Always: Sanchomo no yuhi directed by Takashi Yamazaki, which is about life in 1958 tokyo. Its about the daily lives of a neighbourhood near the tokyo tower, and the cool bit is that you'll catch glimpses of the tower half finished.
its a pretty family friendly feel good movie that i watched in tokyo last year.
this guy does a better review of it than i could:
Always San-chome no yuhi – revisiting the sunset on third street
i quite enjoyed it, and you could do alot worse if you've got nothing else to do.
there is one more thing,....
a few days ago i was channel hopping and caught the last bit of a film on some random cable channel, maybe you guys can help identify it:
this loner loser dude goes to a beach or lake resort, ogles the girls in a serial killer sort of way, then buys a pair of trunks to go swimming and tries to hit on a girl. she quickly tells him to get lost.
it then cuts to the girl walking home along a country path, and the guy starts to follow her. it turns into a chase across a rocky river bank where she falls, cracks her head, and either dies or is just unconscious.
loner loser dude then proceeds to rape her lifeless body, and when he's done he walks home and the movie ends.
it looked like an 80's film.
any ideas?