Makoto Kakeda

Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tom Selleck

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Masato Hagiwara

Cult filmmaker Hisayasu Sato's second comedy of the year, this silly softcore effort stars pretty Nao Kikuchi as a young married woman who takes a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nao Kikuchi

In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a...

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Cast: Keiko Matsuzaka

A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.” The father Nobuo, and his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joe Odagiri

Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yutaka Mizutani

A photographer who takes pictures of a rendezvous between a politician, company president and yakuza boss is later found dead and the film missing.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Eriko Kusuta

The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Bang-ho Cho

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinichi Tsutsumi

A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old compulsive gambling, boozing and womanizing even as...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kim Soo-jin

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto

The cop Himuro is picked as scapegoat by his superiors because of their own involvement in sokaiya gangster practices.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hakuryu

A young Yakuza member is doomed as he swings between two organizations in the Tohoku region, during the late Showa period.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masatoshi Hamada

A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Koji Yakusho

After a series of chance meetings a shiftless motorbike enthusiast Ko begins a romance with a carefree girl Miyo, after teaching her to ride. When...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Riki Takeuchi

Two female truck drivers detest each other, and try to steal each other's business. Their rigs are both painted with elaborate large pictures of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shizuka Kudo

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Cast: Mayumi Terashima

A young woman wanders aimlessly around a beach resort and has sex with various men.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Eve

A short omnibus created by four young creators on the theme of "drawing the people of Ichii who use a certain station where a cat lives".

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Cast: Masaki Miura

The legend of Yokudo Gokuki

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Cast: Riki Takeuchi

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Nanako Matsushima

The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher Hirao becomes involved with Yasuko, sister to Sumio.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Nishikawa

High school teacher Miyoko and her younger brother Seiichi are living together. However, with the death of their mother, both sister and younger...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Mirei Asaoka

A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koichi Sato

The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.

Genre: War

Cast: Toshirō Mifune