Ichirō Zaitsu

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki

Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

Three high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tatsuya Fuji

Tetsuaki's struggling to write a novel while his mother fades; Mitsuko's engagement has been forced upon her unwillingly; the two individuals run...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koichi Sato

A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Go Riju

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.

Genre: Music

Cast: Ikko Furuya

Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Terutake Tsuji

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tetsuya Watari

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Harada

Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Hiroko Yakushimaru

Tarao’s services are called upon to solve the mysterious death of bride-to-be, Mariko, who was found dead with an eerie mask of a devil.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Akira Kobayashi

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging struggle to survive during and after the war with her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Matsuzaka

Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koichi Sato

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kunie Tanaka

Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodygard...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroko Yakushimaru

Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yutaka Mizutani

In a fishing town by the Seto Sea, a student discovers a woman motionless on the beach and takes her back to his family's inn to nurse her, but he...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kumiko Akiyoshi

A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

A lovely female thief, and disguise artist, has a great passion for her next big job which she sets up with her right-hand man: She intends to steal...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shima Iwashita

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frankie Sakai

BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yūsaku Matsuda

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

3 people are fresh and naive so they try to go from wandering around lonely to becoming a lively young bunch. Tanokin’s youthful energy...

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Cast: Masahiko Kondo

Legendary detective returns

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Cast: Akira Kobayashi

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship...

Genre: War

Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masao Kusakari

Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kinichi Hagimoto

Two men succeed in opening a joint restaurant after hilarious troubles.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kinichi Hagimoto

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ichirō Zaitsu

Chiyomatsu under the hill, also known as Choromatsu. He is a young man whose occupation is an approach shop, that is, a phony business of sex...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Masaaki Sakai

A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form of a popular song.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kazuo Funaki

Comedy of a phony doctor.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frankie Sakai

Daisuke and Shinichi are companions who frequent girlie shows and parties until they find out they are rivals bidding for control of a major resort...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frankie Sakai

One day an innocent-looking girl in white clothes appears on board of a ramshackle boat The owner of the boat, Okin, decides to let Mari stay with...

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Cast: Mari Amachi

Chotaro and Nakanishi, a duo of unemployed advertisers, drifted to Isehama, a port town near Yokohama, but a gang was making its presence felt in the...

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Cast: Chosuke Ikariya

Kensho Yamashita's directorial debut.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nobuo Kaneko

A thrilling historical drama in which a ronin played plays an active role in redeeming the name of a man who was put to death for a crime, despite...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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Cast: Ken Ogata

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Cast: Ryohei Suzuki

The film depicts the anguish of an arsonist as he approaches the statute of limitations.

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Cast: Masatô Ibu

Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habits such as stealing. Despite these flaws, she...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

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Cast: Ichirō Zaitsu

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Cast: Frankie Sakai

One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea tuna boat, his neighbor's daughter Haruko (Mitsuko...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family...

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Cast: Shintarō Katsu

It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Ayako Wakao