Original Title: Meshi Directed by: Mikio Naruse This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Michiyo Okamoto (Setsuko Hara) is an unhappy housewife living with her husband Hatsunosuke (Ken Uehara) is a quiet part of Osaka. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]
English Title: Pigs and BattleshipsDirected by: Shôhei Imamura Synopsis: Kinta (Hiroyuki Nagato) is a young gang member who is put in charge of a pig farm for a small gang of Yakuza that is slowly imploding. Purr Blur: In one scene Kinta is walking home after losing at cards. A small white Japanese Bobtail cat […]
SharpSword Films Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver Directed by: Martin Scorsese Synopsis: Set in the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan to find their missing mentor who has reportedly commited apostasy. Cat Cattle Call: In one scene, one of the priests named Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) travels to a village where he had previously preached. When […]