Genjiro Arato

  • Genjiro Arato – Akame shijuya taki shinju misui AKA Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaGenjiro AratoJapan

    A man is trying to flee from his past, and he ends up in an underworld filled with strange characters. He finds a job skewering meat in a dirty old room in a shabby old house filled with prostitutes, gangsters and a weird old tattoo master. He clearly doesn’t fit in to this new world, and the inhabitants of it immediately despise him.Read More »

  • Genjiro Arato – The Girl of Silence AKA Father Fucker (1995)

    Genjiro Arato

    14-year-old Shizuko (Mami Nakamura) dreams of drawing manga in Tokyo to escape her life of poverty and loneliness. Shizuko’s father has left the family, and her mother (Kaori Momoi) — who is desperate for money — takes in an icy, brutal lover (Michio Akiyama) who insists on being called “Father.” He is obsessed with having a “high-class” family and forbids Shizuko to draw her “low-class” manga, which he calls “trash.” When Father discovers that Shizuko has been impregnated by a schoolmate, he inflicts a brutal punishment. Her mother, unable to support the family without him, responds with drunken apathy. In self-defense, Shizuko’s creates manga characters who are gentle and caring.Read More »

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