Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss ...

Yuta lives in an orphanage while waiting for her mother to pick her up. One day, Yuta, who happened ...

Detective Onihei better known as "Heizo the Demon" heads a group of skilled officers, however, one o...

The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with a...

Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa...

A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world impos...

A young man is anguished that Koreans cannot volunteer to join to Japanese Imperial Army.

Ono Yasuomi is a cram school teacher with poor communication skills. He hopes to get married but doe...

A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local ...

2 days until the “Last Graduation Ceremony” of high school, the building was to be demolished. Each ...

[Period covered: 1595-1600] We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon, as he was about to be boiled alive. B...
The country of Iga is deep in the throws of war. With smaller villages falling one by one, the large...
In the world of the Ninja, fighting skills play a small role in one's rank in the Shinobi order. Kag...

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and l...

Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood frie...

Genki Ogasawara enrolls in an all boys high school. He then sets out to become popular with girls an...

It was a tumultuous time. In the early Meiji period, there was the first photographer in Japan who l...

Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the b...

Dissipated Tokyo playwright, Kosuke has retreated to the countryside after deciding that he's done w...

A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.