Movies

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...

Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo....

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic...

Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is...

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.

A boy, who is separated from his mother in an air raid, endures suffering and grief alongside his kind uncle.

In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents...

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa