Sleeping Man

Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care f

Assassination Orders

The ronin, Sako Kanbei has to rescue the beautiful Princess Tsubaki from danger while young samurai

Gemini

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer m

Rikyu

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla

Bounce Ko Gals

Filmed somewhat in documentary style, it follows three girls over the span of one day and night in t

Secret of the Forbidden Valley

A thrilling historical drama in which a ronin played plays an active role in redeeming the name of

Battle Cry

During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to t

At This Late Date, the Charleston

A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several imp

Wuthering Heights

Young Kinu Yamabe is drawn to low-born Onimaru, who is vital and charismatic, but viewed by his fath

Jazz Daimyo

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out

River Without a Bridge Part 2

Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)

Judge and Jeopardy

It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headles

Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta

At a certain high school in Karuizawa, students relied on ordinary local trains for their commute, b

Where did Sharaku go?

Writer Jippensha Ikku hears Tsutaya Juzaburo, a wholesaler of picture books, mutter on his deathbed,

Arigatou

In the early morning of January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, and Tadao Furui

Demons

Tells the story of the samurai Gengobe, who seeks revenge after falling prey to the schemes of a gei

幽霊列車

Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

In this program based on the book of the same name by Ishimure Michiko, Kitabayashi Tanie plays “Goz

The Bored Samurai

Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) wh

Kanei Chronicles

From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more

Kappa

As famous photographer, Yuta Suzumori's (Tatsuya Fuji) health is worsening he tells a childhood sto

The Battle of Okinawa

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imp

Blood Type: Blue

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blu

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he

Countryside Accountant's Government Reform

Genichiro Okugawa is appointed as the head of accounting in a feudal domain and travels with his ser

Mokuyou no Kaidan'97: Akuryou Gakuen

Haruka Renkoji is a bright and innocent high school girl. However, she is actually the descendant of

Love Forsaken

The story is about Tomoko and her relationships with three men.

Lowly Ronin

Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro s

Festival Champ

Hiroki Matsukata is a fish market worker and a fanatical Japanese festival rascal. He also falls in

Coup d'Etat

A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed m

Station

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering po

Tora-san, My Uncle

Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced

Admiral Yamamoto

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is

The Village

This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a m

Battle Heater

Furuchi and Hama are two unsuccessful repair agents and electronic engineers. One day Furichi finds

Great Jailbreak

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to

Kill!

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved

Japan's Longest Day

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th

The Last Game

After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Was

Sensei no tsushinbo

Kaze no Sumu Ie

A human drama that rethinks what it means to be a family through the images of a couple, parent and

Kwaidan

Sea of Whitetail

Tatsuoka, a surgeon with an incurable disease. His once peaceful home was about to collapse due to t

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as pol

A Human Promise

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story

The Human Bullet

A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedicati