Crazed Fruit

Crazed Fruit (1956)

1956

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young married woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking. Bored rich kids. Natsuhisa, 20, constantly teases his brother Haruji, 16, about girls. They arrive by train for a summer at the beach; at the station, Haruji spots a young woman and can think of nothing else for the next few days. When they cross paths again – she’s Eri – Haru invites her […]

Full Contact

Full Contact (1992)

1992

Set in Bangkok, this film stars Chow Yun-Fat as Jeff, a bouncer at a nightclub who rescues his friend Sam (Anthony Wong) from a beating by the loan-shark Hung. To pay back the money Sam owes, they agree to go in on a robbery with Sam’s cousin, Judge (Simon Yam), a particularly stylish and vicious gangster, along with a couple of his gang members, a super-sexually charged vixen, ironically named Virgin (Bonnie Fu), and her […]

Kanojo ga Mimai ni Konai Wake (2010) aka Why She Doesn’t Come to Visit

2010

Seiji is a permanent part-timer. He has been dating a girl, Ai, for two years and he is now thinking about marrying her. But one day, he has a traffic accident and breaks his leg and becomes hospitalized. Ai promises, with a smile, to visit him every day. But their relationship gradually changes after his hospitalization. A real estate broker who hit Seiji. A guy at the same hospital room. A handsome doctor in charge […]