Waterboys

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to tak

Tokyo!

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges f

Dragon Head

Teru Aoki (青木 輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destr

Pandemic

ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His sy

Villain

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time correspond

The Boat

Lives are changed and friendships tested when two bottom-feeding smugglers are ordered to kidnap the

Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Spring Special

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planne

Dororo

Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, i

The Magic Hour

A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with t

Tomie: Rebirth

Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inex

Surely Someday

Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spe

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

A part-time employee in a mahjong parlour runs across a young woman, who is unable to walk, in baby

Tears for You

A love story about two step-siblings, Yota and Kaoru. Long ago, Yota's mother married Kaoru's jazz-p

Smuggler

To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one li

Children of the Dark

A Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he unc

For Love's Sake

Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then

Sabu

When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outsi

69

Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. Th

A Day on the Planet

Masamichi is about to take up postgraduate study. He invites six student friends round for a farewel

Chûshingura 1/47

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

Tokyo Family

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and

My Back Page

In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journa

School Days with a Pig

A school teacher suggests to his class that they ought to raise a pig together and eat it when it gr

The World of Kanako

When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a

Farewell, Kuro

Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high s

The Assassin

9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates h

Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP

This special takes place three years after the end of the original series. Makoto is homeless as a r

Villon's Wife

This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but

Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland

Arisugawa is a businessman who has been transferred to a local branch office. However, the people at

Judge!

After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arr

The Kiyosu Conference

After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shiba

Our Family

The emotional journey of a four-member family that fails to recognize that it is rapidly growing apa

The Little House

Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discover

The Vancouver Asahi

In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrim

Fly with the Gold

Kota hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa, a former coll

Lady Maiko

Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed

Spring Snow

Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the

Paco and the Magical Book

Onuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder. His on

It's Only Talk

Based on an award winning novel, It's Only Talk is about the life of Yuko, a 35-year old woman. She

The Haunted Samurai

A lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro finds himself unable to move up in

Jam Films

Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.

Tokyo Rhapsody

"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku"

Welcome to the Quiet Room

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protect

All Lives

TV Tokyo's 60th anniversary special drama. This is a human drama about a doctor struggling with his

High and Low

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

Stand by Me Doraemon

Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take

Rage

A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their bloo

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, whil

Tokyo Family

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and

Hero's Island

Set in post-war Okinawa, Japan, Gusuku had 3 close childhood friends: On, Yamako and On's younger br

The Magnificent Nine

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzab

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In

Kidnap Tour

Haru is a rather cool fifth-grade elementary school student who shares the same tastes as her mother

Traces of Sin

Tanaka is going through a tough time trying to support his younger sister Mitsuko, recently arrested

The Real You

Why had a mother who seemed happy desired to end her own life? Desperate to uncover his mother’s tru

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

Tohru Fujisawa's popular manga about a wildly irreverent high school teacher comes to the screen in

Museum

In Tokyo, Japan, several grotesque murders take place on rainy days. Detective Sawamura, who is in c

What a Wonderful Family!

A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what

What a Wonderful Family! 2

Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Fa

Tornado Girl

Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live l

What a Wonderful Family! 3

At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one aftern

Detective Chinatown 2

Driven by the desire for the huge reward, Tang Ren tricked Qin Feng to New York, to attend the World

It Comes

To protect his family from a mysterious being, a man joins forces with a journalist and an exorcist

Thirty Lies or So

Takarada, a member of a group of swindlers which has reunited to pull off a big caper involving down

The Asadas!

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku

Paradise Next

Wisecracking Makino shows up from Japan and meets Shima, a yakuza living quietly in Taipei. Makino s

Detective Chinatown 3

Tang Ren and Qin Feng travel to Japan to investigate the death of a mafia head. As they suspect foul

When a Tree Falls

A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the d

The 47 Rōnin in Debt

Feudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Ha

Red

A married woman with a lovely daughter lives a carefree life, until she meets her ex-lover at a frie

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection

"Box" Shuko Yoshino (played by Yuko Takeuchi), a researcher at a medical university, was suddenly hi

The Dimension Travelers

A teenage girl makes a new friend at her school who tells her that she has the ability to travel bet

A Chair on the Plains

Four people decide to travel to Hunza, Pakistan to find paradise. Kentaro Tooma works as head of sa

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

One of the true classic's of anime's much-loved robot genre.

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

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

I Never Shot Anyone

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

Not Quite Dead Yet

After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named t

Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu

An medical student unwillingly assists in human experiments on American POWs during WWII and gets se

A Man

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a b

Stand by Me Doraemon 2

Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his ow

People Without a Fort

After female high school student Furuya Meiko is found dead in her apartment from an apparent suicid

Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special

To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the popular omnibus drama "Tales of the Unusual," in which Ta

Hito wa Naze Love Letter wo Kaku no ka

A woman writes a letter to a young man, leading to a correspondence with his father that unveils the