Tsuyoshi Ihara

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Watanabe

A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored...

Genre: Action

Cast: Scott Adkins

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Koji Yakusho

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

Abandoned by his father as a boy, Yuta grows up as the foster son of a restaurant owner and takes over the restaurant at the owner's death. Cheery,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sadawo Abe

Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

In 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in...

Genre: History

Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Toshiaki Karasawa

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shigeru Muroi

It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Takao Osawa

Japanese film directed by Masahiro Honda.

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Cast: Misa Shimizu

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Cast: Kaori Momoi

When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will...

Genre: Action

Cast: Clive Owen

Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kuranosuke Sasaki

During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a...

Genre: History

Cast: Kuranosuke Sasaki

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Koji Yakusho

A genius sushi chef travels to New York to battle it out with the local competition there.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koichi Domoto

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira Terao

In the early 1990s, experiments were carried out secretly in Japan. Two different methods were used in the experiments. One method involved forcing...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Masaki Okada

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hoshi Ishida

When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scintillating game of strip...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada

Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yasuko Matsuyuki

A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yutaka Mizutani

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rena Tanaka

Genre: Action

Cast: Kyôhei Shibata

Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother's journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he takes it...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takumi Saitoh

Lewd, long-haired karate kid Kotaro Shindo spends his days causing amok at the prestigious Tsurugamine Academy, until the Disciplinary Committee...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hikaru Kurosaki

Based on the comic by Ayumi Tachihara

Genre: Action

Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

A gang of underground street fighters calling themselves "Guilty" think they've hit the mother load when they mug a thief and discover he's carrying...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shigeki Hosokawa

Set in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught up in a mysterious turn of events. A young tour guide,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yuki Saito

Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira Emoto

The production of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Includes interviews with director Shusuke Kaneko, screenwriter Kazunori Ito and lead actress...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Shusuke Kaneko

The story continues from the Japanese SIGNAL drama series. In 2021, a limousine taxi driver causes an accident on a highway, and a high-level...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Kentaro Sakaguchi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuko Asano

In Brazil, Akemi finds out that she's the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Just after that, her destiny enters a spiral of violence and mystery, where a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Masumi

A recording of the 2003 production of the 1987 play. An evil nun known as Bizan wishes to bring back to life the demon monarch Ashura, so that the...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Matsumoto Kōshirō X

Twenty-year-old Kaori, an aspiring accessory designer, spends her days troubled by her mother's violence and excessive meddling. Meanwhile,...

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Cast: Hanae Kan

A female detective realises that the construction company corruption case was not guilty... there was an evil mastermind behind it!

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Cast: Masumi Miyazaki

Yakuza entertainment with shooting, battle and car action

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Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

A Japanese Anthology

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aaron Douglas

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao wo Nusumareta (My Face was Stolen) - starring...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tamori

Mika is a flight attendant on board an airplane scheduled to land at Haneda Airport. On the way to the airport the airplane's engine starts to burn....

Genre: Action

Cast: Hideaki Ito

Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Haruko Sagara

Sidonie Perceval, an established French writer, is mourning her deceased husband. Invited to Japan for the reedition of her first book, she is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isabelle Huppert

A Filipino transgender woman, Marie, who is drawn into the Yakuza gangster life after befriending Ai, the rebellious daughter of a powerful Yakuza...

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Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

What is the dark fate of a young up-and-coming artist who is on the verge of achieving glory? The story depicts the fate of a detective who...

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Cast: Koichi Sato

Genre: Horror

Cast: Noboru Mitani