Fall Guy / Kamata koshinkyoku (1982)

For one of the rare occasions in Japanese movies, Fall Guy takes us behind the scenes at a movie studio. Or, to be more accurate, takes us into a fantasy movie studio where clichés are exaggerated and the basic premise so absurd that it gives us little if any real insight into how the Japanese …

Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)

Just as the title says, this is the story of a year in the life of a perfect wife, and just as you would also expect, it is a year that ends in a death scene. The primary interest is that this is an autobiographical movie by Kaneto Shindo about not only his first wife …