Hideko Yoshida

Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously disappeared from her life at a young age. Because of her father's disappearance Uta's mother had to move out of their posh home and into a far modest working class neighborhood. In this working class neighborhood there is a local grocer. The grocer's son Kikuna Oto happens to be a budding musician, but lacks the drive to truly succeed. That is until Uta Naruse comes into his life...

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

A young boy named Taichi Ogawara finds a fox cub on the side of the road and takes it home as a pet. He discovers it is blind, deaf, and mute. Because of this, he names it Helen, after Helen Keller.

Yokubo from director Tetsuo Shinohara is based off of the award-winning love story by Mariko Koike. A young man searching for physical comfort and dumb lust, and the world-weary woman drowning in a sea of men that works with him. This is a fantastic new film from a remarkably skilled cast about "the beauty of sensualism."

Miyo Hanayama (Etsuko Ichihara) works as a home care nurse, supporting the home care of patients who are close to death. Shigeaki Noguchi (Shigeru Kamiyama) complains that his wife has stopped talking to him since he collapsed once. Noriko Imaizumi (Hideko Yoshida) refuses to undergo surgery because her business has taken off and continues to recuperate at home. And 18-year-old Emi Akizuki (Juri Ueno) insists on visiting the town where she used to live. Everyone is trying their best to live their lives while keeping an eye on their imminent death, which may come at any moment. Meanwhile, Yuki (Mari Hoshino), a nurse like Miyo, discovers she is pregnant.

Heaven's Bookstore is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara about a struggling classical pianist who is sent to heaven to work in a bookstore. It is based on two novels, written by Atsushi Matsuhisa and Wataru Tanaka.

When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.

Panic occurs when the Governor of Tokyo proposes to attract a nuclear power plant to Tokyo.

Satomi is aimlessly attending a vocational school and becomes a member of the robot club by chance. There are two robot clubs at her school. The first club's members are handpicked elite and have regularly participated in the robot contest. The other one, which Satomi belongs to, is full of hacks and the club is about to close down. The second club participates in a local contest, but can't even pass the first stage. However, their unique idea is praised and they are invited to attend the National Robot Contest. Satomi, who hates losing, burns with passion for the contest in order not to be disgraced in public.

The story of a woman who lost everything.

Biopic sobre Taiji Tonoyama, actor japonés que interpretó más de 250 personajes a lo largo de su carrera, muchos de ellos en películas dirigidas por el propio Kaneto Shindo. Tonoyama empezó su carrera como actor en los años 50, siendo su primer papel protagonista dentro de una de las películas más aclamadas de Kaneto Shindo, "La Isla Desnuda", rodada íntegramente sin diálogos. Pero más allá de sus películas, el actor era más conocido por su vida privada; se le acusaba de mujeriego y alcohólico.

The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired.

La historia de abandonar a la gente anciana en las montañas se ha preservado en la prefectura de Nagano, en el centro de Japón. Pero un gran número de leyendas similares pueden encontrarse, a modo de cuentos locales, aquí y allá, así como poemas escritos sobre este tema hace cientos de años. ¿Cómo se adapta este concepto a un mundo contemporaneo? En esta sociedad civilizada es imposible llevarse a los ancianos a la montaña. Y si alguien lo intenta, sería considerado un homicidio. La película muestra cómo se afronta este elemento social en la actualidad, comparado con la antigüedad.

En Kyoto, en los años 70, un anciano calígrafo escribe con gran delicadeza una felicitación en la cara de su hija el día de su cumpleaños. Cuando se hace mayor, Nagiko recuerda emocionada aquel regalo, y busca al amante calígrafo ideal que utilice todo su cuerpo como una hoja en blanco...

A close look at the inner workings of Japan's political underbelly.

When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her. But Izumi unexpectedly meets Tora-san.

A hospital accidentally gives a man Count Dracula's blood while trying to save his life. A year later, he's back from the dead, trying to right the wrongs of his life while trying to resist the urge to become a vampire.

A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away.

Katsuhiro Otomo se alió con otros dos geniales directores japoneses. Rintaro y Yoshiaki Kawajiri para escribir y dirigir los cortos que componen esta película. Tres autores y tres historias en un viaje al subconsciente humano y a la pesadilla de la realidad, suficientes para crear uno de los clásicos inolvidables del anime de todos los tiempos. Episodio 1 - Laberinto: Una niña solitaria llamada Sachi viaja al otro lado del espejo en el que encuentra un mundo mágico poblado por criaturas de sueño… Y de pesadillas. Episodio 2 - El piloto de carreras: Zack Hugh, lleva diez años compitiendo en un peligroso deporte cuyos participantes acaban muertos… Hasta que es incapaz de detenerse. Episodio 3 - Trabajos de construcción suspendidos: Un joven es enviado a detener el Proyecto 444 de urbanización de la selva amazónica, en el que las máquinas están fuera de control.

Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman named Rumi moves in in the apartment upstairs. Rumi is a self-proclaimed master thief, but she needs socially awkward Toru's help to actually kickstart her so-called career.

A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup exposes the truth.

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin.

Obayashi’s take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.

Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself "disqualified from being human" (a literal translation of the Japanese title) and goes down the stairs to self-destruction step by step.

Akio's sister, Neri has separated from her boyfriend. They lived in Kamakura. She moves in with her brother. Her ex-boyfriend's sister, Eiko comes to see Neri. She wonders if the separation occurred due to her because the three of them used to live together. Eiko's brother has disappeared in the meantime.

Based on the comic by Mitsutoshi Furuya

Romantic drama based on the manga published in Young Comic.

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

This documentary follows and records interviews with an actress in an underground theater troupe and others around her

Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming that he did it. Tracking down the real culprit willtake him along a twisted trail that involves the Shogun's harem, hidden christians, and positively pregnant politics!

A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.

Cuatro estudiantes de provincias están en Tokyo para hacer los exámenes de selectividad. Desilusionados con la generación de sus padres, ven el futuro sin esperanza. Su respuesta consiste en ir por la calle cantando canciones obscenas. Una prostituta japonesa les explica que esas canciones no siempres son divertidas, a veces pueden ser muy tristes. Las fantasías de los cuatro protagonistas se centran en una chica rica que conocen de vista y a la que planean violar.