Makoto Ôtake

GARO

The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves...

M-1 Grand Prix

The next generation of Manzai duos compete in a fierce battle of wits and laughter, unleashing their best mater...

Brother

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken...

Godzilla vs. Mothra

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

Kubi

Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His v...

Kyoko Aizome's Widow Boarding House

Mount Hakkoda

Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902...

Achilles and the Tortoise

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remai...

Chico Will Scold You!

The show's main protagonist is the 5-year-old title character Chico-chan. An actor wears a costume with an over...

MONSTERS

Hiratsuka Heihachi is loud and impolite, but always smiles. He is a strange detective. Unlike Hiratsuka, Saionj...

Otakus in Love

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.

Stereo Future

Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who...

Himeanole

An ordinary man plays matchmaker to his friend only to realize the girl being pursued is being stalked.

The Man of the Political Economy

Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth ser...

Hong Kong Paradise

Set in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught up in a mysterio...

Maria's Stomach

A carnivorous monster lives on the island of Sipang. A group of office ladies band together to fight it.

Ghost Pub

One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies,...

The Peking Man

In 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army confiscates this...

Angel, My Song Is Your Song

A young man finds out that his ex-lover has only one week left to live, and with the help of angels, he scrambl...

Kako: My Sullen Past

Kako (Fumi Nikaido) is a female high school student. She lives at a restaurant run by her family in Kitashinaga...

Good-bye Dear Friend

A young college student forms an unlikely friendship with the bartender at a "yakuza" bar.

SHORT FILMS

Omnibus of six short films: Return; Ken-do star; Hana to oji-san; Adagietto Sehr, langsam; Nakayoki koto wa yok...

Happy Story Nankai Changgyoku

The Panorama Group, a group of young people who work together with an old professor who is passionate about mak...

I Like You!

A romantic comedy, it comically depicts a great twist of fate between a young man who leads an attractive life...

The Reason Why I Became Ill

An omnibus comedy movie consisting of three short stories. The themes are "My Sweet Little Cancer," "Langerhans...

Last Dance: Divorce Ceremony

Where have all the wives gone who were once driven to tears by their husbands' infidelity? With each passing ye...

Let’s Go Home Someday

1990 Original Video.