Shinsuke Ashida

Three Sisters

The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.

Life of a Flower

The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.

Genroku Taiheiki

Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho

In this gripping period drama, Matsudaira Ukon, the younger brother of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun Ienari, lives i...

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief...

Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi

Through the lives of people aging in a seaside retirement home, the drama depicts the aging process that comes...

Spring Bell

Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wi...

Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

The tumultuous life of the fallen Isoroku Yamamoto is depicted, along with his family, friends, and subordinate...

Wandering Wolf: Ryu the Branded Cross

Based on the novel of the same name by Jiro Ikushima, this drama series aired on NET TV (now TV Asahi) in 1972...

Shogun's Samurai

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son...

The Fall of Ako Castle

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of...

Gate of Flesh

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money f...

Musashibo Benkei

After being carried in his mother’s womb for three years, Benkei is born with long hair and teeth and the body...

Take Aim at the Police Van

A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.

Succession

A bumbling stockbroker-turned-yakuza is tasked with ensuring that an alcoholic boss is up to the task of arbitr...

Four Days of Snow and Blood

Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist par...

A Taxing Woman

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a susp...

Stakeout

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to r...

Red Angel

In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanes...

Crazed Fruit

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and...

Never Give Up

Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko...

How Sorrowful

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about...

Men and War III: The Final Chapter

Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family...

The Shadow Within

When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to mu...

Death of a Tea Master

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of...

Stray Dog

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated...

Call from Darkness

Keiko Inagawa pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo Tamura. A mysterious case involving th...

The Incident

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days...

The Yoshida School

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the revers...

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family...

A Man With Dragon Tattoos

In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are...

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they...

If Indeed One Loves

The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" (dir. Kozab...

My Second Brother

The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling...

The Sands of Kurobe

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transport...

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Sod...