Ren Osugi
Date of birth: 1951-09-27
Place of birth: Komatsushima, Tokushima, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ren Ohsugi, 大杉孝, Ren Ôsugi, Ren Oosugi, 佐伯恭司, Kyoji Saeki, Takashi Osugi, Рэн Осуги, 大杉 漣, Ren Osugi
Biography
Ren Osugi, born Takashi Osugi, was a Japanese actor. For his work on Cure, Hana-bi, and other films, Osugi received the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival. He often worked alongside Takeshi Kitano and Susumu Terajima.
Movie Credits
Brother
2000-12-13
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where
La Sombra del Verano - Ilusion in Andalusia
1996-03-09
Set in Andalusia, Spain, the film depicts the fantastic journey of an ordinary housewife who leads a
Woman of the Rumor: Hold Me Until Morning
1980-03-13
The wife of a wealthy manager returns to her suburban house and is suddenly attacked by an intruder.
MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE
2002-07-06
A reworking of MPD Psycho by the author of the original manga Eiji Otsuka edited from the TV show an
Lady Joker
2004-12-11
Men and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death are th
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! III: The Loot
1996-02-16
Yûji and Kosaku are hired to track down an old man. But when he suddenly dies, his granddaughter sur
Audition
2000-03-03
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife fr
Uzumaki
2000-02-11
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
Dead or Alive
1999-11-27
Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shi
Exte: Hair Extensions
2007-02-17
An aspiring hair dresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to n
Party 7
2000-09-27
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room:
Sonatine
1993-09-10
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a
Scarlet Prostitute: Stabbing
1981-03-01
A gang boss orders the execution of a prostitute who witnessed a murder. When the boss' henchman dis
War of Lie
2017-01-10
Ikiru
2007-09-09
In a Post-War Tokyo, when the bureaucratic chief of department of the City Hall Kanji Watanabe finds
Devoted Cookbook
2012-09-22
The film is set in Edo period. As an orphan child Mio starts working at a restaurant in Osaka where
Give It All
1998-10-09
Etsuko - a typical Japanese high school student, who's unlucky in love, an academic failure, and pla
Semi-dokyumento: Tokkun Meiki Dukuri
1981-02-20
The mother is unfulfilled, the father has affairs, the son fantasizes and the budding daughter is gr
The Twilight Samurai
2002-11-02
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Kids Return
1996-07-27
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. Th
Train Man
2005-06-04
The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man wa
Séance
2000-08-07
A psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. But instead of informing the
Tales of the Unusual
2000-11-03
A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commu
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
2000-12-02
Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friend
Cure
1997-12-27
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar b
Full Metal Yakuza
1997-12-05
After being brutally murdered in a gangster-style execution, Kensuke Hagane finds himself brought ba
Postman Blues
1997-08-16
Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to
Time Slip
2005-10-21
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's segment from 'A Story of Love, Wonder and Horror.'
Monday
2000-04-29
A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless
Shinjuku Triad Society
1995-08-26
Tatsuhito, a cop, pursues Chinese warlord Wang through the underworld of Shinjuku and over to Taiwan
The City of Lost Souls
2000-09-15
Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported f
Cop Festival: New Beginning
2003-05-24
Fourth installment in Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 8 films.
Baton
2009-04-28
Baton is a collection of three 20-minute Sci-fi anime films dedicated to the 150th anniversary of th
Thirteen Steps
2003-02-08
A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.
Origin: Spirits of the Past
2006-01-07
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish pl
Can you collect it? 2
1993-08-13
Jin, who has killed is worried about his younger brother Jiro and has returned to the world as a gho
Can you collect it? Complete
1994-09-09
Jiro becomes a happy instructor but a shocking suspicion was raised by Owada who took the place of h
Nightmare Detective
2007-01-13
When a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is calle
It's More Radical!
1994-04-08
A yakuza's woman got in a car with Ida, a salesman who has no choice!
Will You Die in the Chinpira Dream Chara!
1995-08-04
Three men and a woman are connected by a strange encounter.
Chimpira Life
1998-02-13
The chimpira 'Katsuichi' got his hands on the only daughter of the largest daughter in the Kanto reg
チンピラ仁義 新・極楽とんぼ
1996-11-08
Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
1993-11-22
Bondage Sacrifice
1980-01-01
Known As! Pissken
1996-05-10
The thug is now back in Shaba as a legendary hitman!
Assault Rakugaki Fools
1997-09-12
This exciting work is full of dangerous behind the scenes stories from the sex industry.
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
2018-06-30
In 2010, while covering the issue of the "secret agreement" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
Drive
2002-08-24
Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van
Tripping
2006-01-01
It's the story of a rebellious Japanese-Taiwanese girl (played by Rena Tanaka from “Kitaro”) who get
Vacation
2008-06-07
The prison guards working in penitentiaries where death row inmates are locked up are forced to spen
Eyes of the Spider
1998-04-11
After killing the man he believes murdered his daughter, a white-collar worker returns to his mundan
Wish Upon a Star
2005-08-26
Japanese TV film
Getting Any?
1995-02-11
While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and en
Space Travelers
2000-04-08
Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when
The Exam
1999-07-03
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grad
Love of Sawako
1990-10-17
Sawako, working in a bank, tired of the usual everyday life, once she met the chef of French cuisine
Apartment Wife Tied Up
1980-05-01
An erotic drama reflecting the painful lust of two couples living in a residential complex. When a m
Maborosi
1995-10-01
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searchi
Scan Doll
1996-07-12
After running out of hobbies, a wealthy recluse takes to peeping on his neighbors with high-tech hid
Shikoku
1999-01-23
Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She s
Tokyo Eyes
1998-09-09
The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective finds that h
Neck Bowed in the Rain
2018-07-21
Baijaku Nakamura takes the lead in a film where he has to dodge pursuit from a hostile gang whilst a
Box: The Hakamada Case
2010-05-29
Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incar
Dear Friends
2007-02-03
Rina is the it girl. She is thin, has long hair, is flaunting and dresses attractively. Every man wa
Playmate Murder Case Let Me Go to Heaven
1990-07-27
1990 Original Video.
New Gokudo Legend: Three Dragons
1999-01-01
A full-scale drama that visualizes a feature-length novel by Koichi Iiboshi from "Battle Without Hon
Heisei Zankeiden: Battered Slash!
1996-07-12
A man who was trapped by a gangster who was taken over by a sneaky means of life, such as a gangster
Weather Woman
1996-08-16
Keiko, a young, newly hired weather woman, is eager to give her channel's flagging ratings a boost.
Fuckin' Runaway
2007-10-20
Hana, 21-year old, is sent to a mental hospital for attempting a suicide. She suffers from hearing a
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
2009-08-08
Tsukasa travels to his home world of the World of Decade, where he discovers the origin of his power
Smuggler
2011-10-22
To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one li
Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Spring Special
2003-03-24
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao
Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Fall Special
2003-09-18
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Fall Special" presents five tales. 1. *Kagi
About Love
2005-04-12
Three stories are told, respectively set in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai. The first two stories are a
The King of Minami: Sham Marriage
1995-03-11
#11 in the series, after "Sweet Trap."
The Guard from Underground
1992-06-16
A former sumo wrestler, now working as a security guard, goes on a murderous rampage.
Bounty Dog WANTED!
1995-03-01
Unlucky Monkey
1998-07-18
A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be
A New Love in Tokyo
1994-12-17
A look at the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in
Running on Empty
2010-02-20
The beautiful Azami is tired of her penniless and lazy boyfriend, Hideji. Determined to break up wit
Wandering Brain
1993-12-04
A psychological suspense based on the novel of the same name by Naoki Prize-winning author Tsuyoshi
Doing Time
2002-05-14
A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, even
Bodyguard Kiba
1993-06-25
Naoto Kiba takes on the task of protecting thug Junpei who embezzled 500 million yen from Okinawa's
Harlem Valentines Day: Blood Is Sex
1982-11-20
Set in the near future after a nuclear war, the film portrays a man who is searching for his former
Tokyo Mafia 2: Wrath of the Yakuza
1996-04-05
Yabuki's old friend returns as a deadly enemy. Blood brothers are driven to bitter hatred as betraya
Hitozuma ryôjoku
1984-09-01
Pink film by Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu.
Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits
2006-02-17
An old thief, Kuhei Sagiwara, used to visit his hometown at the foot of the Kurikara Pass in Kaga Pr
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990-12-08
5th installment of the Pantsu no ana video series released by BOMB magazine
GTO: New Year's Special
2013-01-02
A mother leaves three kids in the care of Saejima and it's up to Onizuka and the gang to track her d
Lady Poison: Beasts of the Underground
1995-03-24
A female photographer seduces men to kill them for her pleasure.
Arigato, Okan
2008-10-06
Hanako is a mother, who was not enthusiastic when her husband took in two foster children some years
XX: Beautiful Prey
1996-05-17
This Japanese thriller finds a sexy policewoman becoming entangled in Japan's S&M underground while
Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope
2012-09-06
Set 2 years after prior film "Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose," a major case occurs that has
Kumamoto Stories
2002-07-20
Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu
Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3
2016-09-22
Sawamura, a contract part-timer dragged into a multi-million yen internet business, and Kamo, an off
Sunday's Dream
1999-10-21
Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same compa
I Am an S+M Writer
2000-09-02
Kurosaki is an erotic novelist who uses his editor and a hired model to act out scenarios in his liv
The Unbroken
2009-10-23
Onchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for Nation
Bayside Shakedown
1998-10-31
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierar
School Days with a Pig
2008-10-31
A school teacher suggests to his class that they ought to raise a pig together and eat it when it gr
Blindly in Love
2013-06-08
Kentaro is an unsocial 35-year-old who lives with his parents and has never dated a woman. When Kent
Jingi 13: Hell's Tomb Mark
1997-12-27
After the internal conflict in the Kanto Ichienkai that was once caused by the Takayama group, until
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
2013-11-15
Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest
Gappie, Wear a Tie this Summer
1990-03-31
It is a youth group of third-class university students struggling to get a job at a first-class comp
Loft
2005-10-07
A writer retreats to a secluded suburban house to work on her new novel. But her attention is instea
Shojo bôkô: Sakareta niku
1983-03-11
Tales of the Bizarre: 2002 Spring Special
2002-03-27
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2002 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Mush
Kuma-chan
1993-04-24
Kuma-chan, an alien who looks just like a stuffed bear, helps a middle-aged sculptor fall in love wi
My SO Has Got Depression
2011-10-08
Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is di
Perfect Blue
2010-09-18
Devoted Cookbook
2014-06-08
It is the Spring of 1814. The restaurant “Tsuru-ka” is gaining much popularity after its chef, Mio,
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
1992-04-23
Kahanshin Shôkôgun
1984-02-03
Rookies the Movie: Graduation
2009-05-30
Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, th
April Bride
2009-05-09
On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride
Flying Rabbits
2008-09-13
Yukari always wanted to become a flight attendant and has just been hired by Japan Airlines. However
What I Long For
2013-12-31
High school student Juri leaps to her death. Afterwards, Juri wanders to her house, school and stree
Hana's Miso Soup
2014-08-30
Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes on
L'amant
2004-02-05
When three older men buy a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Chikako for a year's-worth of sexual service
Toruko Document: ogon no kuchibiru
1983-02-04
Porno document: Toruko tokkyû bin
1982-02-26
UNFAIR: the movie
2007-03-17
When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption
Document porno: Shufu baishun o oe!
1982-01-08
Seifuku baishun: Shôgeki no technique
1981-02-06
Kahanshin report: Atsuku kanjiru
1981-03-06
Document porno: Chikan jôshûsha
1981-09-11
Document porn: Zetsugi ni naku
1981-06-12
Crying 100 Times - Every Raindrop Falls
2013-07-22
Shuichi had a motorcycle accident 4 years ago. Because of the accident, he lost the last year of his
Dead Run
2005-12-17
Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken
License to Live
1999-01-23
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years lat
Charisma
1999-11-10
A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief momen
Black Angel
1998-05-30
Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuz
The Goofball
1998-06-27
Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife
GO
2001-10-20
Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society t
Kanikôsen
2009-07-04
On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserab
Dangan Runner
1996-11-09
A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shopl
The Lightning Tree
2010-10-22
Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree
Fireworks from the Heart
2010-09-25
On September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana comes home fr
Yellow Elephant
2013-02-02
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while
Beautiful Mystery
1983-04-01
Shinohara, a young bodybuilder, joins a para-military sect in northern Japan. His instructor, Takiz
Beauty Rope Cosmetology
1983-12-02
A wealthy college girl is snatched off the streets by a pair of S&M professionals. They methodically
Empire of Kids
1981-07-04
Following a stint in reform school, Ryu (Shinsuke Shimada) returns to his home, the Minami area of O
Abnormal Family
1984-06-05
The film tells a story about a woman and her relationship with the family of her husband's, in parti
The Hit-and-Run Family
1992-12-19
Set in the 1990s, this film uses black humour to cast a sharp, satirical eye at the problems facing
We're No Angels
1993-10-29
Rikiya Yasuoka, Ren Ōsugi and Junji Inagawa star in this early straight to video effort from Takashi
XX: Beautiful Weapon
1993-12-22
A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her "clients"
MARKS
1995-04-22
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When
Requiem from the Darkness: Kowai
2005-03-27
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! I: The Heist
1995-04-22
Two petty gangsters get ransomed by a group of Yakuza members, fortunately they are rescued by a kin
Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars
1995-07-23
After being excommunicated from the yakuza, Ginya Yabuki returns from the shadows as leader of his o
Falling into the Evening
1998-11-07
Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It's been a very happy time for Ri
Fishes in August
1998-01-01
A refined psychological portrait of youths on their way to maturity
Kewaishi
2002-02-09
Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection a
Tracing Jake
2004-02-07
Inuyama is intrigued by the existence of "Jake," a mysterious crocodile that has been sighted in man
Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma
2006-03-26
Stereo Future
2001-06-05
Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a d
Red Moon
2004-02-07
Namiko Morita, who lived in Otaru, moved to this area with her husband, Yutaro, and opened the brewe
The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
2008-11-08
Remake of a hit film from 1990, "The Cherry Orchard" which Nakahara himself directed, based on a pop
Takeshis'
2005-09-02
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his
R246 STORY
2008-08-23
The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Ch
Where The Legend Lives
2008-11-01
Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the anc
GS Wonderland
2008-11-15
"GS Wonderland" is about the 1960's Group Sounds bands - A Japanese pop movement inspired by the Bea
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007-05-12
"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku"
Making of Zebraman
2004-08-15
A documentary on the making of “Zebraman” directed by Takashi Miike.
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001-08-18
Mr. Takano, a company employee, announces plans to take an early retirement so he can return to his
Utsutsu
2002-06-01
A mysterious woman approaches a salaried man who leads a peaceful family life and tells him, "Your w
Chasuke's Journey
2015-06-27
Things are hectic in heaven. Dozens of scribes sit before a long scroll incessantly scribbling away.
The River with No Bridge
1992-05-23
A widow and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku people ar
Nekonade
2008-06-28
The highly disciplined human resources manager Taro Onizuka starts to heal and change as he raises t
Glory to the Filmmaker!
2007-06-02
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a numb
Sabu
2002-05-14
When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outsi
Revolver — Blue Spring
2003-06-01
Osamu (Tamaki Hiroshi), a member of the “Ero Supremacy Club,” Kōji (Sato Ryuta), the quiet Biology C
Fancy Dance
1989-12-23
Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initiall
Achilles and the Tortoise
2008-09-20
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he a
Tattoo
1982-06-05
An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, pla
Blessing Bell
2002-12-08
Existential study on a misplaced workers and ex-prisoner who moves through the city and his influenc
Yakuza Taxi
1994-11-04
The Yakuza clan Inoshika decides to help a small family business, Taxi Tanaka, lured by the clan Jin
This is Bonjingumi
1992-02-25
続・こちら凡人組
1992-09-25
Kirikomi
1995-02-08
Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary
2014-06-21
Mitsumasa Kido discovers a misterious baby in the himalayas whom he adopts as his grandaughter. 16 y
Kagura Me
2015-10-24
A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that cau
Maji! 6: Raging Fire
1997-06-26
Shirogane Maji (Tamotsu Ishibashi), now the head of the Kozugumi, is summoned by Akame Shinzan, the
Delivery of Death
2014-05-30
Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine "Shukan Dodongo". Their chief editor tells
Matsumoto Seicho Special: Blue Dab
2006-09-08
The sudden death of a journalist stirs up young editor Noriko's curiosity. While investigating the c
Japan Lies: The Photojournalism of Kikujiro Fukushima, Age 90
2012-08-04
Documentary on photojournalist Kikujiro Fukushima
Meikyu Sousa
2015-05-10
Detective Yoichiro arrives at a crime scene involving the brutal murder of three family members to f
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! II: The Escape
1995-08-12
Hapless gangsters are hired by the yakuza to tail his daughter. Once the identity of the boy she's d
Love Letter
1998-05-23
A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married
The Interrogator Special
2015-09-27
Yukiko Makabe is the only female interrogator in a department full of men. Their job is to question
Hypnosis
1999-06-05
Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, on
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992-04-23
A bizarre mystery created under the direction of director Jissoji. The mysterious and strange world
Persona
2000-08-05
Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confront
USB
2009-06-06
Yuichiro wants to be an film director but his widowed mother wants him to become a doctor. As radiat
Jam Films S
2005-01-15
Jam Films S is a Japanese omnibus movie. It was released by Phantom FIlm in Japan on January 15, 200
Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion
2013-02-09
In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home
Akko's Secret
2012-08-31
5th-grader Atsuko Kagami, nicknamed Akko, comes into possession of a magical mirror that lets her tr
Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story
2013-06-01
Keisuke Kinoshita sits easily alongside Ozu, Kurosawa and Naruse as one of Japan’s most respected le
Bitter Honey
2016-04-01
Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses,
1778 Stories of Me and My Wife
2011-01-16
Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high
Nowhere Man
1991-11-02
Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed b
Gene Waltz
2011-02-05
Doctor Rie (Miho Kanno) is know as the Joan of Ark of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She works in a ch
Shin Godzilla
2016-07-29
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scra
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
2005-08-27
One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is
The Land of Rain Trees
2015-10-21
Nobuyuki Sakisaka (Yuta Tamamori) is a salaryman. When he was in middle school student, he read ligh
A Drop of the Grapevine
2014-10-11
Two brothers work at a small winery in Hokkaido in northern Japan. The older brother is picky and st
Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood
1997-10-24
Ten years after his greatest triumph, Yabuki has lost the Mafia that was once his to rule. But when
The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
1997-03-01
Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay
Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting
1988-05-07
A woman is raped on a crowded subway but no one reports it to the police. A TV studio exploits the i
Snake Hole
1983-02-25
Due to a past trauma an elegant wife cannot enjoy her husband attentions in bed. Undeterred he hires
Hatsuko's World
2007-05-12
Hatsuko, who is poor and has no friends, finds emotional support in Mishima, a boy in her class, who
Door III
1996-04-13
Miyako is a frustrated insurance saleswoman stuck in a major dry spell. She tries every trick in the
Shall We Dance?
1996-01-27
A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly sta
Dolls
2002-10-12
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided
Dance till Tomorrow
1991-06-22
Live action adaption of Naoki Yamamoto's romantic comedy manga series.
Kamen Rider #1
2016-03-26
45 years ago, a man was subjected to the experiments of the secret organization Shocker and became a
25
2014-11-01
Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are
Wangan Midnight 4
1994-03-11
MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
2010-04-29
Musical band "Yajima Biyoshitsu" comes to Japan from Nevada, USA to debut their CD.
君の望む死に方
Wangan Midnight
1992-03-13
Direct to video adaptation of the comic by Michiharu Kusunoki.
Don't Look Up
1996-03-22
On the set of a dark war time drama at an old movie studio, a young director, Toshio Murai, is tryin
Girl Mistress
1980-10-01
An older yakuza man falls in love with Hitomi, a high school girl. When he is put in prison, Hitomi
The Night the Angel Turned Away
1999-07-10
Rush!
2001-06-23
A wacky tale of two guys, one Korean and one Japanese who, mistaken for a couple of murderers, take
Outrage Coda
2017-10-07
Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss
Will You Marry My Wife?
2016-11-05
Shuji Mimura works as a broadcast writer. He learns that he doesn't have much time left to live. He
What the War Meant
2008-12-24
The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during Wo
Kaze no Tayori
2016-01-30
Kurumi suddenly gave up opening a cafe with her friend. She hears that her grandfather Takeshi colla
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998-01-17
Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate a
Monster
2013-04-27
A woman has an ugly face. She has been called 'monster' since childhood. A case occurs in her town t
Yakuza Ladies Neo
2013-06-08
Kotone (Tomoka Kurotani) is the wife of Mitsuru Kiba (Kazushige Nagashima), boss of the Kiba gang in
Crazy Lips
2000-02-26
After her brother is accused of murdering four people, his sister, desperate to prove his innocence,
Teacher and Three Children
2008-09-27
The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on
It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
2012-09-15
A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.
Dog Race
1998-09-26
Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kis
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2016-03-12
A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko
Men of Rage
1994-12-23
The second installment of a V-Cinema sports drama, directed by Kurosawa in 1994, following "打鐘" (Dak
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! VI: The Hero
1996-09-21
Yuji and Kosaku become involved with a brother and sister who want to drive a local yakuza gang memb
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! IV: The Gamble
1996-03-01
Having lost everything to horse racing, Yûji accidentally gets 10 million yen. But this sum belongs
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! V: The Nouveau Riche
1996-09-07
A duo get mixed up with a girl who finds a trunk load full of heroin.
The Chaplain
2018-10-06
Saeki works with death-row convicts as a prison chaplain. He tries to instill the prisoners with a s
Specialist
2013-05-18
Kusanagi plays a police detective who gets framed for a crime he didn't commit and had to spend the
Specialist 2
2014-03-08
A mysterious code written with letters and numbers is found on a street in Kyoto. Yoshito Takuma (Ts
Specialist 3
2015-02-28
Shu Kubota is killed by someone with a baseball bat. A metal bat and an old toy are found at the cri
Specialist 4
2015-12-12
Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) becomes famous in Kyoto because of his ability to solve cases. The speci
Avec mon Mari
1999-03-06
Mitsuko has a prestigious job as an editor at a publishing company, while her husband Tomatsu works
Travail
2002-03-23
Asami and Rina are two sisters who are both professional shogi players in the same B League. Both ar
1990 botan-dôrô
1990-10-13
Adaptation of the traditional Japanese ghost story The Peony Lantern.
Her Island, My Island
2003-02-15
A young woman returns to the island where she grew up.
Chikan to sukāto
1984-05-11
Our Season
1983-11-01
A gay couple is on good terms with each other. They run a shot bar together and are enjoying their l
The Rape
1982-01-01
Saeko works at a bar, and she is waitng for her lover Huyuhiko who was jailed. One day, Huyuhiko com
Teacher, Don't Turn Me On!
1984-10-20
Two high school girls, an older sister and a married woman all vie for the attention of a tutor. Nee
Murder Credit - Final Destination Series
2016-06-25
For Love's Sake
2018-10-20
Shiori is a star university student with an incredible palate for wine who dreams of studying winema
The Wicked Reporter
1993-07-19
Matsuzaki is a racing tipster for a sports paper, a lowlife who spends half his time drunk, hangs ou
Subway Serial Rape
1985-05-22
A man with a briefcase is being pursued by a small yakuza gang. After abandoning his vehicle, the ma
Prime Minister's Office Lady
2001-09-21
A woman, disguised as an office lady, takes revenge for her dead lover.
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990-05-11
Junko is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa, despite the misgivings of his uncle. He liv
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991-04-12
In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and the
The Vancouver Asahi
2014-09-29
In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrim
Secret
1999-09-15
A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his w
10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal
2004-01-25
Urushibara Kazuki heads to Kyoto to explore the secret of his wife, Saeko, who is hospitalized for t
The Serial Rape Murderer
1983-10-10
12 Years ago, Fuyuko, was 7 years old, watched her sister, a high school student, raped and choked t
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011-09-09
A woman named Kazuko (Kimura) who was guilty of a “serious crime” in the past, along with three of h
Passion
1992-04-25
A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
Back Street Girls: Gokudols
2019-02-08
Three male gangsters are forced by their boss into becoming a trio of female pop singers.
Rain of Light
2001-12-08
This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme f
Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo
2010-11-06
With the recession still occurring in Japan and the area of Osaka thought to be hit hardest by the e
Ley Lines
1999-05-22
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringin
The Village Album
2004-04-23
Hanatani Village in the valley of Tokushima Prefecture is going to be submerged when a dam is constr
Villain
2012-11-30
Blossoms Bloom
2014-04-05
Work life for Shunsuke Osaki has been success after success, but at some point his family began to s
Pink Physical Examination
1985-02-23
In a hospital with a near sighted doctor, horny nurses, cosplaying patients and stiffs in the baseme
Yoshiko & Yuriko
2011-09-07
Based on a true story, Yoshiko and Yuriko relates the journey and great love affair of Yoshiko, who
Mo-Ruerani
2021-02-06
The owner of an established photo studio, collapses from illness. His son Shinta, who was raised by
The Nearest Place to the Sky
1994-10-15
Kitagawa, a top salesman with an impressive record, is hiding a dark secret—he borrowed the 9 millio
Chinpira
2000-11-11
Osamu rescues a girl who was being chased by two punks and is soon mixed up with the Yakuza
Asako in Ruby Shoes
2000-12-09
Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Kore
Days of Lust: Ecstasy
1984-05-25
Two people who have suffered the loss of a loved one meet by chance at a train station and lose them
Hitozuma gōmon
1980-05-01
Pinku from 1980. A young man seeks to exact revenge against a group of men that violated his sister.
Sukyanti dōru: nugitate no kaori
1984-02-03
Boys, Be Ambitious
1996-03-09
Chunba and Kotetsu, grows up in the working class neighborhood of Kishiwada in Osaka in the mid-seve
The Taste of Fish
2008-06-07
It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshe
Last Friends
1995-06-03
Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Tho
Married Woman, Office Lady, School Girl - Take Aim and Attack
1980-10-31
Japanese pink film
Samulife
2015-02-07
Nagaoka is a former high school teacher. He decides to start a school with an ideal learning enviro
Fireworks
1997-10-30
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world g
Goddamn!!
1991-11-22
When yakuza member Okamoto (Hitoshi Ozawa) begins to search for Nami (Reiko Yasuhara), a woman he sa
Farewell, Friend
1986-01-01
Wataru and Makoto are two singers and on their way from a performance to an interview when they are
High School Teacher
1993-11-06
In a rugby match, disaster strikes as player Kazuki causes serious injury to his friend Takeshi, and
Part-Time Detective
2002-12-01
Noriko Yamada is a housewife and mother of five children, she and her husband go through an economic
Part-Time Detective 2
2004-02-22
The housewife and part-time private detective Noriko Yamada plays her old tricks again, uncovering m
Foreboding
2017-11-11
Miyuki Asakawa tells her colleague Etsuko Yamagiwa that she has a ghost in her home. When Etsuko goe
Door II: Tokyo Diary
1991-04-25
Ai is a call girl that makes good money for what she does but there’s always at risk no matter how g
Great Prophecy: The Revival of the Giant
1992-04-28
Amidst an alien invasion, a legendary giant god is resurrected by a bond of love.
Demon Fighter Kocho
1997-04-25
First live action adaptation of Demon Fighter Kocho
The Way: Man of the White Porcelain
2012-06-09
The movie is based on the true story of Takumi Asakawa - a Japanese man who entered Korea during the
Collage of Our Lives
2003-05-16
A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo e
Parasite Eve
1997-02-01
A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species t
Sexual Beast Sacrifice
1984-07-01
Tomio, a college student, lives in a Western-style house where strange people live, such as his land
Kuroi Shitagi no Onna
1985-02-01
Zebraman
2004-01-30
A down-and-out schoolteacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old
Gekisatsu Game! Bôjoku
1984-12-01
Bijo SM Technique
1985-01-01
Postcard
2010-10-27
Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrad
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
2011-02-05
Kai, Mei, and Yui are high school students. The three girls are also detectives and they solve cases
Life on the Longboard
2005-09-10
A depressed middle-aged man takes up surfing after he retires.
Wordholic Prisoner
2012-04-13
A wordholic man, acting as the chief editor by a certain publishing company, is confined by the writ
Last Scene
2001-11-09
Young film star Ken Mihara is about to fall from stardom. His rise as a celebrity is solely credited
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
2006-05-13
Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a p
Chichi kara no tegami
2007-12-23
Inuzuka (Hirotaro Honda), who asked about Mamiko (Rei Dan)'s disappeared father, Shinkichi (Ren Osug
Wolf: Running Is Sex
1982-11-20
A serial rapist's violent daily routine is disrupted when a disaffected young woman who shares his p
Kyouju Luger P08
1994-01-29
A man's life is altered when he comes into possession of a gun.
Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest
2000-01-07
Tachibana, who was once regarded as the next young leader of the gangster group but lost the promoti
Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack
1992-09-11
In the scorching heat of Okinawa, former lovers meet. Now, he is a gangster on a mission, she is a w
Eiko
2004-02-28
Eiko Akimori is a 23-year-old woman who lives alone in an apartment. One day, Eiko is made to buy a
Subway Serial Rape: Uniform Hunting
1987-04-28
On their way to school two sisters are raped by a gang of punks in full view of the passengers on th
Saigo no Kizuna
2011-08-13
Goodbye Elegy
2017-03-24
Miyama Akira is a movie director in his 60's. In the past, he left his hometown to chase his dream.
SM Tattoo Production
1984-11-01
Asuka, a wanderer with a magnificent tattoo on his back, incurs the wrath of the Bombers, a motorcyc
Onna: Tarashikomi
1980-07-01
Pink film distributed by Million.
Brutal! Rape Case
1980-10-01
Pink film distributed by Million.
Tying the Newlywed Wife
1981-10-01
BDSM-themed pink film distributed by Shintoho.
Female Teacher: Chain and Bondage
1981-08-01
A female teacher with a heavy past who committed suicide with a fellow teacher in the past, and was
Groper Train: Continue
1982-04-01
"Groper Train" distributed by Shintoho.
Humiliation! Mother and Daughter Destruction
1984-01-21
Pink film distributed by Toei Central Film.
Catastrophe
1990-05-16
A Salaryman in Hokkaido heads to Tokyo for his daughters wedding, but the fun is just beginning,,,
Attacked Apartment Wife
1983-04-01
"Apartment Wife" pink film distributed by Shintoho.
FLY！～平凡なキセキ～
2012-03-10
テレサ・テン物語～私の家は山の向こう
2007-06-02
The Exposer - Insurance Investigation
2000-01-01
Hinata, the managing director of Sakura Fire & Marine Insurance, appears to Tetsu, who is hospitalis
The Terrorist’s Parasol
1996-11-15
When an explosion occurs, alcoholic bartender Kikuchi, who was wanted for a bombing 20 years ago, is
確証～警視庁捜査三課
2017-11-06
事件屋稼業
1992-03-20
The Tiger
2015-12-16
In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats h
Groper Train: One Shot on the Train
1985-05-01
The boss of the Yamauchi gang was assassinated by the Takeda-kai, so they asked a secret organizatio
Newlywed's Midday Assault
1983-11-01
Beniya Shoji and Tokyo Medical Equipment were engaged in a fierce battle to sell medical equipment t
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
2025-05-31
To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the popular omnibus drama "Tales of the Unusual," in which Ta
SPEC: Zero
2013-10-23
High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detect
Lessons
2011-11-27
Goodbye Boy
1984-01-01
Two young men from the countryside come to their dream city of Tokyo with the dream of becoming a wo
Let's Go to the Hospital
1990-04-07
When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved
Completed Like a Beast
1992-06-12
Kenji Takeda is back after five years in prison. In the meantime, the yakuza society has disappeared
Castle of Sand
2011-09-10
This drama adaptation follows the original work's historical setting and is told from Yoshimura's pe