Yukiyo Toake

A story about the special friendship between Phan Boi Chau and Japanese doctor Asaba Sakitaro, which began 100 years ago when Chau went to Japan to seek support for Vietnam’s national independence movement.

An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.

Follows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a legendary soup and soup chef she's heard of. She decides to go in search of it.

This film is the memoirs of Takasugi Shinsaku about the life of his great teacher Yoshida Shoin. Yoshida Shōin (吉田 松陰, 1830-1859) was one of the most distinguished intellectuals in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. He devoted to developing many Ishin Shishi who made an outstanding contribution to the Meiji Restoration. At least two of his students, Takasugi Shinsaku and Itō Hirobumi later became famous, and virtually all of the survivors of the Sonjuku group became officers in the Meiji Restoration. Takasugi led rifle companies against the shogun's army when it failed to conquer Chōshū in 1864, rapidly leading to the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Ito Hirobumi became Japan's first prime minister. His admirer, Maebara Issei, was later killed rebelling against the Meiji regime. He is now enshrined in Setagayaku-（世田谷区）Tokyo, Japan.

«Ты счастлива с ним, мама? Отец умер, ничего не сказав» - это письмо, победившее на конкурсе самых коротких писем матери в стране. Маки написала эти строки после смерти отца и адресовала матери, бросившей её в детстве. Брат Хироси, случайно увидев письмо, отправил его на конкурс, где оно победило. После смерти отца Хироси нашел мать Таэ, которая заведует баром в Токио. Она очень хочет увидеть Маки...

The live of the daimyo Date Masamune

The tale of Taira Kiyomori who started as a young inexperienced warrior who led the Heike into the battle against the brutal pirates on Setouchi.

The early days of the Tokugawa shogunate are brought to light in this exciting historical tale of broken vows and violent swordplay. In an ambush reminiscent of Miike’s 13 Assassins, although pre-dating that incident by 160 years, the heir to the shogun’s seat is brutally cut down by those who hope to install the emperor’s 5th son as military leader of the nation.

The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quarters at Edo castle) and acted as nursemaid to Tokugawa Iemitsu, the future 3rd Shogun is chronicled in this historical drama. Intrigue and suspicion abound as the two brothers Iemitsu and Tadanaga vie for the post of Shogun, while behind the scenes the remnants of the defeated Toyotomi faction, lead by Lord Ishida Mitsunari attempt to discredit the Tokugawa Shogunate and regain their former position as rulers of the nation. The hidden battles between Shogun Hidetada's wife and mistresses of the 'Ooku' come to light as they force the two brothers into a life or death struggle.

A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away.

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

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.

Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence. As she grows into her new role, she manages to assert control and increase the influence of her organization. But when her husband is released from prison, she finds him a changed man, lacking the character necessary to be a powerful yakuza leader. Conflict ensues and their marriage is challenged by a desire for power.

Тацуо влюблён в одноклассницу Эйко и очень страдает от этого. Не всё в порядке и в семье: у отца большие неприятности с кредиторами, и его самочувствие постоянно ухудшается. Тацуо постепенно начинает входить во взрослый мир. Отец попадает в больницу, расходы на лечение ложатся тяжёлым бременем на семью. Тиё — мать Тацуо, часто рассказывала ему в детстве легенду о том, что если в апреле будет сильный снегопад, то летом над водопадом появится много светлячков, и если влюблённые увидят его, то им суждено будет быть вместе.

Гейша Сомэю потеряла отца и мать маленькой девочкой. Её разлучили с младшей сестрой, но она зарабатывала деньги на её содержание. Она думала, что сможет отказаться от собственного счастья ради благополучия сестры, но мужчина, которого она встретила в поезде, изменил судьбу каждой из сестер.

Объединитель Японии, великий полководец Тоётоми Хидэёси не всегда был великим и не всегда был полководцем. Рожденный в крестьянской семье, он с детства мечтал вырваться из беспросветной нищеты и стать самураем. Благодаря своим недюжинным способностям, отчаянному упорству и редкой удачливости он сумел осуществить свою мечту. Начав службу простым пешим воином-асигару, он прошел долгий путь, достиг невиданных высот и стал властителем всей страны.

Tokiko Enomoto finds out that her husband Kazuya, who mostly lives at an apartment near his work while she and their children live at home, has been having an affair with a live-in mistress, Ryōko, at his apartment. Tokiko tells her two sons, Tarō and Jirō, that she has decided to divorce their father. The children are shocked but understand their mother's position. Kazuya realizes the damage he has done and tries to remedy the situation.

A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures.

Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his affliction serves to deepen family ties. Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Кива стала женой человека, который зарабатывает деньги продажей девочек из бедных семей в дома терпимости. Она чувствует, что муж занимается нечистым делом, но вынуждена это терпеть, поскольку не хочет, чтобы её дети голодали. Однако непонимание растет, и, наконец, между мужем и женой образуется пропасть.

У Токико Кохама было трудное детство, её отец Фусадзиро всю жизнь отдал лову тунца, её мать Ая бросила семью и убежала к другому мужчине. Токико ищет себе в мужья сильного человека, который любит море, как её отец. Но сможет ли отец принять её избранника, и сможет ли любимый стать настоящим рыбаком?

Фильм показывает самые трагические эпизоды из жизни врача Такаси (Павла) Нагаи (1908 — 1951), выжившего в атомной бомбардировке Нагасаки. Несмотря на тяжелую болезнь, он продолжал несколько лет до самой смерти писать книги о последствиях применения атомной бомбы, книги, которые оккупационные власти запрещали к публикации. За свою подвижническую деятельность он почитается как святой католиками Японии. В центре повествования дети Нагаи-сэнсэя Макото и Каяно, которые спаслись благодаря эвакуации в пригороды Нагасаки. После бомбардировки им приходится начинать жизнь заново.

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.

Masako, a five-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Chiba, gets a tiny scratch on her finger while playing with mud in a marsh. After that, she suffered all kinds of horrible spasms including biting her tongue. The doctor checks on her for hours on end and arrive at the conclusion that she has tetanus. It seems like the devil has come to dwell in the little girl's body. Her parents have to to bear the sufferings of their child and face the fear that they might also be the victims of tetanus. The once peaceful family has changed completely and the three have been cast into a bottomless hell.

Во время своих путешествий Тора-сан встречает проблемного отца с ребенком. Они вместе выпивают, а затем несчастный отец оставляет ребенка на попечение Тора-сана. В его родном доме в Шибамате, Токио, семья беспокоится о том, кто позаботится о семейном магазине после смерти тети Цунэ и дяди Тацудзо. Тора-сан прибывает с ребенком, заставляя семью и соседей строить догадки, что он его отец. Семья доставляет больного ребенка в больницу, где Тора-сан влюбляется в медсестру, что вызывает осложнения. Отец ребёнка возвращается, проясняя недоразумения.

Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.

About small time gangster Asakichis chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family business. Instead He supports himself on arranging cockfights. He becomes ex-geisha Okinus patron and lover, and goes directly into disfavor with the Yakuza.

По мановению судьбы слепой массажист и фехтовальщик Затойчи оказывается в родном городе, из которого ушел 20 лет назад. И все же он находит там тех, кто помнит, каким он был в детстве. Среди этих людей оказались его сестра, о существовании которой он и не подозревал и некто из селения. Но спокойно жить Затойчи долго не умеет. Синбеи, давний друг Затойчи, задумал прибрать к рукам карьер селения. Затойчи оказывается как бы меж двух огней: давним другом и своим родным городом, но у него нет желания вставать ни на чью сторону. Сможет ли Затойчи, покровитель слабых и угнетенных, сделать правильный выбор, даже если ему придется столкнуться лицом к лицу с его другом детства?

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!

Around Ginza there is a night-city of bars and cabarets, hostesses, customers. Assisting to keep order here is Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) who specializes in the women, their problems and troubles. He has saved many a girl from blandishments of pimps, makes customers pay up and women play straight. So he is called 'the woman's police-man' and he takes his job seriously. One day, Chiyoko (Yukiyo Toake), a former hostess, comes to him. Her husband has been murdered and she wants help. The man had been a college classmate and Kagari decides to do what he can. In his investigation he overturns a whole nest of intrigue. Men he had thought irreproachable turn out to be corrupt; solid citizens are seen as the worst kind of scoundrels. Until now, Kagari has specialized in women and their problems. But, realizing the real state of affairs, he rolls up his sleeves for a good cleaning- up-at the same time discovering the murderer of his friend.

Japanese comedy film.

Romance about student-nurse interns.

A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan like there is no tomorrow.

A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each of the daughters has a romantic interest and it's noticeable that the father, too, has someone in mind.

Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollars. He was sent by a jewelry company in Hong Kong to retrieve a certain diamond that was stolen from them. The "Himalayan Star" is worth couple hundred million yen and unbeknown to Ryu, it now lays in the hands of Aizu (Jo Shishido), the infamous ”Pirate of the Tokyo Bay."

The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of motorboat.

In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home town. Swearing allegiance to his fiancée’s father, a decent boss, he had taken to the road after a gang fight until things cooled down. While honing his sword skills in his travels, everything in the town had changed and he descended into a virtual hell of violence. Opponents were being slaughtered by a former samurai ‘Bodyguard’ played by Tanba Tetsuro at the height of his amazing career. While these two master swordsmen are fated to meet, before that can even happen they must survive one of the longest, bloodiest swordfights in movie history!

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...

On the day of college graduation, Mieko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) stood on stage as the valedictorian for the Department of English. During her university years she made sure that she would always come out on top, and she did. With a victorious graduation behind her, she plans out the next chapter of her life: become a successful novelist and go out with a classmate she's been secretly eyeing for the past couple of years.

A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo, whose father entrusts her to him with his dying wish. To honor his promise to Osayo's deceased father, Yatappe brings her to safety, and from a distance keeps a watchful eye on her well being.

Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie. They each have a clear vision of what they want from their career and love life. Soon, their room share takes a turn, when ideals begin to clash with reality.

The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a whopping 1 ryo, and unable to face his customers openly anymore, Tasuke closes the shop and goes on a trip to celebrate the first wedding anniversary with his wife Onaka. Staying at the inn, Tasuke sees that dishes from magnificent sea bream are served here, which is very cheap. Tasuke goes to a fishing village and finds out here that a rich merchant is stopping the shipment of fish...

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends.

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked proprietor of a rice biscuit shop who dreams of owning a bird and dog shop and his daughter is in love with a boarder, employed by the private detective agency searching for the runaway girl. The agency head has his own dream of arranging thirty marriages and has already accomplished twenty-seven. Tatsumi is a newspaper reporter who dreams of a big scoop to enable him to marry a girl TV producer and his friend a mountain climbing enthusiast who dreams of joining a Himalayan expedition but is opposed by his wife. His love of the mountains is shared by a boarder in their home and by a fishmonger's son.

Город Аидзувакамацу был последним оплотом сословия самураев перед революцией Мэйдзи. Местные жители чтут подвиг 19 мальчишек, которые покончили с собой, узнав о падении замка сюзерена. Послевоенное поколение мальчишек живёт совсем другой жизнью. Через несколько лет после окончания школы парни встречаются вновь. Но теперь ими управляют нищета, политические идеи, нелепые традиции, жажда наживы и безжалостная любовь.

A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the time.

Фильм повествует о том, как американские солдаты японского происхождения с Гавайских островов, собранные в отряд гранатомётчиков, храбро сражаются во время войны в Корее и гибнут, демонстрируя героический «дух Ямато».