CONTROL OF VIOLENCE

A three-way battle of hoodlums vs yakuza vs gyoza factory manager! A fierce battleground in Osaka,

Shrieking in the Rain

At a movie studio in 1988, rookie director Hanako Hayashi is making her directorial debut, the eroti

Solaris

Shot while the director was still in college, the film is a remake of the Russian film of the same n

Pornostar

A young man decides one day to start killing yakuza. After he kills his first two he gets roped into

Before the Vigil

Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though

Ichi the Killer

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a re

Zombrex: Dead Rising Sun

Told entirely from a first-person perspective, the film follows George, a disabled boy struggling to

Fish Story

A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds t

Winny

In the early days of the Internet, a case arises from an innovative software and the developer is fa

Road to New Don

The first 'Road to New Don' film.

Dare to Stop Us

In Spring 1969, 21-year-old Megumi Yoshizumi goes to Wakamatsu Production. The company makes films p

Two Out Full Base

Ichi and Hachi, former high school baseball players, drag out their broken dream of competing in Kos

Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet

Based on the Best Selling Anime Series "SAIKANO" Shy coed Chise (played by Aki Maeda from Battle Roy

CHAIN/チェイン

The Blood of Rebirth

Based on the Japanese legend of 15th century adventurer, Oguri Hangan Daisukeshige, Toyoda places us

Lumberjack the Monster

After Akira Ninomiya miraculously survives a brutal attack by an unknown assailant wearing a "monste

Monsters Club

Having abandoned modern civilization, Ryoichi lives an isolated, self-sufficient life on a snow-cove

Mirrored Mind

An actress suffering from an identity crisis finds herself spirited away from the bustle of Tokyo to

The Yakuza Principal 2

After successfully saving his newly acquired daycare center, “Little Chicks Family”, Junji is met wi

11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate

On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese

Jeonju Digital Project 2004

Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the E

I’M HERE

Toshiaki Toyoda's newest short

The Cursed Sanctuary X

Kaname Azuma is sick of her marriage life with her husband and she decides to divorce him. She leave

World's End / Girl Friend

Shinnosuke and Misawa are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly Shinnosuke's childhood friend Ha

Sanka: Nomads of the Mountains

It is 1965, a time of rapid economic growth for Japan and also a time when the people called Sanka,

Paradise

A space station sanitary worker encounters a bear whose nose was mysteriously cut off by a human.

Offbeat Cops

Tsukasa Naruse works as a detective. He is enthusiastic with his job. To catch criminals, he sometim

Kingdom 2: Far and Away

It follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification.

The Last Days of the World

The life of a student named Kanou is transformed when a tiny man informs him that Earth will soon be

Tsuyukusa

Middle-aged Fumi lives a quiet seaside life, she spends her days working at a small local factory, s

The War of Announcers

Dramatization of The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and its announcers activities to support t

Petrel Hotel Blue

Seeking to exact revenge upon Yoji, Yukio travels to an area surrounded by the sea, desert and lava

99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie

Hiroto Miyama works with rookie lawyer Honoka Kono on a team that specializes with criminal cases fo

Crows Zero

The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to

Crows Zero II

Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students

Terra Formars

With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warmin

Just Remembering

A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again. A bittersweet love stor

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie

Based on the feature-length novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" written by Arthur Conan Doyle, whi

The Mars Canon

A look at the problems two couples, Kohei and Kinuko, and Manabe and Hijiri, have in their relations

The Courier

At the beginning of the 19th century, Japan was under a policy of national isolation. A group of Dut

Almost People

Four dramas about brothers and sisters, each of whom lacks a certain emotion.

461 Thank-you's: Father and Son Bonding through Bento of Love

In 2010, a musician, Watanabe Toshimi was planning to go back to his hometown in Fukushima to do far

Wakusei no Kakera

And the Mud Ship Sails Away...

Takashi is country hipster, work avoiding, not-so-smart life expert in vague rural-urban area in the

99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP

The super unconventional lawyer is back! Our new friends are comic book girls! And the biggest enem

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander

Convenience Story

Kato is an up-and-coming scriptwriter in the middle of a severe slump. He submits ideas for potentia

Humoresque

Amy and Sonny are two girls with contrasting personalities. Their "secret hideout" is an antique sho

Slow Map

Planetist

A documentary four years in the making that highlights the wondrous Ogasawara Islands, where 65-year

Through Their Eyes

A compelling human drama about the growing social problems and public responsibilities regarding the

All the Long Nights

Two work colleagues: he suffers from panic attacks, she has extreme PMS. Their company distributes t

Transcending Dimensions

Rosuke, a monk, has gone missing. His lover, Nonoka, takes the assassin Shinno to a religious facili

Alive.

A prequel to "I'm Here." An 18-minute short film about a man with a torch who appears at a modern-da

Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World

Despite the fact that Kyoko's a girl herself, approaching women on the streets and asking them to po

Kami no Ko wa Tsubuyaku

One family changes as they join a religious group. Kinoshita Haruka is forced to engage in her relig

Rageaholic

Blue Spring

Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the vi

Wasabi

Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his

9 Souls

After discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track dow

Kaminari hashiru natsu

Japanese film directed by Masato Tanno.

Hanging Garden

On the surface, the Kyobashis appear to be a happy family. Despite a family agreement that they are

Golden Slumber

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Pr

Boys on the Run

A socially awkward salesman for a toy-capsule company tries to change his nerdy ways when a slick ri

Isn't Anyone Alive?

In a Japanese military hospital, a mysterious pandemic strikes and quickly kills seemingly at random

Love Bombs

A mysterious city woman named Kiyomi is cared for by an old village woman. The male villagers are in

It's Me It's Me

Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer an

A Story of Yonosuke

The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yono

Starting Over

Nana is 19 and lives in a corner of Tokyo. Her birth mother and Marin, a girl the same age who she l

The Millennial Rapture

Sennen no yuraku is set in a small community called “Roji” where Kenji Nakagami—one of the most famo

Tokyo 10+01

A group of 11 criminals are trapped in a warehouse with bracelets. The 11 learn that they are part o

Joker Game

Set along a backdrop of a fictitious second world war at an international city in Asia. In Japan, Li

M

Mixed up by desire, love and hatred, a disturbed young man begins tailing and eventually tries to sa

Fish on Land

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

Black Dawn

In 2011, top-secret data on nuclear power is stolen from a university facility. At the same time, le

The Box Man

A photographer becomes intrigued by a mysterious man who has chosen to filter his experience of the

That's It

Samao Daikoku seeks a way out of the underground life that he has led. He is tortured by a gang boss

Yakuza Apocalypse

When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get us

Passion

A young couple's announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of intera

ろくでなし

Lowlife Love

Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten

Chokolietta

Chiyoko's mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. A

Sound of Waves

Umi’s hearing is so sensitive that even notes played slightly out-of-tune give her a headache. Violi

Promised Land

Matagi is a group of hunters who lives in the mountains and targets wild animals including bears, bu

Bank on the Other Side

Itsuki, who lives on welfare with her sick mother and baby sister, has given up on her dream of beco

Touching the Skin of Eeriness

After his parents die, a teenager goes to live with his older brother. As his loneliness grows, he b

斬人 KIRIHITO

Bandage

Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high school, A

Love & Peace

A man, who once dreamed of becoming a punk rocker, is working as a low salaryman at a musical instru

Bitter Honey

Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses,

Sugu ni yuku

New Toshiaki Toyoda's short film starring Kiyohiko Shibukawa as a meditating monk.

On a Boat

A glimpse of her long-lost freedom prompts Sara to re-examine her marriage with her conservative hus

Reminiscence

A detective in Toyama is forced to confront his painful past when he takes on a murder case involvin

Neko Ninja

Kagerota is a young ninja who embarks on his first mission: stealing the goldfish from a wealthy sam

Zenigata

Two brothers run a bar called Zenigata in a backstreet of a fishing port. At midnight, the bar chang

Punk Samurai Slash Down

Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious

Bye Bye, Marrano

Kazuomi Nara lost his job due to the bankruptcy of his company and Shiori, his fiancé, is pregnant.

Takasaki Graffiti

Miki, Yuto, Hiroko, Naoki and Kota have been friends since they were little. They all graduated from

Another World

Ko, a man in his late 30s, lives in the countryside with his wife and teenage son. Mitsuhiko, who ru

Amy Said

Twenty years have passed since the sudden disappearance of Amy, who was the femme fatale in her film

One Piece: Heart of Gold

A girl named Olga is pursued by both the World Government and a man named Mad Treasure, as she is th

Enokida Trading Co.

Enokida Trading Post is a second-hand shop run by Yojiro Enokida , whose personal mantra is, "Anythi

Shiba Park

While walking their shiba dogs, 3 middle-aged men meet at the park everyday. They do not know each o

Areno

'We have to kill him', the wife and her lover thought. When three childhood friends reunite, it does

A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic

Saki's father is an alcoholic and her mother is a follower of a new religion. She sees her father's

Play Room

Room Laundering

Yakumo Miko's father died when she was 5 years old. The next year, Miko mother went missing. Miko th

Family of Strangers

Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric cli

The Kamagasaki Cauldron War

Kamagasaki is an "invisible" slum of Osaka that attracts day laborers and prostitutes since WW2. Whe

Carrasco Rider

Two filmmakers have to deal with a rogue mascot.

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes

Leap Year Girl

In a leap year in the 21st Century, actress Emi returns home for the first time in 12 years. Almost

37 Seconds

Yuma, a 23-year-old comic book artist with profound cerebral palsy, has been emotionally stunted by

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facilit

Between Men and the Gods

Hozumi is a doctor and he is friends with manga artist Soeda. They both like Asako who works at a tr

Playback

Haji is an actor on the cusp of turning 40, who has gotten stuck in life. At the invitation of an ol

Obon Brothers

A failed director is trying to get his next movie off the ground, while dealing with his cranky brot

The Day of Destruction

Seven years ago, a mysterious monster was found deep in a rural coal mine. Since then, rumors of a p

Wolf's Calling

A girl finds an old handgun in her attic and the symbolic object conjures a mystical scene of samura

Tezuka's Barbara

Barbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka's reim

Shiver

Toyoda Toshiaki went to Sado Island and filmed musician Koshiro Hino and Kodo, the local Taiko Perfo

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told i

FM89.3MHz

Okawa Family’s yakuza, Junji, is released from prison, and is told to take over a local radio statio

Midnight Diner

A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series o

Hirugao

Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorc

Last of the Wolves

After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami

Captain Tokio

In the year 20XX, anarchy reigns over Tokyo after a devastating earthquake destroyed the city. Isola

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the le

Broken Hearts for Sale

An omnibus recorded in a short film by five film directors with the motif of the song "Kai Band".

It's a Flickering Life

The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dr

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people

Go Seppuku Yourselves

A man is tasked with assisting in the ritual suicide of a samurai who won't die without condemning t

Vanitas

What is life like at a Japanese university? Four "friends" drift in and out of their friendships and

I Never Shot Anyone

Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces,

The Yakuza Principal

Junji, the protagonist of FM89.3MHz, must become the principal of a nursery school in Kabukicho afte

Or Utopia

Japan, 2024. The Earth is dominated by a mysteriously giant creature (That Thing) and the group of 1

GOLDFISH

"Guns" was a punk band that became a social phenomenon in the 1980s. At the height of their populari

目を閉じてギラギラ

Nozomu Kizaki, a man who hates violence and has survived in the underworld by using “sermons” as a w

Homestay

Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is "lucky" and will ha

The Boy and the Dog

6 months after the earthquake disaster in Sendai City, Nakagaki Kazumasa is a young man who has lost

New Abarenbō Shōgun

The eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, fights against evil rampant in Edo while blending in with the

僕らの方程式

Amazing Grace

"Jonan City" is a rural town in the Kanto region. There were five young men who grew up in this smal

After the Quake

Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki's anthology, After the Quake expl

PRINCIPAL EXAMINATION

Haruhiko Nakayama is vice principal at a Japanese school, where he takes care of everything and drea

Meets the World

Yukari, a 27-year old fujoshi fangirl who loves the popular yakiniku-themed pretty boy anime "Meat i

Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Hidetada Tokugawa died suddenly and the death of the Shogun upset the Tokugawa system, and was conce

Night Flower

Driven to the brink, Natsuki makes a desperate gamble: selling drugs to make her children's dreams c

Funky Forest: The Second Contact

The upcoming sequel to the 2005 absurdist comedy anthology. To be released in 2026.

Sou iu mono ni, watashi wa naritai

Toshiaki Toyoda's three short films starring Kiyohiko Shibukawa as an ascetic monk ("Alive.", "I’m H

I'm Flash!

Rui is the charismatic leader of a new religious group. Consequently, he starts to gain attention fr