Masao Shimizu – MRQE

Hiken

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family’s lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.

Sabita naifu

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

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years’ before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana’s friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?

Sanshô dayû

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

In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family’s patriarch, who was exiled years before.

Jigokumon

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

Japan, 1159. Morit, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Morit falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Gembaku no ko

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.

Anjô-ke no butôkai

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

After Japan’s loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold one last ball at the house before leaving. The seemingly cold, cynical son secretly grieves for his defeated father and the values that the war destroyed, while the daughter tries to prevent father from taking his life and to find her own place in the new Japan.

Subarashiki nichiyôbi

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

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako’s optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.