Takashi Ebata

Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.

映画賞を総ナメした｢ラヂオの時間｣から４年ぶりとなる、三谷幸喜監督待望の第２作。自らの家造り体験をもとに、次から次へと起こるドタバタ騒動をコミカルにつづる。お酒落なマイホームを夢見る若夫婦。新進気鋭のインテリア・デザイナーに設計を依頼するまでは良かったが、施工は妻の父親で頑固な大工が行うこととなり、正反対の性格であるふたりは対立を繰り返し、遂には想像を絶するトラブルが夫婦に襲い掛かる。はたして理想の新居は完成するのだろうか？

This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kimchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought the Japanese yakuza organization to its knees. He breaks out of prison while being transported back to Brazil and then begins to seek to get even with the organization.

Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him.

Some of the greatest battles during the Age of Civil Wars were fought between the Uesugi and Takeda clans. Leading up to them was the incredible life of Uesugi Kenshin, who rose from a son out of favor with his...

牢を出たばかりの座頭市は、漁師・儀肋の家にやっかいになった。その小さな漁村では五右衛門一家が賭場を開き、市もつきに任せて遊んでいた。跡目を継いだばかりの若き五右衛門は宿場一体を仕切るために八州取締役に取り入ろうとしていた。大勝ちした市を撫然とした五右衛門一家が取り囲むが、女親分のおはんが取りなした。帰り道で市は刺客に襲われるが、得意な居合い斬りで片づけた。市は旅先で絵を描く浪人と知り合い、色を教えてもらった。その間も五右衛門一家の刺客が襲いかかるが、市の居合い斬りの前には歯が立たない。八州取締役は赤兵衛に五右衛門と対抗するために銃を買うことを勧めた。しかし、赤兵衛は五右衛門と八州が通じていることを知っており、市を用心棒に顧った。一方五右衛門は浪人を新しい用心棒に顧っていた。赤兵衛の宿場で八州は薄幸の少女おうめを手込めにしようとするが、市に斬られた。浪人は湯治場で一度市を見逃すが、五右衛門一家はついに赤兵衛一家を襲う。壮絶な斬り合いの末、赤兵衛は五右衛門の前に倒れた。その時坂の上から早桶が転ってきて、中から現われたのは八州の首を持った市だった。そして市は数十人の五右衛門一家の子分を絶滅させ、最後に五右衛門と浪人も倒すのだった。

A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole time is a mysterious man.

Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to raise the cub, but the bear later becomes a troublemaker.

時は幕末。尊皇攘夷の声はいよいよ高まり、日本は激動の時代を迎えつつあった。そんなある日、青森県の小さな村でひとりの若者が育ての母と姉を殺害したという罪で、村人に追われていた。手にはしっかりとを握りしめて･･･。

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.

Wakayama Tomisaburo plays the role of Ichibei. His father is denounced from his clan and murdered, his family is hamed, and Ichibei is no longer a member of the Kurokuwa ninja. Living with his daughter as a peaceful pharmacist by day, Ichibei exerts his vengeance against the powers that be in the dark of night, under the pseudonym "Fangs of Darkness". Unaware of the true identity of the burglar who's bringing disgrace upon the noble houses, the efforts to stop him are being doubled by the day. Will they ever be satisfied? Can they be stopped or will the lords be shamed in the eyes of the Tokugawa Shogun? See how far a father and his daughter can take their quest for vengeance in this action-packed tale of honor!

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?

巨匠・黒澤明監督が手がけた戦国スペクタクル巨編。武田信玄の影武者として生きた男の悲喜劇を荘厳にして絢爛な映像で描く。戦国時代。家康の野田城攻めの折り、鉄砲で撃たれこの世を去った武田信玄。弟信廉は信玄死すの報を打ち消すため信玄の影武者を立てる。男は盗みの罪から処刑されるところを信玄と瓜二つだったことから助けられたのだった。だが男にとって戦国の雄・信玄として生きることはあまりにも過酷だった……。カンヌ国際映画祭グランプリ受賞。

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.

菅原が日本最大の暴力団組長に果敢に挑む。仁義なき戦いシリーズでは主人公が組長に利用され翻弄される役割であったが、遂に暴れ犬文太の真骨頂をこの最終作で見ることができる。

盗んだ車でドライブを楽しんでいたルパン三世は、その途中で刑務所に護送中だった峰不二子に出会い、彼女を手に入れるため脱獄に協力するが、不二子はルパンを置き去りにして一人で逃げてしまう。警察に捕まったルパンは銭形警部からの取り調べを受けるが、「脱獄に協力したという証拠も証人もない」という理由で釈放される。その直後、ルパンは自分のことを探していた次元大介に出会い、自分の素性を知ることになる...。

The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction. Blood gushes and limbs fly for anyone who stands against Saburai as he instills the Way of the Bohachi.

When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.

敗戦直後の広島県呉市。闇市の食堂でレコードを聞いていた広能昌三のもとへ友人が怪我をして駆け込んでくる。刀を振り回している暴漢に襲われたと言い山守組へ連絡を頼まれた広能は事務所におもむき大勢で現場に駆けつけ、広能は暴漢を射殺するが逮捕され刑務所に収監されてしまう。

The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causing officials of the Tokugawa bakufu to call on their most skillful secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei.

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi.

In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.

President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to the Onishi group of the branch to expand the territory. Now members of the same yakuza gang are forced to fight each other over territory and honor.

A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.

Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.

Gengobe Satsuma, an exiled samurai cast out as an Asano clan retainer is given a second chance to join his brothers in arms to become the 48th Ronin against the Shogunate. His faithful servant gathers the 100 ryo required for his acceptance. Gengobe is also in love with a greedy geisha named Koman. About to be sold to another man, Gengobe learns that for him to keep her, her debt is exactly 100 ryo.

This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.

An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.

「男はつらいよ」シリーズ第2作。車寅次郎（渥美清）は、弟分の登（津坂匡章）と北海道へ出発する前にふらりと葛飾商業学校時代の英語の恩師・坪内先生（東野英治郎）の家を訪ねた。先生の娘・夏子（佐藤オリエ）に一目惚れした寅次郎は浮かれてしまい、先生宅で飲み食いが過ぎ病院に担ぎ込まれてしまう。入院先の病院でトラブルを起こして脱走。さらに、舎弟の登と焼肉店で無銭飲食と店長の男性に暴力をふるい、警察に連行された。さすがにいたたまれなくなった寅次郎は北海道の仕事もうまくいかずに関西の京都へたどり着く。

Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards a woman whose naive husband is driven to a debt trap by a rotten gambling den owner (Tatsuo Endo) and his dishonest card dealer (Isamu Nagato). The plot is standard stuff and features too much talk, but there's also a decent balance between melodrama and lyricism in the form and storytelling. Tsuruta was a perfect fit for these kind of roles, with the stoic and emotional sides nicely mixed in his screen persona.

昭和32年、暴力団や愚連隊が我がもの顔で歩く新宿の街に、フラリ一人の男が降り立った。男は天涯孤独の身の上で、少年院、刑務所とヨセバ暮らしを繰り返し、今また五年の務めを終えてシャバへ出たところであった...。ある暴力団抗争の渦中に巻き込まれた一匹狼が、悪の華咲く新宿で、ドスを片手に血の雨降らす痛快アクション巨編。

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the early 20th century. Shinkai then runs afoul of a gangster group using strong-arm tactics to take over the profits from local gambling. When he proves to be more than they can handle, they hire the one man who has the ability to kill Shinkai and exact revenge, Ryotatsu, the karate priest whom Shinkai blinded in the first film. This ultra-violent entry has long been considered the best movie in the series and never made its way to home video before. See a spectacular display of Wakayama Tomisaburo’s martial art expertise in this action packed film. The Holy Grail of sword movies has arrived at last! /Winterheart of CG

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan.

Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his Boss's money in a dice game he repays his debt by serving as a pit boss for a struggling coal mine in Kyuushu. Quickly there's trouble with the local mining competition, who doesn't always play a fair game. True to his hot-headed nickname, Tsune only gets into deeper trouble.

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.

The second part of the Gamblers series.

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge themselves on cruel landlords, animate the corpse of a money-lender in order to frighten people. Then they assist at the marriage of a lovely girl and almost kill themselves gambling to provide her with a dowry.

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.

Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.

Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.

高校の空手部員・英次は正義感に燃える好青年。愚連隊に対抗するため、友人たちを誘い街をパトロールしていた。これを快く思わない新界興業は、乾分のトメやゲンに嫌がらせをはじめるが...。和田浩治扮する正義に燃える学生が、霧笛のの空手で街の愚連隊をなぎ倒す娯楽アクション巨篇。

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.