Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three

Angel Dust

Every Monday, a young woman is murdered in the subway, leading psychiatrist Setsuko Suma to investig

Pulse

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are de

End of the Night

Akira was raised in an assassin family. Everything seemed fine until he met a girl he once saw kille

SF Whipped Cream

In the year 2060, KEN, a 25-year-old young man raised by aliens living illegally on Earth, makes a l

Kahanshin Shôkôgun

Charisma

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief momen

Beautiful Sisters

narrow attic room. Student Yamamoto was breathless at the sight he saw peeking through the gap. His

Okoge

A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lo

Aria

The piano tuner Ota is still in mourning for the loss of his beloved wife. He would like to go on, b

Yamato (California)

Sakura is a moody teenage girl who lives close to the US military base in the city of Yamato, Japan.

Dying at a Hospital

Filmed in a documentary style, six patients in six wards of different ages and circumstances await d

So What

In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also pl

The New Morning of Billy the Kid

All the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a black-and-whi

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche

A duo get mixed up with a girl who finds a trunk load full of heroin.

The Bloody Afternoon

Anarchic parody of the crime genre set around a bank robbery.

Passion

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

Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Face

Based on a short story by Seichi Matsumoto from 1956 and remake from the 1957 movie of the same name

The Eternal Fountain

The Eternal Founntain was broadcast as the Saturday Drama Special on NHK. Laywer Akio Yamauchi takes

Will to Live

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution

By Player

The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dia

The King of Minami 24

#46 in the series

MacArthur's Children—Part II

A continuation of the story of the postwar years in the Japanese Inland Sea. Now a decade has passed

Japanese Lynching

Pink film distributed by Shintoho.

After a Dream

Yuko dreams of a woman in a straw hat, an alternate herself who chose another path in her life