Masaya Kato

This is Kamui No Uta

Manga artist "Shinji Izumoto" has secured a movie deal. He should be celebrating, but he's going blind, his manga series has been canceled, and he can no longer care for his grandmother. All alone, Shinji makes the devastating decision to jump off a balcony. When "Hibiki Aida", a deaf fan of his, saves Shinji, they begin an unusual life together.

Progressing from sound to color, Lighting Over the Beyond is a road movie that traces the roots of cinema and the history of war while asking "What is war?" and "What is an enemy?".

Kaisei Sakamoto is a 16 year old boy who is inclined to settle everything with his fists. He grew up in a town where you can see both Nagazaki and Gunkanjima, living with his father. His father, Genkai Sakamoto, runs a small ramen shop. The father-son duo has just recently had a large fight. The story showcases fragments of one's youth and the questions that crop up while growing up.

Three siblings share a home with their parents living a happy life. The oldest one is good-looking guy, which is something of a contrast from his younger brother who is at school. The youngest one is the girl and has two brothers to protect her. And then there is Sakura, the family's dog who is always by their side. The fate of this quirky but happy family changes drastically after Hajime, the family's hero-like figure, encounters a tragic accident...

Hiroshima Theater Number One is a venerable strip club on the verge of shutting down. Theater head Kinoshita takes to the stage for the theater's final night and stands before famous strippers and mysterious young dancers to reminisce about the glorious past and his secret love affair with a certain dancer.

Kazuto Ishikawa is a first-class architect. He is married to Kiyomi. They have a son, Tadashi, who attends high school and a daughter, Miyabi, who attends middle school. They live together in a refined home, designed by Kazuto. An injury causes Tadashi to quit playing soccer. Since that time, Tadashi often stays out all night without permission. One evening, Tadashi leaves home and does not return. Kazuto and Kiyomi become worried about their son and consider going to the police. News then reveals the murder of Tadashi's classmate. The police suspect that Tadashi might be involved in the murder.

Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off and the trash is piling up. One late night, Toko enters a gloomy building in order to escape from a threatening stalker, Tomita. There she finds a handgun. She brings it back home and confirms it is loaded with four bullets. One day, the family living next door who have already been enduring poverty and violence end up murdering a man. Toko helps them bury the man's body, shooting it with the handgun. Toko becomes captivated by the gun itself. She is further entangled in the true circumstances of the incident due to the detective searching for the handgun and a suspicious man Kazunari who knows a secret about the handgun. Toko tries to throw herself into the whirlpool but then the lid is blown off her "past."

The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is the master of the ceremony. Enter a mysterious new woman named Shino about whom the two have a feeling.

Fuyuki is an established artist who runs several bars in Yokohama. One day, injured Shinji runs into his bar. He always idolizes Fuyuki as his elder brother. Shinji is a member of the charity group which looks after troubled young girls in Yokohama. Fuyuki decides to help Shinji who is in a trouble with Yakuza for helping an underage girl out of their prostitution business. In the midst of getting involved in this conflict, Fuyuki learns that his dearest love, Kyoko has a very short time to live, and he feels a strong desire to express his love for Kyoko in a painting...

Ubicado en la dinastía Qin durante el período de los estados en guerra en la antigua China. Shin era un huérfano de guerra. Sueña con convertirse en un gran general. Shin tiene un encuentro fatídico con el joven rey Eisei. El rey Eisei tiene como objetivo unificar a toda China.

A tale of three families on a remote island.

After losing his son, Tatsuya is anguished by the danger of his ancient family line coming to an end. His mother Haru urges him to embark on a loveless second marriage, and meanwhile he secretly hopes that his daughter Yoshiko will marry a husband willing to adopt the Nikaido name and follow in his footsteps.

Six Stories based on Six Songs.

A young woman grows emotionally as she overcomes the deaths of those dear to her after meeting a female mortician..

Dos miembros de S.W.O.R.D ganan contra Wangan Rengogun, que es conducido por Kohaku. Sin embargo, aparecen las bandas más brutales. Las pandillas son Doubt, dirigido por Ranmaru Hayashi, y Prison Gang, dirigido por Jesse. Estas pandillas intentan dominar el área controlada por SWORD. Finalmente, Doubt, con la ayuda de Prison Gang, desafía a White Rascals a luchar.

Yumeji (Taro Suruga) is married to Tamaki (Tomoka Kurotani) and they have a son. Tamaki was a model for Yumeji. He makes a living by running a picture store. Due to his dissatisfaction as an artist and his own inner conflicts, he spends his days doing other things besides painting. Meanwhile, he has lots of female fans. They are fascinated by his sexual charm. He meets Hikono (Arisa Komiya) and falls in love with her.

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

Un soldado de misterioso pasado decide volver a liberar la bestia que habita en su interior cuando tiene que proteger aquello que más quiere.

Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada.

Kenji vive en Tokio, donde trabaja para mandar dinero a su hermana Mayumi, que se trasladó a Los Ángeles con la idea de convertirse en actriz. Tras varias semanas sin tener noticias de ella, Kenji viaja a Estados Unidos con la intención de encontrar a Mayumi, que ha sido capturada por una secta. Lo que los fanáticos no saben es que Kenji quiere mucho a su hermanita... y que es un maestro del kárate.

This omnibus film brings together three globally acclaimed directors from Asia with a common theme 'Living Together in Asia' to depict the lives of characters who journey between Japan, Cambodia, the Philippines and Malaysia. Brillante Mendoza grapples with the issue of loss of national identity and home, with a story set in the Obihiro area of Hokkaido and Manila in the Philippines. Isao Yukisada directs a story in Malaysia where the Japanese army was once stationed but is now home to many Japanese retirees living out their remaining years. An elderly man has parted from his family in Japan to live alone in Penang, but when a new helper comes to the house, he slowly opens his mind and an unexpected bond forms between the two. Finally director Sotho Kulikar conveys a beautiful but heart-rending love story between a Japanese man and Cambodian woman that unfolds across past and present against the backdrop of Cambodia's civil war.

Childhood best friends. Cousins. Housemates. Coworkers. Eight stories of unrequited love, eight sets of people who weren't meant to be together. Several short films put together under the common theme of One Sided Love: ***My Nickname is Butatchi ***Something Blue ***Asahan no Yuge ***Kataomoi Supairaru ***Usotsuki no Koi ***Ibu no Okurimono ***Radio Personality ***Boku no Sabotin

Dora (Ryo Ryusei) and associates runs a badger game scheme to extort victims out of money. One day though, their target looks like an ordinary guy, but he turns out to be a yakuza. Dora and his associates fall into a far darker world. Dora steps into a business that offers to take revenge on others by any means necessary.

En el siglo XXI, la humanidad decidió empezar el proceso de terraformación de Marte, y se envió una nave con musgo y cucarachas para que generasen una atmósfera adecuada. 500 años después, un grupo de personas es enviado al planeta rojo con el objetivo de exterminar a las cucarachas. El problema es que estas han evolucionado... y que odian a los humanos. Un nuevo delirio de Miike, basado en un manga, y con acción a prueba de insecticidas.

Kurumi suddenly gave up opening a cafe with her friend. She hears that her grandfather Takeshi collapsed and goes to visit him in her hometown of Sendai. Takeshi entrusts Kurumi to open a cafe which closed temporarily due to the earthquake, but Kurumi doesn't know what to do. Takeshi hopes Kurumi finds her own way to live. There's not much time left for Takeshi and Kurumi.

Part of the Shûhei Fujisawa New Drama Series.

Ando can't accept this his daughter Kana committed suicide. Kana fell from the ledge of a school building and died. Ando attempts to find out the truth behind his daughter's death. He becomes suspicious of his daughter's former classmate, Saki. Saki isn't a typical high school student and she aspires to work in show business. She dominates her high school with her charisma.

Ando can't accept this his daughter Kana committed suicide. Kana fell from the ledge of a school building and died. Ando attempts to find out the truth behind his daughter's death. He becomes suspicious of his daughter's former classmate, Saki. Saki isn't a typical high school student and she aspires to work in show business. She dominates her high school with her charisma.

Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child. Now, she's a detective, and there are signs that the kidnapper may be back again after 20 years.

Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the Investigation #1 of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to take on the organization, but Natsumi becomes involved in a new case. She gets closer to the final enemy.

A meeting in the middle of Tokyo between Jan, a middle age French photographer who is living his life carelessly, and Flare, a 17 years old runaway girl with a complicate family background. Charmed by Jan’s works, a budding of love soon developed in Flare. While attracted to the wild life of Jan, she holds onto a complicated feelings. With this swaying conflicts inside of her, it painted a vivid picture of growing up in this Japan – France collaboration work of a painful love story.

A woman has an ugly face. She has been called 'monster' since childhood. A case occurs in her town that leads to her being ejected and a relocation to Tokyo. She obtains plastic surgery and begins working as a prostitute. She makes some dough and extends the plastic surgery to her entire body. She changes her name and begins a new life. The perfect body leads her to think about men and her hometown.

A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' The team investigates a grisly video circulating online that asks viewers to answer 'yes' or 'no' questions with potentially deadly outcomes.

A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' Just as a girl asks the team for help finding her missing father, a man calls to say he has four hostages and makes a cryptic request.

After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato, is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list. Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. The device contains information on a secret organization within the police department. Kazuo tells Natsumi that the series of murders are warnings and suspects become the next victims. Natsumi is then arrested as a suspect. Tokyo prosecutor Katsuaki Murakami appears at the Nishimonbetsu Police Station to investigate.

Nick (Jackie Chan) es un inmigrante chino, que ha entrado ilegalmente en Japón en busca de su novia y de un futuro mejor. Al principio, malvive explotado junto a otros compatriotas con los que arriesga su vida y su libertad a cambio de un mísero salario. Al descubrir, por azar, que su novia es ahora la esposa de un jefe Yakuza, decide entrar en el mundo del crimen organizado convirtiéndose en poco tiempo, con la ayuda del jefe Yakuza a quién casualmente salva la vida, en un auténtico líder, aprendiendo como sobrevivir en un mundo donde la corrupción, el asesinato y las luchas internas entre las distintas mafias, ponen constantemente a prueba su liderazgo y sus principios.

Yuka, a troubled young woman who suddenly begins working part-time as a high-class call girl, finds unexpected romance while on the job.

Tony, Max, and Rei, who are mixed-race children of Japanese and Filipino, have lived together as brothers and sisters with no blood connection from a young age, despite the fact that they are discriminated Eventually, Tony One day, seemed to have an opportunity to score a big difference in the underworld...

Sayaka Miyamoto (Nao Matsushita) and Keita Fukushima (Terunosuke Takezai) attend the same university and believe their love for each other will never end. However, as time goes by and they graduate, their future starts to part as they both begin moving forward to capture their own dreams. Now in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain, the former lovers cross paths once again.

When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger.

When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger.

Miyuki receives an invitation from her friend Hikune Youhei to the themed inn called "Ruins", located in a virtual ghost town haunted by the legend of a vampire. However, what Kindaichi had originally dismissed as spooky rumours with no basis became horribly real when their fellow guests staying at the inn are found dead one by one, with their bodies drained of blood and wounds in their necks that resembled vampire bites

A plastic surgeon who excels at his job hides a dark secret. After finally succumbing to his desire to taste human flesh, the surgeon soon finds himself addicted to the taste of his patients' skin, which leads him to discover further culinary delights at a seedy restaurant with some highly dubious special dishes. Murder and mayhem ensue as the demented doctor continues to find new and gruesome ways to satisfy his appetite.

Basada en la vida del legendario karateca corenao Choi Bae-Dal (1922-1994), la película sigue a este personaje histórico desde que con 11 años contempla cómo Beom-Su, uno de los empleados de su padre, pelea contra oficiales japoneses en el mercado de Gimjae hasta que se convierte en uno de los mayores expertos en artes marciales de todos los tiempos. A los 18 años, Bae-Dal viaja a Japón con la intención de alistarse en una escuela de aviación, pero en su lugar se ve forzado a participar en el programa Kamikaze. Tras ser humillado por el instructor japonés Kato, comienza a vagar por las calles de Tokyo defendiendo a los más débiles. Una serie de dramáticos sucesos empujarán a Bae-Dal a completar su entrenamiento y embarcarse en un viaje, a través de Japón, en el que se enfrentará a los más grandes maestros de artes marciales del país.

This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are revolving around bad karma and terror.

Cuando Minami es enviado a asesinar a su mentor, Ozaki, que está en medio de una crisis nerviosa, se embarca en una odisea de inexplicables fenómenos que comenzarán con la muerte de Ozaki y la posterior desaparición del cadáver, que lo llevará a conocer los personajes más extraordinarios y vivir las situaciones más sorprendentes... (FILMAFFINITY)

37.000 campesinos murieron durante la revuelta de Shimbara, entre ellos su líder, Shiro Amakusa. Amakusa es resucitado en el infierno para que pueda vengar la muerte de sus camaradas derrocando al Shogun.

A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss.

El protagonista, Asuza, es un yakuza -siempre vestido de blanco- criado en las calles en un clima de tragedia marcado por la muerte de sus progenitores. El padre es asesinado por su hermano y la madre se suicida seguidamente. El sentimiento de culpa tortura al anti-héroe mientras se apoya en la figura paternal de su jefe. Tristemente el destino volverá a jugarle una mala pasada, cuando su superior muera asesinado repentinamente. El hombre de blanco buscará al asesino obsesivamente para descubrir una trama más compleja de lo que había imaginado al principio.

Dos samurai heridos de gravedad se refugian de una tormenta en un templo aislado, el hogar de un espadachín y una misteriosa joven. Un samurai se despierta para descubrir que no solo ha muerto su compañero, sino también que sus heridas se han curado milagrosamente. Descubre que el espadachín, un hombre conocido como el legendario Miyamoto Musashi, que ahora vive como el Aragami, un "dios de la batalla", le ha dado el poder de la inmortalidad.

Yakuza film directed by Hiroki Matsukata.

In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.

Ryan Turner (Charlie Sheen) es un broker de Wall Street, mujeriego y engreído, que cree tener información privilegida sobre una importante operación financiera. Pero la operación sale mal, y en un día pierde su trabajo, sus clientes y todas sus pertenencias. También le abandona (Denise Richards), su novia, una rubia tan espectacular como simple que se marcha con un millonario brasileño sin finiquitar su trabajo en un periódico neoyorquino de segunda fila. Ryan, sin dinero, decide hacerse pasar por ella y escribir la "columna de Cindy", donde aconseja a las mujeres.

When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.

Three entwined stories of love, lust, danger and revenge.

Yamamoto es un yakuza que viaja a Los Ángeles para encontrarse con su hermano pequeño, Ken, al que protege y financia mediante sus ingresos criminales. Pero al llegar allí, descubre que Ken está realizando unas operaciones de tráfico de drogas sin demasiado futuro. Yamamoto decide ayudarle mostrándole cómo tomar los bajos fondos de Los Ángeles al estilo de la mafia japonesa, es decir, usando matones profesionales que basen sus acciones en un estricto código del honor que chocará con la mentalidad criminal norteamericana.

Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally stumble over some information about the legend, and the girl who commited suicide. Shortly after, the girls start turning up dead in seeming accidents.

Jimmy Tong is an expert blackmailer and thief who specialises in white-collar crimes. With his side-kick, Jimmy steals a personal diary belonging to a Yakuza leader Ken Sato intending to use its details as a platform for blackmailing and to extort money. Sato agreed to the uneasy deal and made preparations to pay Jimmy his exorbitant demands only for Sato's girlfriend Jenny to betray him and make off with the money to Okinawa.

The story of Iwaki, a young brawler who becomes a professional criminal when he joins a Yakuza clan.

Las pruebas nucleares realizadas por los franceses en el Pacífico originan la aparición en el océano de un reptil mutante, de enormes dimensiones, localizado tras el ataque a un barco pescador japonés. Sin embargo, la criatura no se va a limitar a vivir en el agua: Godzilla se dirige con rumbo fijo a Nueva York, en cuyas calles causará el pánico.

Año 2008. Toby Wong escapa de los hombres de la siniestra corporación Leung. En su huida, Toby acaba por involucrar a un pobre perdedor. Los dos son sometidos a una brutal persecución. Los hombres de Leung van detrás de un prototipo que está en poder de Toby: un artefacto biotecnológico que aumenta la fuerza física de quien lo lleva implantado....

On the way home from a small assault incident at a love hotel in Tokyo, Shuntaro Katagiri playfully entered the love hotel with his friend Iwanaka. When I fell asleep, I screamed and screamed from the room. Katagiri, who was full of blood, jumped out of the room after hearing the noise. A running girl, a bloody man, and a muscle man, a yakuza, a mysterious woman. The corridor of the hotel turned into a shambles for a moment, but Katagiri, a karate master, he slammed the place and he broke it. A strange space-This was his first encounter with the girl

Freeman pertenece a un culto antiguo de guerreros chinos llamados “Los hijos del dragón”. Él es su verdugo y su único hombre, porque es tal su poder que no necesitan a otro.

Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park.

Kate Fletcher has the perfect apartment. Everything is computer controlled. It is the home of her dreams until a psychotic man begins to execute the violent orders he hears from his long dead sister.

Three elite salarymen find themselves in a bar fight with a group of threatening but mysterious men. When the mystery men come looking for revenge, the salarymen find themselves embroiled in a deadly game...

Tatsuya is on a honeymoon in Australia. A couple of unfortunate encounters land him in jail, where he’s imprisoned without a chance of ever getting out again. His wife tries her best to launch an appeal, but it’s Tatsuya’s inmates who are his best chance of escaping his current predicament.

High court judge Holly McPhee devises blueprints for criminal operations and offers them for sale to the crime world. Her scrupulous operation falls apart when she takes part in a multi-million dollar bank robbery and becomes an accessory to murder.

It's nearly time for the debut of the most anticipated anime movie of the year, Talking Head. There's just a few minor problems: the director has disappeared and the movie isn't even started! Desperate to meet their deadline, the studio hires a "migrant technical director" to fill in for the missing director. But there's more going on here than just slipping deadlines. One by one, the staff is being murdered and it's only a matter of time before the new director's next on the list!

A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.

Melodrama about a woman refusing surgery.

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 corrupt cop teams up with an unlikely partner to protect the city from a gang of ruthless drug addicts.

Like Madonna 1990

After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.

Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love.

Meet Chika. She thinks she's been jinxed: she's going to be dumped on Christmas Eve. Enter Tomako, who likes reading and making pudding. Although they're total opposites, by a twist of fate, they become best friends. However, it turns out they both want to spend Christmas Eve with the same guy. Will they choose friendship? Or love?

The year is 1945. After the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government decides to consult spiritual psychics to aid them in winning the war. Unfortunately, the resentment and agony of the souls of the fire-bombing victims culminate together to revive the evil Onmyoji, Yasunori Kato. Only a young, psychically imbued apprentice of the priests will dare fight against the evil magic user. However, can this lone man possibly contend with Kato's overwhelming power?

Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.

Based on a true story. Shiro, a dog who lives in an inn on Akajima in Okinawa, swims to the opposite shore on Zamami to see his love, a dog named Marilyn. Shiro is portrayed by the real-life Shiro.

~~ Adapted from the novel series "Murasaki no Onna Satsujin Jiken" (『紫の女』殺人事件) by Uchida Yasuo (内田康夫).