Daigo Kusano

On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).

A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.

Life and love stories of stunt men and women.

刃傷騒ぎで殺された前任者の代わりに、派手な装束の美青年、奥田右京亮が南町奉行として赴任する。彼は若いながらも老中酒井に引き立てられた野心家だった。一方、同奉行所の同心にして仕事人の主水は、江戸市中を暴れ回る旗本愚連隊の事件を担当していた。長屋で愚連隊に殺された浪人について探りを入れる主水は、子連れの仕事人・文七やなじみの店のおかみ・おふくらの情報から、事件の裏に右京亮が潜んでいることに気付く。

Yoko Kon, a former rock singer, plays a stripper with unique nipples called Buds.

Tomisaburo Wakayama is back with a new take on the classic Yamamoto Shugoro masterpiece “Ame Agaru” as a samurai on the run with his bride who makes a living by challenging dojo masters to a match, then taking money from them to keep quiet about it. Staying at an inn filled with many colorful characters and trying to make enough money to bribe the border officials to let them pass to the next domain this exciting, yet heartfelt story is a true testament to the power of the sword. When he meets an equally skilled swordsman the sparks will fly with a surprise ending that captures the soul of Japan!

A horse-riding samurai fights villains.

嵐で船が難波し、無人島に漂着した男が、十二年の歳月を経て、再び人間社会に生還するまでを描く。吉村昭の同名の原作の映画化。

Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

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.

After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game before they are drafted into the armed forces and face the hardships of military service.

Kensho Yamashita's directorial debut.

盗まれた石膏像の首をめぐって起こる連続殺人事件を解決する金田一耕助の活躍を描くミステリー・コメディ。横溝正史の原作『瞳の中の女』の映画化

戦後、東大法学部の学生が設立した金融会社“太陽クラブ”は急成長を遂げたが、メンバーの隅田がヤミ金融容疑で検挙され焼身自殺を図る。残された鶴岡は新たに六甲商事を設立し、企業から次々と金を騙し取った。東京地検の福永検事は鶴岡をマークするが、彼は証拠を残さずに犯罪を繰り返すのだった。

The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and uncompromising father) are opposed to women (victims of men) as embodiment of salvation.

殺し屋、鳴海昌平が東京に帰って来た。五年前、頭山会会長を仕止めた時、目撃者の秘書、美沙子を殺すに忍びず、ほとぼりがさめるまで外国に逃亡していた。鳴海が銀座で舎弟の文太とホステスのツケの取り立てをやっていると、五年前の目撃者、美沙子に会った。彼女は今では一流クラブのママで、暴力団、勝田組組長の愛人でもあった。

国営放送の報道部員・南は、京都で開催された国際科学者会議でUFOの実在を訴えた直後に失踪した兵藤博士の行方を追ううちに、世界各地にUFOが頻繁に現われ、それと遭遇した人間の血が青く変質する事実を知る。南はその事実を報道しようとするが、放送局に政府の圧力がかかって頓挫せざるを得なった上に左遷させられる。青い血の人間が世界中で急激に増加する事実を各国の政府が隠匿する裏には、異星人への疑いに不安を膨れ上がらせた主要国指導部による陰惨極まりない謀略が隠されていた。世界規模で人権の一切を否定された青い血の人々に降りかかる惨劇の数々。そしてそれは悲劇への道でもあった。

Film distributed by ATG.

財界の大物たちが誘拐される事件が相次ぐ中、東日電気の社長である南条が誘拐された。東日電気会長の小日向は、殺し屋である鳴海昌平に五千万円で南条の救出を依頼。鳴海は南条が監禁されている精神病院に潜入し、激しい銃撃戦の末に南条を助け出した。が、南条はすぐに狙撃され死亡してしまう。小日向は南条に、足立という男の殺害を要請する。しかし足立は警視庁特捜部に身を守られていた。

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.

Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.

Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.

In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.

ゴジラシリーズ第14作。富士山麓でアンギラスを倒し、京浜石油コンビナート地帯にて破壊の限りを尽くすゴジラ。そこにもう一匹のゴジラが現れる。先に現れたゴジラは、地球侵略を目論むブラックホール第三惑星人が作り上げたメカゴジラだった。一方、沖縄でもキングシーサーが覚醒し、メカゴジラを倒すため、ゴジラと共に沖縄決戦に臨む！

近ごろ、江戸城のお堀端で女の幽霊が夜ごと出没するという話を聞いて、江戸北町奉行所の切れ者の同心・板見半蔵は、早速調査を開始。幽霊に扮した女を捕まえ、さらには堀の中から小判を詰めた大量の竹槍を発見した半蔵は、きっと何者かがお堀端近くの江戸城の御金蔵から小判を盗み出し、その見張り役として幽霊を仕立てたのに違いないとにらむ。やがて半蔵は、盲目の検校で高利貸しもする石山が、最近妙に羽振りがいいことを知る。

江戸北町奉行所きっての切れ者の同心で、“かみそり半蔵”の異名を取る板見半蔵。ある日、2人組の悪党を捕まえて、彼らが水車小屋に捨てられていた女の死体から品物を盗み出していたことを知った半蔵は、その死体が、最近寺や神社でひそかに流行っている“子おろし”と関係があるとにらみ、独自の調査を開始。女性の神主を責め立てて、とある尼寺でいかがわしい見せ物が行なわれていることを知った半蔵は、早速現場に潜入する。

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

江戸北町奉行所の同心で、その切れ味鋭い頭脳と精力絶倫ぶりから“かみそり半蔵”との異名を取る板見半蔵。ある日、江戸市中で無宿人狩りが行なわれ、半蔵は、島送りにされていた重罪人の人斬り屋・三途の竿兵衛が島破りをしてどうやら江戸に潜んでいることを知る。竿兵衛の愛人・お美乃を捕らえた半蔵は、自らの男性的魅力で彼女を陥落させて、今回の事件の裏に大奥にまで広がる意外な悪事が秘められていることをさらに知る。

The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.

In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

A civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko Watanabe, the daughter of a record shop and teacher of a music class, invites Takuro Yoshida to Koriyama City to hold a concert. He then starts being harassed by the Hashimoto group, a local gangster group which manages the city's entertainment.

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel.

Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people. The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.

A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.

Japanese crime movie.

A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man.

映画ファン待望の2大スター対決が実現し、シリーズ最大のヒットを記録した第20作。蓮華沢の里を3年ぶりに訪れた盲目の渡世人、座頭市。だが村の平和は、小仏の政五郎と生糸問屋の烏帽子屋弥助という2大勢力の対立によってすっかり脅かされていた。市が里に戻ってきたと知った政五郎は、早速、凄腕の用心棒・佐々大作に市の暗殺を命じ、大作もまた100両の金に釣られてその仕事を請け負う。かくして両者はひとたびあいまみえるが、お互いの実力を見てとった2人は、再度の勝負を約束して一旦は別れるが...。

A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by Keiju Kobayashi) and the leader of the gang (played by Norihei Miki) have an interesting wartime backstory together that fuels much of the story.

Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.

A young couple, composed by a cheating wife and a retired car racer, arrive at a drive-in. A man with a gun arrives at the restaurant and takes hostages. Chaos ensues in director's Kiyoshi Nishimura's debut film, almost totally filmed in one space.

A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring, the sympathetic housekeeper suggests that the Master observe the Yobai , a custom in which the young men of a village steal into the bedrooms of susceptible women to have sex.

A meditation on eating people and quiet waitresses.

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.