Machiko Nasu

The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son played by Masato Sakai returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.

카와시마 하루 선생님은 홋카이도 앞바다의 외딴 섬에 자리를 잡고, 그곳에서 6명의 학생을 담당한다. 하지만, 그녀는 나중에 사고가 발생한 후 강제로 떠나게 된다. 20년 후, Haru는 그녀의 이전 학생 중 한 명이 범죄를 저질렀다는 것을 알게 되고, 결국 다시 섬으로 돌아온다.

메이지 유신 이후 시코쿠 아와지의 이나다 가문과 가문의 주종 관계에 있는 사람들 546명이 북해도 이주를 명령받는다. 그리고 이들은 1855년, 6개월에 거친 여정 끝에 북해도에 겨우 도착한다. 사무라이 가문의 아내인 고마츠바라 시노의 남편 히데아키는 한 발 앞서 도착해 황무지 개간에 열심이었다. 이 땅에 자신들의 새로운 나라를 일구겠다는 히데아키의 이상을 시노는 진심으로 신뢰하고 있었다. 그러나 험한 자연과 잇따르는 사고가 이들을 괴롭힌다.견디지 못해 고향으로 돌아가는 사람들도 많지만 히데아키 일행은 자신들의 결심을 새로이 한다. 하지만 애쓴 보람도 없이 그들이 일군 땅은 정부와 손잡은 개척사의 수중에 들어가게 된다. 히데아키는 새로운 농업기술을 도입하기 위해 삿포로로 떠나 버린다. 시노와 그녀의 딸 다에는 시련 속에서 옛적 아이즈번 사무라이 아시리카와 아이누족 노인 모노쿠테의 도움으로 북쪽 땅에서 살아남는 법을 배우게 되고, 미국인 목장주 에드윈에게 목장 경영 기술까지 익히게 된다.5년 후, 시노와 다에는 고마츠바라 목장을 세우는 데 성공하지만 개척사의 압력과 메뚜기떼의 내습에 시달리고 다시금 희망을 잃지 않기 위해 애쓰던 그들 모녀 앞에 정부의 앞잡이가 된 히데아키가 나타나는데...

4년 전에 사고로 양친을 잃고 친구 미키의 집에 얹혀살고 있는 후도 아키라. 어느날 둘도 없는 친구인 료를 따라 료의 아버지인 아스카 박사의 연구자료를 찾는다. 하지만 아스카 박사가 각성시킨 사악한 생명체 '데몬'에 의해 습격당해 몸을 지배받는 아키라와 료. 료는 완전히 데몬에게 지배당했지만 아키라는 강인한 정신력으로 버텨내 인간과 데몬의 중간적 존재인 '데빌맨'이 된다. 데빌맨이 된 아키라는 인류를 멸망시키려는 데몬족과 싸우기로 결심한다.

Based on Tetsuya Saruwatari's manga series about a reporter who gets assigned to a serial murder case involving schoolgirls who engage in "compensated dating".

“Night Train to the Stars” is a biography of the fascinating life of Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan's most beloved fantasy novelists. Miyazawa is an idealist pledging with his friend Kanai to work for the improved life of farmers. Troubled by his family’s interest in money making and social status, he leaves home after graduating high school to join a Buddhist sect in Tokyo. After falling out with a friend, and receiving news about his sister re-emerging pneumonia, he decides to return home where starts his own experimental school, teaching new farming methods to young local farmers while also instructing them in music and arts. It was only after his death, through the help of his brother Seiroku, that his writings became widely read.

1996 / Japan / Drama / 75 minutes

A story of friendship between two women, Yae and Kiyoko. Their friendship is tested when artist Yae, who suffers from fatal illness, develops special feelings towards her best friend Kiyoko’s boyfriend Kosuke.

Yasuo Furuhata directs this romantic yakuza flick based on a book by popular romance novelist Tomiko Miyao. Set in 1932, the film centers on Peony (Yoko Minamino), a geisha who was forced into the business at a young age by her dissipated father.

Based on the comic book series by Yoshiyuki Hayasaka and M.A.T.

아마가사키를 거점으로 하는 후지나미파는 2대 두목의 죽음 이후 사실상 두목의 부인 '카나에'의 통솔 하에 있다. '카나에'가 3대 두목 자리에 여동생 '요리코'의 남편 '마츠오카'를 앉히려고 하던 찰나, '마츠오카'는 사살을 당하고 후지나미파에 큰 균열이 발생하는데...

A suspense drama based on Osamu Takahashi's original work starring Shinobu Otake. The shooting location of Gunkanjima is a famous tourist attraction. When Mansako returns to her husband's parents' house, she noticed a young man named Shinji playing drums at a village festival. Shinji who felt her gaze also looked back at Mansako. Masako invites Shinji to her house to welcome her husband together, and is witnessed by a housewife who came to inform her husband of the accidental death while helping him change clothes. She is stigmatized for infidelity. They are separated, but they vow to meet again 12 years later.

A middle-aged salaryman tries to revitalize his career.

A story about love triangle between mother and daughter relation...

A heated argument between middle school thugs leads to a fierce war between two rival high schools when Toru's girlfriend, Shoko, gets involved.

With thugs under gang leader Shingo attempting to make a name for themselves, Toru and crew must brace for an all-out war between their two schools.

College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two thugs expelled from school eye the new couple.

Yoshiko Mita and Masahiko Tsugawa enthusiastically perform a couple who know each other’s affairs and affairs and still do not part with each other even after various emotional conflicts. A work that is highly supported by women.

Ichijoji is a street punk who stumbles across Mari and her cat. Mari and Ichijoji immediately fall in love but are chased by both yakuza and corrupt cops.

A sly prep school thug uses his girlfriend to lure Hiroshi and Toru to a fight, but the scheme escalates to an all-out war between everyone involved.

A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.

Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.

An upbeat, action-filled drama that depicts the lives of two obnoxious high school students, Koji and Toru, who are caught in exciting and dangerous adventures involving their fellow students. Based on the best selling comic series, “Be-Bop High School” has gained popularity among the young audience, and become an icon of Japan’s pop culture in the 1980’s.

A university student Hitomi falls in love with a middle-aged man Okawa, who was the lover of her deceased mother. Hitomi's feelings shift back and forth as she is not sure whether it is true love or just a realization of her mother's romantic dream...

The singer Asami is mistakenly kidnapped by a maniac looking for her manager's daughter. A contemporary reimagining of Junichiro Tanizaki's short story Shisei a.k.a. The Tattooer (1910).

Roman Porno from 1984.

Based on the comic by Keiko Honda.

After Emiko, a bookstore owner, is driven to suicide by loan sharks, her orphaned son Eisuke decides to take his revenge on them. As Eisuke has no relatives, he is taken in by Keiko, who keeps an eye out for him due to his unusual behavior. One day, Eisuke breaks into the loan company with an improvised gun. In the moment, Keiko ends up becoming Eisuke's accomplice and helps him succeed in the robbery. However, the two are surprised when they hear something on the TV news that differs from the truth.

While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and when she returns to Japan she is sent to a mental hospital. While recovering, her brother-in-law, Kouji, decides to look after her, and she goes to his house to act as a governess for Kouji's sister Keiko's daughter, Alice – who Ryoko becomes increasingly sure had something to do with her sister Fuyuko’s death.

Model Reiko Higa is injured after being hit by a car pursued by motorcycle cop Tomishima. Tomishima's supervisor refuses his request to apologize to Reiko, as it would be an admission of police responsibility. Forced to give up her career, Reiko leaves Tokyo to return to her hometown on Okinawa, travelling by road up to Kagoshima, and Tomishima pursues her in order to apologize.

One of Nikkatsu's signature female teachers' films.

Roman Porno from 1980.

Masaru is freed from a juvenile detention center. Filled with rage and frustration he rapes a woman (Yuki Kazamatsuri) in the woods. She then meets his older brother, a deliveryman and tells him her story, and they soon become good friends, which will lead to a sexual relationship. Later, she finds out the two men are brothers and files a police report against the older one, accusing him of raping her. It seems she couldn't forget that night in the woods...

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Tomomi and Hiroshi are on their honeymoon. During the seaside drive, she happens to see a girl being sexually assaulted. This sparks old memories of a rape which had deflowered her when she was much younger. Then, by coincidence, shortly after the couple arrives in the resort town, Tomomi spots the man who had raped her. He’s now working as a hotel bartender. Even though she immediately remembered him, the man obviously does not recognize her. Tomomi takes advantage of his ignorance to scheme a revenge plot against him. While her husband is off sightseeing, she convinces the bartender to accompany her into the mountains “for some private sex games” where she leaves him to freeze to death.

Two high school friends. One witnesses the breakup of her family after a brutal home invasion. The other loses her virginity to an African-American soldier. Together they make a vital discovery and exact violent revenge.

Two high school friends. One witnesses the breakup of her family after a brutal home invasion. The other loses her virginity to an African-American soldier. Together they make a vital discovery and exact violent revenge.