Taiji Tonoyama
12 titles
Filmography
12 results
The Naked Island
(1960)
Tokyo Pop
(1988)Aspiring rocker Wendy (Carrie Hamilton) hops on a plane to Tokyo with dreams of making it big. She forms a romantic and musical connection with Hiro (Diamond Yukai), whose band is looking for a lead singer and their big break. This underseen '80s indie gem by Fran Rubel Kuzui ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") offers a breezy tour through bubble era Tokyo with knowing nods to its vibrant pop culture.
An Innocent Witch
(1965)Ballad of Orin
(1977)
Kuroneko
(1968)Kaneto Shindo’s classic, spectacularly eerie twilight tale is a poetic and atmospheric horror fable with a shocking feminist angle. A malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai at a village in war-torn medieval Japan. When a military hero is sent to dispatch the unseen force, he finds that he must struggle with his own personal demons as well.

Onibaba
(1964)While Kichi is away at war, his impoverished mother and wife survive in medieval Japan by killing samurai and selling the valuables they find.
Endless Desire
(1958)
Empire of Passion
(1978)
Black Report
(1963)After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
Silence
(1971)
In the Realm of the Senses
(1976)IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (AI NO CORRIDA), by the always provocative Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, remains one of the most controversial films of all time. Based on a true incident, it graphically depicts the all-consuming, transcendent—but ultimately destructive—love of a man and a woman (Tatsuya Fuji and Eiko Matsuda) living in an era of ever escalating imperialism and governmental control. Less a work of pornography than of politics, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES is a brave, taboo-breaking milestone, still censored in its own country. WARNING: THIS FILM IS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT AND INCLUDES DEPICTIONS OF HARM AGAINST CHILDREN

A Ghost Love Story of Japan
(1982)Hatamoto's daughter Otsuyu and Ronin Shinzaburo fall in love but rarely meet. Otsuyu secretly visits him with her servant for several nights.