Yōsuke Natsuki

A narrative feature made from a collage of clips from various films around the world.

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

Koji trades in his GT-R32 for an R35 and takes on his rival once more, with his Top Secret car tuner putting everything on the line for a final win.

When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.

Jacky plays the role of Takeru, a street-smart half-Japanese, half-Filipino, who falls in love with Kristine, the daughter of his rich Filipino boss. Despite Takeru and Kristine's mutual feelings, their relationship is hindered by the big gap in their social status and persistent mockery and discrimination from Kristine's arrogant brother John.

Ambientada en Japón, durante los primeros años de la Era Showa (1932). Un trío de karatekas de un pequeño dojo, ubicado en los bosques del centro de Kyushu, están bajo la tutela del anciano maestro llamado Eiken Shibahara. Entre ellos se debaten el Kuroi Obi, que designará al sucesor del dojo. Choei, Taiken y Giryu se enfrentan a una compañía de la policía militar Kenpeitai, que ha llegado a requisar su dojo para usarlo como una base militar.

Min-joon es una creyente en el verdadero amor y siempre muy dedicada a su novio actual. Distraída por la última ruptura, se mete en un coche y un hombre salga de ella - que resulta ser su nuevo jefe, Robin Heiden. Heiden tiene ideas muy claras acerca de una relación y el amor: ambos son un juego de poder y Min-Joon busca consejo de él, ya que no quiere ser volcado de nuevo. Sin embargo, cuando comienza a tratar a hombres como Heiden trata a las mujeres, ella se da cuenta de que prefiere su comportamiento más antiguo, aunque eso signifique que se vuelque a descargar; ella no ve el amor como un juego de poder y nunca lo hará. Heiden, que tiene que lidiar con su propia angustia, ya que amaba a una mujer tanto que tuvo que dispararle para hacerle entender que no estaba interesada en él, comienza a suavizar la actitud de Min-joon hacia la vida. Él finalmente se enamora de ella y ambos entran en una relación real y un final feliz de los suyos.

Yakuza Naoki Sando (Yosuke Natsuki) discovers his daughter Hiroko (Kumi Kaneko) in bed with his adopted son Kohji (Yusuke Iseya). Three years later, Kohji is working the streets as a hustler, still yearning for a way to earn his estranged father's approval to continue his borderline incestuous relationship. Hiroko sees a way back to her brother's arms when Sando's shady colleague Marc Tanner (François Trottier) absconds to Canada with gambling funds destined for the big boss. Presumably with her father's permission, she calls Kohji and tells him to hurry to Montréal, recover the money and kill Tanner.

A non-prolific writer, Takayama Osamu and his wife, Yoshiko, though not blessed with children, live happily together. They should have had peaceful twilight years, but instead, Yoshiko suffers from Alzheimer's Disease, and Osamu also falls ill. Yoshiko, who cannot cope with daily life any longer, goes into a care home, and Osamu is admitted to a hospital, resulting in them living their remaining lives separately. One day, after some time, the couple who have kept battling their illnesses, manage to meet each other. Osamu breathes his last breath on the following day. People around Yoshiko find it difficult to inform her, but she seems to sense Osamu's death.

The Dragon Tiger brothers who live as yakuza in the Han Chinese district of Japan. The arm of his brother, Noboru, is engraved with a dragon rising to the sky, and the arm of his brother, Takeshi, is engraved with a tattoo symbolizing himself. After the war, they draw the blood of Sangokujin Wang Haidong, who was killed in a mutiny in abandoned Japan, but has been gratefully serving the leader of the Takeda group who murdered his father. One day the group leader tells them to take over the group. Honda, a young leader who is not convinced by this, partnered with the head of black society, Wang Rei, and began taking over the Han Chinese district and the Takeda group. As a result, brothers Ryu-Tora and Wang Retsu will play a deadly battle without meeting the real brothers who draw Wang Haidong's blood.

A new yakuza war erupts in Hiroshima

An insecure young Asian man meets an interesting sensual European woman who teaches him the secrets of love and life.

Originalmente lanzado en Japón como "The Return of Godzilla" en 1984, esta es la reeditada y re-titulada "Godzilla 1985". Añadiendo nuevas imágenes de Raymond Burr, esta decimosexta película de Godzilla ignora todas las secuelas anteriores y sirve como un seguimiento directo de "Godzilla King of the Monsters" de 1956, que también presentó escenas con Burr editadas en "Godzilla" de 1954. Esta película restaura el tono más oscuro del original, ya que somos testigos de la destrucción nuclear de un lagarto gigante que aterroriza a Japón.

Based on the comic book of the same name by Youko Shouji

Despúes de treinta años del primer ataque del dinosaurio mutante, el mismo periodista vuelve a enfrentarse a Godzilla.

A cop, Katayama, gains the trust of a mother and daughter whose father, Nishina, is missing after being accused of killing a gang boss.

Set in the wilderness of Hokkaido, the story of a couple in their 30s and a couple in their 20s is drawn, and the subtle emotions of the two men and women are depicted with intense Eros and delicate images under the theme of marriage exchange.

In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and start living alone with his mangy dog. One day a young mediocre boxer knocks at the door and wants to be Hayatos apprentice.

An inspirational teacher is the focus of this Japanese drama. After his friend kills himself, Natsuki takes a teaching job on an isolated island. His new students, the children of ignorant fishermen, can see no value in education; therefore, they have no desire to learn. Natsuki then introduces the children to volleyball. The kids are immediately fired up by the game. After winning the island tourney, they go on to win the national championship. Suddenly learning has taken on a whole new dimension. Meanwhile Natsuki gets married. Unfortunately for his wife, he refuses to leave the island.

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them.

Tres monstruos (Mothra, Godzilla y Rodan) se alían para salvar al Japón (y al mundo entero, occidental y no occidental) de la destrucción a la que se ve amenazado por el terrible monstruo de tres cabezas Ghidorah.

En todas partes del mundo se suceden robos de diamantes de manera casi simultánea. En Japón el inexperto inspector Kommei es asignado a rastrear una banda de ladrones de piedras preciosas, quienes se cree que son los principales responsables a nivel local. Pero a medida que avanza la investigación, empiezan a relacionar la desaparición de los diamantes con la presencia de un gigantesco monstruo espacial que se encuentra en la órbita de la Tierra. Y es que la ameba gigante parece alimentarse de todos los derivados de carbono. La inquietud que acosa a la humanidad es qué pasara cuando las reservas de carbón y diamantes se agoten en el planeta. Y la sospecha puntual es que Dogora comience a asimilar seres humanos, cuyos cuerpos están también compuestos de carbono.

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas.

The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

El Teniente Coronel Senda se resiste a la idea de enviar a los pilotos de los cazas en misiones suicidas. El cree que lo que necesita el ejército japonés para volver a dominar la guerra es que la fuerza aérea reúna a los mejores pilotos en un solo escuadrón para realizar ataques quirúrgicos a los americanos. Despreciados por los Kamikazes, que llaman a los pilotos "no-suicidas" cobardes, la unidad se redime a sí misma cosechando victoria tras victoria. Pero el éxito lleva a los jefes militares a esperar demasiado de la unidad, lo que llevará a un desenlace fatal.

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

Esta impresionante historia épica ha sido a veces etiquetada como la versión japonesa de "Lo Que El Viento Se Llevó". Chusha Ichikawa personifica a un señor feudal poderoso y despiadado que lucha contra el virtuoso y joven noble, Yuzo Kayama. Ichikawa encuentra una victoria parcial cuando engaña a Kayama y lo convence de hacerse el Hara Kiri. La venganza será realizada por los cuarenta y siete samuráis de Kayama. Basada en una leyenda japonesa venerable, la historia de Chushingura ha sido filmada en varias ocasiones, pero sólo la versión de 1941 (47 Ronin) estuvo a la altura de la versión de 1962, del gran director Hiroshi Inagaki.

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

Drama sobre la vida de cinco hijas y la hijastra del dueño de una tienda.

Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy's rescue in times of difficulty.

A fines de la década de 1950 se prohibió la prostitución en Japón y si se encontraba a una mujer ejerciendo esta profesión, se la enviaba a un reformatorio. Esta es la historia de una de estas valientes mujeres Kuniko que sale del reformatorio y trata de construir una nueva vida.

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

En el siglo XIX, en un Japón todavía feudal, un samurái llega a un poblado, donde dos bandas de mercenarios luchan entre sí por el control del territorio. Muy pronto el recién llegado da muestras de ser un guerrero invencible, por lo que los jefes de las dos bandas intentan contratar sus servicios.

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.

Una madre soltera de campo que cría a un niño de 6º grado llega a Tokio, deja al niño para vivir con la familia de su tío, dirige una tienda de comestibles en dificultades y trabaja en una posada local. El chico se hace amigo de una chica, que resulta ser la hija del posadero...

A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.

Koji Kitami pilota uno de los bombarderos de la fuerza aérea japonesa. Él participó en el bombardeo de la base naval americana de Pearl Harbor en 1941, por lo que cuando vuelve a su ciudad natal todos le reciben con honores y orgullo. Esos hechos junto a las victorias japonesas en la guerra hacen que Kitami entre en un estado de exaltación por el honor japonés, algo que no le hará mucho bien cuando la flota nipona es derrotada en la batalla de Midway.

Chuji Kunisada vuelve a su pueblo natal y descubre que Jubei Matsui, un juez corrupto, ha sido el responsable de la destrucción de la familia Kunisada. Una nueva tragedia lleva a Chuji a unirse a una banda que vive en el bosque robando a los ricos para dárselo a los pobres, siempre con un ojo puesto en vengarse del Magistrado Matsui.

Story of young love in the hills.

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.

The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict between old and new morals, and the lives of young people.

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.