Japan &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:Japan @settima@mograph.social Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:21 +0100 仁義なき戦い [Jingi naki tatakai / Battles Without Honor and Humanity] (Kinji... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-hln8 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 仁義なき戦い [Jingi naki tatakai / Battles Without Honor and Humanity] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1973)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 仁義なき戦い (1973)/div div class="caption" Tetsuya Sakai (Hiroki Matsukata, L) and several of the other yakuza. DP: Sadaji Yoshida./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #KinjiFukasaku #BuntaSugawara #HirokiMatsukata #KunieTanaka #ToshiakiTsushima #SadajiYoshida #TheYakuzaPapers #crime #yakuza #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

仁義なき戦い [Jingi naki tatakai / Battles Without Honor and Humanity] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1973)

Oct

16

仁義なき戦い (1973)

Tetsuya Sakai (Hiroki Matsukata, L) and several of the other yakuza. DP: Sadaji Yoshida.

#FilmDuJour #October #KinjiFukasaku #BuntaSugawara #HirokiMatsukata #KunieTanaka #ToshiakiTsushima #SadajiYoshida #TheYakuzaPapers #crime #yakuza #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-hln8 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 0課の女 赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-js6d <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 0課の女 赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" 1937/div div class="img" 課0課の女 赤い手錠 (1974)/div div class="caption" Rei (Miki Sugimoto) wielding the long red chain of her handcuffs. DP: Yoshio Nakajima./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #YukioNoda #TōruShinohara #MikiSugimoto #ShunsukeKikuchi #YoshioNakajima #BookAdaptation #PinkuEiga #exploitation #crime #action #Tōei #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

0課の女 赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)

Oct

15

1937

課0課の女 赤い手錠 (1974)

Rei (Miki Sugimoto) wielding the long red chain of her handcuffs. DP: Yoshio Nakajima.

#FilmDuJour #October #YukioNoda #TōruShinohara #MikiSugimoto #ShunsukeKikuchi #YoshioNakajima #BookAdaptation #PinkuEiga #exploitation #crime #action #Tōei #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-js6d Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 駅​ [Eki / Station] (Yasuo Furuhata, 1981) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-z1w7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 駅​ [Eki / Station] (Yasuo Furuhata, 1981)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 12/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 駅 (1981)/div div class="caption" Eiji Mikami (Ken Takakura) and Kiriko (Chieko Baishō) watching TV in her quiet bar. She sings along with her favourite song. DP: Daisaku Kimura./div div class="txt" Set 278 days before the start of the Tokyo Olympics. "One can meet only god at such hour." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #YasuoFuruhata #KenTakakura #ChiekoBaishō #RyūdōUzaki #DaisakuKimura #NewYearsEve #drama #romance #crime #Japan #1980s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

駅​ [Eki / Station] (Yasuo Furuhata, 1981)

Oct

12

駅 (1981)

Eiji Mikami (Ken Takakura) and Kiriko (Chieko Baishō) watching TV in her quiet bar. She sings along with her favourite song. DP: Daisaku Kimura.

Set 278 days before the start of the Tokyo Olympics.

“One can meet only god at such hour.”

#FilmDuJour #October #YasuoFuruhata #KenTakakura #ChiekoBaishō #RyūdōUzaki #DaisakuKimura #NewYearsEve #drama #romance #crime #Japan #1980s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-z1w7 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 血は渇いてる [Chi wa kawaiteru / Blood Is Dry] (Yoshishige Yoshida, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-04bf <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 血は渇いてる [Chi wa kawaiteru / Blood Is Dry] (Yoshishige Yoshida, 1960)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 11/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Chi wa kawaiteru (1960)/div div class="caption" The September 11 copy of a scandal magazine. It costs 30 yen. DP: Tōichirō Narushima./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #YoshishigeYoshida #KeijiSada #KanekoIwasaki #ShinIchirōMikami #MariYoshimura #MasaoOda #IchirōSugai #RokkōToura #HikaruHayashi #TōichirōNarushima #advertising #suicide #satire #drama #Japan #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

血は渇いてる [Chi wa kawaiteru / Blood Is Dry] (Yoshishige Yoshida, 1960)

Sep

11

Chi wa kawaiteru (1960)

The September 11 copy of a scandal magazine. It costs 30 yen. DP: Tōichirō Narushima.

 

#FilmDuJour #September #YoshishigeYoshida #KeijiSada #KanekoIwasaki #ShinIchirōMikami #MariYoshimura #MasaoOda #IchirōSugai #RokkōToura #HikaruHayashi #TōichirōNarushima #advertising #suicide #satire #drama #Japan #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-04bf Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0200 簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-tpvc <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" 1941/div div class="img" Kanzashi (1941).png)/div div class="caption" A formal paper with the date stamp for August 10, Showa 16 (1941). DP: Suketarō Inokai./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #HiroshiShimizu #MasujiIbuse #KinuyoTanaka #HirokoKawasaki #TatsuoSaitō #ChishūRyū #ShinIchiHimori #TakeshiSakamoto #TakaakiAsai #SuketarōInokai #comedy #drama #BookAdaptation #Japan #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)

Aug

10

1941

Kanzashi (1941)

A formal paper with the date stamp for August 10, Showa 16 (1941). DP: Suketarō Inokai.

 

#FilmDuJour #August #HiroshiShimizu #MasujiIbuse #KinuyoTanaka #HirokoKawasaki #TatsuoSaitō #ChishūRyū #ShinIchiHimori #TakeshiSakamoto #TakaakiAsai #SuketarōInokai #comedy #drama #BookAdaptation #Japan #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-tpvc Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wk6y <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 4/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 黒蜥蜴 (1968)/div div class="caption" The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #KinjiFukasaku #RampoEdogawa #YukioMishima #AkihiroMiwa #IsaoTomita #HiroshiDōwaki #drama #romance #action #crime #comedy #drag #LGBT #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)

Aug

4

黒蜥蜴 (1968)

The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki.

#FilmDuJour #August #KinjiFukasaku #RampoEdogawa #YukioMishima #AkihiroMiwa #IsaoTomita #HiroshiDōwaki #drama #romance #action #crime #comedy #drag #LGBT #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wk6y Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 妻は告白する [Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru / A Wife Confesses] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-slcx <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 妻は告白する [Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru / A Wife Confesses] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1961)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" 1961/div div class="img" 妻は告白する (1961).png)/div div class="caption" An expert called into the court case studies an enlarged photograph of the supposed crime scene. DP: Setsuo Kobayashi./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #YasuzōMasumura #MasayaMaruyama #AyakoWakao #HiroshiKawaguchi #EitarōOzawa #RiichirōManabe #SetsuoKobayashi #drama #romance #crime #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

妻は告白する [Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru / A Wife Confesses] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1961)

Jul

15

1961

妻は告白する (1961)

An expert called into the court case studies an enlarged photograph of the supposed crime scene. DP: Setsuo Kobayashi.

#FilmDuJour #July #YasuzōMasumura #MasayaMaruyama #AyakoWakao #HiroshiKawaguchi #EitarōOzawa #RiichirōManabe #SetsuoKobayashi #drama #romance #crime #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-slcx Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 みな殺しの霊歌 [Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner] (Tai Katō, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-7hcf <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" みな殺しの霊歌 [Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner] (Tai Katō, 1968)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" しの霊歌 (1968)/div div class="caption" A newspaper headline for April 3, 1968: "COMPANY DIRECTOR'S WIFE NEWEST VICTIM". DP: Keiji Maruyama./div div class="txt" "With bar hostesses, there's a type who are likely to be murdered." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #TaiKatō #MakotoSatō #HajimeKaburagi #KeijiMaruyama #crime #thriller #rape #revenge #SerialKillers #Japan #1960s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

みな殺しの霊歌 [Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner] (Tai Katō, 1968)

Apr

3

1968

しの霊歌 (1968)

A newspaper headline for April 3, 1968: “COMPANY DIRECTOR'S WIFE NEWEST VICTIM”. DP: Keiji Maruyama.

“With bar hostesses, there's a type who are likely to be murdered.”

#FilmDuJour #April #TaiKatō #MakotoSatō #HajimeKaburagi #KeijiMaruyama #crime #thriller #rape #revenge #SerialKillers #Japan #1960s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-7hcf Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 野獣死すべし [Yajū shisubeshi / The Beast Shall Die] (Eizō Sugawa, 1959) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zpfs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 野獣死すべし [Yajū shisubeshi / The Beast Shall Die] (Eizō Sugawa, 1959)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 7 p.m./div div class="img" 野獣死すべし (1959)/div div class="caption" Kunihiko Date (Tatsuya Nakadai) driving along at night. DP: Fukuzō Koizumi./div div class="txt" "He’s not a beast. No, he’s a robot. A machine created by a modern, twisted society." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #EizōSugawa #HaruhikoŌyabu #TatsuyaNakadai #HiroshiKoizumi #ReikoDan #YumiShirakawa #MakotoSatō #EikoMiyoshi #ToshirōMayuzumi #FukuzōKoizumi #crime #FilmNoir #Bookadaptation #Japan #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

野獣死すべし [Yajū shisubeshi / The Beast Shall Die] (Eizō Sugawa, 1959)

Mar

30

7 p.m.

野獣死すべし (1959)

Kunihiko Date (Tatsuya Nakadai) driving along at night. DP: Fukuzō Koizumi.

“He’s not a beast. No, he’s a robot. A machine created by a modern, twisted society.”

#FilmDuJour #March #EizōSugawa #HaruhikoŌyabu #TatsuyaNakadai #HiroshiKoizumi #ReikoDan #YumiShirakawa #MakotoSatō #EikoMiyoshi #ToshirōMayuzumi #FukuzōKoizumi #crime #FilmNoir #Bookadaptation #Japan #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zpfs Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0200 簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-6tgz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="occasion" melon/div div class="img" Kanzashi (1941).png)/div div class="caption" A traditional Japanese room with tatami mats. Boys at a table eat melon slices. A woman makes a phone call. The view through the window reveals a gnarly tree and a mountain in the background. DP: Suketarō Inokai./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #melons #fruit #HiroshiShimizu #MasujiIbuse #KinuyoTanaka #HirokoKawasaki #TatsuoSaitō #ChishūRyū #ShinIchiHimori #TakeshiSakamoto #TakaakiAsai #SuketarōInokai #comedy #drama #BookAdaptation #Japan #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)

Mar

3

melon

Kanzashi (1941)

A traditional Japanese room with tatami mats. Boys at a table eat melon slices. A woman makes a phone call. The view through the window reveals a gnarly tree and a mountain in the background. DP: Suketarō Inokai.

 

#FilmDinner #melons #fruit #HiroshiShimizu #MasujiIbuse #KinuyoTanaka #HirokoKawasaki #TatsuoSaitō #ChishūRyū #ShinIchiHimori #TakeshiSakamoto #TakaakiAsai #SuketarōInokai #comedy #drama #BookAdaptation #Japan #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-6tgz Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:41:04 +0100