Sousuke Aoyama is a college student who suffers painfully from the loss of his parents in a traffic accident. He meets Kozan Shinoda, a suibokuga (India-ink painting) artist, at an exhibition. Kozan becomes interested in Sousuke and surprisingly accepts him as his disciple. However, Kozan's niece is dismissive of Sousuke and declares to compete with Sousuke for the "Kozan Award." Although Sousuke seemed uninterested in painting at first, he gradually becomes drawn to it by each stroke he draws...
Keiji Tomotake
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.
Director of Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
Los trabajadores de las instalaciones de Fukushima Daiichi en Japón arriesgan su vida a diario permaneciendo en la central nuclear para evitar su desintegración total después de que la región haya sido totalmente devastada por un terremoto y un posterior tsunami en 2011.
El Fiscal General de los Juzgados, Keiichiro Okino es asignado al departamento de la Fiscalía de Tokio, que se ocupa de casos violentos. Está encantado de trabajar con Takeshi Mogami a quien admira. Un día, un prestamista de dinero anciano es asesinado y Shigeo Matsukura es identificado como un sospechoso. Pedía prestado dinero a la víctima. En su pasado, Shigeo Matsukura testificó en un caso de asesinato de una escuela secundaria. Takeshi Mogami es consciente del dolor pesado llevado por la familia de la muchacha fallecida e intenta su mejor faceta para probar la culpabilidad de Shigeo Matsukura.
Toshiaki Manabe
A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.
Director Murakami
Masuda, un aspirante a periodista, está trabajando en una fábrica y sospecha que un compañero de trabajo es un asesino convicto. Piensa que un artículo debidamente escrito sobre él podría permitirle regresar al mundo del periodismo pero también podría reabrir las cicatrices de su propio pasado.
Keiji Tomotake
Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.
Prosecutor Sakata of the Yonesaki District Public Prosecutors Office and his colleague Shoji are pulled into assisting the Tokyo Office’s Special Investigation Department to investigate influential Diet lawmaker Okouchi and Masumoto of a technical skills foundation. The two men are believed to be involved in a bribery case. But a key witness in this scandal commits suicide, and the next person believed to hold the key to the case, the foundation’s accountant, has disappeared.
Yanagihara : Minister of land, infrastructure and transportation
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").
Kenjiro Hitomi
Nobuyuki Sakisaka (Yuta Tamamori) is a salaryman. When he was in middle school student, he read light novel "Fairy Game”. He still has that light novel, because he was so shocked by the ending. One day, Nobuyuki Sakisaka browses the internet and comes across the blog "Rein Tsuri no Kuni.” He learns that the blog writer, Rika Hitomi (Mariya Nishiuchi), also was shocked by the ending in light novel "Fairy Game." Nobuyuki and Rika soon begin to exchange emails. Nobuyuki wants to meet Rika, but she refuses due to her secret.
Naidaijin Kōichi Kido
In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. General Korechika Anami is torn over making the proper decision and the Emperor of Japan worries about his people. Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki leads the cabinet meeting, while Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu can't do anything, but watch the meeting. At this time, Major Kenji Hatanaka and other young commissioned officers, who are against Japan surrendering, move to occupy the palace and a radio broadcasting station. The radio station is set to broadcast Emperor Hirohito reading out the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.
High School Principal
Sayaka Kudo es una "gyaru" que viste minifaldas y se tiñe el pelo de rubio. Aunque está en el segundo año del instituto, académicamente no anda muy lejos de la primaria. Frecuentemente cambia de escuela debido a su dificultad para hacer amigos e incluso ha sido sancionada por fumar. Con vistas a prepararla para el examen de acceso a la univerdad, su madre decide enviarla a la Seiho Cram School. Cuando su director tiene conocimiento de sus problemas, se toma como algo personal el ayudarle a conseguir su objetivo de ser admitida en la Universidad de Keio, de gran prestigio y considerada como la más complicada de Japón con vistas a ser aceptar estudiantes.
Hojo
Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society.
Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed by housekeeper Saki Tsubaki. Isako Sawada doesn't like that arrangement, but she hides her contempt because she has a plan. Her plan is to become a widow in 3 years and inherit one billion yen from her husband. Isako Sawada schemes to have Nobuhiro die in an apparent natural manner and she is having a relationship with another man.
Baseball man
A friend of the detective has been is murdered. During the investigation, he comes across a source which tells him that his friend was murdered for involvement with the dark side of the political world. On top of that, a woman approaches the detective with a request.
Goro Takaishi
Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Yusuke Mito, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a lawyer even though he passed the bar exam, the famous lawyer Kojiro Otomo who advocates the abolition of the death penalty, and the public prosecutor Mariko Nagase studied law together. Each have their own thoughts about the death penalty. One day, Otomo’s wife is murdered by someone. Shinzo Sabae who is resentful of a lawsuit that Otomo had been in charge of, is arrested as a suspect. Otomo reverses the stance he had had until now and seeks the death penalty against Sabae. This prompts Mito to make the decision to become a lawyer and stand in the court. However, the first case Mito takes charge of is the defence of Sabae, who murdered the wife of his good friend, Otomo…
Kunihiko Iwaki
"Elite" members of an insurance company are gathered together to form a unit to investigate an accident and whether the company needs to pay out on the insurance policy or not.
Magochiyo Yabe
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.
Katagiri, a highly ambitious young detective, teams up with older detective Takiguchi, who is about to retire, to investigate a murder that took place by Sumida River. Katagiri is annoyed by Takiguchi's pushiness, but is surprised to hear that the victim was a suspect in the 300 million yen robbery.
Saburo Murakami
Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. Some of his colleagues become so jealous they are resentful and waiting patiently for the perfect opportunity to crucify him. Soon they get their chance as Dr Toma considers performing a controversial operation…
Tadao Asano
A cop chasing after a female cop killer, but then gets caught in a dark web of departmental corruption.
On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo, one of the employees, trying to convince the others that they will get good luck and fortune in his next life, and persuades them because they commit suicide to get there faster. It ends, however, in a single major failure. Rather than flee Shinjo being picked up by a Russian ship. Once there, he is overwhelmed by the social conditions that are completely different from those he has just left and decided therefore to return to Kanikosen to save their employees.
For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack his most difficult programming code yet, the detective embarks for Shanghai where he crosses paths with a sniper, an informant, the head of the Blue-Dragon Mafia, and beautiful singer on the run, Meilan. As 507 stumbles deeper into a twisted quagmire of intrigue he discovers the sad truth behind the mystery.
Sasagawa
Kohei Takahara, un astronauta que muere en cumplimiento del deber, resucita legalmente como un clon: sin embargo, contrariamente a las expectativas de los científicos, vuelve a los recuerdos de su infancia cuando su hermano gemelo se ahogó y sacrificó su vida por Kohei. El clon de Kohei descubre el cuerpo de su antiguo yo creyendo erróneamente que es su gemelo fallecido. Reviviendo su trágico pasado, se pone en camino llevando su cadáver a la hermosa ciudad natal donde vivía con su madre ahora muerta.
Suzuko & Takuya's father
Tras haber salido de prisión y cansada de los cotilleos del vecindario sobre ella y su familia, Suzuko Sato, una joven de 21 años, decide vagar por todo Japón, estableciéndose en un lugar hasta que ahorra un millón de yenes, momento en el que se marcha a otro destino para vivir nuevas experiencias y conocer a otras personas.
Masashi Moriya
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.
Kaneko Teppei es un joven japonés normal y corriente. Trabaja a tiempo parcial, hace vida en Tokyo e intenta descubrir qué le espera en la vida. Finalmente, tras armarse de valor para ir a su primera entrevista de trabajo, es acusado por una joven colegiala de haberla manoseado en el metro. Él proclama su inocencia desesperadamente, pero a la policía sólo le interesa forzarle a hacer una confesión falsa, pagar una multa y cerrar rápidamente el caso. Antes de que se dé cuenta de lo que está pasando, su persistencia en afirmar su inocencia le sumirá en una odisea kafkiana de burocracia judicial.
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").
Osaki
Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.
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
Yasuo Kitamura
Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture project. This project is very big, so success of this personnel exchange training will probably determine his career. Nomura goes to a supermarket called "Mantendo".
In a small nook of Kawasaki Private investigator 591 and adultry specialist investigator 522 embark on separate investigations that leads them both to the same beautifician.
The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ship's captain, send the rest of the crew overboard and take control of the vessel. The ship is carrying a secret biological weapon which the terrorists are now threatening to use to level Tokyo! Only a stowaway NCO, Sengoko (played by Sanada Hiroyuki from Ring and Twilight Samurai) is in a position to stop them - but does he really have what it takes to save the day? Playing like a cross between a sea-faring version of Top Gun and Die Hard, director Sakamoto Junji shows that it's not just Hollywood that can produce thrill-a-minute action spectaculars.
Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After this, a string of murders start happening all around the two girls, as if some crazed serial killer was following them. At the scene of each crime, the perpetrator leaves a black lip print, and is subsequently dubbed "The Black Kiss.
Keiichi Toritani
The housewife and part-time private detective Noriko Yamada plays her old tricks again, uncovering mysterious corruption cases. But this time she will solve it adopting the style of "Beatrix Kiddo" from Kill Bill.
Orihara
A boy who suffers from impaired hearing and a young girl pianist try to solve the mysterious connection between a series of murders and the boy's entangled memories.
When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.
Fujiwara no Morosuke
El arrogante y ambicioso Doson (Hiroyuki Sanada), líder de los maestros de la orden de onmyojis, está celoso de Abe no Seimei (Mansai Nomura), otro onmyoji con mucho más talento y pureza de espíritu. Mientras tanto, en el palacio, los consejeros personales del emperador compiten por tomar control del trono imperial. Cuando el hijo del emperador es transformado en un monstruo, Abe no Seimei sospecha de Doson. Para destapar el complot se hace con los servicios del espadachín Minamoto (Hideaki Ito), el espíritu de la mariposa Mitsutsu y la guardiana inmortal Aone (Kyoko Kouzumi). (FILMAFFINITY)
Michio Bonomiya
Akira, un profesor de Tokio, acaba de llegar a una pequeña ciudad rural para comenzar su nuevo trabajo. Poco después de su llegada, se enamora de Miki, hija de una familia que se dedica a la fabricación de papel. En el pueblo oye comentarios acerca de una leyenda antigua que habla de la maldición del Inugami, que lleva la familia de Miki. Él no se lo toma en serio, considerándolo como simples rumores. Poco después, comienzan a ocurrir asesinatos en el pueblo...
The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as ‘Midori no Saru’ (The Green Monkey). Members of this group have committed a string of violent suicide-attacks on military bases and public areas. Part of the mystery seems to involve a young child and an enormous Buddha statue outside Tokyo, but how could all these pieces possibly fit together?
Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown complacent after unsuccesfully pursuing these cases that many consider an exercise in futility. With her upper class breeding, her colleagues don't expect much from her either, but she suprises them all with her motivation and astounding powers of deduction. Well-constructed mysteries and colorful characters abound in this stylish and edgy police drama.
A biographical film of war photographer, Taizo Ichinose.
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.
Doctor
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.
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.
The story of Shien brought up as a killing machine in a nunnery. Can she flee from the clutches of the underground organization?
A salaryman befriends a runaway bethrothed to a Yakuza Boss
1995 Japanese mystery video film.
Ishida
A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a 'kamikaze' mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.
Takahashi
Murakawa (Kitano) es un yakuza de Tokyo que es enviado por su jefe a terminar una guerra de gángsters en Okinawa. (FILMAFFINITY)
Idol vehicle Mahjong flick
宮内 雅臣
Kazumasu Takigawa
The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two right-hand men who contributed to unifying the nation. One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita Tokichiro, both rivals of each other for higher promotions. Eventually Mitsuhide was recognized for his work and was given a castle. However, Nobunaga's ambition to conquer the nation did not allow Mitsuhide to live happily in his territory. That is when an idea flashed across Mitsuhide's mind… Akechi Mitsuhide, the man who was considered to be the most intelligent general of the warring states era. What was the truth about him, Oda Nobunaga's best general and murderer?
