke's Journey
Japan
2015
Sabu (Director, Writer) Office Kitano (Production Company) Ren Osugi Ito Ono Kenichi Matsuyama Yusuke Iseya Hiromasa Taguchi Tina Tamashiro Susumu Terajima Hiroki Konno Takashi Matsuyuki Toru Tezuka Shun Sugata Daisuke Sôma (Cinematographer) Junichi Matsumoto (Soundtrack)
Another unique film from Sabu (Saturday, June 18, 2022)
Lesson of the Evil: Prologue
Japan
2012
Nomoto Fumio (Director) Hideaki Ito Noriko Nakagoshi Ryo Iwamatsu Koh Takasugi Saki Takaoka Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Not clear what purpose this serves (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)