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Professional Killers

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that intro...

Haru no Sakamichi

The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori.

Tokyo Story

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their...

Tora! Tora! Tora!

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed...

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...

Hijo no License

Pearl

Miniseries about the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Ningen no Shōmei

TV series produced by MBS and TOEI, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Seiichi Morimura.

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

The sequel to The Yagyu Conspiracy picks up when Yagyu Jubei (Sonny Chiba) has a falling out with the Shogun, a...

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction u...

The Yagyu Conspiracy

It takes place at the time of the Shogunate rule with Shogun Hidetada and who will succeed Hidetada. A struggle...

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son...

ザ・ハングマン

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor w...

Gung Ho

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson...

Yagyu's Secret Quest

Yagyu Abaretabi is the tale of members of the Yagyu Clan and their travels all around the nation seeking to fig...

Japan's Longest Day

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the governmen...

The Inheritance

A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme...

Early Spring

A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks...

The Orphan Brother

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured...

Sound of the Mountain

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for a...

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of th...

Tokyo Twilight

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she w...

Antarctica

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarc...

Portrait of Madame Yuki

A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath her facade...

Tokyo Bordello

A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light...

An Inlet of Muddy Water

A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult...

The Retreat from Kiska

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arriv...

The Second Is a Christian

The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the...

Till We Meet Again

Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with he...

If Indeed One Loves

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

Little Peach

Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until sh...

White Beast

Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation facility.

A Geisha's Diary

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles throu...

The Barbarian and the Geisha

Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country....

The Militarists