Hirofumi Arai

Ittetsu and Maitsuko are married, but they are not just any normal couple. They robbed a bank and took a cool million or two from the capitalists. Then they duly vanished. Years have passed and their children have congregated to divide their parents' money, but first there is the matter of arrangements and a funeral.

During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct of his leader. Years after, his dying wife wish was for him to go back to his clan.

Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tournament. At the age of 26, his dream of becoming a professional shogi player collapses due to an age restriction. After he quits playing shogi, he becomes desperate. With the support of his peers, including Yuya Suzuki, and his love of shogi, Shoji Segawa begins to play shogi again. A miracle happens to him.

Kazunari, un joven tranquilo y de buen comportamiento, trabaja en una imprenta. Por otro lado, su hermano mayor, Takushi, es un típico problemático de mal genio que acaba de salir de la cárcel. Yuria, una mujer trabajadora en una imprenta local, tiene una hermana joven, Mako, que es muy atractiva y popular, a diferencia de Yuria. La vida de estos hermanos y hermanas aparece repentinamente, y dos pares de hermanos "gato y perro" aceleran su lucha.

Kusuo Saiki es un estudiante de 16 años de edad. Él nació con poderes psíquicos, pero vacila en usar sus superpoderes delante de otras personas debido a una experiencia de la niñez. Kusuo Saiki ahora trata de mantener una distancia de los demás para ocultar su habilidad de poder psíquico, pero sus compañeros de clase con distinta individualidad se reúnen bajo Kusuo. ¿Puede Kasuo mantener su preciosa vida cotidiana?

Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first sight.

En una era donde los alienígenas han invadido y conquistado el Tokyo feudal, un joven samurai busca trabajo... como puede. Adaptación live-action de la serie homónima.

Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.

Up-and-coming manzai stand-up comedy duo Emi-Abi has lost consummate funny man Unno (a surprisingly touching Tomoya Maeno) to an accident, leaving conceited straight man Jitsudo (Ryu Morioka) to contend with his diminished career prospects as a bland, pretty face entertainer. Guided by his manager Natsumi (Haru Kuroki), who demonstrates stronger comedy chops than her own star, Jitsudo comes to learn the circumstances of his friend's passing, as well as the life-and-death stakes of a career in comedy. Demonstrating a careful balance of tone across tragedy and deadpan and gross-out humor, writer/director Kensaku Watanabe expands "Emi-Abi"'s hilarious premise into a strikingly assured meditation on artistic rivalry and self-actualization.

The Katsuragi Household that runs a small store may appear serene. But as the younger son Minoru commits a murder on the street, the family is exposed to the public. Is there anybody that is behind this murder case?

News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and disappears, but his biggest enemy yet is about to materialise.

Adaptación de la novela de Javier Marias, que trata sobre una pareja formada por un hombre maduro y una mujer mucho más joven que él que se convierten en la obsesión de un escritor en un complejo turístico.

Atsuto was abandoned by his mother when he was young. He now works in the lost and found department at the Hoshigaoka Station. He spends his days imagining about the owner of the lost item, how the item became lost and found. One day, Atsuto learns that his mother committed suicide. His life begins to move ...

Takuji Kameoka is a 37-year-old bachelor whose occupation is a “miscellaneous actor”. His only interest is drinking. One day he falls in love and his boring life begins to change. The film is based on the book “Actor, Takuji Kameoka” by Akito Inui, a five-time nominee for Japan’s most prestigious literary prize, the Akutagawa Prize. Satoko Yokohama, a much-admired up-and-coming newcomer, directs the film and we can immediately tell that she is a special talent, with a unique understanding that flows through to her actors and crew.

One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.

El primer dúo de actores humanos y android del mundo, llamado Android Theatre Project, es una creación colaborativa del famoso dramaturgo japonés Oriza Hirata y el científico líder en robótica Hiroshi Ishiguro. "Sayonara" es un juego androide extraíble y ha sido adaptado para la película del aclamado cineasta Koji Fukada (Hospitalité, Au revoir l'été). En este proyecto cinematográfico, la configuración de la historia se amplía en gran medida, representando el tiempo y el espacio de una manera que solo puede lograrse en el cine, examinando la vida y la muerte a través de la comunicación entre el humano moribundo y el androide inmortal.

Moritaka Mashiro, un estudiante de instituto, se deja su cuaderno en clase. Su compañero Akito Takagi lo encuentra y, tras ver sus dibujos, le propone ser el artista para las historias que escribe, aunque la oferta es rechazada en un primer momento. Takagi entonces le empuja a hablar con Miho Azuki, la chica que le gusta a Mashiro, contándole sus planes de convertirse en profesionales del manga. Resulta que ella, a su vez, quiere ser actriz de doblaje, con lo que deciden que será ella quien le ponga voz y que Mashiro y Azuki se casen cuando alcancen su sueño. Los dos amigos comienzan a trabajar bajo el pseudónimo de Muto Ashirogi.

Only 3 days after A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a streetcar started running through the town burned to the ground. The drivers were teenage girls working for the train company in place of men. The drama is based on a true story of people who strived for the restoration.

Un fiscal y su asistente se encuentran involucrados en la investigación de un accidente en el que la víctima también estaba inmersa en un caso de soborno.

Naoki works as a not so popular host at the host club Akegarasu in Shinagawa, Tokyo. His repayment day is coming soon and he has prepared 10 million yen to pay off his debt. Naoki has a party with his co-workers to celebrate this event, but, when he wakes up the next night, he finds that his money is all gone. Naoki asks his co-workers at the club about his money, but all of them say they didn't see it. Did Naoki dream he had 10 million yen? If He doesn't get the money soon, he will be thrown into the bottom of Tokyo Bay. Naoki can't trust anyone.

Segunda parte de uno de los mangas más aclamados de la historia. Sinichi ha sido capaz de aprender a vivir con uno de sus parásitos en su mano derecha y ahora se siente con la obligación de ayudar al resto del mundo a combatir contra estas criaturas. El destino de la Tierra está en juego y Sinichi junto a su parásito lucharán contra el resto de criaturas extraterrestres. He aquí uno de los manga más aclamados de la historia, en dos películas y en manos de uno de los directores más exitosos del cine nipón.

La Tierra es invadida por unos seres extraterrestres que se introducen en el cerebro de los humanos tomando control de sus cuerpos. Un adolescente impide que se finalice el proceso cuando uno de estos alienígenas se introduce en su mano, terminando como parásito de su cuerpo en una relación en la que ambos tienen sus personalidades intactas. Juntos, lucharán contra el resto de parásitos que devoran humanos.

Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets middle-aged boxer Kano who trains there in silence...

Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school classmate Haruhiko Gyoten. A big crisis then occurs for them.

Kururugi Uni es una chica de secundaria a la que todo le va bien, excepto el idioma inglés. Un día, ella insulta a su profesor suplente de idioma, Sakurai Haruka, y es obligada a ir a su oficina después de clases. Sakurai es el mujeriego que todas las alumnas quieren tener, pero él solo está interesando en una persona: Uni.

Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?

A room in a fancy downtown apartment. The evening orgy kicks off with eight men and women meeting for the first time, including an unemployed guy who pays the 20,000 yen party fee with money from his parents, and a female college student whose run-of-the-mill appearance hides a voracious sexual appetite.

Como manda la tradición de las brujas, al cumplir los 13 años Nicky se ve obligada a abandonar su hogar durante un año entero para desarrollar al completo sus poderes y aprender a usarlos para ayudar a los demás. Montada en su escoba voladora y acompañada por su fiel gato Jiji, Nicky pondrá rumbo a Koriko, un pequeño pueblo costero donde vivirá increíbles aventuras y hará grandes amistades. Pero también tendrá que hacer frente a las dificultades de ser una bruja y tener poderes que la hacen diferente del resto de personas.

A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese characters are slightly different) poses as his wife so that he can attend an open party which is held nightly. Knowing that he’ll get fired if his company doesn’t win the Grand Prix, he’s forced to resort to a variety of desperate tactics.

Dos jóvenes hermanos, Kentaro y Keiko Saeki, empiezan a buscar información sobre su abuelo, que murió en las Fuerzas Especiales del ejército japonés durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Descubren que su abuelo, Kyuzo Miyabe, estaba aterrorizado por la muerte y obsesionado por mantener su vida. Según algunos de sus antiguos compañeros de combate fue un genio, según otros un cobarde. Kentaro y Keiko descubrirán una impactante verdad mantenida en secreto durante 60 años.

In a valley, with a dense growth of trees, a baby is killed. The baby's mother Satomi is arrested as the prime suspect. The police also learn that Satomi is involved in a romantic relationship with her next door neighbor Ozaki. The information was provided by the neighbor's lover Kanako.

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.

Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel.

Professional killer Ken (Hirofumi Arai) is trying to break away from the yakuza. Taking up work at a local motorcycle shop, he forges a new life under the motherly eye of Yoko (Jun Fubuki), an older woman who owns the shop. However, Ken's dark past isn't letting him go that easily. Akira (Jun Murakami), Ken's ruthless mentor and himself an assassin, has been coming around and pressuring Ken to return to the family. Together with orphaned teenager Tsuyoshi (Niinobu Ryomei), Ken decides to take to the road and settle matters in the only way he knows - by the trigger of his gun. Featuring music by Snake on the Beach, a solo project of legendary singer and guitarist Yusuke Chiba, A Road Stained Crimson takes viewers down the high-octane expressway of bikes, guns and rock 'n' roll.

"Blazing Famiglia" centers around a family of former teenage gangsters. Tetsu Hino (Yoshimi Tokui) was once the leader of the most feared motorcycle gang in the Kanto area. Now, Tetsu Hino is middle-aged man who is looked down upon by his rebellious son Shuhei (Kento Hayashi). One day, Tetsu and his old biker gang gather together again after the daughter of a member is assaulted. Tetsu, worried about his day to day life, nevertheless regains the passion from his biker days. Tetsu then finds out that Ken Igarashi (Jun Murakami) is the man behind the attack. Ken Igarashi has had a grudge against Tetsu for a long time.

Otomo sale de la cárcel dispuesto a derrocar al clan Sanno, que lo dio por muerto años atrás. A esta venganza personal se suma una guerra entre familias rivales y, también, la ofensiva de las fuerzas de la ley contra el crimen organizado.

Mirai Suzuki (Yuko Oshima) becomes responsible for her mother's debt which is owed to loan shark Kaoru Ushijima (Takayuki Yamada). To begin paying off her mother's debt, Mirai begins working at a dating cafe. Meanwhile, Jun (Kento Hayashi) is the ambitious and greedy company president for an event group. To borrow money, Jun visits Kaukau Finance owned by Kaoru Ushijima.

Adaptación de un popular manga sobre una joven estrella que llegará a incrementar su paso por la cirugía plástica para mantener su imagen.

When Mutta was 12-years-old and Hibito was 9-years-old the two brothers saw what they thought was an UFO flying towards the moon. They made a pact then to become astronauts and one day fly into space together. Fast forward to the year 2025. Older brother Mutta (Shun Oguri) works as for an automotive company and his younger brother Hibito works as an astronaut. Although Mutta failed to follow through on his childhood promise, after losing his job, he receives a phone call from Hibito which reignites his childhood dream of flying into outer space ...

Para vengarse, la oficina Liar Game es revivida siendo su objetivo Shinichi Akiyama (Matsuda Shota). Debido a la aparición de una nueva heroina Shinomiya (Tabe Mikako), Shinichi que seguía negandose a participar en el juego se encuentra dentro del mismo junto a otros 19 jugadores que compiten por 2 millones de yenes. Omega (Esumi Makiko), que revivió el juego junto a Alice (Ashida Mana), crean el nuevo juego escogiendo a los jugadores y diseñando las nuevas trampas.

A college senior (Mirai Moriyama) takes a bicycle trip for his last summer vacation. On his trip he comes across drive-in "HOUSE475" and its manager Seii (Hidetoshi Nishijima). The college senior then helps out at the store and becomes influenced by his experience at "HOUSE475".

Deseando morir con dignidad, Hanshiro, un samurái sin recursos pide realizar un ritual de suicidio en la residencia del clan Li, cuyo director es Kageyu, un guerrero obstinado. Tratando de desalentarlo, Kageyu le cuenta la trágica historia de Motome, un joven ronin, que llegó solicitando lo mismo. Remake en 3D de la película homónima de Masaki Kobayashi (1962), con Tatsuya Nakadai en el papel principal.

Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto (Mirai Moriyama) doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki (Masami Nagasawa), pure and naive office worker Rumiko (Kumiko Aso), beautiful shop assistant Ai (Riisa Naka) and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko (Yoko Maki) all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.

Cinta sobre un joven obsesionado con llevar una vida normal y corriente. Cuando el mundo a su alrededor comienza a desmoronarse intenta seguir adelante mirándolo de manera positiva, pero cuando las columnas que aguantaban su "normalidad" acaban por derrumbarse, y los malos pensamientos comienzan a aflorar, tiene que resistir las malas tentaciones.

A rookie editor Hatsumi Takeda becomes an editor of Fujio Akatsuka who is known as the king of gag manga. Hanging out with her, Akatsuka sees through Hatsumi's talent to be crazy, and they gradually become great partners...

Tobio Kurosawa (Ryuta Sato), who has been part of a manzai (stand up comedy) duo for ten years, finds himself in trouble after his partner Tamotsu Ishii (Yuji Ayabe) quits due to their declining popularity and mounting debts. Tobio then attempts to drink his problems away, but the next morning finds himself locked up in a detention center. At the detention center Tobio meets tough dreadlocked Ryuhei Onizuka (Yusuke Kamiji) who has an uncanny knack for comedy. Tobio attempts to recruit Ryuhei to become a partner in a new comedy duo. Once on the outside, they start practicing ...

A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.

Yuriko, a daughter of Yakudza boss is lost in Russia. Here she finds Alexey - a young man who is trying to help her.

A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as part of a demolition crew but become fed up with their jobs. The friends then decide to take a road trip up north to visit Kenta's brother at the Abashiri prison.

En el último día de clase de un instituto, una profesora se despide de los alumnos con el anuncio de que deja la escuela, pero añadiendo una confesión: su hija de cuatro años, fallecida recientemente al ahogarse en la piscina de la escuela, fue en realidad asesinada por dos de los estudiantes de esa misma clase.Y, añade, ya ha puesto en marcha su venganza contra ellos.

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many others also believe Iwao Hakamada has been falsely accused ...

Based on the Japanese legend of 15th century adventurer, Oguri Hangan Daisukeshige, Toyoda places us in a surreal world of tattooed Japanese slave workers whose real life roles serve more as symbols than actual characters. After being hired by a local despot, Daizen, to massage away a nasty venereal disease, Oguri is viley betrayed after refusing to stay longer.

Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kamehameha I and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth of England. In actuality, the man is a marriage swindler looking for his next big score.

This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by Osamu Dazai, the story centers less on the womanizing, heavy-drinking, suicidal hero than on the wife who loves him. Written by Palm Springs International Film Festival

On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo, one of the employees, trying to convince the others that they will get good luck and fortune in his next life, and persuades them because they commit suicide to get there faster. It ends, however, in a single major failure. Rather than flee Shinjo being picked up by a Russian ship. Once there, he is overwhelmed by the social conditions that are completely different from those he has just left and decided therefore to return to Kanikosen to save their employees.

In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.

The suicide of a female teacher 15 years ago was actually a murder. A new investigation team, spearheaded by Mizorogi, is formed based on new information turned in to the police. Obsessed about cracking cases right up till the statute of limitation, Mizoguchi has a bitter thought about a 300 million yen case that has reached the statute of limitation... When he goes to investigate the male high school student(s) whom the woman had taught and other persons related to the deceased, he sees an unexpected connection with another case...

The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the 122.7 kilometers long Route 246 passes through Japanese trendsetting areas such as Aoyama, Omotesando, Harajuku, and Shibuya, on its way to Numazu City in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.

Tokuichi y Fukuichi son dos masajistas ciegos que ejercen su oficio en las fuentes termales de la Península de Izu, en el Japón de los años 30. Ambos han desarrollado un sexto sentido para percibir cosas que un vidente es incapaz de ver. Estos poderes sensoriales impresionan a los turistas de un balneario estival, entre los cuales hay grupos de excursionistas, un niño acompañado de su tío, y un misterioso ladrón, pero Tokuichi solo está pendiente de una belleza procedente de Tokio. Remake del film de 1938 "The Masseurs and a Woman" de Hiroshi Shimizu.

When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.

A psychologically thrilling portrait of the severe dysfunction behind a family clinging to decorum and pride.

Rou has returned to the monastery he was raised in. As he listens to the whispering of the Gods through his germanium radio, Rou defies God in every which way and puts religion to the test.

Capitaneados por el sádico Akai, el joven Juzo sufrió toda clase de abusos por parte de sus compañeros de clase. Años después, Juzo es contratado en la empresa en la que trabaja Akai, vive en un apartamento justo debajo del suyo y los abusos vuelven a repetirse. Número 13, el terrorífico alter ego de Juzo, hará su aparición para acabar con los culpables y todo aquél que le salga al paso. Videoclipero y publicista de pro, Inoue debuta en el cine con la adaptación de este popular manga cuya aparente calma no hace sino presagiar la peor de las tormentas. Atentos al cameo de Takashi Miike.

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.

Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the attention of television stations and newspapers, and soon even the cops became involved in this teenage adventure.

Heaven's Bookstore is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara about a struggling classical pianist who is sent to heaven to work in a bookstore. It is based on two novels, written by Atsushi Matsuhisa and Wataru Tanaka.

A story about a hitman named Hayamada who carries a distinctive red gun. As the film progresses we discover the reason for his work, and how he came to be alone. His aim right now is to reach a desitination, but he’s late.

Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.

A man is trying to flee from his past, and he ends up in an underworld filled with strange characters. He finds a job skewering meat in a dirty old room in a shabby old house filled with prostitutes, gangsters and a weird old tattoo master. He clearly doesn't fit in to this new world, and the inhabitants of it immediately despise him.

Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.

Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.

Sugihara es un joven coreano residente en Japón que, a pesar de ser inmigrante de segunda generación, trata de integrarse en un mundo que le discrimina racialmente.

La historia de Blue Spring se desarrolla en un instituto (koukou) para chicos, concentrándose en un grupo de ellos en su último año en el instituto antes de su ingreso en la universidad, quienes van a decidir su próximo líder a través del juego de las palmadas. Agarrados a la barandilla del tejado de la escuela, quien dé más palmadas sin caerse, se convierte en líder del grupo y del instituto.