EitarÅ Ozawa – MRQE

Ugetsu monogatari

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage’s warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro’s pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei’s desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

Ansatsu

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when “four black ships” anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda’s film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.

Sakura-tai Chiru

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for the staging of a play just before the atomic bombing.

Kuro bara no yakata

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires singer “Black Rose” to perform in his exclusive men’s club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The film takes a bizarre twist when Kyohei’s son falls victim to the femme fatale’s unique charm.

Jotai

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Michi’s first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie (Kyoko Kishida), Ishida’s wife and the chairman’s daughter, offers her a million, but he gives her what she demands. Now Michi is not only satisfied, but she has a mad desire for Ishida and calls him every day asking for a date. His sympathy for her gradually evolves into love, and he soon allows her insatiable passion to strip him of his decency.

Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tales end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinodas Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.

Chûshingura

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target of a merciless revenge.

Kutabare gurentai

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an escalating family feud that ultimately leads to tragedy. Lean, mean, and stylish as always, this tale of youth-gone-wild is both vibrant and touching. Suzuki contrasts tranquil glimpses of traditional regional life with the emergence of the new rock ‘n’ roll youth culture and the greed and seething cynicism of encroaching Westernism. Also released under the title “Go To Hell, Hoodlums!”, this is a melodrama as colorful, shocking, and exhilarating as one would come to expect from Japan’s master filmmaker.

Uta-andon

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she’s a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life’s vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she’s growing older. She’s of an age when she must choose: to seek marriage (difficult given her tarnished occupation), to be a kept woman, or to borrow money to buy a bar of her own. Each route has dangers, including investors demanding a return on their loans. Keiko has a quiet dignity that attracts men, but are they what they seem? Does she actually have choices?

EitarÅ Ozawa – MRQE

Ugetsu monogatari

Ansatsu

Sakura-tai Chiru

Kuro bara no yakata

Jotai

Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke

Chûshingura

Kutabare gurentai

Uta-andon

Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki

EitarÅ Ozawa – MRQE