Yûsuke Takita

This is the true story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during WW2. Anne's father realizes on time the danger the Jews face and hides his family (his wife Edith and his two daughters Margo (16) and Anne (13), along with four more people, in "the house behind". For two years the 8 people live in darkness and whispers, in fear of being discovered and sent to the German crematories. During that time young Anne writes a diary, describing her daily life in the cellar, her complicated relationship with her mother and the story of her first love - Peter, the young boy in the hiding place. Anne writes down her wishes to run out free and breath the air and flowers, her dreams to be free at last. But humanity is often a cruel mistress...

Two soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last time, leaving a deep impression on a teacher. Years later, she seeks out the relatives of the pilots when the piano is old and about to be discarded.

TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of TV Asahi in 1978 and released theatrically by Office Henmi in 1988.

The Saika clan, that had succeeded in battle against the large armies of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, had in the Tokugawa era of Ieyasu, been driven into the mountains 7 generations later, forced into subsistence hunting. A man comes to them offering revenge: to assassinate current Tokugawa Shogun Yoshimune. (Made-for-TV movie)

To satisfy her lover's fetish for tattooed women, Akane agrees to have her body covered in eloborate tattoos by Kyogoro, an old craftsman. Kyogoro has developed a special technique, by which his assistant, Harutsune, keeps Katsuko's mind off the pain while Kyogoro does his work. After the work is done, Harutsune makes the shocking discovery of how Kyogoro mastered his technique.

青函トンネルの貫通に賭けた男たちの長きにわたる苦闘と人間模様を、主演・高倉健、「八甲田山」の森谷司郎監督が壮大なスケールで描く感動のドラマ。共演は吉永小百合。 昭和29年の青函連絡船・洞爺丸の遭難事故をきっかけに、本州と北海道を結ぶ青函トンネル構想が急速に具体化する。国鉄の技術調査員の阿久津は、海底地質調査のため津軽半島へとやって来る。厳しく美しい龍飛崎の自然を背景に、トンネルの貫通に賭けた男たちの熱いドラマが展開する。

A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly desperate as events spin out of control, culminating in an audacious hijack at sea...

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?

Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and interacting with the residents all while falling for fair Fumiko.

山口県の萩にある旧家の唐沢家には、麗子、紀子、恵子の美人三姉妹がいた。ある日、ボブという青年がアメリカから日本文化を研究するために来日、唐沢家に滞在することに。次女の紀子には婚約者の藤村がいたのだが、彼は3年前に忽然と姿を消してしまった。ボブの研究は、三女の恵子が手伝うことになる。そんな中、藤村が突然戻ってきて、紀子たちは結婚することに。ところが、紀子が藤村の本に挟まれていた3通の封筒を発見した様子を、ボブと恵子は見てしまう。手紙は、藤村の妹・智子に宛てられたものであったのだが…。

部落解放運動の優れた指導者、松本治一郎の権力に屈せず、闘い抜いた半生を描く。監督は『博奕打ち 総長賭博』の山下耕作。明治41年、治一郎は徴兵検査において被差別部落出身ということで差別した軍の係官と争うが、そのため不合格となり、差別のない世界を求めて大陸へ渡る。しかし大陸も国内同様で、治一郎は失意のうちに帰国し、やがて用水路の工事現場で働くようになる。ここで治一郎は不当な差別に対し敢然と立ち上がり、部落解放運動の道を歩み出す。

仕事一筋だった一鬼建設社長の一鬼太治平は、初めて仕事を離れヨーロッパの周遊旅行に出る。途中、一鬼は体の異変に気づき、医者に診てもらう。数日後、判明した結果は癌だった。しかも、あと一年の命だった…。

A Violent School Revolution

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.

深海潜水艦・わだつみのなかで日本海溝の異変に気づいた小野寺と田所博士。二人は政界・財界のトップによる“D計画”のために働くことになり、綿密な調査の上、恐るべき推測に到達する。日本列島が海に沈もうとしているのだ……。小松左京の大ベストセラーの映画化。

Based on a novel by Ayako Miura.

17世紀の長崎。キリシタン弾圧が激化する中、2人のポルトガル人宣教師が秘かに来日する。 20年前に渡来した恩師の行方を捜すためである。 キチジローに案内され隠れキリシタンの村にかくまわれるが、金のため役人に密告されてしまう…。

Set against the background of a giant newspaper company. A girl reporter on the staff of the newspaper witnesses the accidental killing of one of the top executives, whose wife is having an affair with the head of the company.

The clerk of a trading company happens to have a large sum of money from his company in his possession. His girlfriend pressures him into fleeing with the money...

When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.

Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.

竹中は協立コンツェルンの城所に会社を奪われ、その上、恋人までも取られてしまった。父親も兄も自殺に追いやられた。竹中は憤り、城所を殺そうとして失敗。獄中で一人うめいていた。やがて、十年の刑期を終えて出所した竹中は、城所一味への復讐を深く心に秘めて、ち密な計画を開始させる。

Sixth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWII. A broken man, he leads the dissolute life of a gigolo until a chance meeting with a fiery young athlete named Hiroko (Michiyo Yasuda). Realizing that she has talent as a sprinter, Miyagi sees a second chance at Olympic glory in becoming her coach. Following Miyagi’s unconventional, military-style training, Hiroko sets a record for the 100-meter dash, but her greatest hurdle proves to be a “sex check” which all professional athletes must pass.

Fourth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

日中戦争が激化した昭和15年。日本から中国本土に派遣された密使の一行が上海の地で襲われ、全員が命を落としてしまった。中野学校出身のスパイ、椎名次郎は上海に向かい、事件を起こしたと思われる組織の足取りを追う。やがて日中の和平を望まないスパイ団の存在が浮上するが、日本の第2の密使の一行が乗った飛行機が不時着する非常事態が発生。次郎と同僚の杉本は救助に向かうが、そこで激しい戦いに巻き込まれてしまう。

The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.

A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity and find fun and happiness in helping others.

Japanese drama.

In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going well at home, however, where his father does not work leaving the mother to toil . With the boy's family having no money he cannot progress his education and has to drop out of school. A neighbour, who is a bookstore owner, offers the family money to allow the boy to continue his schooling, but the father is too proud to accept and rebuffs the offer forcing the boy to work.

A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.