http://www.avclub.com/content/topics/Japanese_Film/feed en-us http://www.avclub.com/content/dvds/three_films_by_hiroshi_teshigahara?utm_source=from_tag The beguiling <i>Woman In The Dunes</i> put Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara on the map, and the two other films in this box set confirm his talent finding the surreal in the natural world. Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:29:47 -0400 DVD Review Noel_Murray Eyes_Without_A_Face Hiroshi_Teshigahara Seconds Eiji_Okada Kôbô_Abe Toru_Takemitsu World_Cinema Japanese_Film 64923_8bb7b8e81f7201b58ef89c4f2167c05e http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/paprika?utm_source=from_tag Once again, highly regarded anime director Satoshi Kon (<i>Millennium Actress</i>) sends viewers on a colorful walk through his characters' delusions. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:09:44 -0400 Cinema Review Tasha_Robinson Procedural_Movie Animated_Movie Japanese_Film Satoshi_Kon Megumi_Hayashibara Tôru_Furuya Akio_Ôtsuka illusions 62557_e72bd1ebc04fe6e44604e48095716129 http://www.avclub.com/content/dvds/sansho_the_bailiff?utm_source=from_tag Kenji Mizoguchi's post-war masterpiece shines the light of humanist ideals in the dark world of medieval Japan. Wed, 23 May 2007 12:32:46 -0400 DVD Review Scott_Tobias Historical_drama Japanese_Film Kenji_Mizoguchi Kinuyo_Tanaka Yoshiaki_Hanayagi Kyôko_Kagawa Eitarô_Shindô 61984_3c4a0a053361e65063fa10e298c82f3b http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/the_glamorous_life_of_sachiko?utm_source=from_tag In this Japanese "pink film," a frequently naked call girl runs off with George W. Bush's cloned, dismembered index finger. Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:21:37 -0400 Cinema Review Scott_Tobias Japanese_Film Mitsuru_Meike Emi_Kuroda Yukijiro_Hotaru Ito_Takeshi George_W._Bush erotica pink_film 60667_e0e0eb101d340b7824305f9a0d29e38b