Satoshi Tsumabuki

After divorcing, Rie has found happiness with her second husband Daisuke and formed a new family. But when Daisuke dies in a tragic accident, she discovers her new husband was not the man she thought he was. Rie calls on the attorney Kido to help her find the truth about the identity of the man she loved. A quest that will open larger questions about the nature of identity itself, and what makes a person real at all.

An medical student unwillingly assists in human experiments on American POWs during WWII and gets sentenced to death in the Yokohama War Trials. His wife fights for a reduction of sentence.

Tras la emoción de Bangkok primero y luego de Nueva York, se lleva a cabo un gran caso de asesinato en Tokio. Los maestros detectives del barrio chino Tangren (Wang Baoqiang) y Qinfeng (Liu Haoren) están invitados a abordar el misterio. Además de la emoción, están los otros detectives en la lista internacional de detectives de CRIMASTER, así como el rango superior actual, Q. Sin embargo, otra divertida batalla de ingenio está lista para tener lugar ...

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.

Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu Ichikawa, an obsolete writer with no manuscript at all, had another face - a legendary hitman. But the truth of the matter is... he had never shot a person. One day, he receives a murder request from a friend. Seeing this as an opportunity to achieve the ideal hard-boiled novel, he decides to hire a real hitman and demands that he report to him the assassination situation as it was.

After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.

Tōko Muranushi is married and they have a lovely daughter. She doesn't have any major problems in her life. One day, Tōko meets her former lover, Akihiko Kurata, at a friend's wedding. They haven't seen each other in ten years. Tōko indulges in a sexual relationship with Kurata.

Feudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Having no time to mourn his death, samurai Kuranosuke Oishi decides to take revenge on Kira, planning an attack with the help of accountant Chosuke Yato… but they don't have enough in their budget.

A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by multiple people.

Wisecracking Makino shows up from Japan and meets Shima, a yakuza living quietly in Taipei. Makino says he knows about the incident that prompted Shima to come to Taiwan. Shima finds out that someone wants Makino dead, and they both head for Hualien, a city in eastern Taiwan.

Hideki y Kana Tahara son una pareja de recién casados. Hideki está realmente emocionado por el futuro que le depara junto a Kana. Un día, una misteriosa persona visita la compañía en la que él trabaja. Pronto recibe un mensaje de un compañero, asegurando que la persona en cuestión se llama "Chisa", algo que impacta a Hideki. "Chisa" es el nombre que tanto él como su mujer han elegido para su bebé, pero sólo ellos están al corriente del embarazo de Kana. En cuestión de días, el compañero que transmite el mensaje fallece bajo extrañas circunstancias. La vida de Hideki cambia por completo de ese momento en adelante, viéndose implicado en una serie de misteriosos acontecimientos en los siguientes dos años de su existencia.

Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tournament. At the age of 26, his dream of becoming a professional shogi player collapses due to an age restriction. After he quits playing shogi, he becomes desperate. With the support of his peers, including Yuya Suzuki, and his love of shogi, Shoji Segawa begins to play shogi again. A miracle happens to him.

No todos valoran lo suficiente al ama de casa. Cuando un ladrón entra en su casa, el marido y la esposa comienzan una pelea que termina con la mujer marchando de casa a su ciudad natal. Siguen una serie de percances, pasos en falso y errores domésticos. ¿Regresarán ella y su mascota o es el final de un matrimonio de veinte años? En cualquier caso, ya ordenó de anguila y arroz a domicilio para la cena.

Cuando el caso del hijo desaparecido de un mafioso de Chinatown se convierte en una investigación de asesinato, el dúo de detectives formado por Tang y Qin intentará dar caza al asesino, esta vez con ayuda internacional.

Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first sight.

Mientras su mujer viaja con unas amigas para ver la aurora boreal, el abuelo aprovecha para retomar antiguas amistades y rememorar viejos tiempos. Después de un pequeño accidente de circulación sin importancia se desatará el caos en la familia Hirata. Sus hijos se reunirán para intentar que deje de conducir pero el abuelo no se lo pondrá fácil.

Tanaka está pasando por un momento difícil tratando de apoyar a su hermana menor Mitsuko, recientemente arrestado y mantenido en la cárcel. Como reportero de investigación, se sumerge en una historia sobre un caso de asesinato chocante que se volvió frío. La "perfecta" familia de éxito de negocios, hermosa esposa y adorable niño-fue brutalmente asesinado hace un año y el caso sigue sin resolverse. Tanaka entrevista a sus amigos y conocidos, y como las historias de su verdadera naturaleza se desarrollan, él comienza a descubrir que la familia no era tan ideal como creída. Los propios entrevistados revelan sus propias naturalezas ocultas, revelando un inquietante retrato del elitismo social.

En Tokio, Japón, un asesino enmascarado comete una serie de crueles y elaborados crímenes. El inspector Sawamura, encargado del caso, descubre pronto que su propia familia está relacionada con los asesinatos.

Esta película cuenta una historia sobre un hombre que brutalmente asesina a una pareja casada y deja la palabra "Ikari" ("Anger") escrita con su sangre. El asesino se somete a cirugía plástica y huye. En tres lugares diferentes en Japón, aparece un extraño. La gente sospecha que el extraño podría ser el asesino.

Haru (Toyoshima Hana) is a rather cool fifth-grade elementary school student who shares the same tastes as her mother’s younger sister Yuko (Kaho) and can tell Yuko what she really feels. On the first day of the summer vacation, Haru is kidnapped. The culprit is her free-spirited father Takashi (Tsumabuki Satoshi) who disappeared from home two months ago.

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.

Un matrimonio lleva casado 50 años, al llegar el cumpleaños de ella el marido le pregunta qué desea como regalo a lo que ella contesta que quiere el divorcio... El anuncio crea el caos en la familia.

China, siglo IX. Nie Yinniang regresa a casa de su familia tras años de exilio. Educada por una monja que la inicia en las artes marciales, es una auténtica justiciera cuyo objetivo es eliminar a los tiranos. Su maestro le encarga la misión de matar a su primo Tian Ji'an, gobernador disidente de la provincia militar de Weibo. Nie tendrá que elegir: sacrificar al hombre que ama o romper definitivamente con la "Secta de los Asesinos”.

In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of their Caucasian counterparts. But one thing made their lives worth living: baseball. They may be the underdogs, but the Vancouver Asahi baseball team have a sense of fair play and smart tactics that set them apart from the brute force of their opponents. Under the guidance of new team captain Reggie Kasahara, can they be able to rise above all the negativity to win the tournament? This film is based on the true story of Vancouver Asahi, the Japanese-Canadian baseball team that was inducted into The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.

Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.

Nobita Nobi es un niño muy patoso al que todo le sale mal. Un día recibe la visita de Sewashi, un misterioso niño que afirma ser su tataranieto del siglo XXII y le anuncia que su futuro será un desastre que arruinará a toda la familia durante generaciones. Sewashi le presta su robot Doraemon para que le ayude a encontrar una solución. Poco después, Doraemon, el gato cósmico, cree haber encontrado la clave: el amor.

Cuando Kanako, hija pródiga y alumna intachable, desaparece, su madre no duda en llamar a su exmarido, un policía poco ortodoxo. A medida que la investigación avanza, la imagen idealizada de Kanako se va resquebrajando, dejando entrever que, bajo la excelencia, la chica esconde otra vida, más oscura y secreta.

The emotional journey of a four-member family that fails to recognize that it is rapidly growing apart until the mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Ambientada en los años anteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial nos muestra la vida cotidiana de una pequeña y humilde familia que vive en Tokio, la capital japonesa. La historia comienza cuando Takeshi encuentra una colección de diarios que escribió su ya difunta tía Taki Nunomiya. A través de esos íntimos escritos, tanto el joven Takeshi como el espectador, van conociendo la realidad que vivieron sus familiares antes de que estallase la guerra. En 1920 Taki es una jovencita que trabaja como doncella para la familia de los Hirai. Masaki, el padre, es el empleado de una compañía de juguetes y vive junto a su mujer Tokiko y su hijo de cinco años. Un día Tokiko recibe la visita de un viejo amigo, lo que provoca una aventura extramatrimonial. Mientras todo eso ocurre, Taki lo observa en silencio.

A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese characters are slightly different) poses as his wife so that he can attend an open party which is held nightly. Knowing that he’ll get fired if his company doesn’t win the Grand Prix, he’s forced to resort to a variety of desperate tactics.

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.

Four people decide to travel to Hunza, Pakistan to find paradise. Kentaro Tooma works as head of sales for a camera company. One of his clients is Jujo Togashi who owns the shop Camera Togashi. The two men are friends and become captivated by a picture with only a chair sitting in a field of grass. Kentaro and Jujo know of a 4-year-old boy Keisuke through Kentaro's eldest daughter. 4-year-old Keisuke is traumatized from being abused by his mother. Kishiko Shinohara is the owner of an antique shop. Kentaro Tooma has feelings for her.

Un viejo matrimonio formado por Shukichi Hirayama (Isao Hashizume) y Tomiko (Etsuko Ichihara) viven en una pequeña isla, y a petición de sus hijos van a Tokio a pasar unos días, aunque no les gusta la gran ciudad. La pareja tiene tres hijos: Koichi (Masahiko Nishimura) es el hijo mayor que dirige un hospital; Shigeko (Tomoko Nakajima), la hija mayor, es dueña de un salón de belleza; y el hijo pequeño es Shuji (Satoshi Tsumabuki), que trabaja en el teatro. En esta visita conocerán a la novia de Shuji, Noriko (Yu Aoi), pero lo que parecía que seria una reunión familiar más, se tuerce cuando Tomiko se desmaya en casa de su hijo mayor. Remake de "Cuentos de Tokio" de Yasujiro Ozu.

Un viejo matrimonio formado por Shukichi Hirayama (Isao Hashizume) y Tomiko (Etsuko Ichihara) viven en una pequeña isla, y a petición de sus hijos van a Tokio a pasar unos días, aunque no les gusta la gran ciudad. La pareja tiene tres hijos: Koichi (Masahiko Nishimura) es el hijo mayor que dirige un hospital; Shigeko (Tomoko Nakajima), la hija mayor, es dueña de un salón de belleza; y el hijo pequeño es Shuji (Satoshi Tsumabuki), que trabaja en el teatro. En esta visita conocerán a la novia de Shuji, Noriko (Yu Aoi), pero lo que parecía que seria una reunión familiar más, se tuerce cuando Tomiko se desmaya en casa de su hijo mayor. Remake de "Cuentos de Tokio" de Yasujiro Ozu.

Kota (Satoshi Tsumabuki) hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa (Tadanobu Asano), a former college classmate, and decides to take part. The gold bar sits in the basement of the HQ of Sumita Bank. Helping Kota and Kitagawa are bank security employee Noda (Kenta Kiritani), a North Korean spy pretending to be a college student (Shim Chang-Min), Kitagawa's younger brother Haruki (Junpei Mizobata) and a former elevator engineer (Toshiyuki Nishida). These 6 men are about to carry the boldest of schemes to bypass the bank's high-tech defense system.

Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter raised in a wholesome family. Around Makoto and Ai are Iwashimizu, who has feelings for Ai and Gamuko, a gang member who eyes Makoto.

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.

In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journalist for a weekly magazine. Two years later, Sawada interviews activist Umeyama with senior reporter Nakahira. Umeyama boasts that his group will steal arms and take action in April. Sawada doubts Umeyama's claims but is attracted to his personality. An incident occurs... Sawada hears news that a man was killed at a army post...

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.

Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spend their free time practicing for their school's upcoming festival. When the festival is abruptly concealed, they come up with a dimwitted strategy of faking a bomb threat to the school in order to force the principal to change his mind. Their plan seems to work at first, but when a real bomb goes off, the group is forced to take responsibility for the explosion and they are kicked out of school. Three years later, more details of the incident is revealed as the youth look back on the past.

This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by Osamu Dazai, the story centers less on the womanizing, heavy-drinking, suicidal hero than on the wife who loves him. Written by Palm Springs International Film Festival

A couple of smugglers don't know what to do when one day their boss gives them a kidnapping job.

ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other variety of virus? As the situation worsens and more cases begin arriving, a medical officer from the World Health Organization named Eiko Kobayashi is dispatched to the area. At the rate the virus is spreading, the entire city’s transportation system and infrastructure would be brought to a halt within 3 months. Within 6 months it could spread to tens of millions of people--reaching a death toll far worse than any war.

A sixth grade teacher raises a pig with his class.

There once was a hospital where patients and even doctors & nurses were all weird. Above all, Onuki, a patient who built up his company all by himself from scratch, is a super cranky old man. One day, he meets up a girl called Paco, who cannot retain memory beyond one day due to a car accident. She is reading the same picture book everyday. Onuki starts bonding with Paco after some incident, and begins to doubt his way of living. He starts wanting to do something for Paco with his remaining life, and comes up with a brilliant idea. This pleases Paco, but their fate is?

Tokio es una antología de tres cortometrajes de los directores Michel Gondry (Francia), Leos Carax (Francia) y Joon-ho Bong (Corea), cada uno de los cuales ofrece una visión imaginativa y transnacional / sobrenatural de la Megapolis de Tokio.

A Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he uncovers a sinister network. In the darkest corners of Thailand, child prostitution and organ sales flourish. In order to save a child's life, another life must be taken. An outraged Japanese journalist and a passionate young Japanese NGO member attempt to save "children of the dark" from being consumed by arrogance and greed. However, the harsh realities of life intervene... Adapting Yan Sogil's book, which unflinchingly portrays the tragic realities unfolding today, filmmaker Junji Sakamoto directs a talented multinational cast to bring these stark events to life.

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.

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in the single room because of her high risk of committing suicide. Sakura tried to talk to the nurses and doctors but they didn’t listen to her. Under the circumstances another patient Miki, who suffers from an eating disorder, leads her to understand the unknown world. But, Sakura is looking for the way to get back to the real world as soon as possible.

At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo has raised for a critical business deal. Gondo is prepared to pay the ransom - that is, until he learns that the kidnappers have mistakenly abducted not Gondo's son, but the child of Gondo's chauffeur. Now Gondo must decide whether the other man's child is equally worth saving.

A lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro finds himself unable to move up in the world due to the stifling caste system of the Bakumatsu era. After being expelled from the household into which he was adopted through marriage and separated from his wife and son, he moves in with his disapproving elder brother and his wife. He meets his old class rival Enomoto Takeaki, now a commander of a naval ship, and is later told by a kindly noodle shop owner that Enomoto's rise in social status came about after he prayed at a shrine in Mukojima. Stumbling home drunk one night, Hikoshiro falls down a riverbank and comes across a small run-down shrine which he is convinced is affiliated to the one in Mukojima. Pressing his hands together in prayer, he unwittingly invites the unwanted attentions of the gods of poverty, pestilence and death..

"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Although the term survives, it has a strong connotation with a simpler, pre-"Economic Bubble" era when Japanese people shared a common identity in the reconstruction of their nation.

Narra la particular vendetta que Hyakkimaru mantiene con los 48 demonios que se repartieron buena parte de su cuerpo, tras el pacto satánico que firmó su propio padre. En su epopeya contará con la ayuda de Dororo, una ladronzuela que también guarda una cuenta pendiente...

A love story about two step-siblings, Yota and Kaoru. Long ago, Yota's mother married Kaoru's jazz-playing father, effectively merging the two families. Unfortunately, Kaoru's father skipped town, and Yota's mother passed away, but not before imparting a dying wish to her young son to take care of Kaoru.

Shaun Boswell es un chico que no acaba de encajar en ningún grupo. Su única conexión con el mundo de indiferencia que le rodea es a través de las carreras ilegales, lo que no le ha convertido en el chico favorito de la policía. Cuando amenazan con encarcelarle, le mandan fuera del país a pasar una temporada con su tío, un militar destinado en Japón. En el país donde nacieron la mayoría de los coches modificados, las simples carreras en la calle principal han sido sustituidas por el último reto automovilístico que desafía la gravedad, las carreras de "drift" (arrastre), una peligrosa mezcla de velocidad en pistas con curvas muy cerradas y en zigzag. En su primera incursión en el salvaje mundo de las carreras de "drift", Shaun acepta ingenuamente conducir un D.K, el Rey del Drift, que pertenece a los Yakuza, la mafia japonesa. Para pagar su deuda, no tiene más remedio que codearse con el hampa de Tokio y jugarse la vida.

Based on an award winning novel, It's Only Talk is about the life of Yuko, a 35 year old woman. She is single and unemployed, and suffers from manic depression. The movie begins with Yuko moving to Kamata Town.

Japón, siglo XIX. Kiyoaki es un joven intrépido, hijo de un "nuevo rico". Kiyoaki pronto se enamorará de Satoko, hija de una familia aristocrática aunque este no se decide a declarar su amor oficialmente, por lo que la familia de Satoko concertará su matrimonio con el hijo del emperador. La película está basada en una novela de Yukio Mishima, considerado uno de los autores más importantes de Japón. (FILMAFFINITY)

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.

Versión en imagen real del Manga de Mitsuteru Yokoyama. Shôtarô Kaneda es un joven chico al que la policía y el ejercito van a necesitar. Él conoce los secretos del robot gigante Tetsujin 28, ya que fue su padre quien lo construyó en la 2ª Guerra Mundial.

Drama con tintes fantásticos ambientado en la Segunda Guerra Mundial en el que un submarino que porta un arma secreta trata de evitar el plan de lanzar una tercera bomba atómica sobre Japón

Takarada, a member of a group of swindlers which has reunited to pull off a big caper involving down comforters, shoddy encyclopedias, and a panda suit. However, the actual scam they’re about to run takes a back seat to the trust issues between the group.

Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the attention of television stations and newspapers, and soon even the cops became involved in this teenage adventure.

Siete amigos se reúnen para hacer una fiesta. Todo parece normal, no es más que un día cualquiera en el mundo, un día en el que unos amigos están pasándoselo bien mientras un ladrón queda atrapado entre dos edificios y una ballena está varada en la playa.

Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.

Teru Aoki (青木 輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destroys the train and blocks a tunnel. When Teru awakes, he finds all his classmates and teachers are dead.

Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.

Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.

When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.

During Japan's feudal period, a noble lord was treacherously killed by a rival. His 47 samurai retainers took their revenge on their master's killer after scattering into society for several years, so as not to be detected. Having completed their task, all 47 then committed ritual suicide. This series, of which this TV movie is the pilot, follows the adventures of one of these samurai as he patiently waits for the chance to fulfill his destiny.

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.

Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.

A teenage girl makes a new friend at her school who tells her that she has the ability to travel between worlds.