The Bear Storm

An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the

3,000 Kilometer Trap

A young man has to deliver a Mitsubishi Galant GTO from Kagoshima (on the southern tip of the southe

Good Son-in-Law

Asahi Shoji's office girl, Aiko Tatebayashi, is a modern girl of Akira herself. The dentist's father

The Life of a Horse-Trader

Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yone

Escape Zone

Shiro Yabe, a young gangster who boarded the second class on the Tokaido Line after finishing a dang

Aijô ni tsuite

Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, b

Koibito-tachi no iru machi

Mr. Baku, a sandwich man, was familiar to his neighbors because he was a natural friend of Ryotaro Y

Kwaidan

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol

Turbid Youth

Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa,

Striving to Live

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee

Omatsuri hanjiro

Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun,

Three Faces

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichir

The Beautiful Nuns

A samurai who slashes a young girl's mage appears in Edo, and she is never caught.

Bodyguard from Hell

Kitagawa, a drug control officer in the Kanto Shinetsu area, was ordered to investigate the situatio

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a

The Burmese Harp

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himse

Phoenix

Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news

Dotanba

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest

Ryûri no kishi

The Undefeated Woman

Evil Reward

After finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was sen

Yoku

Half a Loaf... Avarice / Yoku

A Dead Drifter

A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî

Like Fire is My Life

The Stragglers

The last Japanese soldier in 16 years who survived

Umineko ga tonde

The King

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneduc

Fateful Birthplace

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.

The Life of Rikisha-Man

Futari dake no toride

Never Give Up

Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daugh

Vengeance Is Mine

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

Harakiri

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp

Rikyu

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

Tokyo Untouchable

Neon taiheiki

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Em

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes unde

Profound Desires of the Gods

Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori cla

The Last Dance

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

Zatoichi at Large

Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose

Zatoichi the Outlaw

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival ga

The Catch

Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese village

Himiko

The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view o

The Christian Revolt

In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the

The Outsiders

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most no

Coup d'Etat

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

The Broken Commandment

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplat

Boyhood

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death

In the sixth and final episode Rentaro Mikuni steals the show as Baiken Shishido, Musashi's nemesis.

Mount Hakkoda

Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the wint

The Friends

A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interes

Miyamoto Musashi

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man

A Fugitive from the Past

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash

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

Two in the Amsterdam Rain

Akira, a Japanese expat working in Amsterdam, falls in love with a Japanese woman at Schiphol Airpor

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.

Luminous Moss

A headmaster and a novelist, looking for inspiration, regard a strange natural phenomenon before sha

Wuthering Heights

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

The Good Fairy

The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investi

Thus Another Day

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. Sh

Someday

The annual kabuki show is the main attraction in a rural Japanese mountain town. However, Yoshi's li

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: Conscience of a Worm

Detective Onihei better known as "Heizo the Demon" heads a group of skilled officers, however, one o

The Rendezvous

The brief love story of an attentive young man and a beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part

Duel at Fort Ezo

1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of vi

Husband and Wife

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husba

Free and Easy 7

Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days later

A Human Promise

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

Wolves, Pigs & Men

Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh ou

The Go Masters

Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese

Journey Into Solitude

Bored with her school life, a 16-year-old student leaves home to take a trip along the Pacific Ocean

Will to Live

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the G

A Taxing Woman's Return

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

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung A

Shadow of Deception

It was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She no

Doctor's Day Off

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off.

Wind, Woman and Road

A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity when the farmer

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

Free and Easy Special

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help

Chronicle of My Mother

Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novel

Shinran: Path to Purity

In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school

Free and Easy 15

Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces

Basara: The Princess Goh

Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

Mr. Takano, a company employee, announces plans to take an early retirement so he can return to his

Wife

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, mean

Captive's Island

Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was

My Sons

Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has alway

Confessions Among Actresses

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is

The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao

An exploration of the nature of journalism that focuses on Fukuoka Nichi Nichi newspaper reporter Ki

Free and Easy 19

Hama-chan joins a company excursion to Oita with the rest of his department including his new junior

Free and Easy 17

Yumiko returns to work in Hama-chan's department. She had once left the company after getting marri

Rennyo and His Mother

Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular t

A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

The story opens with Yukiko and her business partner in Moscow searching for Russian items for their

Devotion to Railway

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasak

Free and Easy 14

Hama-chan's supervisor is promoted after many frustrating years with his wayward, fishing-obsessed u

Solar Eclipse

When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, gr

Fireworks Over the Sea

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they

Policeman's Diary

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

August without Emperor

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese gove

Run, Genta, Run!

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of findin

The Possessed

Oshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa

Barefoot Gen

First live action adaptation of Keiji Nakazawa's manga.

The Song of the Cart

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

The Old Man and the Sea

An old fisherman makes the biggest catch of his life.

Night Drum

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return

A Hole of My Own Making

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeep

Nikoyon monogatari

Japanese drama film.

Tale of Japanese Burglars

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a bur

Through the Mist

A biopic of the late musician Dédé Fortin, the singer, songwriter, and founder of a very popular Qué

The Fugitive Samurai

Itto Ogami- High Executioner to the Shogun- has been betrayed by his political enemies and sentenced

Glorious Fights

A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He f

The Women of Osaka Castle

A television drama aired on November 3, 1983 as a special project to celebrate the 25th anniversary

The Tattered Banner

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.

River of Fireflies

During the winter in Toyama in 1962, Tatsuo Mizushima is fretting about his feelings for his classma

The Lovers

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father,

Free and Easy 9

Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposi

Free and Easy 2

Hama-chan gets Su-san hooked on fishing, but Su-san has some problems to deal with; a beautiful woma

A Story from Echigo

A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-

Free and Easy

Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo o

Free and Easy 6

Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-sa

Beauty and the Thief

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and erot

Sword for Hire

Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his l

The Threat

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an adv

Farewell Rabaul

A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they und

Thirst for Love

Natsuko, a Tokyo bar proprietress, and Yuki, a Kyoto Ryokan owner, vie for the affections of an adve

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last da

The Inugami Family

When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condi

Sweet Revenge

Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. Hi

Oishinbo

Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun

Deeper Than Blue

About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging stru

Free and Easy 8

When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love wi

Free and Easy 3

Su-San invites Hama-chan to go fishing at a place close to his heart after learning about Hama-chan

Free and Easy 4

Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew

Free and Easy 5

Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his

Free and Easy 10

Su-san resigns after getting fed up with corporate life, but he finds himself back in familiar surro

Free and Easy 16

Hama-chan meets a friendly US soldier on a trip to Nagasaki with Su-san. Su-san returns to Tokyo an

The Wind Carpet

Japan and Iran are not in close relationship. More than 4 centuries ago, however, Persian carpets we

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Mi

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the st

The Eagle and the Hawk

In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. Af

Escape from Hell

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

The Escape

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyam

Stepbrothers

In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic

Face in the Dark

Japanese suspense film.

The Earth is Born Again

A dramatic film that recorded the history of Japan in the period of high economic growth. This work

Zoku ôsho

Adaptation of novel.

Tale of Army Brutality

Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill syst

Beyond the Shining Sea

Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a

But the Flesh is Weak

A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.

Crossroad

Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an

Till We Meet Again

Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappoin

Mitabi no kaikyô

The Street of Desire

A valet at a fancy nightclub hatches a plot to punish those responsible for his father's death.

Turning Point

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

Nomugi Pass

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in

Free and Easy 18

Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up durin

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the po

Free and Easy 11

Hama-chan accompanies Su-san on a business trip to Okinawa in the middle of the recession, but Su-sa

The Eagle of the Pacific

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grav

Shanghai Rose

Adolescence

Parent apathy to sexual education leads to various troubles for the young cast.

My Wonderful Yellow Car

Red-Light Bases

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

Itsuko to sono haha

An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.

The Great Road

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition

A traveling ronin perceived as a fool impresses a samurai leader with his fishing skills and gains e

City of Beasts

University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a pharmaceutica

Hell's Kitchen

The Blue Revolution

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

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

The Samurai of Edo

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition f

Beauty of Life

Inochi uruwashi

Kimi ga kagayaku toki

A one armed boy wants to become a football (soccer) player.