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A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūsaku Matsuda

It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship,...

Genre: War

Cast: Masaki Suda

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...

Genre: War

Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....

Genre: Family

Cast: Mirai Shida

"BLOW THE NIGHT!" Let's Spend the Night Together is a 1983 Japanese docu-drama shot on 16mm film starring actual Yanki gang members as many of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Namie Takada

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ken Takakura

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Takakura

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Caroline Ferrus

An ambitious businessman knocks up his mistress with fraternal twins. He keeps the boy but sends his bodyguard to dispose of the mother and the girl....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hitomi Kozue

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in...

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Cast: Ken Takakura

A story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ken Takakura

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ken Takakura

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Takakura

The story of a Franco-Belgian family living in Japan from 1927 to 1947, a time of prosperity and fortune, but also of political turbulence and war.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Barbara Grau

Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

Yakuza families clash over a lucrative fishery business.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ken Takakura

In the early Showa era, Japan’s first women’s law school opens, and the protagonist, Inotsume Tomoko (Ito Sairi), gains nationwide...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sairi Ito

When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he's heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller's...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Tomokazu Seki

Unique monsters that suddenly began to appear all over the world from the beginning of the 20th century. At first, human beings tried to resist, but...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Kouji Imai

Shōwa Monogatari is a 2011 Japanese anime film and television series about the Yamazaki family, who live in Tokyo during Shōwa 39, the same year...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Shoya Chiba

Set during the early Showa period, Yakumo enters the world of rakugo. He forms a friendship with talented storyteller Yurakutei. Yakumo admires...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Ryusei