Kazuo Kitamura Movies

Black Rain

80/100

The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.

Profound Desires of the Gods

78/100

An engineer from Tokyo arrives on a drought-ridden tropical island to drill a well to power a nearby sugar mill. He meets the inbred Futori family, hated by the locals for breaking religious customs.

Taro - Der Drachenboy

76/100

A young boy has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a dragon.

The Man Who Stole the Sun

77/100

A high school science teacher builds an atomic bomb and uses it to extort the nation, but cannot decide what he wants. Meanwhile, a determined cop is catching up to him, as is radiation poisoning.

Sommersoldaten

70/100

A Vietnam veteran deserts from the US Army while on leave in Japan.

Bakuha 3-byô mae

59/100

A lightning-paced 60's crime film from Japan's Nikkatsu Studios, 3 SECONDS TO EXPLOSION packs enough subterfuge and action into its 84 volatile minutes to fill out a dozen pictures made anywhere else.

The Hunter's Diary

73/100

Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo. While living in a hotel, he is also renting an apartment for fulfilling his sexual appetite. There, he records the results of ... See full summary »

Henshin

48/100

Aa koe naki tomo

60/100

Nishiyama (Atsumi) is the only one to survive in his platoon in WWII Japan. After the war is over, he begins a long voyage of 8 years throughout Japan to deliver 12 letters left by his ... See full summary »

Kaseifu wa mita! 21

Futô fukutsu

Mitsuyaku: Gaimushô kimitsu rôei jiken

Onna to misoshiru

Hi no ataru basho