Set in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes a living as a shogi gambler (shinken-shi), and Ryuzo Kayama (Masaya Kato) who aims to become a professional player.

Keisuke, a 10-year-old boy, living hard despite being abused by his father, finds a ray of light in ...

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They...

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow ...

Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon starring Te...

Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people ...

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-m...

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every y...

Depressed and in debt, Santoshi tells his young daughter that he is going to find an infamous serial...

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and ...

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor...

Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The...

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggl...

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society...

At midnight, in a residential area of Osaka, a middle aged man is murdered. The person who killed th...

Kokko is a third grade elementary school student. Even though she has a family who loves her, Kokko ...

Asami and Rina are two sisters who are both professional shogi players in the same B League. Both ar...

The main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called Billiken. ...

Daisuke is in the 2nd grade of high school and he plays on his school's baseball team. Daisuke then ...

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneduc...

Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However...