Akira Takarada

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

Clouds Over the Hill

Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November...

Godzilla

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to J...

Carnation

Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March...

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

A 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of NHK.

Godzilla

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by D...

Nukata no Ōkimi

A historical romance about the life of Princess Nukata, a Manyo poetess who was loved by two brothers, Emperor...

Godzilla: Final Wars

Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful...

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...

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Ea...

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. Th...

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by...

Godzilla vs. Mothra

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies calle...

Prince Shotoku

In the late 6th century the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state...

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampa...

Chûshingura

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to av...

My name is Reiko Shiratori!

The series follows the rich, beautiful, and stuck-up Reiko Shiratori, who has been in love with her friend Tets...

King Kong Escapes

An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to...

The Storm of the Pacific

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on t...

The Three Treasures

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his fa...

The End of Summer

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health afte...

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance pol...

Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their...

Tales of the Unusual

A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters strand...

Glory to the Filmmaker!

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of diffe...

Godzilla

A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzi...

Tales of a Golden Geisha

Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundrels who don’...

A Wanderer's Notebook

Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the...

Latitude Zero

A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by...

Beast Man Snow Man

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.

The Last War

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

Woman in Witness Protection

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

Yaji and Kita on the Road

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage,...

A Woman's Life

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

Homework

A drama about two young couples, both of them having problem keeping their relationship together.

Love on Rainbow Island

Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet