Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and n...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and...

Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined...

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to k...

In order to turn their lives around, three taxi drivers living at the bottom rung of society hatch a...

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife fr...

Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat ...

Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with hi...

In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A c...

Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his aut...

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life...

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force ...

Shizuku Tsukishima is a 3rd grade middle school student. She likes reading books. Shizuku meets Seij...

Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that it’s ...

A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is d...

Shigeo is released from prison and immediately beaten up by some old associates, which results in hi...

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

Kiyosumi's affection for his schoolmate Hari grows after he saves her from bullying, but a dark secr...