Gō Katō

영화감독을 꿈꾸는 ‘켄지’. 우연히 발견한 오래된 흑백 고전 영화 속 ‘미유키’ 공주를 동경하게 된 그는 아무도 없는 극장에 남아 그녀가 나오는 영화를 혼자 감상하는 것이 일상이 된다. 폭우가 몰아치던 어느 날, 그에게 영화보다 더 영화 같은 일이 벌어지게 되는데! 바로 스크린 속 ‘미유키’ 공주가 현실 속으로 나타난 것. 흑백 영화에서 막 튀어나온 말괄량이 ‘미유키’ 공주와 해피 엔딩을 꿈꾸는 순수 청년 ‘켄지’의 신분(!), 컬러(!), 시공간을 초월한 아름다운 로맨스가 시작된다!

Onodera Yuriko sets off for Sweden where her husband, Major General Onodera Makoto, is stationed as a military attache in Stockholm during World War II. Called the "god of intelligence", Makoto is an intelligence officer of the Russian service of the Japanese Army General Staff. Fluent in Russian and German and trusted by the spies of many countries because of his integrity, his office would eventually become the most important Japanese intelligence post in Europe. From the day of her arrival in Stockholm, Yuriko helps her husband's intelligence activities. She encrypts the highly classified information obtained by Makoto and sends it in coded telegrams to the General Staff Headquarters in Japan every day. Husband and wife have jointly undertaken this intelligence work for confidentiality.

1995년, 전혀 존재감이 없는 출판사의 뒷방 부서인 ‘사전편집부’에 공석이 생겼다! 지루하고 재미없는 편찬일을 떠맡고 싶지 않은 쾌남 ‘마사시’(오다기리 죠)는 세상과는 단절되어 보이는 영업부의 왕따 ‘마지메’(마츠다 류헤이)를 전격 스카우트해온다. 얼떨결에 사전편집부에 합류한 ‘마지메’는 새로운 사전 만들기 프로젝트인 [대도해]에 매력을 느끼고, 단어들을 수집하며 차츰 사람들과 언어로 소통하는 즐거움을 배워나간다. 그러던 중 찾아온 뜻밖의 사랑! 10년 동안 묵고 있는 하숙집 할머니의 손녀 ‘카구야’(미야자키 아오이)를 보고 한눈에 반한 ‘마지메’. ‘마지메’의 사랑을 도와주려는 편집부 식구들은 그에게 [사랑] 목록의 풀이를 맡기고, ‘마지메’는 ‘카구야’에게 어설프지만 진심을 다해 구애를 펼치며 단어 풀이를 해나간다. 2009년, 십여 년이 넘는 세월 동안 수작업으로 단어 하나 하나를 모아 총 3000만개의 단어풀이를 완성한중년의 ‘마지메’는 [대도해]의 출간을 앞둔 어느 날, 실수로 누락된 단어 한 개를 발견한다. 과연 ‘마지메’의 사랑과, 위기를 맞은 [대도해]의 출간은 이루어질 수 있을까?

This is a story about a high school student who had it all going for him. He was great at basketball, he had a love like no other, until a day where he loses the ability to walk. This is the story of his struggle through hardship to regain it all.

Biographical story, based on life of Ino Tadataka, a Japanese measurer and cartographer. Ino Tadataka travelled the length and breadth of Japan on foot for 17 years from the age of 55 to perform his surveys. The accuracy of his maps also owed much to the fact that he was the first surveyor in Japan to combine measurements on the ground with observations of the heavens. Ino started the work as a private individual but earned the confidence of the Shogunate and it eventually turned into a national project. His maps were later used for many years as the foundation for maps made by modern survey techniques.

Naoto Ogata plays Sadajiro, a young farmer fighting out the battle of the riot through to the end. Sadajiro's wife is played by Hiromi Iwasaki, his father is played by Go Kato and Ryuzo Hayashi plays a leader of the Riot. The Riot in Gujo is called one of the biggest three riots in the Edo Period as it took almost 5 years to settle and also involved the Edo government. This movie is a period film about the riot and Gujo farmers fighting for their tenacity of purpose. The farmers had suffered enough from heavy taxes and decided to rise up in riot when the domain lord, Yorikane, issued a new act, which practically forced tax increases. Asking the lord to retract the act, they pour down to the Hachiman Castle. For once they attain the repeal deed signed by the chief retainer. However the promise is broken. Now the farmers decide to make a direct plea to the Edo Residence…This film is full tension and breathless moments.

This is the true story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during WW2. Anne's father realizes on time the danger the Jews face and hides his family (his wife Edith and his two daughters Margo (16) and Anne (13), along with four more people, in "the house behind". For two years the 8 people live in darkness and whispers, in fear of being discovered and sent to the German crematories. During that time young Anne writes a diary, describing her daily life in the cellar, her complicated relationship with her mother and the story of her first love - Peter, the young boy in the hiding place. Anne writes down her wishes to run out free and breath the air and flowers, her dreams to be free at last. But humanity is often a cruel mistress...

A dying pianist composes one final song for his childhood friend.

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.

A lighthouse keeper and his family follow work from town to town, each time making new friends and receiving a visit from his troublesome father.

August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.

인쇄소를 운영하는 '오노데라'는 어느 날 '타지마'라는 노인에게 '아마기산 살인사건'의 수사 참고 자료의 인쇄를 부탁받는다. 그 원고를 보고 그는 자신이 소년 시절에 겪었던 일을 떠올리게 되는데...

Toma (Go Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that Tsurunosuke, the man supposed to be the next federal lord, got a heavy disease, and the order aimed to make sure if it is true or not. On his way to Edo, Toma gave a hand to Kiku (Mayumi Okamura) who had a stomachache. However, she seemed to be in big trouble, and there were many warriors on the roads… This is the remade drama of “Wakasamamono” written by a popular novelist Tatsuji Satte. Go Kato as Dr. Waka brandishes a sword to come up against the plot of Karo, related to the inheritance of Takane Han.

Isozoemon (Go Kato) was a ronin (masterless samurai) and broke, who lived in a Choya (cheap apartment) in Okazakijoka town with his sick wife, Sugie (Ai Kanzaki). He was also a good swordsman who had taught swordsmanship in Akita a long time ago. He takes such good care of his wife that he is called a wife-loving man. He got involved in a conflict for succession because he pretended to become an officer to please her wife.

A newspaper reporter investigates the lives of juvenile delinquents.

Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Their story is of revenge, tragedy, and the power of real love. A classical tale which translates wonderfully to film.

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.

A Swiss nun falls in love with a Japanese engineer.

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him to fantasize about her as the personification of his impending death. As his dialogue with his imagined mortality continues, he actually meets the living woman who is the template for his fantasy, and together they tour rural churches. Gradually he comes to some kind of peace about the diagnosis. When he returns to Japan, he is met with a series of challenges which profoundly test the lessons he has learned.

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.

Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is affiliated with working class people.

A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her work, designing and creating plaited cords for kimono.

아들을 동반한 검객 3

A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and the inhospitable snowscapes of the north.

The clerk of a trading company happens to have a large sum of money from his company in his possession. His girlfriend pressures him into fleeing with the money...

Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of China. Based on the novels by Jumpei Gomikawa, who also penned The Human Condition.

Keisuke Godai, head of the upstart Godai family conglomerate, plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria.

여행사에 근무하는 하마지마는 결혼 10년차로 아이는 없고 아내와의 생활은 습관적이며 무미건조하기만 하다. 어느 날 퇴근길 버스에서 어린 시절 같은 동네에서 지내던 야스코라는 여인을 우연히 만나게 되고, 아내에게서는 볼 수 없는 그녀의 다정함에 점점 빠지게 된다. 한 편 야스코에게는 켄이치라는 6살 된 아들이 있었고 하마지마는 켄이치와 친해지기 위해 부단히 노력한다. 그러나 켄이치를 대할수록 묘한 동질감과 더불어 이상한 두려움도 느끼게 되는데...

BLOOD END is one of the great unknown films from Japan's golden era of the late 1960's. Starring NAKADAI Tatsuya in one of his best roles, this is the story of the Mito Tengu Group who attempted to overthrow the Shogunate at the beginning of the Bakumatsu Period. Their political aspirations led to countless assassinations, as well as senseless killing of innocent people who got in their way. Sentaro (NAKADAI), a farmer who's been severely beaten for his outspoken defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine is befriended by one of the group's leaders, KADA Gentaro (KATO Go) and joins up. This is the masterpiece of director YAMAMOTO Satsuo (who is best known for the first film in the NINJA, BAND OF ASSASSINS series) the erstwhile 'Leftist' director, who used his films to make his political points. Stunning fight choreography, and ultra-violence make this one of the bloodiest films of that era. A powerful film Rare classic!

에도 시대 아이즈 번. 영주의 첩인 이치는 아들을 낳은 후 성에서 쫓겨나, 사사하라 가문의 큰아들과 강제로 결혼하게 된다. 세월이 흘러 이치의 아들이 후계자가 되자 성에서는 이치를 다시 데려가려 하고, 사사하라는 영주의 불합리한 처사에 분노해 아들과 함께 반란을 일으킨다.

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.

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.

남편을 전쟁터에 보낸 후 큰 저택에서 딸 도모코를 키우던 이쿠요는 집을 나간다. 할머니의 손에 외롭게 자라던 도모코는 아버지마저 사망하자 갈 곳이 없어지고 만다. 결국 낯선 사람에게 맡겨져 게이샤 교육을 받으며 자란 도모코는 시간이 흘러 어엿한 게이샤로 성장하지만 동경의 한 유곽에서 어머니를 만나며 또 한 번 험난한 인생길에 들어선다.

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.