Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Nacimiento : 1963-11-12, Tokyo, Japan

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Susumu Terajima is a Japanese actor who has appeared in more than 100 films, 15 commercials, and numerous television dramas in a 20-year career. He is rarely the star of the films he participates in but is widely respected for taking his work very seriously despite how small his role may be.

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Susumu Terajima
Susumu Terajima

Películas

Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Saku Kotaka
Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other – a struggling architect – as lucrative real estate for condos. Their eclectic collection of townsfolk customers show them the value of the bath goes way beyond a scrub and soak.
Traveling Sandwich
Kihara Yoji
Ito Marika stars as the lead in this 2022 SP that tells the story of a group of friends, who run a food wagon serving sandwiches made with local produce, and their interactions with a farming family that they meet in Takasaki City in the Gunma Prefecture. TV Tokyo has teamed up with Takasaki City, Gunma in order to showcase a series of programs and dramas that are part of its efforts towards creating programs aimed at regional development in Japan. This will be its third production, following “Hatake Sono Manma Restaurant” in 2020 and “Nouka no Mikata” in 2021.
Noise
Tadashi Okazaki
Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the goverment's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Komisaka. Keita Izumi and his friends Jun Tanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) and Rookie Police Officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita Izumi's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita Izumi, Jun Tanabe and Shinichiro Moriya happen to kill Mutsuo Komisaka. They decide to hide Mutsuo Komisaka’s murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo Komisaka was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo Komisaka.
Last of the Wolves
Yoji Kakutani
After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from getting harmed. Shuichi Hioka manages the criminal organizations, but, due to one evil person who gets released from prison, the situation drastically changes.
Chuzai Keiji 2021 SP
Atsushi Enami
Terajima Susumu VS Dan Rei! "Chuzai San" is back with a special drama that involves a huge "parent-child" secret and bone mystery.
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
Minoru Nanjo
Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of modern Japan. During a recent speech, a citizen had thrown a rock at him causing him to lose his memory. Keisuke Kuroda’s subordinate takes him to the official residence of the prime minister where he tries to implement changes to the country. The only people aware that he has lost his memory are his three secretaries.
Love's Twisting Path
Kurohito Mizoguchi
Set in Kyoto in the last days of the Edo Period, the bloody conflict continues between local feudal domains, which aim to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the Shogun's police and city patrol. Tajuro Kiyokawa, once the master of the sword but now a depraved samurai who left his domain putting aside his past ambition, barely makes ends meet. Toyo, a woman who runs a tavern next door, feels affection for Tajuro who guards her place against nasty customers, but he never realizes Toyo's feelings.
As a Father of Murderer Son
Igawa
Keiichi Yoshinaga, who works for a major construction company receives a sudden phone call from his ex-wife, Junko Aoba. She tells Keiichi that their second son, Tsubasa, who lives apart, has been arrested for murdering his classmate. Keiichi immediately meets Tsubasa, but for some reason he keeps silence. Since Tsubasa shows no signs of reflecting upon his conduct, he is possibly going to an open trial. To overcome this situation, Keiichi consults a lawyer Kyoko Kanzaki who has a child of the same age.
Imagination Game
Yasui Morioka
Makiko Hayami works hard at a large company and she is single. She has a secret that she can't tell anyone. Her secret is that she is known as a charismatic goddess on a website where underwear are hidden on the street and hints are given about its location. One day, she meets Aoi who sleeps in the park. Aoi runs the blog “Husband Revenge Site.”
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger: ¡Tu vida me pertenece! ¡El torneo para encontrar al Campeón de la Tierra!
Mario Mori
La lucha contra Genis y los Deathgalien ha terminado con la fusión entre el Mundo Humano y el Mundo de los Zyuman. Cada uno de los Zyuohgers sigue con su vida normalmente en éste nuevo mundo cuando son invitados a un torneo para encontrar al Campeón de la Tierra. Todo parece normal, pero cuando Bud aparezca para investigar, las cosas comenzarán a salirse de control.
Prison Break
One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches the ears of Urata Susumu, the chief warden of Kosuge Prison in Tokyo. Urata had been in charge of those sentenced to life in the prison until last year. Although Sakuma is a dangerous person who had also broken out of jail in Aomori, he submits to Urata who is the only person who had treated him kindly in the past. However, three months after escaping from jail, Sakuma shows up at Urata’s house. He has come to complain about the inhumane Akita prison officers. But he is locked up again after Urata notifies the police during an unguarded moment. A year later, Sakuma is sent to Abashiri Prison and Urata is also ordered to transfer as the prison’s chief warden.
花実のない森
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs Ninninger - Mensaje para el Super Sentai desde el Futuro
Mario Mori
Yamato y compañía se disponen a pasar la tarde en un día de campo al lado del arroyo cuando son sorprendidos por unos ninjas muy particulares. Ellos son los Ninningers quienes han llegado allí para acabar con los llamados Zyuohger ya que han oído que éstos últimos estuvieron causando grandes atrocidades últimamente. Sin mediar discusiones se da la batalla entre ambas facciones, pero todo dependerá de un pequeño joven que traerá un mensaje desde el futuro para lo que vendrá luego con los nuevos héroes.
Dr. Hikojiro 2
Hikojiro Oyabu
One day, Hikojiro goes to visit Sayo Kujo, an old lady who has been hospitalized. Sayo has been told that she has a year to live by assistant professor Natsuhiko Moriwaki, and insists on returning to the house she was born and raised in. It so happens that Hikojiro will be the one to treat her at home from now on. At the university hospital, Hikojiro runs into a familiar face - Hazuki, the daughter of Tetsuji Tonoyama, the man who taught Hikojiro how to make takoyaki. Hazuki is now a nurse at the university hospital and Hikojiro is surprised to see a strange poster on the hospital bulletin board that implies she's having an affair with Moriwaki. The hospital is currently preparing to elect a new chief surgeon, and the candidates are assistant professors Moriwaki and Shinsuke Noguchi, heads of the first and second surgical department. Both of their factions have been publishing defamatory statements about each other.
必殺仕事人2016
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger the Movie: The Exciting Circus Panic!
Mario
Los Zyuohgers tratan de detener a Cube Condor a través del Rey Zyuoh. Sin embargo, la formación se rompe. El Rey Zyuoh es derrotado, causando que el Águila Zyuoh / Yamato se separe mientras que los otros Zyuohgers son capturados por Domidol.Misao encuentra un Yamato inconsciente mientras estaba pescando, y este último cuenta lo que sucedió antes: después de descubrir que varios Zyuman trabajaban para un circo, Yamato lleva a los Zyuohgers al circo pero el espectáculo es interrumpido por su cabecilla Domidol, quien secuestra a los niños espectadores en su "nave espacial/carpa de circo" para destruir la Tierra con la esperanza de crear un trapecio espacial gigante.
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
Yamashita
A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...
Aka Medaka
One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.
Dr. Hikojiro
Hikojiro Oyabu
One day, Hikojiro receives an emergency call from inn proprietress Shino Ogawa to examine Tadahiko Mori, a guest complaining of stomach pain. Mori, who owns an art gallery in Tokyo, has come to Kyoto on a trip with his only daughter, high school student Nanami. Hikojiro gives him his business card, telling him to contact him if the pain comes back. However, the next day, Mori is found dead...!
Kiyamachi Daruma
Eiiichi Arai
Shigeo Katsuura once led the yakuza that dominated the town of Kiya. Due to an accident, he lost both his arms and legs. 5 years later, to make a living, he goes to debtors' homes and collects money from the debtors.
Partner in Crime
秋月義彦
For the past 15 years, Fuyukawa Misaki has lived a quiet, reclusive life while keeping her secret well-hidden. With just two months left before the statute of limitations on the murder of her colleague expires, a mysterious man appears in Misaki’s life, who says, “I know your secret.” Is he a friend or foe? The nameless man who claims to know about Misaki’s past does not reveal any personal information about himself, but only says he wants to live with her in exchange for keeping her secret. Hence, a bizarre living arrangement begins. Who is this man and what is his purpose? Meanwhile, conventional detective Kiba is convinced that Misaki is the elusive criminal behind the 15-year old murder case and is determined to uncover evidence to prove his theory. As this peculiar love-suspense drama unfolds, you will need to piece together information to solve the mysterious puzzle of murder while the clock counts down to the expiration deadline.
Double Meaning: Chain Reaction
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.
Unfair: the end
Tetsuo Yamazaki
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.
April Fools
Poor Kidnapper
Ayumi, una limpiadora del hospital, llama de pronto al joven doctor genio para decirle que está embarazada de él. Él, un impenitente mujeriego, se toma la noticia a broma dado que es el Día de los Inocentes, lo que acarreará consecuencias insospechadas. Mientras, un chico intenta por todos los medios contactar con un ovni que lo devuelva a donde pertenece, que desde luego no puede ser el instituto donde lo acosan. Por otra parte, un matrimonio mayor recorre aristocráticamente la ciudad, una niña es secuestrada, un policía detiene a una vidente... Una película coral donde todas las historias acaban relacionándose de forma sorprendente, y que transcurre enteramente en un muy loco y divertido Día de los Inocentes.
Chasuke’s Journey
Kuroki
A veces, Dios es injusto. Quizá por eso, los empleados del Todopoderoso que se dedican a escribir el destino de los mortales han decidido mandar a Chas a la tierra, para que intente salvar a Yuri de la muerte que se le ha asignado. El resultado de tan atrevida aventura lo tendréis que descubrir con vuestros propios ojos, pues esta es una historia cuyo final y misterio no conoce ni Dios.
Nagashiya Teppei
Teppei Mihogawa
Teppei Mihogawa (Susumu Terajima), is a man who plays a "lavabo" with a guitar in the night city. a girl who was attracted by Teppei's song fell in love at first sight with Teppei
実録 新選組
Hijikata Toshizo
25
Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are also corrupt and often blackmail criminal groups and seize their money. One day, the Chief of Police becomes aware that 2.5 million yen in seized money is missing. He orders Shintarou and Koichi to bring the money in by tomorrow morning. Shintarou and Koichi are in big trouble. They then read an article about a pension fund embezzlement case involving 6 billion yen. The prime suspect of the pension fund embezzlement case spent most of that money, but he has 2.5 billion yen left.
In the Hero
Goro Unno
48-year-old Wataru Honjo is a big fan of Bruce Lee and works as a suit actor (stunts performer wearing costumes). Even though he doesn't have the typical body type for his profession he has worked in the business for 25 years. Wataru doesn't get along with cocky rookie suit actor Ryo Ichinose, but an incident draws them closer. Ryo Ichinose then takes an audition for a Hollywood movie and passes. For the fighting scene in the climax scene, the action actor quits citing the scene is too dangerous. The movie staff hears that Wataru is the best Japanese action actor and offers the job to him. Will Wataru go for it?
Out Burn
Shuuhei Kawakami
Eiko Yagami (Ryoko Yonekura) is a "Marubo", a unit of Ueno Central Police Station's Organized Crime Division which deals directly with organized gangs to try and keep the peace. However, Eiko has some sidelines: she's a moneylender to her fellow police officers without charging interest in return for information and is also willing to do the odd side job for those on the criminal side for the money. One day, Kasumi (Riho Takada), who is the daughter of Senma-gumi gang's leader (Toshiyuki Nishida), is found stabbed to death. As this threatens to pit gang against gang, Eiko and the police have to hurry and find her killer.
El recuerdo de Marnie
Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
Anna es una chica solitaria, sin amigos, que vive con sus padres adoptivos. Un día es enviada con el señor y la señora Pegg. Allí, donde se extienden las dunas de arena, conoce a una chica llamada Marnie, quien pronto se convertirá en su mejor amiga. Habiendo aprendido muchas cosas sobre la amistad, Anna se dará cuenta de que Marnie no es quien parece...
Delivery of Death
Ryuzo Nishida
Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine "Shukan Dodongo". Their chief editor tells them to monitor Okase Shohei who is an ex-bureaucrat and was recently released from prison. 7 years ago, Shohei was arrested for embezzling 1 billion yen. The investigation seven years ago was able to track down 700 million yen but unable to locate the remaining 300 million yen. Now, the chief editor is sure Shohei will go to wherever the remaining 300 million yen is hidden.
The Kiyosu Conference
Yoshitaka Kuroda
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
Disregarded People
Young man, Yusuke Mamiana, fed up with his life meats a unattractive ugly girl, Kyoko, at his hometown. Out of his impulsive desire, he had a relationship by nearly raping her. They started to live together and gradually feel 'Family' attachment in each other. As time passes, Yusuke starts to think more about 'Happiness' of his family and himself.
The Human Trust
Tadashi Sakata
A professional scammer is hired by a wealthy young businessman to find a hidden treasure looted from the Bank of Japan and supposedly stashed away by a group of men after WWII in various locations around the globe. Eventually an assassin is put on their trail.
Double Meaning: Yes or No?
Tetsuo Yamaji
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.
Odayaka
Saeko and Yukako live together in a small apartment complex in Tokyo. After the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, both live in a state of unease. Saeko, who is in a divorce, is worried that her daughter is exposed to radiation. Yukako is also afraid of radiation and tries to convince her husband to move. The two become friends after Yukako tries to save Saeko after a suicide attempt.
Kamihate Store
Yoshio Morita
A woman run a store in a tiny seaside hamlet near the cliffs where people come to commit suicide.
Helter Skelter
Keita Tsukahara
Adaptación de un popular manga sobre una joven estrella que llegará a incrementar su paso por la cirugía plástica para mantener su imagen.
Go, Masao!
Susumu Terajima
Go, Masao! describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto and a labrador retriever named Masao are selected to appear on the travel corner segment of a TV animal program. Until Hideki Matsumoto and the labrador retriever Masao become popular, they help each other.
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.
許されざる者
Smuggler
Joe's friend
To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
Double Meaning
Tetsuo Yamaji
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.
Unfair: the answer
Tetsuo Yamazaki
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.
Ninja Kids!!!
The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group of rival ninjas culminating in a race to ring a bell on top of a mountain.
The Face of Minami
Shortly after his release, Katsurakawa begins working under Yamanaka, who is known as a businessman. Yamanaka, who did not make a backing, continued to be relentlessly harassed from all sides, but Katsurakawa managed to surpass it. However, aiming for a stronger organization, he receives a cup from the giant organization Yagami-gumi, forms the "Asahikai", and decides to follow the path.
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Jôichirô Kijima
After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
Zatoichi: The Last
Tatsuji
El masajista y espadacín ciego Zatoichi, decide que ha llegado la hora de dejar la carretera y establecerse con su esposa (Satomi Ishihara) en su pueblo natal. Pero, como de costumbre, los problemas le persiguen y Zatoichi es de nuevo provocado a luchar en una batalla en la qué serán tan importantes su ingenio como su espada oculta.
Go Find a Psychic!
Mr. Invincible
Once a year, on Christmas Eve, Cafe Telekinesis holds a real psychic party. At the party, psychics gather together to show off their abilities while for the rest of the year they hide their abilities. Yone Sakurai is a program director for a psychic variety TV show called "Asunaro Psychic". She is stressed out and tired from her work, but proud of what she is doing. Yone actually believes in psychic abilities. By an audience request a new plan is set out for the program, a plan which requires the show to uncover real psychics or psychic events.
Air doll (Muñeca de aire)
Police Officer Todoroki
Una muñeca hinchable de tamaño natural vive en un modesto piso de Tokio. Es la única compañía de su solitario amo, un hombre de mediana edad. Él le habla, la baña y le hace el amor cada día cuando vuelve del trabajo. Sin embargo, esta rutina se rompe cuando, de repente, la Muñeca Hinchable cobra vida y con ella un alma. Acaba de nacer y no entiende lo que ocurre a su alrededor, aunque se da cuenta de que existe otro mundo más allá de las paredes del piso. Cuando, por fin, se atreve a salir al mundo exterior, se siente fascinada por todo lo que ve. Conoce a mucha gente, pero nadie es capaz de explicarle qué significa "estar viva". Un día, entra en un videoclub y conoce a Junichi, el vendedor, del que se enamora inmediatamente...
My Grandma
Kotaro Shinkai
Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves houses, it is his motto to take great care of the family who live in the house. However, he has been working so hard that he has forgotten to cherish his own family. When he looks after a client who wants to leave her father-in-law in a nursing home, it reminds him of his grandmother whom he loved so much. Father's death, grandmother's struggle with disease, and home care - those were grueling times, but the memories have become invaluable for Tomohiro. He realizes his family is the most precious thing of all. On a day off, he and his family decide to visit his mother who lives alone in their old hometown.
The Soup of Heaven
Follows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a legendary soup and soup chef she's heard of. She decides to go in search of it.
Yagyu Conspiracy RETOLD
The classic tale retold. This is one of Japan’s most popular stories in a brand new version starring the great Matsukata Hiroki following in the footsteps of Yorozuya Kinnosuke as Yagyu Tajima, the grandmaster swordsman whose plot to maintain the succession of Iemitsu as shogun encounters obstacles on all sides. Loaded with action and featuring many of Japan’s new up and coming sword stars this exciting movie brings back the feelings of the golden age of motion pictures. Stunning cinematography brings 17th Century Japan to life in this exciting tale of loyalty and betrayal, leading up to an ending that won’t be found in any history book.
Aquiles y la Tortuga
Yakuza Pimp
La obsesión de un joven con el arte lo deja sin un centavo hasta que su esposa alejada lo ayuda.
The Road to Sirius
Katsuya Hamai
Tatsumura Yusuke, Toho Advertising's deputy sales manager was a childhood friend of Akiko and Katsuya. In fact, there is a secret that cannot be divulged about the relationship between Akiko and her father and the truth behind his death between these three people. They don't contact each other after they grow up but 25 years later, that secret comes back to Akiko in an extortion letter. Meanwhile, Tatsumura's division suddenly competes in a big project with a budget of 1.8 billion yen. Tatsumura works towards a successful pitch with Tachibana, Hirano, and Totsuka but interference within the company from envious parties and a heated contest with a rival firm remains. Then Tatsumura learns that there is a link between this project and that secret from his past...
Still Walking (Caminando)
Sushi Deliverer
Un día de verano, unos hijos vuelven a la casa familiar para visitar a sus ancianos padres. Los dos llegan con sus respectivas familias para conmemorar la trágica muerte del hijo mayor en un accidente ocurrido hace quince años. Aunque la casa y la comida familiar apenas han variado, el paso de los años permite observar ligeros cambios en cada uno de los miembros de la familia: el amor se mezcla con el rencor y todos guardan algún secreto.
All Around Us
Katsutoshi Yoshida
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.
The Magic Hour
Hiromi Kurokawa
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
Smile
Night shift security guard at Hospital
Heartwarming human drama about a former tap dancer who trades in his tap shoes to woo a figure skating instructor. But by a twist of fate, he finds himself coaching a local ice hockey team of hapless youths and leading them to a championship
Vanishing Glow
Sakazaki
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...
Shikyû no kioku
Born into a wealthy family, 17-year-old Masato (Emoto Tasuku) has never been deprived of material comforts, but his distant relationship with his parents leaves him empty and rebellious. Telling himself that his real mother is actually a woman who kidnapped him as an infant, Masato takes off to Okinawa to find her. Curious to learn more about her (Matsuyuki Yasuko), he ends up staying to work at her restaurant. As the two grow closer over time, an ambiguous relationship develops, not quite mother and son, not quite lovers.
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Young Man
Takeshi Kitano interpreta una versión de sí mismo en la que es un director que lucha por varios géneros diferentes en un esfuerzo por completar su último proyecto.
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
Unfair: the movie
Tetsuo Yamazaki
When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger.
Love Letter So-renka
Ryota's father
Gamera The Brave
Osamu Nishio
En 1973, el legendario kaiju (monstruo) Gamera, murió tras destruir a los Gyaos que estaban atacando un pueblo. Uno de los sobrevivientes era un niño, que hoy ya creció y es propietario de un restaurante en Iseshima y tiene un hijo llamado Toru. Toru encuentra una tortuga aparentemente inofensiva, pero que resulta ser un descendiente de Gamera e irá creciendo de tamaño hasta alcanzar casi 60 metros de altura...
Chosyu Five
Fictionalised account of the story of the he Chōshū Five (長州五傑 Chōshū Goketsu) who travelled to and studied in Britain in 1863 while Japan was still under sakoku (鎖国 "locked country").
The Catch Man
Takashi, an unemployed young man, is entrusted with a "catch ball shop" by a stranger he meets in the park. While accepting people's feelings through catch ball, Takashi himself remembers the important things that he had forgotten.
Unfair: Code Breaking
Yakuza Don
Kazuki moves to Tokyo, aspiring to rise to the top in his Yakuza group. Working directly under his group's kumicho (the Yakuza don) and surviving the group in-fightings, he learns what it really takes to be Yakuza.
Hula Girls
Ishida
En 1965, la Joban Coal Mining Company, una de las grandes empresas mineras de Japón, fue obligada a reducir su plantilla, ya que el petróleo empezaba a sustituir al carbón como recurso energético, por lo que la minería dejaba de ser la industria clave. El pueblo minero de Iwaki y sus habitantes no fueron una excepción. A fin de salvar la crítica situación, la Joban Coal Mining Company emprendió el gran proyecto de construir "un paraíso hawaiano" en Iwaki. La atracción principal del parque temático era la danza hula. Se contrató a una profesora de Tokio para enseñar este baile a las hijas de los mineros. La maestra, antigua estrella de la danza y muy orgullosa de sí misma, menospreciaba la mina y a las chicas del pueblo por no saber nada del mundo del espectáculo, pero poco a poco fue reviviendo la pasión por el baile gracias al esfuerzo y ejemplo de sus alumnas en tratar de dominar la esencia de la danza hula.
Green Mind, Metal Bats
Ochiai
The film follows Nanba, a shunned outcast who doesn’t have a girlfriend, any money or prospects, a turnaround from his glory days in high school when he played on the baseball team; his former teammate Ishioka, who is now a policeman because of an elbow injury; and baseball fanatic Eiko, a hopeless alcoholic who spends more of her time drunk than sober. The three share an intense love of baseball — and their destinies are forever intertwined.
Lovely Complex
Umibozu
Risa Koizumi es la chica más alta en clase, y la última cosa que quiere es la humillación de estar junto a Atsushi Otani, el chico más bajo. Pero el destino y toda la escuela tienen otros planes.
Hana
Kichiemon Terasaka
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.
LoveDeath
A man and a woman are together on the 'Chrysalis Day', the fatal day everything in your life will be decided depends on how you spend the day. A violent man holding pure love, Sai and a stunningly beautiful playgirl, Sheila. While Sheila flees with a large sum of money, she is chased by a cool but violent gang, crazy killers and an out of control cop. No one can stop Sai and Sheila's love runaway.
Suite Dreams
Jose Kôchi
New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a prostitute to handle, a bellhop to focus and a few things more.
Dead Run
Oni Ken
Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes increasingly isolated at school and drifts into criminal activity.
Custom Made 10.30
Sisters "Manamo" and "Minamo" live separately in Hiroshima and London since the divorce of their parents. The elder sister Manamo lives in Hiroshima with her mother, she is a high school student, but moonlights at a Japanese cabaret-club. After her mother remarries and moves to Yamaguchi Prefecture, Manamo lives by herself in Hiroshima. One day, her younger sister Minamo returns from London to visit Manamo. It is ten years since they have lived together, and they argue every day.
The King of Minami 32
Funky Forest: The First Contact
Katsuichi Tanaka
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Takeshis'
Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor
Beat Takeshi vive la ajetreada, y a veces surrealista, vida de una celebridad del mundo del espectáculo. Pero su doble, Kitano, un cajero de un supermercado, es todavía un desconocido actor esperando su gran oportunidad. Tras cruzar sus pasos con Beat Takeshi en una serie de frustrantes audiciones, Kitano parece caer misteriosamente en un estado de fantasía en el que sobresalen aspectos de la vida real de Beat y de su violenta personalidad en la pantalla. (FILMAFFINITY)
Summer of Ubume
Goichi Harasawa
Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.
Rampo Noir
(segment "Mirror Hell")
Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover. Mirror Hell - When a series of women are discovered with their faces burnt and skulls charred, a young detective investigates, discovering that a unique hand mirror is always found at the scene. Caterpillar - A war hero returns home with no limbs and only his eyesight remaining. His beautiful wife, tired of taking care of him, turns to torturing her crippled husband for amusement. Crawling Bugs - A sexy actress is returning home from a successful night on stage, until her limo driver decides that she should be coming home with him.
Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi
Kishima
El mejor negociador del Japón, Mashita Masayoshi es llamado para entrar en acción contra un misterioso tren que aterroriza el metro de Tokio. Pero esta vez su oponente está jugando con el directamente.
Yaji y Kita: Los peregrinos de medianoche
Policeman
Dos amantes samurai homosexuales se embarcan en una misión hacia Ise Shrine, un viaje que los obliga a enfrentar de todo, desde la drogadicción hasta una batalla con el Rey Artiuro. Basada parcialmente en la novela de Tokkaidochu Hizakurige.
Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire
Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly corroding the clan's cohesion. Ginji, it turns out, was mired in debt. After Ginji borrowed a small fortune to build a luxury resort, his bank went belly up and stopped financing the loan. Frantic for funds, he decided as a last resort to rat out his boss who had skimmed five-billion yen from the gang. Soon everyone assumes that Idei did the hit. Convinced that Idei is being framed, Tamaki sets out to find the real killer.
Fugoh Keiji Deluxe [A Millionaire Detective]
What do you get when you mix a granddaughter from an extremely rich family with crime, murder, and a passion for law and justice? Kanbe Miwako (Kyoko Fukada), a granddaughter of a super rich millionaire becomes a detective and starts working at a male dominant police station. Her fancy fashion, elegant manners, and upper-class attitudes constantly gets on the nerves of the old-fashioned coworkers. However, to everyone’s surprise, Miwako’s unique investigation lead by an ultra rich sense of value becomes the key to solve mysterious cases, one by one!
Year One in the North
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.
Blood and Bones
Hee-bom Park
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.
Izo
El grito de Izo resuena en el lugar de ejecución, donde acaba de ser crucificado acusado de un asesinato. Muere, pero deja una profunda maldición. Su alma no puede ir al cielo ni al infierno, y quedará flotando en el espacio y el tiempo. Años después un vagabundo aparece entre los edificios. Es la reencarnación de Izo y tiene un claro objetivo: matar... (FILMAFFINITY)
Nadie sabe
Shinichi Izawa
En Tokyo, la imprudente madre soltera Keiko se muda a un pequeño apartamento con su hijo de doce años Akira Fukushima y, ocultos en maletas, sus hermanos Kyoko, Shigeru y Yuki. Los niños tienen diferentes padres y no van al colegio, pero llevan una vida feliz con su madre. Cuando Keiko encuentra un nuevo novio deja a los niños solos, dándole algo de dinero a Akira para que se encarge de sus hermanos. Cuando el dinero se acaba, Akira se las apaña para encontrar formas de sobrevivir con los pequeños sin electricidad, gas o agua en casa, y con el dueño pidiendo el alquiler.
El sabor del té
Tattooed Man
El sabor del té es un homenaje al cine costumbrista clásico japonés, donde la familia es la base de creación de historias mínimas. Aquí tenemos a los Haruno, conformada por un abuelo ex dibujante y con mente de niño, un hijo que es odontólogo pero practica la hipnosis con sus pacientes y su familia, su esposa, una ex artista de animación que quiere retomar su carrera, el cuñado, que es un ingeniero de sonido y sus hijos, un joven enamorado de su compañera de colegio que intenta conquistarla a través del milenario juego del Go y la pequeña niña que tiene como "amiga" imaginaria a su yo gigante de la cual quiere deshacerse.
Steamboy
Alfred Smith (voice)
Ambientada en la Inglaterra victoriana, esta aventura de acción épica trata de un joven inventor llamado Ray. Un día Ray recibe una misteriosa bola metálica de su abuelo científico, Lloyd. Desde ese momento, Ray se ve empujado a un mundo de aventuras e intrigas increíbles. La bola metálica es, de hecho, una “bola de vapor”, el corazón de un misterioso y siniestro “castillo de vapor”, y la clave secreta de una fuerza de poder incomparable…
Casshern
Sakamoto
El futuro no pinta nada bien. Japón se ha impuesto a otras superpotencias pero su población se resiente: demasiada contaminación. En un mundo agonizante sobrecargado de individuos desesperanzados surge la esperanza: las neocélulas, un descubrimiento reciente del que podría depender la supervivencia de la raza humana. Como no todo puede ser tan fácil ni tan bonito, a raíz del estudio de las neocélulas, aparece una nueva raza humana: los neo-sapiens, quienes no terminarán de encajar entre los "humanos normales" y buscarán su destrucción ...pero surgirá un héroe dispuesto a interponerse entre los neo-sapiens y los humanos, alguien conocido como Casshern
La tienda maldita
Akira Tejima
Nao ha conseguido un trabajo a media jornada en una tienda. Parece una tienda cualquiera, pero hay algo anormal en ella. Los propietarios son una pareja muy extraña en la que la mujer parece sufrir algún tipo de demencia, y se pasa el día observando las cámaras de seguridad. Nao y su compañero de trabajo Ryoko observan asustados cómo cada vez pasan cosas más raras a su alrededor; los pájaros se vuelven locos, las personas parecen poseídas... y se dan cuenta que si quieren salvar la piel tendrán que hacer alguna cosa. (FILMAFFINITY)
Flower & Snake
The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to escape punishment he sells his famous dancer wife to the lecherous old man figuring a 90 year old can’t do too much bad with her. Perhaps not, but others can while he watches. She’s put on stage in an underground BDSM sex show and begins a spiraling decent from strongly independent woman to submissive sex slave
Shura's Blood
A yakuza war breaks out in a small peaceful town in the northern region of Kanto.
10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal
Takamichi Mizoguchi
Urushibara Kazuki heads to Kyoto to explore the secret of his wife, Saeko, who is hospitalized for terminal cancer.
Winning Pass
This is a story about a high school student who had it all going for him. He was great at basketball, he had a love like no other, until a day where he loses the ability to walk. This is the story of his struggle through hardship to regain it all.
Antenna
Yuichiro is a college student whose sister went missing 15 years ago. That traumatic event hangs over him like a pall as he wanders Japan's S&M clubs. But his younger brother claims to be able to sense their sister with his "antenna".
Hazan
Sabu
Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).
Blessing Bell
Satoru Igarashi
Blessing Bell sigue los pasos de un hombre que podría ser la persona desafortunada de mayor suerte en el mundo. Una fabrica cierra dejando a Igarashi sin empleo en su primer día de trabajo. Más tarde, en ese mismo día, lo arrestan por asesinato. En la prisión conoce a un hombre que habla con su esposa muerta. Y así... Parece no haber termino para las aventuras de Igarashi. Pero en cada uno de los incidentes, Igarashi mantiene una cara inexpresiva, como un Buster Keaton japonés. Y la ironía de la indiferencia del personaje principal, mientras enfrenta estos inesperados eventos, parece sugerir la manera de Sabu de ver la vida con humor y sardónica observación.
Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
In this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the dangerous task of launching a new office in rival territory.
Wild Berries
Maeda
A portrait of an ordinary family that turns unstable when their frivolous son Shuji returns home after a long absence.
Jump
An ordinary salary man, Junosuke, goes in search of his lover, Miharu, who disappeared one night when she handed him the key to her room, and promised to be back in five minutes. She had only gone out to buy apples at the nearby convenience store, because Junosuke has one for breakfast every morning. Slightly drunk from the cocktail he had had earlier, Junosuke falls asleep, and wakes up the next morning to find that Miharu had never returned.
Kakuto
A very energetic, fresh and skilful début in DV from young Tokyo actor and model. Hanging out, clubbing and drugging, a young band of friends get way in over their heads when they inadvertently lose a stash of drugs they're meant to deal to their friends.
4Teen
Naoto, the son of a wealthy family, suffers from Werner syndrome, a premature aging condition; Dai is an overweight child troubled by his penniless father's drunken violence; Jun, a gifted student, is the foursome's natural leader; and Tetsuro is average...
A Snake of June
Rinko Tatsumi es un reservada treintañera que trabaja como consejera en una línea telefónica de un centro de salud y que está casada con un exitoso hombre de negocios. No tienen hijos. Es junio, la estación lluviosa en japón, y un día Rinko recibe una misteriosa carta que contiene fotos de ella misma masturbándose...
Moon Child
Shinji
En el año 2014, Japón sufre un colapso económico mayor y los habitantes se ven obligados a emigrar a la cercana China continental. Tres niños están viviendo en una ciudad China llamada Mallepa. Los tres chicos, uno llamado Sho, otro Shinji y Toshi sobreviven por medio de pequeños robos. En un robo que salio mal, Sho encuentra a Kei, un hombre que parece ser joven pero, en realidad es un vampiro. Varios años más tarde, Sho ya tiene 20 años, entra al equipo de robo junto con Kei y Toshi. En uno de esos robos, lo hicieron en contra de una banda criminal, donde luego aparece un taiwanés llamado Son. Son ataca a la banda porque el líder violó a su hermana, Yi-Che.
Hard Luck Hero
Yakuza
The story of three pairs of characters involved one way or the other with the yakuza and a rigged boxing match and fleeing the thugs one way or the other. Filmed as a showcase of the Japanese boy band V6, Hard Luck Hero has food, drink, cars, kickboxing, debt, shooting, theft, blackmail and music.
Thirteen Steps
Okazaki
A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.
A Boy's Summer in 1945
Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in Kirishima") is a lyric, novelistic drama set in the countryside in the last days before Japan's surrender ending WWII. Striking a welcome retro note in its languid pacing and delicate handling of seriocomic ensemble threads, handsome production is a natural for fests. It might also prove a cornerstone for retrospectives or ancillary releases of works by a helmer ("Preparation of the Festival," "Ronin-gai") who's long been appreciated at home but has won just limited attention abroad.
Drive
Arai Jyoun
Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h speed limit even under the extreme situation.
Shura Group
Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
Ichi the Killer
Suzuki
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.
Misuzu
Kuzuhara, Shinji
Tells the life story of Teru Kaneko, who was born and raised in a small coastal town. While working as a clerk in a book shop, Teru starts writing her own verses to get away from the worries of a disgraceful marriage. Under the pseudonym Misuzu, her works arrive to an important editor in Tokyo.
Hiroshima Yakuza War 2
A new yakuza war erupts in Hiroshima
Hole in the Sky
Ichio
The film tells the story of a Drive-In worker and a young tramp who has been left alone by her boyfriend somewhere in Hokkaido. Things seem to work out at the beginning but as time goes by the newly formed relationship between the tramp and the Drive-In worker starts to show the workers harmful will of possession, which finally leads to the somehow sad but also optimistically interpretable ending.
Distance
Makoto
Los secuaces de "El Arca de la Verdad", una secta apocalípitica, provocan una masacre que deja más de cien muertos. Tres años después, los familiares de los asesinos se reúnen como cada año en el lago donde vivían las víctimas, para conmemorar su muerte. Pero no podrán volver a la ciudad sin antes pasar por la casa, donde antaño sus parientes habían planeado los atentados. Allí encuentran a un joven que formó parte de la secta, pero que en el último instante desertó para no participar en la matanza.
Harmful Insect
Male Teacher
13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.
Chogokudo
Togashi, the leader of Togashi-gumi, boasts enormous power. The leader of the Ryuokai is sent to prison because he distrusts him who controls the town, and a mysterious man who calls himself Takishima appears in front of Shinshiro who becomes the leader of the group.
Brother
Kato
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.
Otoko Michi 3
A lone wolf hits the sneaky plot of a lone organization that is aiming to expand it's power over traces of Ninryukai!
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
An officer struggles to solve a murder case despite being at odds with his lieutenant. Officer Tetsubei discovers the body of a man whose face has been crushed and his fingerprints erased. Tetsubei describes the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body, including his own theory, and is angered by Lieutenant Yukari. That night, Tetsubei visits the shop of Kanako, whom he has a secret crush on. There, Mizutani, Kanako's husband, who has been missing for seven years, appears.
Hysteric
In this startling psychological thriller from Japan, Mami (Hijiri Kojima) is a teacher who meets Tomo (Koji Chihara), a psychotic criminal with a short temper and no visible means of support. Amour fou blooms between them, and a year later they're living together, with Mami taking part as Tomo abducts, tortures, and kills one of their neighbors. Eventually the cycle of crime goes too far for Mami and she leaves Tomo, but several years later, he arrives at her home to disrupt her life with her new husband. Hysteric was directed by Takahisa Zeze, who previously received critical acclaim for the film Kokkuri. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Monday
Saburo Nakano
A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.
Isola (Múltiples personalidades)
Katsumi Maezono
Después del terremoto de 1995 en Kobe, Japón, un hombre con poderes telepáticos y una joven mujer con trastornos de personalidad múltiple, cruzan sus caminos. Chihiro tiene varias personalidades, puede escuchar pensamientos de otra gente y se medica con antidepresivos. Yukari, ya mayor y atormentado por la Segunda Guerra Mundial, conecta telepáticamente con Chihiro. Estos poderes llaman la atención del doctor Nomura, que intenta solucionar los desórdenes que afectan a Chihiro, con 13 personalidades diferentes, entre ellas la de un espíritu diabólico.
Gohatto
Spy
Japón, siglo XIX. En el templo Nishi-Honganji, la milicia Shinsengumi está seleccionando nuevos reclutas para convertirlos en guerreros samurais. El comandante Isami Kondo y el teniente Toshizo Hijikata son los encargados de supervisar el proceso de adiestramiento que exige que cada aspirante se enfrenté a Soji Okita, el mejor hombre de la milicia.
Dead or alive I
Inoue
Sangrientos enfrentamientos entre los Yakuza japones y las Triadas chinas. Ryuichi es un gangster cegado por una insaciable sed de poder y atormentado por los recuerdos de una infancia paupérrima. Toji, su hermano pequeño, ha regresado de un viaje de estudios en los EEUU. Los dos están a punto de aprender varias lecciones devastadoras sobre la vida al otro lado de la ley. Entretanto, el detective Jojima se encuentra cada vez más metido en el inframundo Yakuza al tener que hacer tratos sucios con la mafia para conseguir el dinero que su hija necesita para una operación quirúrgica de vida o muerte.
Black Angel 2
Itakura
Mayo, the Black Angel, is ordered to assassinate a powerful syndicate leader. The hit goes awry, however, as the crime boss' bodyguard steps in the way. It's none other than Yamambe, who once rescued Mayo from a rape and has lived in her heart since then.
Revenge
Detective Tsukimoto kills his partner following a botched robbery and falls deep into debt and despair. After losing everything at the horse races, he is kidnapped by yakuza and offered a chance to clear his debts by putting his life on the line in a game called Cambodia Roulette.
New Gokudo Legend: Three Dragons
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.
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Sawada
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.
After Life
Satoru Kawashima
A mitad de camino entre el Cielo y la Tierra, los que acaban de morir son recibidos por unos guías que les ayudan a examinar sus recuerdos con el fin de rememorar un momento decisivo de sus vidas. Cada uno de los muertos debe escoger un único recuerdo para que sea plasmado en una película y poder así llevarlo con ellos cuando vayan al Cielo.
Unlucky Monkey
Yakuza
A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his life is any easier. In fact, it gets much more complicated when Yamazaki stabs a hairdresser by mistake and instantly becomes a hunted fugitive. He's just one unlucky monkey but can he turn his luck around?
Eyes of the Spider
Avenging Man
Nijima, a white-collar worker, finds the man responsible for his young daughter’s murder. He tortures and interrogates the man, who maintains his innocence, before killing and burying him. He returns to his ordinary life feeling listless and hollow, until he meets an old friend who introduces him to his hapless band of hired killers.
Hana-Bi: Flores de fuego
Nakamura
Un policía llamado Nishi (Takeshi Kitano) se enfrenta a la enfermedad terminal de su esposa, al drama de un compañero que ha quedado parapléjico en una redada y a un grupo de mafiosos que le siguen la pista.
Postman Blues
Detective Maeda
Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.
Making-of Kids Return
Himself
Making of Takeshi Kitano's movie Kids Return.
Two Punks
Masao
Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and straight society. Neither wants to be a Yakuza, but normal life presents problems.
Be-Bop High School 6
This is a quarrel of abandoned gangsters and stubbornness.
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero
Yuji and Kosaku become involved with a brother and sister who want to drive a local yakuza gang member out of their neighborhood.
Kids Return
No. 2 in Local Gang
Dos amigos de la secundaria viven decepciones y errores durante sus carreras, uno como boxeador y el otro en la Yakuza
Gonin 2
Cuando una pareja llega a su casa, Toyama y su mujer, Yoko, se encuentran que ha sido invadida por Gosekai, un teniente del jefe yakuza Aihara, y sus hombres, Toyana sólo puede mirar como los yakuza violan a su mujer, sin que pueda hacer nada al respecto. Incapaz de vivir con ello, Yoko se acaba ahorcando. Toyama se hace una espada y va en busca de Aihara y sus hombres, pero no sabe muy bien por donde empezar. Un robo en una joyería le dará las primeras pistas para encontrar a los culpables y conocerá a cinco mujeres que le ayudarán a encontrarlos.
Lustful Revenge
After reading about beautiful women killed in a gruesome manner during the recent months, Akiko tries to nail down the sick serial killer herself. What she does not know is that the killer has already targetted her as his next victim.
MARKS
Junichi Terajima
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...
Getting Any?
Injured Yakuza
Una comedia de payasadas, sobre un tonto hombre de mediana edad que está obsesionado con la idea de tener sexo en el automóvil. Mientras persigue su 'sueño', hace todos los movimientos incorrectos posibles y termina inscribiéndose en una serie de locas escapadas.
Welcome Home
Takashi Kitazawa
Yuriko, once a concert pianist, now practices home-making while husband Takashi stays out late with co-workers, leaving her to decay into severe mental illness.
Elephant Song
Yoshiki
Coffee-shop waitress Kanako, divorced with a young son, finds herself obliged to honour a rash promise she made to a long-time customer. He always wanted to be buried in the land rather than a cemetery, so that his body would be 'useful' - and now he's dead. Kanako and her boy enlist the help of a friendly florist with a small truck, steal the corpse, and head for the mountains.
Yakuza Taxi
Katsumasa Kudô
The Yakuza clan Inoshika decides to help a small family business, Taxi Tanaka, lured by the clan Jinryûkaï and deeply in debt.
Many Happy Returns
Man beaten up in alley
Kazuo encounters a religious group travelling around Japan performing "miracles". He discovers they are fakes, but is intrigued by the showmanship of the group, and becomes involved with them. The group is split into two, some members concentrating on spiritual teachings, and the others using the facade of religion to make money. The business faction dismiss the old spiritual master and choose Kazuo to lead their group.
Sonatine
Ken
Murakawa (Kitano) es un yakuza de Tokyo que es enviado por su jefe a terminar una guerra de gángsters en Okinawa. (FILMAFFINITY)
Nanmin Road
The story of four Vietnamese people moving to Japan.
Twilight Mystery Murder Game
A murder game with four men and three women has begun on an uninhabited island. It's a substitute for killing each other and raping each other. However, a paranormal phenomenon occurs on this island, and the game becomes more scary ....
Escenas en el mar
Light Truck Man
Un joven sordomudo de nacimiento descubre un día una tabla de surf medio rota entre la basura. A partir de entonces volcará toda su pasión en practicar el surf.
Inamura Jane
Violent Cop
Kiyohiro's Henchman #2
El detective Azuma es un policía solitario de métodos expeditivos que se ve envuelto en asuntos turbios al intentar salvar a su amigo y compañero corrupto Iwaki, que suministra y se abastece de sustancias confiscadas por la policía. Cuando una organización criminal de narcotraficantes yakuza asesina a su amigo y secuestra a su hermana, Azuma inicia una violenta y despiadada forma de justicia.
Music Box
A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.
So What
In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also playing together in a rock band.
Bu-ra-i no onna
Story of 4 men and women in Okinawa.
The Heartbreak Yakuza
A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.
A Homance
A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.
Cabaret
(uncredited)
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.
Colegialas Violentas: Destrucción Total
La violencia y el terror se apodera de la universidad. Una banda de delincuentes se enfrenta a los estudiantes universitarios desarrollándose una sangrienta batalla.
Ran
Foot soldier (uncredited)
En el Japón medieval, el poderoso señor Hidetora decide abdicar y repartir sus dominios entre sus tres hijos. El menor considera que la idea es absurda y sólo servirá para causar problemas. Su padre, enfurecido, lo deshereda. Muy pronto descubrirá su error: la ambición hará que sus hijos mayores se enfrenten por el poder en una cruenta guerra. Se inspira en el drama de Shakespeare "El rey Lear".
TATARA
Moonchild
Shinji
Love and friendship after Japan's economic collapse.