Free Sunday Matinee: 1935 Japanese Classic Cartoon, "Why Sea Water is Salty"

Welcome back once again, to the free Sunday Matinee featuring Japanese movies! Today I'd like to show you an Animation of an adaptation of an old Japanese folk story called, 海の水はなぜ塩からい "Umi no mizu wa naze shio karai" (Why is Sea Water Salty?).

This cartoon was originally made in 1935 and is the story of two brothers and greed. Enjoy!

Dead Sushi - Soon to Be "Classic" Japanese Cinema

Oh, modern Japanese cinema has outdone itself this time.... For the first time this week! 

Dead Sushi. Attack of the Killer Sushi. Here's the trailer for Noboru Iguchi's newest! Another low-grade splatter horror film from Japan! 

Rina Takeda will kick your a*s... 

Actually she probably could as she really can do karate!

It's sushi erotica starring Rina Takeda Japan's real karate girl actress!

Japan has been coming out with a lot of this gore type of b-grade horror flick.

Yukie Kawamura

Who could forget the hit "Vampire Girl Versus Frankenstein Girl" starring hot and sexy Japanese star Yuki Kawamura?

Thanks to film critic, Ken Nishikawa

Free Japanese Masterpiece Classic Cinema "Kwaidan" 1964 Horror Film English Subtitles

Once again, it's time for another free Sunday Matinee. Today's film is the classic horror film, "Kwaidan."

Wikipedia says: 


Kwaidan (怪談 Kaidan) is a 1964 Japanese portmanteau film directed by Masaki Kobayashi; the title means 'ghost story'. It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folk tales. The film consists of four separate and unrelated stories. Kwaidan is the archaic transliteration of Kaidan, meaning "ghost story". It won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination. 


Kwaidan 1

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Kwaidan 2

Kwaidan 3

Kwaidan 4

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Kwaidan 5

Kwaidan 6

Kwaidan 7

Kwaidan 8

Kwaidan 9