Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines.
A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the su...
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided ...
Genki Ogasawara enrolls in an all boys high school. He then sets out to become popular with girls an...
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the fines...
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...
Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story ...
The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with a...
Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū...
On the verge of a mid-life crisis, a former stand-up comedian believes an appearance on a popular la...
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole ...
The seven secretaries who consist of the "Shadow Army" enjoy peaceful days. They receive a new reque...
Detective Onihei better known as "Heizo the Demon" heads a group of skilled officers, however, one o...
A film depicting the story of Yokota Megumi who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977.
The daughter of a late comic is forced to confront her fears of performing.
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds...
This erotically charged drama traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors a...
Teacher Akira Suzuki breaks away from long-held customs and norms at his school. He tries hard to ha...
Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the ...
In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, al...