Masuyo Iwamoto

Kita no kazoku

The 13th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Takahashi in a story about a brother and sister coming of age in Hakodate...

Back of Father

A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.

My Housekeeper Nagisa-san

Twenty-eight-year-old Mei Aihara is a single working woman with no time or talent for housework and romance. Bu...

Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight

Kanji Takizawa worked diligently at a bank, successfully reaching the position of branch manager. Despite the f...

HUNTER - Women After Reward Money

On a return flight to Japan, cabin attendant Isaka Rei arrests a thief at Narita Airport’s International Termin...

Niji wo Oru

The 26th NHK Asadora. Shimazaki Kayo is a woman from Hagi, Yamaguchi, who joins the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanes...

Operation: Mystery

The Science Research Institute (SRI) investigates assorted strange phenomenon in Japan.

A Fading Summer

A major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock ripples within t...

Stepsisters

A moving story of intense love, hate, and reconciliation born out of a fateful encounter between the only daugh...

Marumaru Tsuma

Hikari will perform household chores to perfection for the sake of her husband, Kubota Masazumi. Her own life i...

Shikatsushi: Jô-oh no hôigaku

Matsushita plays Kiriyama Yuki, an assistant professor in forensic science at a university's faculty of medicin...

Ru: Taiwan Express

In 1999, a general trading company in Tokyo celebrates because Shinkansen of Japan wins priority negotiating ri...

Half a Confession

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of moral...

Twinkle

Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a ‘good’...

Kyoto Josei Kisha Series

Suspense Drama Series

Playtime Never Ends

A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's...

A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life

A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan f...

Asu no hanayome

1962 Japanese movie

The Shape of Night

Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate affair with on...

The Kii River

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

Portrait of Chieko

Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. Whe...

Examination Hell

A student, running late on the day of the University of Tokyo entrance exams, calls in a fake bomb threat in or...

Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire

The Private Police

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot,...

Shadow Area

Let's Go, Grandma!

Let's Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Kinuyo Tanaka plays the...

My Destiny

受験地獄

Nihon no aozora

Raia Prays For…

Goro is an archeologist, fascinated with the national treasure Gassho clay figure and remains from the Jomon pe...

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō

1963 Japanese movie

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears

First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit

Based on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II

Song of Vengeance

Executive management of a major Tokyo construction company are getting bumped off one after another. It seems o...

The Unmarked Path

To solve the mystery of her deceased husband, his wife departs to Shinshu.

ふたつの昨日と僕の未来

Kaito was a marathon runner and hoped to compete in the Olympics. He gave up those dreams after an injury. Kait...