A Japanese businessman goes on an unwitting journey of self-discovery when he takes a company trip from Tokyo to a Montana cattle ranch.
The Parakeet King (voice)
La película muestra el crecimiento psicológico de un adolescente a través de interacciones con sus amigos y su tío. Está basada en el libro de 1937 del mismo nombre escrito por Genzaburo Yoshino.
President Ichizo
Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.
Utsuda
Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone and bury them at a cemetery. Makimoto doesn't like to socialise with his colleagues or listen to them. By doing his job, he meets various people and slowly begins to change his life.
A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again. A bittersweet love story inspired by a Jim Jarmusch masterpiece, set in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 1934 (Showa 9), Maj. Gen. Yamamoto Isoroku was ordered to be the chief representative of the preliminary negotiations for the Disarmament Conference to be held in London. If negotiations break down and Japan becomes isolated from the international community, the gap with Britain and the United States will deepen, and it may eventually become a war. Knowing the mighty national power of the United States and thinking that war should be avoided, Yamamoto is forced to make a tough decision with the speculation of senior military personnel who want to withdraw from the disarmament system and hope for a path to arms race. Under such circumstances, Yamamoto comes up with a secret plan!
Kijima
Tras ser envenenada sin remedio, una implacable criminal tiene menos de 24 horas para vengarse de sus enemigos y, durante el proceso, se forma un vínculo inesperado con la hija de una de sus víctimas anteriores.
Towards the end of WWII, the Navy gave the Kyoto University's physics lab the secret of a bomb that makes use of nuclear fission energy. While doing research to save Japan, the researchers there wonder if they should promote the development of weapons as scientists. Research enthusiast Ishimura Osamu tries to experiment purely but is at the mercy of the time period. His brother, Hiroyuki, also has to face the truth of the war. Asakura Setsu wants only to talk about the future. A story based on historical facts about youth during the tragedy of war.
Cinco historias vagamente conectadas sobre los secretos y las mentiras, los miedos y las lágrimas, y los chistes pueriles que marcan los encuentros diarios (y en un caso espeluznante, nocturnos) de los personajes.
Daisaku Nikaido
Hayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
An old Chinese woman visits Japan to find her missing daughter whom she adopted in post-WWII China. Her granddaughter and a retired Japanese policeman join her search.
Sasaki Harubumi
On March 11, 2021, Kiyoshi Onodera, the owner chef of an Italian restaurant overlooking the ocean on the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, invites his friends to his restaurant to drink and party on a day when the disaster area is enveloped in a solemn atmosphere. As his friends wonder about his intentions, Kiyoshi begins to tell them about how he became a desperate alcoholic after losing his restaurant and friends in the Great East Japan Earthquake, and how he rebuilt his restaurant and became a chef in pursuit of the best taste.
Yuji Nojiri
Tras la aparición de una misteriosa caja surge una maldición que comienza a extenderse por todas partes. Parece que la fuente de todo está en el poblado Jukai, escondido en medio del bosque Juka, donde si entras nunca volverás a salir...
Dan (voice)
La historia se desarrolla en una ciudad rodeada por un muro de 4 kilómetros de alto. Como el pueblo está repleto de chimeneas, el cielo siempre está cubierto de humo y nadie sabe cómo es realmente. Una noche, cuando se celebra el festival de Halloween de la ciudad, un repartidor tira sin querer el corazón que debía entegar. Como no encuentra el corazón con tanto humo, decide rendirse. El corazón mientras tanto sigue latiendo allí donde cayó en esta ciudad repleta de chimeneas.
Akira Muramatsu
Single father Kenichi has raised his daughter Miki alone for the past ten years, from when she attended nursery school until her graduation from elementary school. Kenichi is currently 30 years old. His wife Tomoko died at a young age and he has raised Miki alone since that time. While raising his daughter alone, he has encountered various problems.
Nagasaka Tsunejiro
One day, Ezawa Jun, who has trouble with work and in love, gets a ryukin from a goldfish scooping game at a festival. However, she is actually a beautiful girl and she suddenly turns into a human form and appears in front of Jun. Called Ryu, she is looking for the legendary black ranchu and asks Jun for his help. The two strangers begin living together and growing closer. Their fate goes in an unexpected direction.
Junichi Nojima
El fotógrafo de guerra W. Eugene Smith regresa a Japón a documentar los efectos devastadores del envenenamiento por mercurio en las comunidades costeras japonesas.
Hiasa Seigo
Konno moved to Iwate for his job. There, he meets his colleague Hiasa at work. They form a close bond while drinking together, fishing together and doing other activities. One day, Hiasa quits his job without saying anything to Konno. Shortly after, they meet again, but they cannot have that close feeling as they had before. They do not meet again. Time passes and Konno learns that Hiasa went missing. While looking for Hiasa, Konno learns a secret about Hiasa.
Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo
1942, Segunda Guerra Mundial. Después del devastador ataque sorpresa que destruyó Pearl Harbor, la Armada Imperial Japonesa se prepara para un nuevo ataque. Pero el Almirante Nimitz y Dick Best, el mejor piloto de la armada estadounidense, preparan un contraataque al imponente ejército japonés. Dick encabezará un ataque masivo que hará que Japón se dé cuenta de su error. Una decisión que cambió el curso de la historia para siempre. Mientras estos dos titánicos enemigos emprenden una letal batalla para cambiar el rumbo de la guerra, todas las miradas se vuelcan hacia la remota isla de Midway, donde una serie de impactantes ataques aéreos y marítimos pondrán a prueba la potencia y la fortaleza de ambas naciones.
Takashi Hirayama
Natsume Hamanaka was a police rookie with a promising future until she was in a car crash that killed her brother and took her eyesight. Three years later, she gets around with her seeing-eye dog Pal, but she’s unable to get over her regret and devastation.
Oda
Tarō is a vagabond, a wannabe, an urchin, and not what anyone would call mainstream. He does not care. Do not even ask him about his background or age. He would not know and he would not bother. The man meets two others and he begins to experience a new set of conditions.
Osami Nagano
It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and mathematics' expert Tadashi Kai who discovers there are discrepancies between the official cost estimates and the actual figures. They soon find out that they have stumbled upon a conspiracy.
Setsuo Okuzono
Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.
Shigeta
Cinco historias cortas de cinco directores diferentes fijan diez años en el futuro de Japón.
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.
Shuzen Oura
Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by the Kurokaze Han, but they learn that Junoshin Kake lied. Junoshin Kake is given the death sentence and he must think of an escape plan.
Shuichi Tsujiyama (Takumi Saito) is a broke private investigator. While on a job assignment, he is about to catch a crucial moment by taking a picture, but Naomi Arai (Fumi Nikaido) misunderstands the situation. Shuichi Tsujiyama and Naomi Arai struggle physically. Because of this, Shuichi Tsujiyama misses his crucial photo opportunity. Kimie Hasenuma (Mari Natsuki) is a housekeeper who has been employed by Naomi Arai for many years. Kimie Hasenuma asks Shuichi Tsujiyama to be Naomi Arai’s bodyguard.
Hideo Harada
Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya is now a high school senior.
Chief Daibutsu
Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a cheerful publishing assistant who moves into town after marrying Masakazu, a popular mystery writer. Akiko is surprised by the unusual town but enjoys the new curiosities surrounding her. However, just as she was beginning to settle in, a trifling incident sweeps her spirit to the underworld too soon. Convinced that destiny has something else in store for his wife, Masakazu journeys into the underworld to bring back Akiko’s spirit.
Tim Marcoh
El alquimista Edward Elric busca la manera de devolverle el cuerpo a su hermano Al. Pero tanto los militares como unos misteriosos monstruos le vigilan atentamente.
Yoshihiro Sakai
Un abogado de farmacéuticas chino acusado de un crimen que no cometió se asocia con un astuto detective japonés para detener un peligroso complot empresarial. Nueva versión cinematográfica de la novela de Jukô Nishimura, que ya fue adaptada al cine en 1976 por el japonés Jun'ya Satô.
Following the showdown with his arch nemesis Ando, Detective Ango Ishikawa takes on a new case with his uncanny ability to communicate with the dead.
Ryōhei Higashikata
Han pasado 11 años desde la derrota de Dios, el archienemigo de los Joestar. En 1999, Jotaro Kujo fue hasta Morioh, en la ciudad S de la Prefectura M, en Japón, para encontrar el hijo secreto de su abuelo Joseph Joestar, Josuke Higashikata. Sin embargo, Josuke posee la misma habilidad que Jotaro: el Stand. Como si Jotaro los hubiera invocado, un nuevo grupo de usuarios de Stands comienza a actuar. Hay algo en esta ciudad… Josuke actuará para salvar Morioh, la ciudad en la que nació y creció. Jojo Bizarre Adventure es un manga de Hirohiko Araki que ya ha sido adaptado a diferentes formatos como anime, videojuegos, novelas e incluso ha tenido sus spin-offs. El manga está dividido en varias partes, cada una de ellas con diferentes protagonistas.
This work by British director John Caird is one of the four major tragedy by William Shakespeare. In this performance version, the title role will be played by Uchino, uncle Claudius and father's ghost will be played by Hayashi Kunimura, Ophelia will be played by Shihori Kanjiya, Gertrude will be played by Yuko Asano, and Horatio will be played by Yukiya Kitamura.
Tomonori Kitabatake
Shinobi no Kuni nos presenta a Mumon (Satoshi Ono) un personaje que a pesar de ser muy perezoso es también el mejor shinobi de la provincia de Iga. Un día, él mata a un shinobi de una familia diferente para una recompensa. Mumon no sabe que sus acciones conducirán a una batalla mortal entre el cuerpo del shinobi de la provincia de Iga y el cuerpo de Nobukatsu Oda en Ise.
Katsuji Shimada
Keisuke Ninomiya (Yu Yokoyama) works as a construction consultant. Through his work, he becomes acquainted with yakuza Yasuhiko Kuwabara (Kuranosuke Sasaki). One day, film producer Koshimizu brings a movie investment proposal to yakuza leader Shimada. Shimada decide to invest in the film and he assigns Yasuhiko Kuwabara to oversee his investment in the film. Film producer Koshimizu though runs away with their investment money. Keisuke and Yasuhiko struggle to get Shimada’s money back from Koshimizu.
Takumi Ukawa
In a time when the main source of energy was still coal, there was a man who saw the future in oil. Young Tetsuzo Kunioka who hails from Moji, Kitakyushu, rides out into the oil business, but is faced with numerous challenges and competitors who stand in his way, including domestic suppliers and major western oil companies, or the "oil majors". But Tetsuzo never gave up, however despairing the situation was. He always found a way and paved a new road with his unconventional ideas, eccentric actions, and most of all, his caring heart toward his own men. That style of Tetsuzo's was not something that would ever change, even when the tides were against him in a war-lost Japan.
Movie Special of Infinite Challenge
Masao Zaizen : JSDF Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Office
Godzilla, fuerza destructiva insondable para el hombre, resucita en el Tokio de hoy en día para acosar de nuevo ala civilización. Un país aún atormentado por las secuelas de un desastre natural, experimenta de repente el horror catastrófico de Godzilla. Apremiado por la muerte y la desesperación, Japón deberá encontrar el poder para superar este desafío. Primera película de Godzilla realizada en Japón desde "Godzilla: Final Wars" (2004) de Ryuhei Kitamura, dirigida por Hideaki Anno ("Evangelion") y Shinji Higuchi ("Attack on Titan").
The Stranger
La vida de un pueblo coreano es trastornada por una serie de asesinatos, salvajes y misteriosos, que azota por casualidad a la pequeña comunidad rural. Los rumores y las supersticiones se propagan a causa de la presencia, desde hace poco tiempo, de un anciano extranjero que vive como un ermita. Ante la incompetencia de la policía para encontrar al asesino y sin tener una explicación racional, algunos habitantes del pueblo buscan a un chamán. Jong-gu, un policía cuya familia está directamente amenazada, también cree que se trata de crímenes sobrenaturales…
Hideo Harada
After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an untimely death when he was about to expose the corruption of the shogunate becomes determined to expose the collusion between Kannouji, and the unforgivable relationships between the ladies in waiting of the inner palace and the monks. Nui is undertaking this undercover investigation without regard for the danger she is putting herself in, for the sake of Shinnosuke whom she secretly loves
Daisuke
After her brother's death, Alice leave France for Japan and takes refuge in a small village just above the cliffs. Her brother Nathan said to her before he died that he finally founded peace there thanks to a certain Daïsuké. Following his footsteps, Alice will in fact find herself, in a strange and hostile but warm place.
Hideo Harada
When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi starts a karuta club at their high school.
Nakatsuka
Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline the helicopter will be dropped. 8 hours is given as the deadline. Making the situation even more dire, a young child is in the helicopter.
Kubal
Tras la aparición repentina de unos gigantes caníbales que se apoderan del mundo y lo dominan, los hombres intentan protegerse construyendo enormes murallas y encerrándose en su interior. De este modo, viven aislados y completamente privados de libertad.
Genji
A father, a mother, an elder son, a daughter and a younger son. A family of five. For all appearances, a perfectly normal, happy family. But none them related
Fujita Hideo
In June 1945 Yamauchi Fusako goes alone to Manchuria where her husband, Setsuo, a second lieutenant of the Kwantung Army, is based. At that time, 200,000 Japanese had settled in Manchuria, a Japanese occupied territory, as settler communities. Fujita Hideo’s family worked hard to clear the wilderness, but the Soviets are lying in wait for an invasion of Manchuria from the North. Fusako is safely reunited with her husband at the headquarters of the Kwantung Army’s Fifth Training Squadron in Manchuria’s Dahushan. Setsuo also takes good care of his beloved wife, but his position is an instructor to the young soldiers who will eventually carry out suicide attacks. He wonders if he should have summoned her and speaks of these mixed feelings to his commanding officer, Michiba Kazuo, a first lieutenant. Michiba is concerned about Setsuo’s attempts to cherish his wife before the coming showdown on homeland. Fusako learns about life in Manchuria from Michiba’s wife, Etsu.
Kubal
La humanidad está bajo el terror de los titanes, una bestia en la que hace festín de carne humana. Eren Yeager, un joven decidido a hacer el cambio cuando él mismo podría transformar en uno de ellos. Él es la última esperanza de la humanidad
Detective Hirama
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.
Detective Hirama
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.
Junichiro Kakei
A blackmail arrives at Appi ski resort. “We demand 30,000,000 yen as consolation money for the destruction of the environment. If you do not respond to the demand, a time bomb set on the ski slope will be detonated.” If the bomb goes off, it will not only hurt the skiers but trigger an avalanche and cause a major catastrophe. The general manager of the ski pistes, Kurata (Ken Watanabe) pleads for an immediate shutdown of the ski site and reporting to the police, but the president of the ski resort gives priority to business interests and decides to negotiate with the blackmailer. And a negotiation process for a despicable ransom case with a massive hostage of all the skiers at the resort begins.
Dr. Tsujimura
Cuando Kanako, hija pródiga y alumna intachable, desaparece, su madre no duda en llamar a su exmarido, un policía poco ortodoxo. A medida que la investigación avanza, la imagen idealizada de Kanako se va resquebrajando, dejando entrever que, bajo la excelencia, la chica esconde otra vida, más oscura y secreta.
Takeo Koyanagi (Masaki's dad)
Tsukasa tuvo un grave accidente automovilístico cuando era estudiante de secundaria. Todavía sufre los efectos de ese accidente, tiene problemas de memoria y necesita usar una silla de ruedas. Tsukasa se enamora del taxista Masaki. Aunque tienen dificultades, intentan formar una familia feliz juntos, pero se encuentran con otra situación grave.
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
A story about a woman from Yanaka Village, Tochigi Prefecture, which was abolished by the government due to the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident in the late Meiji Period. The drama depicts the struggle of the woman who gradually matures as a person through her encounters with versatile figures, including socialists and writers, after moving to Tokyo.
Akiyama Morikazu
The story is about the emotional and spiritual exchange between an elderly watchmaker and a cheerful and kind young woman who lost her mother in the tsunami of the Great Tohoku Earthquake. The woman asks the watchmaker to repair a wristwatch, which is a precious memento left her by late mother.
Kazushi Kamiyama
Ryoata, un arquitecto obsesionado por el éxito profesional, forma con su joven esposa y su hijo de 6 años una familia ideal. Todas sus referencias se esfuman cuando la maternidad del hospital donde nació su hijo les informa que dos bebes fueron cambiados: el niño que crió no es el suyo y su hijo biológico ha crecido en un medio más modesto...
Wataru, a freelance cameraman who works for a travel magazine in Tokyo. He had aimed to be a teacher but failed to achieve his goal and left home to go to Tokyo. However, he does not do well in Tokyo and has to return to his hometown. Wataru reunites with his former girlfriend who is a primary school teacher now and through his interaction with his family, friends and a group of primary school students who want to take part in a choir contest, he begins to take steps to resurrect his dream of being a teacher.
Muto
Ikegami es un gangster que guarda rencor hacia un viejo rival llamado Muto, de cuya hija Himizu siempre ha estado enamorado. Hirata, un director de cine, y un hombre llamado Kouji también se verán involucrados en este enredo.
Masaharu Kitaoji
La esperada y curiosa adaptación japonesa del western “Unforgiven” (1992) de Clint Eastwood encabezada por el director japonés Sang-il Lee (“Villain“, 2010) nos presenta su primera teaser. Esta versión se va a llamar con el nombre de japonés de “Yurusarezaru Mono” o el mismo “Unforgiven“. El protagonista será Ken Watanabe al que ya le hemos visto acompañando a Tom Cruise en el año 2003 con “El último samurai“, y ha trabajado con el propio Clint Eastwood en el año 2006 con “Cartas desde Iwo Jima“. Esta vez volverá a ser un samurái, aunque uno más violento todavía, que vive jubilado en la isla norteña japonesa de Hokkaido con su esposa, pero será sacado de la jubilación para un último trabajo. Koichi Sato (“Ace Attorney“, 2012) hará el papel correspondiente a Gene Hackman, y Akira Emoto (“The Floating Castle“, 2012), el de Morgan Freeman.
Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop. With the onset of World War II, their family must endure difficult times. Nevertheless, H is filled with curiosity and a sense of justice. Based on the autobiographical novel "Shonen H" by Kappa Senoh (published by Kodansha, July 9, 1999).
Hiro Yosano
The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
The Movie depicts 10 days after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. At a morgue house in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, the workers treat the dead with dignity as they hand over the bodies to their families. Retired funeral worker (Toshiyuki Nishida), finds himself volunteering at the morgue house.
Matsuzou
Ex-bandit Komakichi has a random encounter with an ex-ally, Matsuzou. Seeing each other for the first time in 35 years, the two drink and talk about their past, without revealing their current lifestyles, Matsuzou then recounts an odd story... The doomed reunion slowly steers the old bandits toward a life-changing event.
Ryoichi's Father
Having abandoned modern civilization, Ryoichi lives an isolated, self-sufficient life on a snow-covered mountain and sends mail bombs to the CEOs of corporations and TV networks. One day, he encounters a mysterious creature in the forest. That night, his older brother, who had committed suicide, appears before him at his cabin. The apparition takes Ryoichi beyond a door, where Ryoichi learns the truth about his family.
Feudal Lord
Kanjuro Nomi es un samurai sin espada, solo conserva su funda. Tras abandonar por completo la violencia y embarcarse en un viaje con su hija Tae, ahora está en busca y captura como desertor. Su única opción de salvar la vida es hacerle recuperar la sonrisa al principe, triste desde la muerte de su madre. Para ello dispondrá de 30 días: si no lo logra, deberá cometer sepukku. (FILMAFFINITY)
Boss Tanaka
Kill Bill es una película de acción y suspense de dos partes estrenada en 2003 y 2004 respectivamente, que fue escrita y dirigida por Quentin Tarantino. Kill Bill originalmente fue propuesta para tener un lanzamiento único en los cines, pero con una duración de más de cuatro horas, fue separada en dos volúmenes: Kill Bill: Volumen 1, lanzada a finales de 2003, y Kill Bill: Volumen 2, lanzada a inicios de 2004. Las dos películas fueron bien recibidas por la crítica, muchos notando su estilo de dirección y su homenaje a géneros cinematográficos como las películas de artes marciales hongkonesa, las películas de samuráis, spaghetti western, chicas con armas, violación y venganza. En 2011, las dos películas fueron unidas y, junto a una secuencia animada extensa, fueron estrenadas bajo título de Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair en el New Beverly Cinema, en Los Ángeles, California.
Owner of show place
The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright future ahead of him as the proficient and popular rakugoka (comedic story-teller), Usagi Morinoya. However, because of an injury sustained during the war, his face is covered in bandages, and he suffers from total amnesia. As if trying to recover his memory, the man only keeps mumbling in a hollow voice his trademark rakugo, "Sokotsunagaya".
Three strangers get a strange feeling that something is "calling them." Minor things about their daily lives begin to have significance to them. However, this change causes each of them to distance themselves from those around them.
The kidnapping of some chiefs of police by a rogue ex-policeman is just the beginning for a much much bigger story that it seems at first sight.
Akira Murakami
Tsukiko, whose father died before she was born, lives with her mother Yoko and they provide mutual support for each other. One day, Yoko comes home completely drunk with Kenji, a young man with blond hair, and tells Tsukiko, "I'm going to marry him."
Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.
A Man like Toshusai Sharaku
In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, and becomes entangled in a love triangle. A mystery emerges involving two portraits and the sudden disappearance of the artist Sharaku. Helmed by Cannes-selected director Tatsuji Yamazaki, the film employs kabuki-inspired sequences and stylised sets.
Death row inmate
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 ...
Ikemoto
Varios clanes yakuza se enfrentan en una lucha implacable por alcanzar el poder y la protección del Padrino. Durante muchos años, Otomo ha visto cómo progresaban sus colegas: de los tatuajes elaborados y las falanges seccionadas han pasado a las altas finanzas. Dentro de un mundo donde reinan la corrupción, la traición y la venganza, sus esfuerzos por llegar a la cima, o al menos sobrevivir, no tienen fin porque en ese mundo no existen los héroes.
Tappei Hiki
Based on a true story, "Sunshine Ahead" tells the story of environmentalist Koji Kinjo & his wife who embarks on a ambitious plan to create coral reefs in the sea. Although it takes the couple 10 years to finally succeed, they are able to persevere and become the first persons to ever spawn coral reefs.
Saori's dad
"My Darling is a Foreigner" cuenta las aventuras y desventuras de la autora Saori una mangaka japonesa novia de un extranjero llamado Tony Laszlo, quien es un periodista estadounidense de padre húngaro y madre italiana. Ambos lucharan por la aprobación del padre de Saori durante toda la trama.
Jinzaemon Terat
Relato de un extraordinario romance. El samurai de bajo rango Eguchi se encuentra con Ito, hija de un oficial del clan. Intrigado por la fama de su habilidad con la espada, Eguchi la reta a un duelo que hará saltar chispas.
Ogasawara
Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks him to open a safe full of stolen money. Knowing nothing about it, Saru takes the money briefcase with Mayumi and finds himself with yakuza gangsters and also police in hot pursuit.
Seiji Kanamura
Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?
Bungoro Amabiki
Heizo "The Demon" deals with an arson thief gang known as "Bungoro" the fire thief who leaves a calling card as evidence. As a street notice, showing the thief of Ohno shop, but it is not Bungoro, it's the quick work of a solo member. Heizo Hasegawa with his hands full may have caught a break, it may be a falling out among the thieves.
Seiichiro Yaguchi
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Gonta Takashina
A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital once again finds itself embroiled in a web of intrigue and scandal.The scandal occurs this time in the ER when a mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguichi. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” An unimaginable truth then awaits.
Genji
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.
Kinomoto
There once was a hospital where patients and even doctors & nurses were all weird. Above all, Onuki, a patient who built up his company all by himself from scratch, is a super cranky old man. One day, he meets up a girl called Paco, who cannot retain memory beyond one day due to a car accident. She is reading the same picture book everyday. Onuki starts bonding with Paco after some incident, and begins to doubt his way of living. He starts wanting to do something for Paco with his remaining life, and comes up with a brilliant idea. This pleases Paco, but their fate is?
Murakami
A set of twins -- one a hard-working student and the other a drifter -- team up with a dropout to unlock the secrets of the universe and to build one of their own.
Elder Nagakura
After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner Takezo (Matsumoto Jun) and his bumbling sidekick Shinhachi (Miyagawa Daiuske) hatch a daring plan to help transport the gold out of enemy terrain - in exchange for a share of the stash, of course. With assassins hot in pursuit, Yuki disguises as a male and ventures into the real world with Rukurota and her peasant companions, getting her first taste of danger, toil, and budding romance with the strong-minded and willful Takezo.
Gonta Takashina
Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon that specializes in the highly risky "Batista" procedure to shrink the size of enlarged hearts. Normally this procedure has only a 60% success rate, but "Team Batista" has achieved a run of 26 straight successes....when suddenly 3 patients in a row die on the operating table. Very disturbed, the lead surgeon requests an independent investigation. The hospital turns to Dr. Taguchi who is a specialist in psychosomatic disorders who is shocked to at the assignment because she knows nothing in particular about surgery. Assured, however, that this very lack of insider specialized knowledge is in fact the "objectivity" required, she diligently begins to investigate in her own polite, but persistent manner.
Masayuki Seto
The arrival of a bride-to-be shakes a hapless ski resort and proves to the three young down-and-out local skiers that there is much more to life than they think.
Umon
Basada en una popular novela de Alessandro Baricco. Hervé Joncour (Michael Pitt), un mercader francés del siglo XIX que se dedica al comercio de la seda, está casado con Helene (Keira Knightley). En uno de sus viajes al Japón mantiene un romance clandestino y prohibido con una misteriosa y sensual mujer.
Shiro's father
The bestseller based on Kotaro Isaka, starring Kenji Sakaguchi, directed by Takashi Hara! Muto, who works for a family court, is involved in a bank robbery case with his senior at work, Jinnai. It is released safely, but Muto falls in love at first sight with Miharu, who was held hostage with him. Jinnai predicts Muto that he will meet her again and fall in love, and teaches Miharu's whereabouts. Meanwhile, the day after the incident, Muto was in charge of a boy named Shiro Kihara, who was guided by shoplifting. However, there was something wrong with Shiro's appearance toward his father. Then, Muto learns about Shiro's amazing secret, and the development itself begins suddenly...
Japón se hunde. Una serie de desastres naturales dan el primer aviso: terremotos, erupciones volcánicas, tsunamis... Los científicos auguran que el archipiélago se hundirá en cuarenta años, pero el siguiente pronóstico anuncia que el hundimiento tendrá lugar en 338 días. El primer ministro pacta realojamientos en China, pero sufre un atentado y el liderazgo recae en Saori Takamori, una de sus ministras y la esposa del líder de uno de los equipos científicos que estudian el desastre en primera línea, el profesor Tadokoro. Tadokoro y Saori deberán sellar las cicatrices de su divorcio para trabajar en equipo y dar con la mejor solución posible para evitar el clataclismo
Takagi
Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents at the stage of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, in Japan.
Isekan
En el siglo XVIII, los samuráis que llevaban a cabo actos de venganza eran compensados económicamente por los clanes a los que pertenecían. Un joven samurái que llega a Edo (actual Tokio) con el propósito de vengar a su difunto padre busca a su enemigo por toda la ciudad. El problema es que, además no saber manejar la espada, no tiene realmente ganas de ejecutar su misión. Alojado en una vivienda pobre, pero rica en relaciones humanas, aprende a apreciar de la vida y empieza a cuestionarse el sentido de la venganza.
Eriko's Brother
Los Toshiaki son una familia peculiar que se rige por una única norma "Nunca ocultamos la verdad. Ningún tema es tabú". Pero lo que en apariencia es una familia perfecta, pronto se ira desmoronando a medida que empiezan a salir a la luz los verdaderos secretos que guarda cada miembro
Drama con tintes fantásticos ambientado en la Segunda Guerra Mundial en el que un submarino que porta un arma secreta trata de evitar el plan de lanzar una tercera bomba atómica sobre Japón
Basada en una novela de Iwai Shimako, Jiyuu Renai (también conocida como Bluestockings) se desarrolla durante los días de la Era Taisho en Japón (1912-1926), cuando era difícil para las mujeres tener tanto el amor como una carrera profesional.
Story about the relationship between 3 generations of one family. A son and a young woman, father and his dead friend's wife, grandfather and his new love interest who looks like his granddaughter. It may seem that all of them already found their real happiness outside of their family. But, is it the true happiness?
Satoru Hirase
A Japanese film by Hideyuki Hirayama, Lady Joker is a detective thriller with elements of social commentary on Japanese society that is based on the 1997 bestselling novel by Kaoru Takamura.
A woman as the main character, love and friendship, and one of the
Mr. Ooyama, Ryôko's father
A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to a medical school where he catches the eye of a fellow student. But it’s another who becomes his obsession…the dead woman on the cadaver table.
Major Kumoro
Los Xillian, una raza alienígena, inicia la invasión de la Tierra, primero mediante engaños y después abiertamente, sirviéndose de un pequeño ejército de monstruos gigantes. Solo un grupo de resistencia formado por miembros de la EDF (Earth Defense Force) podrá hacerles frente. Pero para derrotar a los monstruos deberán despertar de su letargo en la Antártida a la peor amenaza que jamás haya conocido la humanidad, pero que ahora podría ser la última esperanza de salvación: el Rey de los Monstruos, Godzilla.
Yong-sang Jo
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.
***Fushiawase wo Anata ni (We Bring You Misfortune) A woman sees a company called "Fushiawase wo Anata ni" (we bring you misfortune) promoting a new sales concept: giving its clients misfortune to motivate them to seek greater happiness. ***Kuuhaku no Hito (Blank Person) A woman wakes up in her bed every morning not remembering the events of the past night, and finding that someone has moved around the things in her room. ***Jigoku wa Manin (Hell Is Full) As there is no more room in hell, the evil/sinful find they cannot die. ***Kako kara no Nikki (Diary from the Past) A struggling author chances upon a diary which changes his life. ***Aketekure (Open Up!) A woman's husband dies in a car accident, but that same evening he is heard pounding on the door for someone to let him in.
Sasaki
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.
Admiral Masaki Igarashi
The movie "Umizaru" is the story of 14 young Japan Coast Guard officers who take part in a grueling training to become rescue divers. They must endure and survive a 50-day training. Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito) and 13 other recruits take part in the training. With his love for the ocean and dream to work as a rescuer at sea, a rescue diver seemed like the perfect occupation for Daisuke.
Boss Tanaka
Tras eliminar a algunos de los miembros de la banda que intentó asesinarla el día de su boda, "Mamba Negra" prosigue su venganza e intenta acabar con el resto de la banda, en especial con su antiguo jefe, Bill, que la dio por muerta dejándola en coma.
Manabu Uemura
Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.
Three short films with the theme of death and dead ends in common.
Hama-chan's supervisor is promoted after many frustrating years with his wayward, fishing-obsessed underling, and Hama-chan's new boss naively tries to retrain him. Later, Su-san and Hama-chan go on a business trip, where they meet a beautiful, warm-hearted truck driver.
The family of 20-year-old Ohta is celebrating his birthday in a restaurant. What was supposed to be a happy familiar reunion turns into a big mess.
Yamamoto
After discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track down the key of the universe, which a fellow prisoner known as the Counterfeit King said he had hidden.
Kojima
Basado en el manga de Tsutomu Takahashi. Tenshu Yashiro ha sido condenado a morir en venganza de la violación de su novia Misako, quien luego se suicidó. Acosado por la culpa, Tenshu acepta su destino con resignación. Pero en la ejecución algo sale mal (o bien) y se le ofrece morir o vivir, pero con un destino incierto. Por supuesto Tenshu elige esta última opción, y es conducido a una habitación donde es encerrado con otro paciente, otro 'superviviente'. Poco a poco el protagonista se va dando cuenta que ambos son ahora parte de un experimento de alucinantes ribetes.
Jin Kirishima
Working long hours in the emergency room, nurse Kana Aoshima befriends musician and frequent hospital patient Shogo Amami. Shogo's therapy visits for his muteness and blindness happen to frequently coincide with Kana's shift, which enables the nurse to get to know the handsome artist well enough to start falling in love with him. Fate intercedes, however, when Shogo is killed after being hit by a car - a development that utterly crushes Kana's will to live. Shogo's spirit is transported to heaven, where it is given the chance to return to Earth to assist Kana through her grieving and to renew her sense of faith in the world - with the only caveat being he cannot reveal his identity to Kana.
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao wo Nusumareta (My Face was Stolen) - starring Inagaki Goro 2. Rental Love - starring Iijima Naoko 3. Oikaketai (I want to Chase [Him/Her]) - starring Kyono Kotomi 4. Chozeikin Taisaku Satsujin Jiken (Countering Excessive Taxation Murder Case) - starring Nishimura Masahiko 5. Kage no Kuni (The Country of Shadows) - starring Sakurai Sachiko
Sei's Father
Twelve year old Sei has hit puberty and is quickly becoming sexually aware, sometimes not as privately as he'd like; erections in school and other inopportune times plague him. He talks about it with his school friends, Kinta and Nyanko, in between their feuding over the affections of classmate Yumi, but can't figure out what to do about it.
Kazuhiko Hashimoto
When a lonely high school girl befriends a strange, mysterious and beautiful girl, it is soon becomes clear that the two girls' meeting was not purely accidental.
Koide
A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their jobs by increasing sales. They do this by developing the VHS standard. They battle with Sony and their standard and ultimately prevail.
Ohara Koji is no ordinary Rookie. He is the Hanshin Tigers' secret weapon. Who would have thought that after two major shoulder injuries, 32-year-old Ohara could become a national sensation?
Yoshizumi
A woman has a fine life with rewarding work, a nice house, and a serious boyfriend in the lowlands of Japan. In walks her long lost husband who years ago disappeared and abandoned her. The wife allows her lost husband to secretly live in her house. More specifically, he lives in the wife's closet. The closet has a peep hole, so he does nothing day and night but watch his wife live her life.
Funaki
Un conocido jefe de la Yakuza (la mafia japonesa) desaparece junto con un botín de 100 millones de yenes. Su mano derecha, el sanguinario y masoquista Kakihara, y el resto del clan, emprenden su búsqueda, ya que no creen que se haya fugado. Para encontrarlo utilizarán todos los métodos que consideren oportunos, ya sea torturando o matando. Así, Kakihara consigue averiguar que lo que pensaban que era una desaparición, es en realidad un asesinato, cometido por un hombre llamado Ichi, un esquizofrénico que cuando pierde el control puede hacer picadillo, literalmente, a cualquiera. Con esto, quiere resarcirse de los traumas de la infancia, aunque lo que consigue es lo contrario. Pero Ichi no esta sólo en esta lucha, le acompañan unos repudiados del clan, destacando a Jijii, que es la cabeza del grupo y quien incita al caos que se organiza.
Suzaku-hougan
Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a trio of fighters known only as the demons. Taking up his sword once more, he sets out to end their murderous terror.
A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a stranger, the enigmatic Keechie.
Michio's Father
A young teen's father dies, and he is sent to an orphanage. He's teased because he stutters almost runs away, until a beautiful, androgynous boy, Yasuo (Sora Toma), convinces him to join the choir.
Kenta Kariyama
Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.
Inspector
A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his ordinary life. One day, he thinks he spots her walking down the street. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or has she somehow returned from the grave?
It depicts the fierce battle between the Shanghai Mafia, who is trying to expand its power with sneaky hands, and Kuroiwa, the young head of the former Ryuo group.
Oba
Koji, a jazz musician, takes a cigarette break in between sets at a Tokyo nightclub. He witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. For the next two hours, Koji and Linda are running from both the hitmen and the police. Mistakenly identified as prime suspects, they have to solve the crime but time is running out: Koji has to be back to perform in his club by midnight, as a very special guest will be attending.
Yasuhisa Yoshikawa
Un cuarentón viudo, a propuesta de un amigo, convoca un casting para una inexistente película con la intención de encontrar una nueva esposa, pero se embarcará en una relación donde las torturas y el dolor físico formarán parte de su vida.
Shibata Toshimitsu
The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired.
Kirishima
Kikujiro schemes to steal Shooting Star, a renowned race horse, and enter him into top prize horse race, but things don't go to plan.
A full-scale drama that visualizes a feature-length novel by Koichi Iiboshi from "Battle Without Honor and Justice." It depicts a shocking rivalry set in Shinjuku, the largest entertainment district in Asia, such as robbery, kidnapping, theft, and the murder of a blue dragon sword. Show Aikawa enthusiastically plays a lone wolf gangster. Co-starring Hitoshi Ozawa and others.
Saburo Wachi
During a quest to find a Taiwanese father's grave, disturbing memories of child abuse are aroused.
Kijima
Fu and Suzu are two pretty anarchist girls who decide to take to the road. They set off on a journey to visit the tomb of a small pig by name Pupu. On the way, they meet Suzu's ex-lover, a gay couple, and a golf player; always getting in trouble. But whenever trouble comes, 'Trunk Man' the hero appears to save them.
Kozo Tahara
La vida es dura en un lejano pueblo japonés. Kozo, el cabeza de familia debe mantener en un triste entorno a su madre, esposa, sobrino e hija.
Shoichiro Shimizu
After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from other young authors. These are often letters containing samples of their work for critique. One large envelope contains a letter. The letter-writer does not provide his name. The letter is a confession of crimes. The letter-writer has no family or friends, and claims to be "ugly beyond description". He is a chair maker and loves his work and all the chairs he creates, even going so far as to claim some sort of intangible connection to his work.
Ijima
An ex-boxer working for a game parlor owner gets caught up in a complex blackmail operation he doesn't understand. Before long he's caught between two yakuza bosses and a mysterious thief who motivation is unknown. Add in the boss' daughter who has a crush on him and watch him struggle to make sense of it all and come out alive.
Japanese trainer
A young rebel falls for the sister of a local kickboxing champion. In order to stay out of jail, he is advised by his parole officer to begin training in the art of kickboxing. His romance with the girl blossoms but comes to a crashing halt when he is forced to face her brother in the ring. When the brother is accidentally killed, the romance ends and the young kickboxer participates in illegal street fights. When the kickboxer has a shot at the Golden Belt against the Japanese champ, he soon learns that this may be the final fight of his life. Written by Ninja01
The main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called Billiken. It's a small god with a pointed head, a fat belly and a characteristic smile. When the casket in which the statuette was found is broken, the spirit of Billiken is free. After that he tries to fulfill the wishes of all those who had prayed to him, but it doesn't always works.
The thug is now back in Shaba as a legendary hitman!
Directed by Banmei Takahashi of "New Love in Tokyo." A drama centered around identity, with a half Korean/Japanese man and a hermaphroditic woman.
Kondo
Two petty gangsters get ransomed by a group of Yakuza members, fortunately they are rescued by a kindly Kindergarten teacher.
Yoichi, Takashi's uncle
The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.
Detective Takahashi
A school bus driver's life is irrevocably altered when his young son is kidnapped and murdered.
Yakuza Boss
A C.I.A. agent is assigned to go to Beijing to look for a hidden "treasure," which turns out to be a woman who has supernatural powers, and is the National Treasure of China.
Tada
A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.
Machine Gunman in Teahouse
Yun-Fat es un duro policía encargado de detener una operación de contrabando de armas y de encontrar al asesino de su compañero. John Woo continúa con su personal estilo de violencia casi poética y tiroteos con ritmo en un thriller que cuenta con numerosos seguidores, toda una cinta de culto dentro del cine de acción. En España se estrenó en el año 1995, resultando un fracaso en taquilla.
First Bodyguard
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.
A tragic love story set against the always volatile and oftenviolent backdrop of Shanghai during the Japanese occupation and at the opening of the Pacific Theater of the Second World War. A nightclub singer becomes involved with both a member of the Chinese resistance and an officer of the Japanese army.
Robber gang chief
Joe, a police officer, has a happy life with his wife, who's pregnant. But one day when he gets a tip that a bank is about to be robbed, he rushes to it but killed. The hostage Gucci then holds the loot. Joe becomes a vampire when a black cat jumps on his body and is hit by lightning. Not until he is sent to the hospital when he passed out, does he notice he's dead and needs electric recharge to be alive. In order to keep his wife from being sad, he doesn't tell her the truth. Even when his best friend Fung and Gucci find it out, he asks them to keep in secret. To get back the loot, the robbers seize both Gucci and Joe's wife, forcing Joe to bring the loot to exchange them. Along with Fung, Joe goes to rescue Gucci and his wife, while his wife delivers a baby. After a severe fight against the robbers, Joe finally wins but drops down as he runs out of his electric power...
Yashimoto
Una pareja de policías de Nueva York viaja a Japón para entregar a un mafioso a la policía nipona, pero éste logra escapar. De modo obsesivo decide quedarse en Japón para capturarle, pero choca con las tradiciones del país.
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag "Tenryu Gumi" gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro. The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional "Kuroiwa Gumi", a much more sadistic and violent group led by godfather Kuroiwa.
Choi
Following a stint in reform school, Ryu (Shinsuke Shimada) returns to his home, the Minami area of Osaka, accompanied by his new friend Ko (Takeshi Masu). He's greeted by his friends, Chabo (Ryusuke Matsumoto) and Ken (Bang-ho Cho). They seek to forge their own path through a multitude of rival gangs in Kita and Minami, including the Hokushin Alliance, backed by the yakuza, the Hope Association, and various other minor factions, including Zainichi Korean groups. What follows is a wild, fast-paced story of violence, revenge, betrayal, and discrimination, that never loses its sense of humor.
