Renji Ishibashi
Date of birth: 1941-08-09
Place of birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Renji Ishibashi, Renji Ishida
Biography
Movie Credits
The Bear Storm
1980-11-27
An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the
The New Virgin Story
1992-11-25
A love triange arises between a virgin, a stripper, and a mysterious girl
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
1992-01-01
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
2005-09-17
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annu
Magino Village: A Tale
1987-12-01
The movie compiles footage taken by Ogawa Production for a period of more than ten years after the c
Hana
2006-06-03
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t
Audition
2000-03-03
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife fr
Into the Faraway Sky
2007-08-18
A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001-09-01
The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars
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
Vermin
1965-08-12
Life of Don Matsugoro
1986-03-21
Children's movie about a dog that can type messages into a word processor. When his owner is kidnapp
47 Ronin
1994-10-22
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is force
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993-02-06
A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a
Spring Snow
2005-10-09
Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the
Gozu
2003-07-11
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder take
Nemuremitsu
1976-12-05
Omnibus about three actresses from different generations
Gemini
1999-09-15
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer m
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007-09-15
A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to j
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
The Bird People in China
1998-06-10
Wada, a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1989-07-01
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into
Flower & Snake
2004-03-13
The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to esca
One Missed Call 2
2005-02-05
A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are get
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
2002-09-21
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on
The Great Yokai War
2005-08-06
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great w
チンピラ仁義 極楽とんぼ2
1995-05-12
The follow up to the very popular first instalment.
The Shootist: Final Episode
1994-01-14
Matsushita decides to make a new journey by meeting a fateful woman, Askako, while being chased by a
Outrage
2010-06-12
When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he t
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
Crossfire
2000-06-10
Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anyt
Yakuza Demon
2003-06-25
Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and
The Watcher in the Attic
1976-06-12
A shiftless resident in a boarding house spends his days crawling in the attic and spying on the ren
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
2009-08-19
The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972-12-30
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique
Okiku and the World
2023-04-28
Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets in
The Ramen Girl
2008-02-08
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction
Railroad Man
1999-06-05
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his
Silver Mask
2006-12-23
Sabine is able to transform into a silver superhero through the power of the Ring of Nibelungen. She
Dupe
1965-10-01
Fruits of Passion
1981-06-03
A girl named O loves a rich, and much older man. She is subjected to a variety of humiliating experi
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985-03-02
On the night of August 19, 1980, a bus was set on fire by the vagrant Hirofumi Maruyama at the Shinj
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4
1998-04-16
The fourth 'Kizu Blood Apocalypse' film.
Kunoichi Financial Road
1999-07-21
Sacho the financial ninja saves the common folk from corporate villains with the use of her "financi
Shura's Barbarian King
2001-01-01
Fumihiko Saizonoji , a man who lost everything in the plot of a bank and a general contractor when h
Oshûkatsu
2021-05-21
Shinichi and Chikako Ohara have been married for 50 years. After Shinichi retired from his job, he h
Phone Call to the Bar
2011-09-10
In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with h
Two Magical Nights
1991-05-17
This 'Young V-Cinema' film was created for young people, turning from the action of Toei V-cinema.
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
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
2009-12-12
Serving as the true ending to Kamen Rider Decade and revealing the origins of Kamen Rider W, this mo
Jusei: Last Drop of Blood
2003-06-14
After serving a jail sentence, a former leading yakuza (Takaaki Ishibashi) has gone straight. He has
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
1988-08-27
A decadent count in 1920′s Japan becomes obsessed with the life and works of the Marquis de Sade. He
White-Collar Worker Kintaro
1999-11-13
Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working a
The Young Blood Typhoon
1995-05-13
On the way home from a small assault incident at a love hotel in Tokyo, Shuntaro Katagiri playfully
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
2006-11-04
An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujie
The Woman with Red Hair
1979-02-17
Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Ke
Sorrowful Hitman
2008-03-07
A Hitman must protect a 15-year-old girl
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976-02-28
Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun an
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974-08-03
Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tr
The Triple Cross
1992-09-12
Following the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice, who
A Chorus of Angels
2012-11-03
Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she take
Ronin-gai
1990-08-18
Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attem
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983-01-21
Samon Kamiyama, a yoriki of the Minami-machi magistrate infiltrates the Denzū-machi prison disguised
Detective Office 5
2005-11-26
In a small nook of Kawasaki Private investigator 591 and adultry specialist investigator 522 embark
Raijingu Jakuchu
2021-01-02
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009-06-20
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Castle Under Fiery Skies
2009-09-12
The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, whe
An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka
2012-02-04
In-depth look at the twilight years, spent training apprentices, of temple builder Nishioka Tsunekaz
The Code
2009-05-09
For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective
Revolver LILY
2023-08-11
In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. The
Red Colored Elegy
2007-06-21
Uninvolved with the political movements of the time, Ichiro and Sachiko hope for something better, b
Kumamoto Stories
2002-07-20
Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu
Lost Lovers
1971-11-05
A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female per
The Oil-Hell Murder
1992-05-23
The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of
99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie
2021-12-30
Hiroto Miyama works with rookie lawyer Honoka Kono on a team that specializes with criminal cases fo
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
1981-09-12
A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.
Strawberry Night
2013-01-25
Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko do
The Law of Hell
1982-08-30
At a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The owner
Kikaider Reboot
2014-05-24
In the near future, the brilliant Dr. Komyoji is enlisted to lead the ARK Project—a scientific endea
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988-09-15
Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's
The Enchantment
1989-10-29
A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor.
Winter Rose
2022-06-03
Jun Wataguchi lives a lazy, half-hearted life, not going to school, hanging out with half-witted del
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993-11-20
Darkness in the Light
2001-02-17
A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagan
Shadow Hunters
1992-04-08
In the middle of the Edo period, when the finances of the shogunate were in a desperate situation, t
Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP
2003-03-28
This special takes place three years after the end of the original series. Makoto is homeless as a r
99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP
2021-12-29
The super unconventional lawyer is back! Our new friends are comic book girls! And the biggest enem
The Inferno
1979-06-03
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mothe
Making of Gemini
2000-05-12
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shin'ya Tsukamoto's film "Gemini".
Homeland
2014-03-01
Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a sma
Mourning Recipe
2013-11-09
A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife.
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995-09-02
Asian Blue focuses on Koreans brought to Japan to work in forced-labor brigades during World War II
Izakaya Choji
2020-03-28
Kamen Rider: THE FIRST
2005-12-05
Takeshi Hongo is a man of extraordinary intellect, but his promising future is about to be malicious
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995-03-03
A historical chivalric drama with tears and laughter, telling the story of Jirocho Shimizu's family,
I Don't Have a Grave!
1998-02-07
An actress visits a university hospital for research and mistakenly believes she has only six months
Ginji - The Slasher
2003-03-29
In prison for 50 years after massacring his corrupt workmates with a samurai sword in 1945, Ginji So
Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
2008-07-16
Cape Nostalgia
2014-08-29
Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her
Someday
2011-07-16
The annual kabuki show is the main attraction in a rural Japanese mountain town. However, Yoshi's li
Alive
2003-06-21
Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However,
Silver Spoon
2014-03-07
Ooejo Agricultural High School is located in Hokkaido. Most students are from families involved in a
How to Find Happiness
2022-10-14
Toshihide works as a doctor at a clinic located by the sea. One day, he meets Ako. She looks exactly
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998-02-21
The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series.
Valley of Dreams
2011-11-12
A laid-off designer returns to her home town after five years away.
Pale Moon
2014-11-15
Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job
Haw
2022-08-19
Tamio Akanishi works at a public office in Yokohama. He is going through one of the worst periods of
War and Flowers
1989-05-11
Japanese Drama film about the female experience during the war years.
The Fallen Angel
2010-02-19
The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since th
Sakuran
2006-12-07
Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwa
Strangers in the City
2010-11-20
Former high school teacher Kazuo Hatano (Toru Nakamura) reunites 12 years later with Masako Tezuka (
The Brain Man
2013-02-09
A seemingly random series of bombings in a provincial city. The latest target is a public bus route.
A Good Husband
2009-10-14
The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and
Climbing to Spring
2014-06-14
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the
Eight Ranger
2012-07-28
Set within the devastated city of Eight City, the Eight Rangers protect the city and go against the
Dora-heita
2000-05-13
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, us
Ninja Kids!!!
2011-07-23
The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. Durin
Angel's Share
1995-06-10
A strange duo, Minko and Hiroto, who believe themselves to be angels, throw out fashion massage leaf
Half a Confession
2004-01-10
Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a ta
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002-06-16
A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics
Miracle in Four Days
2005-06-04
Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at th
Ready to Shoot
1990-11-17
A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho
Hero
2007-09-08
After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tok
Pickpocket
2000-11-03
Kaido is a professional pickpocket who works the Tokyo subway with his young foster-daughter, Rei: S
Tokyo!
2008-08-16
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges f
Parade
2010-02-20
The story of a strange living situation in a 2LDK apartment in suburban Tokyo. There are five reside
Where The Legend Lives
2008-11-01
Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the anc
I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow
2013-06-15
41-year-old Shizuo Daikoku (Shinichi Tsutsumi) suddenly quits his job at a company to become a manga
Graveyard of Honor
2002-06-22
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fe
East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
1998-01-01
Fukano, an elderly novelist who grew up in the mountains of Tokyo, met a young woman, Kana, for the
Why Do I Choose?
1989-08-26
Who Do I Choose? is a Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko.
Perfect Education 6
2004-09-18
Fumiya owes 5 million yen to a female load shark for a gambling debt, while having affair an with Mr
Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
1993-03-03
During the Sengoku period, an army relentlessly lays siege to a castle, but they will need the head
Time Trip App
2014-07-26
In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo.
A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight
2019-03-23
This is a “Movie in a Movie” like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Mo
The Whispering of the Gods
2005-12-17
Rou has returned to the monastery he was raised in. As he listens to the whispering of the Gods thro
Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
1995-07-11
A vicious plot that would change the course of Japanese history is set in motion when assassins cons
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992-01-03
The life story of Japan’s greatest leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose shogunate ruled the nation for alm
Torso
2009-11-13
Hiroko is a young, alienated woman "in love" with a blow-up male torso. Tension rises when her siste
Year One in the North
2005-01-14
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji,
Closed Note
2007-09-09
Kae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, s
The Firefly
2001-05-01
Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at wa
A Story of Modern Chivalry
1997-10-08
A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of reveng
Moment of Demon
1985-01-26
Filled with guilt over his forbidden desires, a young man leaves home and his studies. He finds a ne
The Homeless
1974-10-09
Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths a
Agitator
2001-10-28
When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long befor
Samurai Hustle
2014-06-21
During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku r
Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto
2009-04-18
The story is about a group of university students who inevitably gets involved in playing a game of
The Broken Commandment
2022-07-08
At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area o
森の石松
1992-01-07
One day, Mori no Ishimatsu (Kankuro Nakamura
My Happy Marriage
2023-03-17
An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander
Farewell to the Ark
1984-09-08
A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and
Kanei Chronicles
1991-07-19
From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
1977-12-17
This biopic is centered on New Year's Day of 1894, when Kitamura is recovering from a suicide attemp
This Country’s Sky
2015-08-01
In suburban Tokyo in 1945, years of war and concentrated air raids by US forces have left the city i
No Grave for Us
1979-05-26
A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...
The Lion Standing in the Wind
2015-03-14
Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He
Eros Eterna
1977-06-25
A woman believing to be a legendary immortal nun attracts people looking for answers to their life s
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
2001-03-09
The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
2012-02-11
In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of the
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 4
1982-12-10
During a gathering of detectives, Satake is the only one not indulging in the hospitality of a wealt
The Human Trust
2013-10-19
A professional scammer is hired by a wealthy young businessman to find a hidden treasure looted from
Strayer's Chronicle
2015-06-27
In the early 1990s, experiments were carried out secretly in Japan. Two different methods were used
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988-12-29
The Satsuma clan conspires with key figures in the shogunate to overthrow the government. However, t
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965-10-31
Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoi
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981-04-07
A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high
Onihei's Detective Records
1995-11-18
A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.
Village of Doom
1983-01-15
An emotionally distraught young man goes on a violent killing spree after his tuberculosis keeps him
Grasshopper
2015-11-07
Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (R
The 8-Tomb Village
1996-10-26
A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries
Love in the Mud
1977-07-30
This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tok
The Projects
2016-06-04
Whether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat, ther
Moonlight Jellyfish
2004-08-07
Seiji (played by Battle Royale’s Tatsuya Fujiwara) struggles to look after his younger brother Michi
We're Broke, My Lord!
2023-06-23
A commoner inherits lordship of debt-ridden Tanjousan Bun. Officials inform him of new role and subs
Glorious Fights
1966-10-29
A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He f
Slaughter in the Snow
1973-06-08
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of M
Bullying is Costly
1986-09-22
An office worker who releases his frustrations by maliciously bullying his good-natured boss has a b
Cats on Park Avenue
1989-12-23
A story about the lives of young aspiring dancers who strive to create their own musical about stray
Tokyo Blackout
1987-01-16
Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electr
Goodbye, Flickmania
1979-05-26
Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friends
She's In Love With Picasso
Kiriko is a curator at the Hakone Open-Air Museum. She gets caught up in a computer virus incident a
Yamagata Scream
2009-08-01
High school seniors Mikayo, Chuko and Kei are forced to join a historical research club to fulfill a
Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex
1976-10-01
Ando on the run, stopping in to service all the women in his life, with a bit of the old ultra-viole
The Black House
1999-11-13
A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the f
Be Free!
1986-08-09
Adventures of a young high school teacher and his oddball students.
Ichigo Chips
2005-02-19
Ichigo no kakera deals with a female manga artist Ichigo Nekoda (Miyazawa), whose career is heading
25
2014-11-01
Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984-10-10
While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya meets a group of outcasts that help her
Chateau de la Reine
2015-04-25
The hotel Chateau de la Reine is located in Paris, France and it is considered the finest hotel ther
The Man in White
2003-03-29
After his father figure - a yakuza boss, is murdered, Azusa Moribe goes on a killing spree to exact
A Homance
1986-10-10
A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yak
The Abe Clan
1995-11-24
A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of
Nirvana Island: The Last 47 Days
2016-10-15
The movie depicts the confrontation between younger brother Akira Miyamoto (Shunya Shiraishi) and ol
Samurai Hustle Returns
2016-09-10
Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way
Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle
1993-09-30
Sakai Nobunari an Elder in 'Honmaru' (or the main enclosure) and Mizuno Tadakuni an Elder in 'Nishin
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986-12-13
Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets sca
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994-06-11
Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul,
The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion
2003-04-21
A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss.
Falling Camellia
2018-09-28
During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct
Amagi Pass
1983-02-19
Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-gir
So What
1988-07-16
In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also pl
Nejirin bou
2004-11-27
A woman as the main character, love and friendship, and one of the
The International Gang of Kobe
1975-10-14
In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by U
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974-04-24
With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destr
The New Morning of Billy the Kid
1986-08-01
All the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a black-and-whi
Yakuza Ladies Neo
2013-06-08
Kotone (Tomoka Kurotani) is the wife of Mitsuru Kiba (Kazushige Nagashima), boss of the Kiba gang in
Star Sand
2017-08-04
In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American
Summer of Demon
1981-05-23
A former retainer to a noble family kills his wife's father when he tries to expose his past crimes.
Internal Sleuth
1973-04-21
When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective crimin
Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations: The Onigashima Warship
2009-05-01
Under the impression that they saved the World of Den-O, Tsukasa Kadoya (Kamen Rider Decade) and com
Crest of Betrayal
1994-10-22
Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyal
Sure Death 4
1987-06-06
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by
A Chaos of Flowers
1988-10-01
Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about
House on Fire
1986-04-12
In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his nu
Yakuza Law
1969-06-27
A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2012-12-12
When three bounty hunters accidentally meet in a bar, their stark personalities begin to clash, turn
Raiden
1994-05-08
Based on the comic book series by Tadashi Ichinose and Kyouta Kita.
Family Court Probation Officer, Akira Yamanobo
2016-05-07
Tokyo Family Court judicial research official Akira Yamanobo is in charge of Tetsuo and Ayano Katase
Shooting Stars in the Twilight
2002-05-18
Hiromi works in a posh French restaurant. One day, he meets an ordinary-looking old man who has a di
Code of Wolves
1974-10-05
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
2008-02-07
"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision eve
Lost in Ramen
2018-03-03
A suicidal high school student, a ramen shop owner closing shop after the passing of his wife, and a
Sweet Revenge
1977-12-17
Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. Hi
Another World
2018-10-30
Ko, a man in his late 30s, lives in the countryside with his wife and teenage son. Mitsuhiko, who ru
Tale of Young Drifter 2
1960-08-16
Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigne
Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
2007-03-31
A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meet
The Sea of Genkai
1976-05-29
Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean wome
Family Court Investigator Akira Yamanobou 2
2017-07-09
Pretenders
2018-10-20
In Osaka, Shiromiya will soon turn 40 years old and he is unemployed. He lives with his daughter Yoy
Kingdom
2019-04-19
Set in Qin Dynasty during the warring states period in ancient China. Shin was a war orphan. He has
Rolling on the Road
1981-10-23
George is a washed-up middle-aged punk rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend,
Evil Doers
1975-12-06
Hiroki Matsukata plays Ogata, an Osakan restaurant worker that gets sent to prison for murder. The
Faraway Tomorrow
1979-11-03
Izo
2004-09-07
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the
A Sandcastle Model Family Home
1989-09-15
An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must
Memories of a Dog: Daido Moriyama's Journey to Photography
2010-08-13
NHK documentary about the renowned Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama, with special focus and inte
The Sea Is Watching
2002-07-27
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Aga
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976-01-31
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's large
Blade of the Immortal
2017-04-29
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted b
Ignatius
1996-12-14
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl
1983-04-08
When the 'Lowly Ronin' helps an orphaned teenage girl avoid being turned into a prostitute, she then
The Boss' Wife
1988-11-19
The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her h
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
2019-02-22
When Satoshi was little, his mother Akiko always took good care of him. She was gentle, but mentally
Woman's Trail: Wet Path
1980-04-12
A stripper reluctantly returns to her manager and husband with her new lover in tow. The lover tries
Spanking Love
1995-05-06
Ryo Masuda is a washed up adult video director without a leading actress. Now, he has to find someon
Another Side
1980-10-01
This is Yamakawa's first feature film in 16mm. A group of university students who grew up in an era
Playtime Never Ends
1991-10-05
A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robb
Until Evening
1980-09-20
Intellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin. Eventually, l
The Blood of Wolves
2018-05-12
Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exi
Designated Lawyer
2018-09-23
Suspicions fall on politician Tagane Seizo over the sale of nationally owned land to a social welfar
It's Easier Than Kissing
1989-01-28
After the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
2007-07-07
A violent fire one evening kills a husband and wife couple and burns their Kazusaya rice shop to ash
Threads of Our Hearts
2010-11-27
Akito has been the ears and voice of his mother, Reiko, since he was a child. Reiko was born deaf an
Time Limit
2003-06-25
Mizusawa (Takenouchi Yutaka), an explosives expert, is arrested and charged with a string of bank ro
Karate Cop 4
1985-10-10
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999-09-18
When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981-10-03
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets
Break Out
1988-07-30
An accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and professional
Yakuza Ladies Revisited
1991-06-15
The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a suc
Walking Man
2019-10-11
Atomu (Shuhei Nomura) was raised by his mother in a poor environment. He is now a young adult, but h
Kagerô 2
1996-02-10
An entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her siste
Tomato No Shizuku
2017-01-14
With their hair salon business now on track, longtime couple Sakura and Makoto mull over inviting Sa
Yakuza Ladies: Companions in Hell
2001-07-28
When her husband is betrayed by his fellow yakuza and jailed, his wife takes over and fights to prev
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964-08-26
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh ou
Shimanto River
1991-12-07
A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He come
To the Bracken Fields
2003-02-01
A poor village in the Tohoku area has a law that states when a resident becomes sixty years old, the
Business Trip
1989-09-30
Sada
1998-04-11
The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and
Trick: The Movie
2002-11-07
Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko
The Negotiator
2003-08-17
After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospit
Target
1996-06-20
A business man visits his hometown to search for a missing employee
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006-02-11
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facilit
The Big Bee
2015-09-12
Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The
The Most Dangerous Game
1978-04-07
The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap vi
The Black Hood
1981-12-03
A horse-riding samurai fights villains.
Last Friends
1995-06-03
Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Tho
The Gentle Japanese
1971-03-05
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute mo
Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
1989-01-28
A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection com
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
1998-07-18
A heartwarming, based-on-true-story of how a hearing-impaired couple, Masahiro and Namiko, knew each
Zatoichi at Large
1972-01-15
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose
Pretty Devil Yoko
1966-03-19
Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Toky
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
2011-11-26
Angry Rice Wives
2021-01-08
In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three childr
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
1992-08-25
A one hour made for TV special. Set in modern Japan, a journalist goes to Innsmouth to investigate p
My Grandma
2008-12-06
Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves hou
Under the Nagasaki Sky
2013-07-13
Under the Nagasaki Sky
Dangerous Stories
1989-07-08
Three stories with horror and science fiction elements. 1st episode: "The Curse of Tutankhamen" (Tsu
Shinsengumi
2000-01-15
Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shins
Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1
2002-03-01
MEINICHI Directed By Tomoyuki Akashi Cast: Sayaka Yamaguchi, Asami Mizukawa "Maybe father was rig
T.R.Y.
2003-01-11
At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shan
SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3
2019-11-22
The third movie in Léona Hirota's 'Candy Boys' series.
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
1993-01-03
Biopic of Date Masamune. Young Masamune upon learning of the death of Nobunaga decides that he is th
Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003-02-15
Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film serie
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021-07-01
Kei Watanabe is a fifth grade elementary school student. He has inherited the hunter's blood to hunt
Ryuukou Kanbou
2021-04-10
The novelist Shiga Naoya lives with his wife Haruko and their 4-year-old daughter Saeko. He is paran
One Missed Call
2003-11-03
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the
I Never Shot Anyone
2020-07-03
Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces,
The Blue Danube
2021-03-26
The soldiers no longer know why they are at war, and when it even started. Daily and dutifully they
The Motive
2004-12-18
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims app
マルゴォの杯
1988-12-26
Seraphim Night
1996-02-03
Directed by Banmei Takahashi of "New Love in Tokyo." A drama centered around identity, with a half K
Youth Peony Lantern
1993-08-21
Based on "Kaidan Botan Dango" by Sanyutei Encho, a rakugo storyteller who was active from the late E
The Central Quicksand
1998-08-04
A tremor struck the Information Industry Bureau of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
The Dog Bridegroom
2017-05-13
Ninomiya Azusa is a depressed elementary school teacher in Tokyo, who has problems both at work and
Howling Village
2020-02-07
After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location
Onihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit
2011-01-03
Bandit leader "Night Rabbit" Kakuemon has always kept the rule to "never kill, never rape, never ste
Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita
1985-01-01
いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。
2005-06-04
The Killing Game
1973-01-22
A middle-aged office worker, Masao Okada (Eiji Okada), discovers that his worsening illness is termi
Night Terror Ward
1982-09-02
Yoko Mizutani, a nurse at Kikumisaka Hospital, a general hospital, is frightened by a series of biza
Tale of Young Drifter
1960-07-26
Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigne
不法滞在
1996-08-10
お終活 再春!人生ラプソディ
2024-05-31
偽りの花嫁
1982-05-29
A young wife is frightened that her husband and her father's second wife may be in cahoots with each
Eagle of the Decotora: Festival Music
2003-10-11
First film in the 'Decotora no Eagle' series.
A Cheerful Yakuza
1976-02-14
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977-05-28
When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to thei
For Those We Love
2007-05-12
In 1943, as Japan's WWII effort falters, a vice-admiral proposes training squadrons of "volunteer" f
Dasshutsu
1972-01-01
1972 Japanese movie
Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura
2020-06-29
Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
2014-08-08
Double Clutch
1978-04-29
Hiromi Go plays a high school student who needs a role model in his life badly. He's raised by his o
Bôkenshatachi
1975-04-14
A group of young men go treasure hunting in the sea.
Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle
2021-11-09
源氏九郎颯爽記 秘剣揚羽の蝶
1991-10-13
京都人の密かな愉しみ Blue 修業中 祝う春
2018-04-14
京都人の密かな愉しみ BLUE修業中「祇園さんの来はる夏」
2019-08-17
Evil Spirit Princess Sakurako
1982-09-03
A beautiful girl, haunted by the evil spirit of a woman who was burned at the stake 17 years ago, be
Japan Ghost Stories 2
2007-04-12
墓場から生きかえった男
1988-06-25
Issa
2017-12-31
Movie depicts the later life of poet Issa Kobayashi. At the age of 50, he goes back to his hometown.
tetsuo: the iron man FIRST CUT
1989-07-01
first version of the movie
Revenge in Kobikicho
2026-02-27
HERO SP
2006-07-03
Five years have passed since Kuryu Kohei's transfer from Tokyo to Ishigaki, and then to Sapporo. He
The Street of Desire
1984-04-14
A valet at a fancy nightclub hatches a plot to punish those responsible for his father's death.