Hisao Nabeshima

Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi is also grappling with the issue of mortality as he deals with the impending death of his ailing father, who has decided to spend his final days in the family home. As the story progresses, Koichi finds unexpected solace from his grief by letting his troubled student visit and meet with his father in the hopes that he will understand the meaning of life and death.

Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.

Num futuro próximo, o Japão está à beira de um colapso económico. Milhões de pessoas encontram-se desempregadas, e não existe qualquer disciplina nas escolas. Como resposta à crise, o governo institui o programa Battle Royale para tentar controlar a crescente vaga de crimes juvenis. Depois de selecionada aleatoriamente uma turma de quarenta rapazes e raparigas com 15 anos, estes são raptados e enviados para uma ilha no meio do nada. Os estudantes são então obrigados a participar num jogo mortal sem regras, onde lhes é dada apenas uma arma, água e três dias para lutarem até à morte, até que um único sobrevivente saia vencedor. E se mais do que um estiver vivo depois do tempo limite, todos os concorrentes serão mortos.

Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It’s been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an accident she caused during a shoot for a commercial in which Kengo’s good friend, Shibata, nearly lost his life. The memory of this event weighs heavily on Rica’s conscience. One night Kengo tells Rica that he has fallen in love with a charming but „inscrutable“ woman named Hanako.

While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.

Maiko is a recently widowed young woman travelling to Bali to distract herself from the loss of her husband, Esau. At the airport she meets Kioko, who gives her a dagger and a photo of a woman. She tells Maiko she must find the woman, Shireni, in Bali and convince her to return to Japan, or she must use the dagger to kill her. Soon after her arrival in Bali she meets Shireni and is invited to stay with her. Quickly Maiko finds herself trapped on Shirini's island paradise, by her own confusion and her developing love for Shireni. She discovers Shireni to be immortal, a former spirit medium whose only goal is to find pleasure, body and soul.

Kazuo encounters a religious group travelling around Japan performing "miracles". He discovers they are fakes, but is intrigued by the showmanship of the group, and becomes involved with them. The group is split into two, some members concentrating on spiritual teachings, and the others using the facade of religion to make money. The business faction dismiss the old spiritual master and choose Kazuo to lead their group.

Murakawa é um típico representante da Yakuza, um gângster violento, impiedoso e urbano, morador de Tóquio. Poucos poderiam imaginar, mas ele está cansado de seu estilo de vida. Uma oportunidade de mudança de ares, porém, acaba surgindo. Seus serviços são requisitados para dar reforço a um bando sediado na ilha de Okinawa, ao sul do arquipélago japonês. Nestes dois momentos da vida de Murakawa, entre a crueza do ambiente das grandes cidades e a impávida tranquilidade do mar, estão representadas as forças que lutam dentro do coração do homem.

Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.

Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.

A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.

Life and love stories of stunt men and women.

Conhecido como sinônimo da fidelidade por todo Japão, o filme traz a história da vida de um cachorro chamado Hachiko. Nascido em um bairro de Akita, o cachorrinho foi entregue à família do Dr. Hidesaburo Ueno, um professor da Universidade de Tóquio e recebeu o nome de Hachi, que depois passou a ser chamado carinhosamente pelo diminutivo Hachiko. Ao crescer, tomou hábito de acompanhar o professor até a estação de trem de Shibuya de manhã e buscá-lo à tarde. Um dia, o professor sofre um AVC durante uma reunião do corpo docente na universidade e não volta mais. Mas Hachiko continua no seu dever de buscá-lo na estação de Shibuya, todos os dias, faça sol ou faça a chuva.

Tetsu gets into an argument with some Okinawa yakuza and is murdered by them. His brother Ryo comes to Okinawa shortly thereafter and teams up with Tetsu's girlfriend and Max an ex US soldier to extract revenge.

A girl whose younger brother as well as her lover were killed is drawn with a pistol in her hand.

Released after seven years in prison, an inveterate thug goes from strength to ruthless strength as he makes his way through a succession of dubious jobs, illegal schemes, and brutal romances.

In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who looks after him, but soon Joe's enemies show up, determined to make Joe pay.

A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.