Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w

Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

Nenneko Shain

A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girl

Enraptured

A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a

Ryûri no kishi

Evil Dead Trap

A talk show hostess takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported snuff

Zero-Fighters

Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge

The Man Behind the Scissors

The Man Behind the Scissors centers around two serial killers: mastermind Yasunaga and helper Chinat

Devil's Flute

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent b

Ofukuro

Shizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading a dr

Song of the Spring Pony

Hoshino Bunzo raises up his orphan grandson, Keiji whose right leg gets paralyzed when he was an inf

(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is tak

Aokigahara

Set within the Aokigahara forest on Mount Fuji, a famous location for suicides. Follows the love and

Tsukiyo no kasa

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a re

Kaachan

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose t

The Ambitious

The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shog

Stormy Virtue

Yuri is looking forward to marrying her fiancé Minoru. However, a few days before the wedding she fa

Policeman's Diary

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Island of Fury

Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up i

Mifune: The Last Samurai

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most promi

There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game

Our Tabuchi-kun continues to underperform, both during the New Year's games and the exhibition games

There Goes Our Hero: The Heat of the Pennant Race

The Pacific League pennant race continues to be fiercely contested. However, due to Tabuchi's contin

There Goes Our Hero

The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the hero

Karafuto 1945 Summer

The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of

The Swan Elegy

One day, Reiko, who is engaged, meets a young man named Kondo, and she likes him, although she has a

The Key

Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man

My Departure

Drama depicting two men and a woman, each with their own issues, who head for Fukui, and their matur

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

Megumi no Sekai

A unique combination of social problem and entertainment TV movie about a female journalist who is h

Kanshō fujin

Japanese drama film.

Falling Blossoms

Melodrama about the life of an unfortunate composer of the Meiji era, Rentaro Taki, who became known

Chocchan's Story

In pre-World War 2 Japan, Chocchan marries a violinist despite the objection from both of their fami