Noboru Nakaya

Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother...

Genre: Action

Cast: Meiko Kaji

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Michiyo Aratama

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.

Genre: History

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shin Kishida

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai...

Genre: Action

Cast: Sonny Chiba

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Kishi

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

The Taisho era was a time of turbulence in Japan. From new marks of modernity to full-blown riots, a sense of revolution filled the air. The Dam Dam...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Yoko Takahashi

Set in the 1990s, this film uses black humour to cast a sharp, satirical eye at the problems facing modern Japanese families. Hiroshi accidentally...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kyōzō Nagatsuka

Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Noboru Nakaya

A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kaori Momoi

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

Genre: War

Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterious events culminating in the death of a wealthy...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Teruhiko Aoi

One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Noboru Nakaya

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A hospital accidentally gives a man Count Dracula's blood while trying to save his life. A year later, he's back from the dead, trying to right the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ken Ogata

A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Okada

The Iron Cross Army are sabotaging oil-tankers with the help of their monster, the Sea-Devil, a semi-mechanical anthropomorphic swordfish with an...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shinji Tôdô

A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of an individual? In the spring of the 18th year of...

Genre: History

Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Masatoshi Nakamura

A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroko Yakushimaru

The girl students of rival junior high schools stage duels and show a curious interest in sexual pastimes.

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Cast: Junko Natsu

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Masaaki Daimon

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Noboru Nakaya

Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hiroshi Mizuhara

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shin Saburi

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuya Takeda

A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenichi Hagiwara

Romantic drama based on the manga published in Young Comic.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masami Naka

In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's...

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Cast: Hideki Saijo

Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him and only him, yet she is constantly being lust by...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Takahashi

Hiroshi Nanjo is an active and tactful youth devoting more of his energies to his part time job than to studying for a college entrance exam. On the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiromi Go

A female scientist and two children are accidentally transported into a future dominated by primates.

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Reiko Tokunaga

Genre: Action

Cast: Hikaru Kurosaki

Set in Mexico. The love story of an architect and a fashion designer. Both from Japan

Genre: Drama

Cast: Seiko Matsuda

In the past, a woman was raped by her brother-in-law. Keeping this dark secret, she lives a seemingly happy life with her husband and son, but the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Etsuko Ichihara

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ikko Furuya

Film distributed by ATG.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomoko Ogawa

A woman works as a prostitute and attendant to make a living at a bathhouse. She is athletic and is an avid runner. She has met and adopted a white...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Reiko Nanjo

A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoko Shiraki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shima Iwashita

A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself...

Genre: History

Cast: Yatsuko Tan'ami

Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sawako Kitahara

The sixth popular suspense series based on the original work by Akimitsu Takagi. Kyosuke Kozu was invited by former actress Shinobu Yuki, who had...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Masaomi Kondo

After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshiyuki Nagashima

Former policeman Matsushita Hiroshi is a professional marksman shootist. When his keen eye catches his target in the dry urban darkness, the hard,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toru Nakamura

Can a woman love two men at the same time? Set against the backdrop of Kyoto's rich history, this story depicts a woman's difficult choice for love....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yukiyo Toake

Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.

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Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

After three consecutive days of heavy rain, the water level at Sumida River rises and the newly built Eitai Bridge collapses just two years after its...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ichirō Nakatani

Based on the comic Gokiburi Deka.

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuya Watari

Inuyama is intrigued by the existence of "Jake," a mysterious crocodile that has been sighted in many countries around the world. He continues to...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Ren Osugi

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Yōko Tsukasa

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Erotic drama

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Cast: Akiko Kana

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuo Nakamura

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shin Saburi