Tampopo

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside

Midnight March

Yokoyama Kenji, the president of an event company that organizes matchmaking parties, meets Mita Soi

A Baby Given by a Fox

A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a fox. B

Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza

Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino

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The Funeral

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events a

Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure

Heaven and Earth

Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. T

A Taxing Woman

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Go

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Akimoto's incarceration and the retirement of the Marugami Alliance chairman re-ignite tensions in K

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Sometime, Somewhere

The story follows Mamoru Masaki, a resort developer, and Koai, a career woman at a rival company. Th

HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky

Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful agai

Kono ni uruwashi

1962 Japanese movie

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Looking for

Natsuko's mother is hospitalized and only has six months to live. Her last wish is to see her father

Worst by Chance

Hidenori is a Japanese-Korean man with no sense of belonging, destination or education. He drifts ar

A Roaring Trade

Goryokaku

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supp

Supermarket Woman

A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty

Tales of a Golden Geisha

Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundre

The Last Dance

A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his la

Small Rats of the Edo Town

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the

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The Political Game

This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. No

White-Collar Worker Kintaro

Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working a

The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "A-Ge-Man" a.k.a. "Tales of a G

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special

***Fushiawase wo Anata ni (We Bring You Misfortune) A woman sees a company called "Fushiawase wo An

Crazed Fruit

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, bo

Yakuza: Domination of the Realm

Rise of the Underworld Lords— The mighty Murohachi Alliance, once unifying Japan’s yakuza under Kyo

Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 2

The yakuza world has entered an age of war. In Owari, Nobuhide Oriki (Tokuma Nishioka) pushes for u

Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4

With the death of Nobuhide Oriki (Tokuma Nishioka), a brutal succession battle erupts within the Ori

Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 5

The fall of Yoshimoto Imanishi spreads Nobunaga Oriki’s (Hitoshi Ozawa) reputation across Japan. In

Escape from Hell

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number o

A Last Note

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters w

Good-for-Nothing

Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness

Bitter End of a Sweet Night

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate th

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho

Woman Boss

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help the

Samurai Desperadoes

Forbidden Lips

A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mo

Princess in an Iron Helmet

Tamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother, and s

Cast Me If You Can

An actor, who always plays supporting roles and lives in the shadow of his famous playwright father,

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction busi

A Portrait of Shunkin

Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly sc

The Making of "A Taxing Woman"

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A Taxi

The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna 2" a.k.a. "A Ta

The Body

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to he

Chûshingura 1/47

During Japan's feudal period, a noble lord was treacherously killed by a rival. His 47 samurai retai

Remembrance

The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher Hirao

Onmitsu Hicho

Pilot for a TV series. In the pilot Hiroshi Tachi is a lower ranked samurai investigating the the mu

The Negotiator: The Movie

¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and

Twinkle

Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at whic

Nunnery Confidential

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.

反乱のボヤージュ

Set in a (fictional) student dormitory at Tokyo Metropolitan University, which is in danger of being

Making of Daibyonin

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Daibyonin" a.k.a. "The Last Da

Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed flo

The Geisha House

Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of O

San'nin musume kanpai!

1962 Japanese movie

Ai to kanashimi to

1962 Japanese movie

Pretty Woman

Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company. Ba

The Strange Tale of Oyuki

A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seduc

0.5 mm

Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with h

A Taxing Woman's Return

Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a

Aruhi watashi wa

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriag

The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom

Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other aft

Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Wave Tower

Take the 'A' Train, Someday

The Executioner

Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hay

Blood of Revenge

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and ru

Koko ni otoko ari

Cuban Lover

Japanese fishery instructor Akira is attracted to beautiful Cuban young girl Martia. Though initial

Strawberry Night

Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko do

The Green City

Hot-selling artist Sosuke Natsume suddenly declares filmmaking on the final day of his concert. Alth

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1

This is the first volume of a ghost story TV series presented by Nobuo Nakagawa, Saburo Endo and Ter

Desire

Yokubo from director Tetsuo Shinohara is based off of the award-winning love story by Mariko Koike.

The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi

Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious T

Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

The Sun's Burial

In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitu

Night and Fog in Japan

Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look

Marriage of the sky and the sea

A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaki.

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Fish on Land

A college senior (Mirai Moriyama) takes a bicycle trip for his last summer vacation. On his trip he

Stop the Old Fox

After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an untimel

Hanzo, the Razor

During Tenpo period, Bakuhu announced a law regulating expenditures in order to improve the financia

Aokigahara

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

This Day's Life

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô

Second film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

Tomorrow's Sun

Shochiku's up-and-coming stars take the stage in a series of short skits parodying popular films of

Hikkoshi yatsure

Manao Horiuchi movie

300 Million Yen Robbery

Time and Tide

An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.

The Tragedy of W

The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned

High and Low

At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and

Jikan no Shûzoku

Giwaku

Nagaiki Kyousou

Doterai Man

Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon starring Te

The Last Promise

"Saigo no Yakusoku" is described as a human suspense story involving the hijack of a major building.

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home

In Blazing Love

An illustration of the tragic lives of geishas at a popular geisha house, Shinonomero. Shortly after

Suite Dreams

New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional part

Night Train

A woman faces betrayal, which tests her love.

When the Cookie Crumbles

Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.

The Assistant Doctor

Story of the last assistant doctor in Okinawa.

The Boy and the Beast

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. O

Farewell to Spring

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as st

With Wife, Children, and Friends

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes

Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki

In the 14th year of the Genroku period, Asano, the head carpenter of Edo Castle, attacked Kira, the

Temptation of Angel

A story of the everyday life of a couple living together, ordinary but full of warmth and love. Star

Nile

A Japanese journalist in Afghanistan, whose wife dies in an explosion, tries to overcome his sorrows

Tatara Samurai

In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his fath

Black Widow Business

Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi and ev

Yoko the Cherry Blossom

In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institu

Lifetime Insecurity

In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to

The Girl in Glass

A girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a working-class boy.

All By His Excellency's Work

An employee at a Japanese embassy in a South American country is kidnapped but Furuhata, who is ther

AIBOU: The Movie

A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police

The Man in White

After his father figure - a yakuza boss, is murdered, Azusa Moribe goes on a killing spree to exact

Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections

This omnibus film brings together three globally acclaimed directors from Asia with a common theme '

Nemuri Kyōshirō 3: The Man with No Tomorrow

In the continuing adventures of Nemuri Kyoshiro, noted film actor Tamura Masakazu stars again as the

Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle

Sakai Nobunari an Elder in 'Honmaru' (or the main enclosure) and Mizuno Tadakuni an Elder in 'Nishin

Manon

A story about a woman who is a research student of a theater company and the three men who are at th

Haunted School 3

Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school stud

The Freezing Point

Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kid

Volunteering for Villainy

Two outsiders start a relationship in a mining town.

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor

The Domain: Flower and Dragon

Sing, Young People!

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of the

Donto ikōze

Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.

Sure Death 6

When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects

Crest of Betrayal

Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyal

Shibuya Story

Biopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.

Incidental Murders

The daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the kidnappers,

The Izu Dancer

Love story between a student and girl whose parents are itinerant entertainers. Set in Japan in the

Drunkard's Paradise

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving beh

The Domain

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamas

Bloodiest Flower

A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator an

Flakes of Snow

A troubled architect weaves his way through numerous romantic situations in a search for true love a

Second Chance

A man survives a double suicide attempt, while his girlfriend does not.

Kachô Shima Kôsaku

Based on the comic book by Kenshi Hirokane

Eien no 1/2

An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race.

Towering Waves

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

Pride

Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime min

Born Fighter

Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city.

Tokyo Omnibus

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who ru

Maiko and the Assassin

19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while t

Storm Party

Many outlaws are gathered at the front line of the Japanese Army in a shock troop.

Black Rose

While investigating a murder case, Kamiki Kyoko finds out the truth behind the death of her father w

Freezing Point

The young daughter of Keizo Tsujiguchi, a respected physician who runs his own hospital, is found mu

Cherry Blossoms

A story about love triangle between mother and daughter relation...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler

The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion

A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss.

Battle Royale II: Requiem

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an intern

Kaidan

Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His bod

Ekeb of Dekye

Takahiko Tokito is a doctor at a big medical corporation. He has decided to run away with his lover,

Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royal!

Tomoya leisurely sketches the Ultra Monsters in his sketchbook but an unknown forces suddenly radiat

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

A police detective Shoukokuji Ryuuya from the first section of Metropolitan Police Department is tas

Merdeka 17805

True story of a number of Imperial Japanese Army officers and soldiers who remained in Indonesia to

Woman in Witness Protection

Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the b

Rakugo musume

When a gal named Kasumi decides to become a traditional Japanese 'Rakugo' storyteller due to her unc

Turning Point

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms

Oyari Haishaku

Kotoji Akame (Naoto Takenaka) is a shabby, middle aged low-ranking samurai of small stature. One day

Bonds

Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape

Summer Storm

A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.

Until the Day Comes

Drama depicting the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011 from the perspecti

Dancing Sisters

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a smal

Minamoto Yoshitsune

One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridg

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

Higuchi Ichiyo is the first female professional novelist in Japanese literature. This tanpatsu drama

Body and Soul

A group of four friends and lovers in their forties recall their past intimacies while trying to bui

Untamed Woman

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper,

Kakera: A Piece of Our Life

A college student's relationship is going nowhere until she meets a bisexual medical artist who make