water ballad bridge narayama

vhs video:

13 reviews
Shoichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto

Connoisseur Video, 1992

A Film About Love
The Pornographers is an ironic title for a film about love. Sex drive is like the ever present gravity which more or less impacts on planets. However look at all the odd twists & turns in the characters' lives that would have been unlikely if they were only trying to get laid. Sometimes the hero's thoughts dart back to his lover's little girl as she was injured under a vehicle. His lover later ...

The Ballad of Narayama [VHS]

22 reviews
Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto

Kino International, 2000

Life and Death
There are some classic images in Japanese film, scenes that stick with you long after the film is over. Takakura Ken, tattooed and brandishing his sword, about to take vengeance for his master. A hill with five mounds, each with a sword sticking from the top. This scene of Ogata Ken carrying his mother on his back, climbing up the mountain where he will leave her to die, has got to be among ...

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Ws Sub) [VHS]

17 reviews
Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu

Homevision, 2003

Excellent drama with a twist...
An unemployed architect hears a strange story about treasure from a bum on the street, having nothing better to do he delves into the mysterious story and goes to explore the village where the treasure is. At the village he meets up with an unusual woman who lives in the house where the treasure is supposedly located. The movie deals with growing old, changing relationships, life changes, love, ...