Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal...

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no...

A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.

O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers,...

A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.

At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.

The Harimaya Bridge is a drama about an American man who must travel to rural Japan to claim some important items belonging to his late son, from...

A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together...

1999 financial movie.

Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must...

An enigmatic Japanese woman, abandoned by her wealthy Chinese husband in a remote Pacific Northwest village, becomes entwined in the lives of two...

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has...

Straight-laced, honest Japanese travel agent Misuzu gets a job as a tour guide so that she can the world. On her first assignment in Bangkok,...

Kaisei Sakamoto is a 16 year old boy who is inclined to settle everything with his fists. He grew up in a town where you can see both Nagazaki and...

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all...

A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near...

Japanese film directed by Masahiro Honda.

Misaki visits her boyfriend Koichi in Okinawa, the southern island of Japan. To welcome the arrival of Misaki, Koichi's friend Jinsei holds a...

A film about love and winter sports.

From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of...

After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from...

Yusuke was a middle school teacher. but he quit his job due to problems with student bullying. After he quit, Yusuke learned that the bullied student...

An illegal Filipino entertainer in Japan, Manuel, meets a bankrupt Japanese businessman, Shigeru. After knowing the whereabouts of a high-profile...

The unexpected death of Fujishima Motoharu, president of a medium-sized firm, triggers a fierce battle over his estate inheritance among family...

The day before his exhibition, world-renowned painter Tamura discovers that his own work contains a forgery. Meanwhile, the body of a woman with...

A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.

This is a story about a woman who works for the Narita Airport Ground Handling Services. She’s always complaining and is unable to find any...

Based on the popular comic, “Shonan Bakusozoku” illustrates the lives of high school bike fanatics.

A shy high school student meets his childhood friend, who moved away years earlier, and who encourages him to join their school's boxing club.

Two married couples struggle to cope with their sex lives. Kenji and Misaki, a seemingly happy married couple, lead a sexless life. Misaki, whose...

When I was young, Takato Kuroda took a hand at seeing "Qi" at my grandfather Shigaru who was a great feng shui, but since I closed my eyes with fear,...

Based on the 'not quite Sci-Fi, not quite a Romance' manga by the Fujiko F. Fujio. Yuko dreams of being a best selling children's author, but as an...

Kisaragi Hazime and Akahata Satomi, workers of Mihara City Hall in Hiroshima prefecture will try to recover the lost popularity of their official...

This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.

Daisuke is in the 2nd grade of high school and he plays on his school's baseball team. Daisuke then takes part in a gourmet contest with 3 of his...

A popular high school band is scouted by a Tokyo-based record company. The band is involved in a car accident, however, shattering many hopes. The...

Today is a very special day for a young Japanese man, Akira, as the opportunity he's been waiting for since his childhood has finally arrived. He can...

After his parent's divorce, Kazuo Saito moves with his mother from Onomichi and must leave his girlfriend behind. At his new school, Kazuo is...

Popular TV screenwriter Mayumi Taniyama suffers from the dreaded writer's block. When producer Masaya Mukai asks for a screenplay written for him,...

It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter...

A young woman named Izumi suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi, who died from a fatal motorcycle accident. The shock from her boyfriend's sudden...

Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves houses, it is his motto to take great care of the...

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.

Since the great earthquake, Kyota, a 12-year-old boy who lives in Kiryu, never takes off his disaster prevention hood. He's looking forward to having...

Yuichi Kosaka is a salaried businessman in Ueda city. His achievements have not been improved recently, and he is betrayed by the manager of takada....