Noboru Nakaya

A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of an individual? In the spring of the 18th year of Kanei, Hosokawa Tadatoshi, feudal lord of the Higo area, died. Although Tadatoshi forbade his vassals to follow him in death before he died, they still committed seppuku one after the other. The new feudal lord, Mitsunao, Tadatoshi's son, also gave the order forbidding seppuku. Abe Yaichiemon obeyed his former lord's last wish but is now being called a coward by his comrades and finally decided to follow Tadatoshi in death in order to save his family's honor. Mitsunao, upset by Yaichiemon actions, punished the Abe family unfairly. Objected to this, the Abe family shut themselves up in their manor as the lords troops moved in. This is the true story of what happened within the Hosokawa clan in early Edo era.

Set in the 1990s, this film uses black humour to cast a sharp, satirical eye at the problems facing modern Japanese families. Hiroshi accidentally hits a young woman with his car and flees in panic. He confesses to his wife, Yoko, who persuades him to keep quiet as his arrest would mean the end for their already troubled family. Their daughter is having an affair with a married man, their son is being bullied and refusing to go to school and their grandfather is becoming more difficult. Yoko urges the family to move the car into the living room in order to destroy the evidence by taking it apart. Hiroshi finally decides to do the honest thing but a series of bizarre incidents then ensues...

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.

Former policeman Matsushita Hiroshi is a professional marksman shootist. When his keen eye catches his target in the dry urban darkness, the hard, breathless action begins.

The sixth popular suspense series based on the original work by Akimitsu Takagi. Kyosuke Kozu was invited by former actress Shinobu Yuki, who had previously appeared on a magazine, to announce the production of the drama. The producer is Kako's husband, Fujita. When the press conference was about to end, the leading actress Hitomi was shot dead. She is suspected of being abandoned by Hitomi, her nephew Mizukami, but there is no evidence. Subsequent investigation reveals that Hitomi has been dating Urushida for three months. A few days later, Kako showed Kyosuke three threatening letters stating "Your life will be end in 10 days"...

A female scientist and two children are accidentally transported into a future dominated by primates.

In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's lawyer, Yamamoto, receives a visit from two men that attempt to steal the deceased CEO's will. This is witnessed by two detectives, Tsuzuki and Ōnuki, but they fail to catch the perps. Yamamoto hands the detectives a set of keys before he stops breathing. Tsuzuki and Ōnuki now have to investigate Kurata's murder...

A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.

Set in Mexico. The love story of an architect and a fashion designer. Both from Japan

Japanese comedy film.

나츠키 시즈코 원작의 걸작 미스터리를 기초로 여배우를 목표로 하는 소녀의 모습을 그린 작품이다.

Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate.

A woman works as a prostitute and attendant to make a living at a bathhouse. She is athletic and is an avid runner. She has met and adopted a white dog and the two have become inseparable. It is the biggest tragedy and calamity when the dog is found dead, killed, murdered. The woman swears to find justice by finding the murderer and making things right.

비 오던 어느날 밤, 한 자동차가 부두를 질주하다 그대로 바다로 돌진해 빠져버리는 사고가 발생한다. 차에 타고 있던 것은 늙은 남자와 젊은 여자였고 그 중 젊은 여자만 간신히 목숨을 건진다. 하지만 그녀는 결국...

Can a woman love two men at the same time? Set against the backdrop of Kyoto's rich history, this story depicts a woman's difficult choice for love. Ayako, played by Yukiyo Toake, is an international conference coordinator. Torn between her childhood sweetheart (played by Kenji Sawada) and her English professor (played by Noboru Nakaya), Ayako will seek answers to love, marriage, and choice.

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

In the past, a woman was raped by her brother-in-law. Keeping this dark secret, she lives a seemingly happy life with her husband and son, but the son, shocked to find out his real father is the brother-in-law, sets out to do something. The downfall of a mother and her child starts there...

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.

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?

‘여자의 몸은 머리부터 발끝까지 성의 도구가 된다.' 여대생 토시는 시인인 오다 선생을 만나, 누가 먼저랄 것도 없이 서로에 대한 연정을 키워간다. 많은 나이 차에도 두 사람의 사랑은 깊어만 가지만, 토시는 유부남인 오다의 애정에 갈증을 느낀다. 한동안 연락이 없는 오다의 빈자리에 토시는 점점 지쳐 가는데…

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.

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.

유명한 코스케 긴이치 시리즈에 대한 오바야시의 견해는 부분적으로 이누가미 가족으로 가장 잘 알려진 이치카와 콘의 수많은 영화 각색 덕분에 인기를 얻었다. Kindichi Koske는 일본에서 가장 유명한 탐정이다. 긴키치는 누가 귀중한 조각상을 참수하고 그것의 머리를 가지고 달아났는지 알아내기 위해 새로운 사건을 얻는다.

1947년. 긴자의 보석점에서 점원들이 독살하고 보석을 도난하는 흉악한 사건이 벌어진다. 츠바키 히데스케 자작이 용의선상에 올라 조사를 받지만 칸사이를 여행중이라는 알리바이가 성립해 풀려난다. 하지만 히데스케는 딸인 미네코에게 유서를 남기고 실종되어 2달후에 시체로 발견된다. 히데스케의 아내인 아키코는 자살한 히데스케와 꼭 닮은 사람을 목격하기 시작해, 아직 살아있을거라 의심하여 '모래점'을 통해 그 사실을 밝히려 한다. 미네코와 토도로키 경부는 긴다이치 코스케에게 참석을 의뢰하여, 의식에는 긴다이치 코스케를 포함한 10명이 입회하게 된다. 하지만 참석자 중 한명인 미네코의 백부 타마무시가 살해당하는 일이 발생하고, 긴다이치가 이 사건을 조사하던 중 츠바키가의 서생인 미시마가 히데스케와 칸사이의 스마 지방을 둘러보고 왔다는 사실을 알아낸다. 긴다이치는 스마에 이 사건을 풀어낼 열쇠가 있다 생각해 스마로 향한다.

Film distributed by ATG.

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.

The Iron Cross Army are sabotaging oil-tankers with the help of their monster, the Sea-Devil, a semi-mechanical anthropomorphic swordfish with an ability to shoot torpedoes from its mouth. Spiderman employs the help of the interpol agent Juzo Mamiya to help him stop the Iron Cross Army.

In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterious events culminating in the death of a wealthy industrialist who may have been leading a double life.

A model must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.

Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.

Drama and intrigue about defense contracts and corruption.

Hiroshi Nanjo is an active and tactful youth devoting more of his energies to his part time job than to studying for a college entrance exam. On the other hand, Bunpei Noro is an awkward fellow who once failed in a college entrance exam and is now studying hard for a second try. ‘Light and Shade of Youth’ depicts the friendship between these two young men of opposite characters, interlacing a cute waitress along the way.

The Taisho era was a time of turbulence in Japan. From new marks of modernity to full-blown riots, a sense of revolution filled the air. The Dam Dam Group is a small anarchist organization lead by Daijiro, a silver tongued "Benshi", a performer who provides narratives for silent films, playing multiple roles. In other words, he was a master at the art of deception, a handy talent when it came to 'doing jobs' for his group. His revolutionary ideals attracted many to his squadron, but among them was a young girl who was oblivious to his group's activities. Her name was Shino.

1873년 메이지 시대의 일본. 시마네현 코이치 마을이라는 시골 마을의 교사가 된 남편 고와 함께 어린 아들 시로를 데리고 가던 카시마 사요는 3명의 남자들과 1명의 여자에게 공격당해 남편과 아들은 잔인하게 살해당하고 자신은 처참하게 윤간, 폭행을 당한다. 자신을 끌고 갔던 쇼케이 도쿠이치를 죽이고 나머지를 찾아 다니다가 붙잡혀 살인 혐의로 수감된 그녀는 남은 자들에게 복수하기 위해, 그리고 그 복수를 실현시켜줄 아이를 낳기 위해 닥치는 대로 간수들을 유혹하여 관계를 가진다. 그 결과 유키(雪)라는 딸을 낳은 그녀는 난산으로 인해 죽게 된다. 복수를 위해 아이를 키워달라는 사요의 유언을 기억하던 감방 동기들 중 하나이며 아이를 받아주었던 미카즈키 오토라에 의해 유키는 무사출신의 승려인 도카이(道海)로부터 검술을 배우고 20세가 되었을 때에 복수의 화신으로 어머니의 원수들을 하나하나 처리하기 시작한다. 코이치 마을 출신인 거지집단의 두목 마츠에몬의 도움을 받아 나머지 세 명의 행방을 수소문하게 된다

Romantic drama based on the manga published in Young Comic.

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike

Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.

The girl students of rival junior high schools stage duels and show a curious interest in sexual pastimes.

The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was despised by supporters of the Shogun as well as the Loyalists for desiring the opening of Japan to the West in order to learn its technology, in the hopes of one day defeating the West with a modern army and navy.

가난한 하층민 이조는 사무라이가 되길 꿈꾸며 검술의 달인 타케치의 문하에 들어간다. 타케치는 이조를 꼭두각시처럼 조종하고, 이조에게 막부의 요인들을 닥치는 대로 암살하라고 지시한다. 명령을 따르던 이조는 뒤늦게야 이용당하기만 하는 자신의 처지를 깨닫고, 배신감에 타케치를 떠나기로 결심한다. 19세기 일본 막부 말기에 실존했던 ‘3대 칼잡이’ 중 한 명인 이조 오카다의 파란만장한 인생을 그렸다.

고이즈미 야쿠모의 괴기담 중에서 4편의 에피소드를 영상으로 옮긴 옴니버스 영화. 출세를 위해 아내를 버리고 떠났던 무사(‘흑발’), 눈보라 속에서 설녀를 만나 목숨을 건진 청년(‘설녀’), 귀신을 피하기 위해 불경을 몸에 써넣는 맹인 악사(‘귀 없는 호이치’), 찻잔 속에서 기묘한 얼굴을 본 무사(‘찻잔 속’)의 이야기가 오싹한 공포와 함께 펼쳐진다. 환상적인 색채와 표현적인 세트를 이용한 뛰어난 미술과 촬영이 돋보이며, 다케미쓰 도루의 실험적인 음악 또한 탁월하다. 에 이어 두 번째로 칸영화제 심사위원특별상을 수상했다.

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much rather be translating Shakespeare than attending to her, and she has a secret in her past - one that results in her sleeping with a great number of men.

One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She invites Ichiro back to a hotel where they make love but part without even exchanging names. A week later, they have a second chance encounter at the observatory. This time, Ichiro is the one who pursues her. Back at the hotel, Akiko begs Ichiro to give her sister – Kyoko, a bar hostess – absolute hell. Akiko resents her sister for lecturing on chastity, while wantonly indulging in promiscuous activity. Ichiro takes an interest in Kyoko and sets out towards her bar…

Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the ‘Hunter’s Diary’. One day, he finds an article in the newspaper – a murder of a young woman in his diary. A few days later, another woman from his diary is murdered. He soon finds himself in a labyrinth of fear, as women named in his diary are killed one after another...

일자리를 찾던 가난한 후미코는 카페 `기린`에서 일하게 된다. 후미코는 자신이 쓴 시를 손님들에게 보여주기도 하는데, 그러던 중 한 남자가 그녀의 시를 칭찬하며 동인지의 일원이 되기를 권한다. 후미코는 그와 함께 카페를 떠나지만, 그녀의 생활은 순탄치 않다. 어느 날, 그녀의 작품 〈방랑기〉가 잡지에 실리고 후미코에게 새로운 인생이 열린다.

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?

A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a classical theatre student in the hope that the latter will marry Senya..

Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.

츠타가 운영하는 야나기바시의 기생집. 어느 날, 남편과 아들을 잃은 리카가 직업소개소를 통해 일자리를 구하러 찾아온다. 츠타는 리카가 이름을 바꾸면 일을 할 수 있게 해주겠다고 하고, 리카는 이름을 ‘오하루’로 바꾼 후 식모살이를 시작한다. 힘들어도 온갖 허드렛일을 열심히 하던 오하루는 시장을 보러 갔다가 츠타의 기생집이 빚더미에 눌려 있음을 알게 된다. 쇠락한 기생집에서 생활하는 게이샤들의 애환을 당대 최고의 여배우들이 멋지게 연기해낸 작품이다. (2011년 시네마테크부산 - 나루세 미키오 특별전)

세 개의 각자 다른 이야기로 이루어진 영화. 외아들을 남겨둔 채 친정으로 돌아온 한 어머니의 이야기, 인정머리 없는 주인의 밑에서 하녀로 일하며 친척에게 돈을 빌리려 하는 미네의 이야기, 화류계를 떠나기로 마음먹은 기생 오리키와 그를 잊지 못하는 한 남자의 이야기가 차례로 펼쳐진다. 시네마준보가 그해 일본영화 1위로 뽑은 작품. (2013년 상반기 서울아트시네마 일본영화걸작 정기 무료상영회) 여류소설가 히구치 이치요의 단편소설 , , 등 3편을 원작으로 한다.