“Truck Guys”, On The Road Again

In this column, I will introduce the movie series Torakku Yaro (Truck Guys). This is an action-comedy movie about a Japanese long-distance truck driver. When the first one was released in 1975, it was a big hit with box office revenue of 8 million dollars, and 10 sequels were made in 5 years. Bunta Sugawara, who played the main character Momojiro, previously became a...

2020.11.26

“The Yellow Handkerchief”, the harmony of Japan and America

This weekly series of article introduces Japanese movies that we want to pass on to future generations. Our first featured movie is “The Yellow Handkerchief” (1977) directed by Yoji Yamada. This work is a road movie set in Hokkaido, Japan, with Ken Takakura as the lead, Tetsuya Takeda who became a star in drama series, and Kaori Momoi who can be seen on some...

2020.10.15