Aki Takejo

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

Ie Naki Ko

"Don't pity me, just give me money." A smart little girl, Suzu, for the sake of her beloved sick mother, has no...

Watashi no Aozora

This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at the tip of a...

The Ballad of Narayama

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mo...

Memories of Matsuko

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the cru...

Supermarket Woman

A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas f...

The Little House

Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several p...

海を渡った愛と殺意

Choji Snack Bar

Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the l...

Woman in Witness Protection

Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murde...

Demon

Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old lif...

Gambling Code and Feuds

It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a...

Sensei

In one of the districts of Tokyo, an old school is planned to be torn down after the summer holidays. The only...

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the lo...

Kewaishi

Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th S...

Nikutai no akuma

A high school boy with violent impulsive tendencies begins a troubled relationship with an older woman he sees...

The Great Department Store Robbery

Iden & Tity

If you loved movies such as Shonen Merikensack and GS Wonderland, then this one, which predates the former, wil...

Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio

With the help of the real-life pachislot gambling group "Capone," the film depicts the friendship between a man...

Children on the Island

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her...

Snowland Revisited

Kunio Shibano was bankrupted. He visits a snowland spa area to commit suicide. But he meets Geisha Moeko, and s...

Comedy actors: Cooper and Gable

This film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue, which tells the story of a comedian...

Oshin

Oshin comes from a family of poor rice farmers. Her father and brother must work in the fields and her grandmot...

The Extravagant Cops

Sosuke Loses His Lover

Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a travelin...

Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On

Terra Warrior Ψ BOY

Six year old Momoko and Motoharu are turned suddenly into High school students. And more than that they have no...

Dream Street

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

Foster Daddy, Tora!

After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she...

Ore to aitsu no monogatari

Father Avenger

Master director Sadao Nakajima brings to life the adventures of Shohachi, a ronin (masterless samurai) searchin...

The Rapeman 7

More super heroic sex-n-violence adventures with the world's first superhero rapist! If you liked 1 - 6 then yo...

Hissatsu shimatsunin

A former assassin is drawn into a conspiracy which leads him to return to his old ways, endangering his brother...

Love Tomato

Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met...

The Rapeman 6

After Sunflower Orphanage burns down, Keisuke and Uncle decide to re-open Rapeman Services to raise money for r...

Flying

A young woman aspires to be a motorboat racing champion.