Written and directed by Ataru Oikawa Shrill Cries Of Summer is a live action horror movie based on a novel, which was later adapted as manga series and an anime respectively. In reference to the story, it was about a boy named Keeichi who had transferred to a far- flung village at the onset of summer. Friendly as he was, he made friends with a group of women in the new place that he was staying. As days passed, he began to discover some “strange things” with the girls that he used to hang out with. With an “intuitive gut [...]

This movie was a true to life story of a man named Okeda Izo, who was a destitute swordsman who had envisioned of becoming a respected samurai someday. However, due to his not so good standing in his society, his far-fetched ambition failed to be realized. Instead, he equipped himself with the knowledge of cutting cats and dogs. Meanwhile, when he met Takechi Hanpeita, a ruthless leader of Tosa Loyalist Party, he manipulated the poor Izo to kill people, which resulted in the inhumane death of Izo by crucifixion just like Jesus Christ. Going back to the movie, the director [...]

The film tells a story about of a professor, Uehida Hyakken-sama in Gotemba in the forties, He was teaching in a university until an air raid and settled to become a writer and lived in a hut. In addition, his temperament had hardly changed, though the times had greatly transformed; as the years passed by. Every year, his beloved students celebrated his birthday and raised the question, ” Mahda kai?” meaning not yet just to hear him reply Madadayo; in translation,” No, not yet”. This is in reference to a ritual of self- affirmation, as well as the sweetest desire [...]

Also known as ‘The Most Beautiful’. A film with social relevance. The plot was mainly focused on the struggle of the workers of a lens factory to meet the required quota during World War II. They strived very hard like hounds to exceed the needed target set by the factory’s directors. On the other hand, the climax of the story started when the head of the establishment failed to find the lens that had not been subjected to a proper fine – tuning process. Rechecking each lens, she had a clip of Japanese pilot fighters looking into the finished glass [...]