JAPANESE FILMS SEEN

An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.

In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of smugglers with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one forced to work in a brothel.

1971 film directed by Masao Adachi, Kōji Wakamatsu

1971 film by Masahiro Shinoda

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.

Kazuo Hara follows the lives and activities of Yokota Hiroshi and Yokozuka Koichi, members of an activist group made up of people with cerebral palsy.

After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.

The plot follows Mimiko, a bright little girl left alone when her grandmother leaves on a trip. Making a few stops at some local stores, Mimiko comes home to her house in a bamboo grove and finds a baby panda named Panny sleeping on the back doorstep. She quickly makes friends with the little panda, and invites him in for a drink. His father, PapaPanda, soon comes to visit, and they decide to become a family after PapaPanda offers to.

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.

1972 film by Kenji Misumi

1973 film by Kinji Fukasaku

Episode 57 "Dr. Hell Occupies Japan" of the original TV show, shown as a movie.

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is abroad in Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him to imagine her as the personification of his impending fate. As his dialogue with his imagined mortality continues, he meets the living woman, the template for his fantasy, and together, they tour rural churches. Gradually, he comes to some kind of peace about the diagnosis. When he returns to Japan, he is met with a series of challenges that profoundly test the lessons he has learned.

1976 film by Nagisa Ōshima

　西历2008年7月，因科学过度发展，威力强大的超磁力武器，在战争中被发动，地轴弯曲，地壳发生大变动，五大洲爆裂，陆地下沉，在一瞬间把一半的地球摧毁！ 20年后，在残留的小岛上，一直以为在大变动后世上只余下他与爷爷相依为命的少年高立，在偶然间，在岛上海滩救了有与动物沟通能力的少女罗拉，因为罗拉的爷爷是科学家，所以野心家们便想捕捉罗拉对其作出威胁。来到岛上的坏人杀害了高立的爷爷，并捉走了罗拉，因此高立便踏上了拯救罗拉的旅程。

Chirin is an innocent though adventurous young lamb whose carefree life on the farm comes to an abrupt end when a wolf murders his mother. Confused and angry, Chirin pursues the wolf into the mountains, seeking revenge. The laws of nature are brutal, however, and hatred alone won't be enough to avenge the loss of his mother. Only the strong survive in the wild, and obtaining that strength may change Chirin forever.

Through puppets and animation, a traveler tells his story of walking through Settsu, coming to the town of Ikuta. He asks if someone can show him the Seeker's Mound. Late that day, a solitary maiden says she will lead him there.

1979 film directed by Hayao Miyazaki

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

1980 film directed by Akira Kurosawa