Yoshiko Kayama

Keisuke, 15-year-old junior-high school boy, has been forced to live as refugees with his family in temporary housing apart from a hometown as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake.In 2012, he belongs to a broadcasting club of his junior-high, to which he has to be admitted for the earthquake. He spends time with some fellows of a club. But all equipment to make their works of it has been washed away by the tsunami. He decides to give up his filmmaking in this summer, which will be the last time of his junior-high days to make a work.But one day a man who lives in a small village in Heilongjiang, China donates the equipment for filmmaking to Keisuke's school. Also Keisuke, his fellows and his teacher have been invited by him to shoot a film in China. And they are travelling to shoot around the boundless Chinese land.

다음 주에는 술에 취하지 않은 모습으로 가족을 만나리라. 꼭.... 이라고 백만 번 결심하지만 만취한 채 길바닥에 쓰러져 있기 일쑤인 사고뭉치 아빠 츠카하라(아사노 타다노부). 술 때문에 아내 유키(나가사쿠 히로미)에게도 버림받은 그는 이제 알코올 의존증 생활을 청산하고 가족이 있는 집으로 돌아가고 싶은 귀소본능에 몸부림치며 자진해서 알코올 병동에 입원한다! 소란스럽고 정신 없는 병동 사람들과의 생활에도 점차 익숙해지고 하나 둘씩 친구도 생기면서 하루하루 상태가 호전되어 집으로 돌아갈 날이 코앞에 다가온 어느 날, 그에게 예기치 못한 사건이 벌어지는데… 과연, 츠카하라는 지긋지긋한 알코올 의존증에서 벗어나 사랑하는 가족의 품으로 돌아갈 수 있을까!? 7월, 한잔에 훅~ 가는 코믹 가족드라마가 온다!

A film adaptation of the great hit memoir of Shimada Yoshichi 'Saga no Gabai Bachan' which sold a total of 6.7 million copies for the entire series. He directed and wrote the script for this film. This tear-jerking and side-splitting work depicts the days of a boy and his "gabai (amazing)" grandmother who overcomes poverty with her bright nature and witty words. In 1958, first grader Akihiro (Morita Haruto) is sent to live with his grandmother (Kayama Yoshiko) in Saga Prefecture as his family struggles financially. He is initially bewildered by the unfamiliar countryside life, but grows into an energetic boy with the help of his lively grandmother.

An alcoholic civil servant wakes up under a cherry tree in Tokyo next to a bar hostess with whom he's impulsively made a suicide pact. Though he's now changed his mind, he agrees to travel with her to Hokkaido, her preferred site for ending it all.

A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.

The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.

A one armed boy wants to become a football (soccer) player.

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.

Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival who falls in love with the latter's wife and tries to kill Tamai.

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.

Four years ago, Teppei Hondo killed two people from the Shinwa group for the murder of his brother. After serving a 3-year prison sentence, he considered returning home, but his father, the boss of the Honda Group, told him to stay away for another year, so he went to sea. In the end, having returned, he again finds himself embroiled in a showdown between the yakuza.

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

Contemporary drama of action-oriented photographer who scuba-dives. He witnesses an accident that appears to be a homicide.

Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.

Nobuko and five male friends graduate from a high school, promising to remain friends forever. One year later, Nobuko is working as a mediocre actress for TV commercials, and the five men are wearing beards and have formed a psychedelic rock band. One day, Nobuko meets Jun, who draws cartoons based on his experiences.

Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yens.

Rainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the islands of Hawaii as it weaves the story of two star-crossed lovers--Hideo (Yukio Hashi), an aspiring photographer from Japan, and Reiko (Jun Mayuzumi), a beautiful Sansei Cherry Blossom contestant from Hawaii--who are drawn together by destiny, yet appear to be fated to be apart. Will the sun set on their young love, or will it be the dawn of a new relationship?

Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a member of the older of the two gangs, and Kosuke, a hoodlum in the newer gang, both fall in love with the daughter of an inn proprietor, even though she evinces more interest in improving the town than in their romantic advances. Eventually, the two hoodlums come to respect her efforts and decide to join forces in ridding the town of all gangsters. The two men succeed in restoring peace to the town and, rejected by the innkeeper's daughter, they leave town as friends.

About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old men are expected to take sleeping pills and share the bed for a whole night with a girl without attempting anything of bad taste like putting a finger inside their mouths.

When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama. Only one daughter cares to carry on her father's work, but she is met with resistance from her stepmother. One sister cares nothing for the artisan tradition, while the other is an icy opportunist whose only love is for money. It is the daughter who cares the most for her father's work who wanders away in a symbolic journey of self discovery.

Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the son of a kimono wholesaler. Her husband just tried to play with her like a sweet candy, but Taka fell in love with him. One day, the father-in-law suddenly dies, and the Kawashima-ya family fortune is rapidly changing. However, the depravity of Kichisaburo does not subside...

Also known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.

After serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison. Toshin-gumi was already headed by the boss in the second generation of Shotaro, but Shotaro fell into a trap, he is manipulated by his sworn enemy Kanzaki-gumi. Kanzaki-gumi captures the Toshin-gumi oil fields mined by the first boss. Umebayashi explodes in anger and attacks Kanzaki-gumi, but...

Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works in a bar nearby. Then, one day, his mother dies after drinking the medicine that Shinichi himself gave her. It is discovered that the pills contained poison. He is apprehended on suspicion of murder and taken away for interrogation, unable to defend himself - being deaf and dumb - or even to proclaim his innocence.

A musical romance.

Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. Never offering any explanation, he continues his seemingly unprovoked attacks until he is sent away from his domain.

Japanese comedy film.

3인의 사무라이는 방앗간이라는 한정된 공간을 중심으로 이야기가 진행이 된다. 지주의 딸을 납치한 소작농들은 뒷일이 어찌 될지도 모르는 단순 무식한 사고에서 자신들의 처우 개선을 요구한다. 목숨을 담보로 한 처절한 투쟁이었지만 그들은 힘도 지혜도 없다. 단지 그렇게 하지 않고는 더 이상 살아 갈수 없는 처절한 환경 속에서 나름대로 방법이라고 찾은 게 지주 딸을 납치하여 그 딸의 생명을 담보로 잡고 자신들의 생계가 걸린 조항들을 요구하는 것 이었다. 물론 관철시켜 주면 딸을 풀어 주려고 하지만 지주 계급은 이들의 저항을 일거에 무시해 버리고 무력으로 진압하려 한다. 며칠 뒤 영주의 순시가 있을 예정이어서 그 이전에 이 반란 아닌 반란을 진압해야 한다는 강박 관념까지 앞서서 그들은 무리하게 감옥에 수감되어 있던 죄수들에게 미끼를 던져 그들을 해치우게 하는 전략을 쓰지만 투옥되어 있던 죄수 중 하나가 소작농의 처지를 알게 되고는 오히려 그들 편으로 돌아선다. 한편 방앗간을 우연히 들렀던 나그네 무사는 여인을 인질로 잡은 그들을 오해하여 공격하려 하다가 그들의 이야기를 듣고는 참여도 방관도 못하는 입장에 처하지만 딱한 그들의 앞일을 염려하여 떠나지 못하고 합세하게 되고 만다. 보냈던 자객들이 소작농과 무사에게 무참하게 당하고 말자 이번엔 소작농의 가족을 볼모로 그들과 맞서지만 소작농의 가족은 스스로 자결하여 이들의 투쟁을 돕는다. 결국 서로 물러설 길이 없어진 두 세력 간에 화합점이 나온다. 인질을 풀어주는 대신 소작농에게 죄를 묻지 않겠다는 것, 그러나 처벌을 받아야 한다는 것. 그 처벌은 태형 100대였고 소작농에게 가세했던 무사는 싸워봤자 결국 소작농들이 모두 죽고 말 것 이라는 걸 알고 대신하여 그 처벌을 받겠다고 자진하여 나서지만 지주 계급은 무사를 처벌하고 나머지 주동세력을 모두 사살한다. 이에 회의를 품은 지주 측의 고용 무사가 이들에게 반기를 들고 소작농 측으로 가세하여 3명의 무사가 결성되고 이들은 지주가 불러들인 당대의 무사와 대결을 하게 된다.

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.

낮에는 조선소에서 일하고 밤에는 철조망이 쳐진 기숙사에서 지내는 시마자키는 거친 일과 가난한 현실이 불만스럽다. 패싸움 등 하루가 멀다 하고 사건이 발생하는 힘든 일상 속에서 그나마 위로가 되는 것은 이웃에 사는 미코지만 그는 그녀에게도 쉽게 마음을 주지 않는다. 하지만 시간이 흐르며 조금씩 여유를 갖기 시작한 시마자키는 동료들과 짧은 일탈을 시도한다.

Japanese comedy film.

Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is discovered in Toyamagahara. Chief Akagi, Detective Sergeant Sawada, and the other detectives begin to suspect Koji during their investigation. Koji insists he's innocent, but has no evidence to prove it. Even when detectives come to Miyoko's home and workplace and her coworkers begin to look down on her, Miyoko continues to trust and love Koji...