Dolls / Dorozu (2002)

I had not originally intended to write about Takeshi Kitano's Dolls, since it had wide international release and has been often discussed by other writers. However, after I have now seen hundreds of other Japanese movies, the film seems to take on a different significance than when I first saw it. Dolls was not the …

Demon Pond / Yashagaike (1979)

A man walks across a desert, eventually running out of water in his canteen. He suddenly comes upon an isolated house where a woman tends a pool formed from water seeping out of the Demon Pond, surrounded now by lush forests. As he talks, the man hiding inside recognizes the voice and reveals himself as …