Charisma 1999 カリスマ Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa A detective is called in to rescue a hostage. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, where there is a tree called charisma. #filmsky 📽️

Known for his stylised and existential action films, director Johnnie To (BOTD, 1955) is a prolific filmmaker of over 50 films, also responsible for several romantic melodramas like Don’t Go Breaking My Heart and our recent Limited Edition release of Romancing in Thin Air.

Kaneto Shindō (with scenes from his film "Kuroneko")

Joe 'The Ace' Shishido #filmsky #JoeShishido #宍戸錠

Hanako of the Toilet 1998 新生 トイレの花子さん Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi When a young girl discovers that her new middle school is the same one her sister mysteriously disappeared from 11 years before. She and her friends join forces to fight the evil force that threatens them all. #filmsky #horror 📽️

Still from 1955 Japanese movie “Floating Cloud”. Director Mikio Naruse. Actors Hideko Takamine and Masayuki Mori

Chun Woo-hee in "The Wailing" - BOTD

Forbidden Siren 2006 サイレン Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and son. The neighbor give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island’s siren starts wailing. #filmsky #horror #japan #jhorror #サイレン📽️

Egg 2005 Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi A bored office worker sees a giant egg when she closes her eyes, and when it hatches, each blink unleashes escalating real-world horrors. #filmsky #japan #horror #scifi 📽️

東京物語 ᵀᵒᵏʸᵒ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ(𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟑) 𝒅𝒊𝒓. 𝒀𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒋𝒊𝒓𝒐̄ 𝑶𝒛𝒖 #映画 🎟📽 🎞✴️ #フィルムスカイ

#NowWatching Deadly Outlaw: Rekka [実録・安藤昇侠道伝 烈火] (2002) Takashi Miike 🇯🇵 @filmsradiance.bsky.social

Shinobu Hashimoto (with scenes from "Rashomon", "Ikiru", "The Hidden Fortress" and "I Live in Fear" for which he coauthored the screenplays with Akira Kurosawa) - BOTD

Yakuza Taxi 1994 893タクシー Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Yakuza clan Inoshika decides to help a small family business, Taxi Tanaka, lured by the clan Jinryûkaï and deeply in debt. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's first foray into V-Cinema #filmsky #japan #yakoza #movies #KiyoshiKurosawa #黒沢清 📽️

Door III 1996 Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa The ambitious insurance saleswoman Miyako is stalked by the strange and supernatural, after meeting the mysterious Mitsuru #filmsky #japan #horror #jhorror #horrorsky #nw #KiyoshiKurosawa #黒沢清 📽️

Sweet Home 1989 スウィートホーム Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Working on a documentary about infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro, a TV crew film at his old home, where they come under attack from the ghost of the painter’s wife #filmsky #japan #horror #jhorror #nw #KiyoshiKurosawa #黒沢清 📽️

Midareru (1964) Directed by Mikio Naruse

shomingekiblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/note... among other things, as well about Naruse´s masterful use of cinemascope.

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970) d. Yasuharu Hasebe Looks like I'm having a #MeikoKaji🇯🇵 week!

Ring 1998 リング Directed by Hideo Nakata #filmsky #japan #jhorror #horror 📽️

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Psychic Vision: Jaganrei 1988 サイキックビジョン 邪願霊 Directed by Teruyoshi Ishii Kyoko Sawai, is making a report about Emi Kato. an idol singer. And as spiritual accidents happen around her, Kyoko finds out that the woman who composed the songs died 7 years before #filmsky #horror #japan #jhorror #石井てるよし📽️

Shozin Fukui 福居ショウジン (1961 - 2026) R.I.P. 💔

Dark Water 2002 仄暗い水の底から Directed by Hideo Nakata Don’t let the water reach you. A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak. #filmsky #moviesky #horror #jhorror #japan #nw 📽️

Police Precinct Part 13 1960 警視庁物語　血液型の秘密 Directed by Masuichi Iizuka On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found a dead child. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation #filmsky 📽️

Hôrô-ki (1962) Directed by Mikio Naruse

Don’t Look Up 1996 女優霊 Directed by Hideo Nakata A filmmaker and crew slowly go insane after being continually haunted by the #ghost of a dead actress. #filmsky #japan #horror #jhorror #nw #中田秀夫 📽️

Setsuko Saturday

mood #filmsky

Vital 2004 ヴィタール Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a book full of drawings of dissections, he is drawn to medical school. There he catches the eye of a fellow student but it’s another who become his obsession #filmsky

Nightmare Detective 2006 悪夢探偵 Directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto Don't fall asleep, then if you die in the dream, you die for real. #filmsky #japan #horror #movies #horrorsky #ShinyaTsukamoto #塚本晋也 📽️

Hiruko the Goblin 1991 ヒルコ／妖怪ハンター Directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission #filmsky #japan #horror #movies #塚本晋也 📽️

Happy Caturday #cat #cats #meimei #caturday

Marebito 2004 稀人 Directed by Takashi Shimizu A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo. #japan #horror #movies #filmsky #nw #稀人 #清水崇 📽️

Tokyo Blood - Gakuryū Ishii 1993 #TokyoBlood #GakuryūIshii #MaiHosho #TomorowoTaguchi #ShortFilm

Ju-on: The Curse 2000 呪怨 Directed by Takashi Shimizu When school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous house that harbors a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed. #filmsky #japan #horror #rw #nw 📽️

Meiko Kaji in The Closet

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla 1994 ゴジラvsスペースゴジラ Directed by Kensho Yamashita #filmsky #japan #godzilla #movies #ゴジラ #山下賢章 📽️

Ornamental Hairpin (1941) Sublime Japanese dramedy in which a soldier recuperating at a remote spa accidentally steps on a hairpin and becomes enamored of its beautiful owner Written and directed Hiroshi Shimizu - BOTD in 1903. It's a scandal that so few of his films are easily available to watch

Japanese lobby card for BLIND WOMAN'S CURSE (1970) Starring the baddest of all bad asses Meiko Kaji, who will be appearing at screenings of her films today and tomorrow at Japan Society in NYC

Akira Kurosawa on the set of RAN (1985). borrowingtape.com/la...

Noroi: The Curse 2005 ノロイ Directed by Koji Shiraishi Everything is real, everybody died. A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated #paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient #demon! #filmsky #japan #cinema #horror #horrorsky #nw #ノロイ #白石晃士 📽️

Hideko Takamine in "Carmen Comes Home" - BOTD

Occult 2009 オカルト Directed by Koji Shiraishi Koji Shiraishi interviews the survivors of an indiscriminate attack at a sightseeing resort and starts investigating the strange events that have been happening to them #filmsky #japan #cinema #horror #horrorsky #nw #地獄 #白石晃士 📽️

About a Place in the Kinki Region 2025 近畿地方のある場所について Directed by Koji Shiraishi After an editor of an occult magazine suddenly vanishes, his friend Chihiro and his co-worker Yusei set out to discover the reason behind his disappearance. #filmsky #japan #cinema #horror #nw #白石晃士 📽️

The great Machiko Kyo in Kenji Mizoguchi's final film, STREET OF SHAME (1956) Kyo was BOTD in 1924

The first Japanese trailer has arrived for Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Sheep in the Box, which is primed for a Cannes debut. Watch: thefilmstage.com/first-japane...

Meiko Kaji in "Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter" - BOTD

An aging chef cooks for his three daughters for their weekly family meal. Oh what a meal. The dishes prepared made me cry. Just once in my life, I would love a table set with many dishes. That said I am such a picky eater, I may not eat anything. 🤣 It's the idea of it. Good film! 🥣🥢🍚 #FilmSky #Food

The happiest of birthdays to the Queen, Meiko Kaji!

Akira Kurosawa (with scenes from his film "The Idiot") - BOTD