Toshiro Yanagiba

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Miki Imai

In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Takuya Kimura

A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yakusho

After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yuji Oda

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto

The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yuji Oda

Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yuji Oda

In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Watanabe

Set 2 years after prior film "Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose," a major case occurs that has the potential to take down the entire police...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yuji Oda

The Movie depicts 10 days after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. At a morgue house in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, the workers treat the dead...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Katsuji

Fourteen-year old student Ayumi has leukemia and starts losing hair. She becomes depressed but receives overwhelming support from her classmates when...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mika Mifune

At age 16, a tomboy princess, Princess Anmitsu, has no love interest in her life and worries her parents. Despite their concern, Anmitsu runs away...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mao Inoue

Hoshino (Toshiro Yanagiba) is the mob-connected owner of a ritzy Chinese restaurant. One evening he’s sitting down in a lavishly appointed...

Genre:

Cast: Toshiro Yanagiba

One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is arrested to take responsibility for a botched...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Toshiro Yanagiba

A 15-year-old girl forced into police protection to escape from the journalistic hordes after her brother is arrested for murder.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mirai Shida

A family that was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck in March 2011, and a family that escaped the disaster. The film...

Genre:

Cast: Kiichi Nakai

¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi (Ryoko...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Ryoko Yonekura

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to...

Genre: History

Cast: Koji Yakusho

Mie’s father died during the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. One day, she finds a bundle of unsent New Year’s...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kiichi Nakai

A wacky tale of two guys, one Korean and one Japanese who, mistaken for a couple of murderers, take to their heels, thus starting off a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yunjin Kim

Stories depicting ordinary people revolving around ceremonial occasions. Without knowing that the funeral is for a yakuza member, an undertaker holds...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiichi Nakai

A young college student forms an unlikely friendship with the bartender at a "yakuza" bar.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takanori Jinnai

Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tatsuya Fuji

Masato is a bad boy, but very in love with music. He meets a girl, Miki, who has serious diseases but is optimistic toward life. They start to work...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Issa Hentona

Office drama wherein a mediocre salaryman struggling hard to face a dream.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Masatoshi Hamada

The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroko Yakushimaru

Genre:

Cast: Yuji Oda

Genre:

Cast: Yuji Oda

A young girl falls in love with a boy who died 100 years ago, and who wants to be reborn as a new born baby.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Tomoko Nakajima

The story is set against the beautiful scenery of Yamakoshi, Niigata, which is also known for bullfighting. Yanagiba plays a man named Satoshi who...

Genre:

Cast: Osamu Mukai

Tetsu gets into an argument with some Okinawa yakuza and is murdered by them. His brother Ryo comes to Okinawa shortly thereafter and teams up with...

Genre: Action

Cast: Koichi Iwaki

A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takanori Jinnai

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayane Nagabuchi

The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Miki Mizuno

In a fading village in the Japanese countryside, the school is about to be closed, which weighs heavily on the students. Freshly arrived from Tokyo...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsubasa Nakagawa

Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves houses, it is his motto to take great care of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kin Sugai

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hisahiro Ogura

A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Taiga Nakano

The story of a young girl's first love is told from the heroine's point of view. Surrounded by various people, she finally begins to awaken to her...

Genre:

Cast: Yuki Saito

For this 17th Anniversary Special, Inagaki Goro is our host once again for 6 spooky tales based on tales from real people and performed here by an...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kento Nakajima

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuji Oda

Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

A college graduate, a gutless office worker and a crunchy yakuza live together from a slight misunderstanding.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Show Aikawa

Six well-known Japanese directors from various genres and one of the hottest actresses from Hong Kong, Kelly Chen, contributed to this omnibus film...

Genre:

Cast: Rina Takagi

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2002 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Mushi Game (Ignore the Game) - starring Uchiyama Rina...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Tamori

A story of dreams, efforts and passion based on the true stories of the people who supported Kashima Antlers, who won the J-League for the first time.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Reiko Kato

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Hiroshi Tamaki

Genre:

Cast: Kotaro Koizumi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sadawo Abe

Japan's #1 negotiator Mashita Masayoshi is called into action again as a mysterious train terrorizes Tokyo's underground railway network. But this...

Genre:

Cast: Yusuke Santamaria

Tenmasou is a long-established inn atop a mountain overlooking the sea, in a town called Mitsuse that exists between heaven and earth. The inn is run...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Non

Army Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (Nakamura Shido) has been fighting guerrilla warfare in the jungles of Lubang Island in the Philippines with his...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Shido Nakamura

The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two right-hand men who contributed to unifying the nation. One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshiaki Karasawa

Baian Fujieda, an assassin for hire, got an unusual job from his usual fixer to end up with an unexpected twist of destiny from the past.

Genre: History

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

Feature movie starring the members of Japanese band Issei Fūbi Sepia

Genre: Music

Cast: Shigemitsu Ogi

Computer engineer Takashi notices that a microchip is protruding fro his head. He contacts a notorious hacker for help. Meanwhile, Takashi's world is...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Toshiro Yanagiba

A young outlaw racing through the streets of Yokohama. Will the love that slipped through his fingers like sand come back to him once again?

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshiro Yanagiba

Genre: Crime

Cast: Toshiro Yanagiba

Genre:

Cast: Toshiro Yanagiba

Japanese horror movie from 1993.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Toshiro Yanagiba