An insecure young Asian man meets an interesting sensual European woman who teaches him the secrets of love and life.
A three parts movie following people forgotten by a society that modernizes at the price of expelling part of its individuals.
A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer...
After witnessing his chief retainer’s plot to murder their lord, Matahachiro fled to lose himself in Edo’s crowded streets. By day he sells his sword skills to the highest bidder. By night he fights for his life against deadly swordsmen his clan sends to silence him. His samurai spirit is at its lowest ebb, his only solace a lovely female ninja, his paramour and potentially his deadly enemy. But as Edo witnesses the unfolding of the legendary vendetta of 47 Ronin, sworn to avenge Lord Asano against the treacherous Kira, Matahachiro’s small role in their noble quest will revive his bushido ideals. Sword in hand, he will seek his own bloody justice!
Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the girl's enforced marriage to another man, in order that they may marry themselves. The ancient custom of the village decrees that the angry sea gods must be calmed by throwing the pair back into the sea. The lovers face being sacrificed to the sea gods or perhaps something even more difficult to bear.
A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.
Dad (voice)
The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on. In the midst of these high living times, Naomi and Ichiro plan to get married and start a family. But when a hard-bitten stranger roach named Hans appears with news of war with the humans across the lawn, it foretells disruption-not only of Naomi and Ichiro's relationship, but of the hive's entire way of life.
Children's movie about a dog that can type messages into a word processor. When his owner is kidnapped, the canine summons his fellow dogs to help in the rescue effort.
Ogasawara
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.
A cop, Katayama, gains the trust of a mother and daughter whose father, Nishina, is missing after being accused of killing a gang boss.
A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to win her heart, but rivals abound. Debut video release from Pantsu no ana, a subsection of "BOMB" magazine.
西山登志雄(主人公)
Aging zoo keeper Nishiyama Toshio acquires two young trainees: short-tempered former chef Takeshi Ishizawa and gentle vet Ichiro Hasegawa. Both are surprised by the difficulties they face in a deceptively easy job but persevere through troubles such as an escaped pelican, a dying camel, and the birth of a hippo.
Koji's father, Kumakichi
Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!
Казами, вдова, живущая с молодым сыном, управляет маленькой молочной фермой. Жизнь жестока, но все же иногда радостна и она находит подходящего спутника, Таджиму Косаку. Когда таинственное прошлое Косаку наконец открывается, Казами решается на радикальные изменения…
Hiroyuki Okano
A young man who travels around the world with a camera in his hand finds the circus a fascinating subject. The huge tents and life-threatening acrobatics were filled with dreams, laughter, and excitement. From that moment on, his destiny changes. While living in the circus, the young man becomes fascinated by the art of performing, trains hard, and makes his debut on the big stage. He puts all of his youth into his quest to become a clown, the flower of the circus and the origin of laughter.
Hanba
Дело происходит в середине 18-го века. Гомё — глава одной из трех преступных группировок Эдо, дает у себя приют женщине, которая пыталась покончить с собой, и одноглазому ронину Ятаро Танигаве, который не помнит своего прошлого. Оба они оказываются странным образом связаны с кланом Китамаэ, расформированным в результате интриг министра сегуна Танумы и его приспешника Симогуни, бывшего казначея клана Китамаэ. Неожиданно Гомё оказывается в самом центре этой грязной истории, связанной с уничтожением клана Китамаэ.
Chief Amamura
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.
Nise Komon
One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to the silver screen in a dynamic and exciting tale featuring megastar Toshiro Mifune as an expert swordsman drawn into the action to fight injustice. The Elder Lord travels about disguised as a retired merchant with his two trusty bodyguards Sukesaburo and Kakunoshin by his side and secret agent Yashichi close by. After a chance meeting with a dying man and young woman who had been brutally attacked, they set out for Kaga Province to wreak vengeance on the responsible parties. Don’t miss this exciting journey into Japanese history!
Lieutenant Muranaga
Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new job as a claims adjuster where he is subsequently arrested for his suspected involvement. But the threat of jail time is the least of his worries as his former organization comes gunning for him.
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Dry cleaning shop owner / Lorry driver / Lighting man
Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
Kiyoma Oki
Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.
Yasuko's Father
Harajuku, the fashion capital of Tokyo. Yasuko (Izumi Yamaguchi) works at a boutique as a beginner seamstress. As snow covers the streets, the boutique's interior decorates itself with colorful clothing. An exhibition of the shops's spring line up is right around the corner. After a hard day at work Yasuko stops by at a produce market, setting all her unfinished work on the rear deck of a random truck. When she gets home, she realizes that she's missing a couple of things.
Shuzo Kawada
A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with his own clan, Kawada, and then with the clan of his protector, Kozaburo Imai. In these years, he can rely on Chieko, a young Tokyo courtesan who gives him shelter. He's banished to Osaka, where he picks up a drug habit. Through it all, he keeps his friends and enemies off balance with unpredictable behavior - and he seems indestructible.
Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.
Himself
В погожий весенний день семья Кадзами в поисках лучшей доли покинула родные края и двинулась на север Японии, на остров Хоккайдо. В пути заболела и умерла маленькая Санаэ. Они достигли цели и купили домик, но не вынес трудностей путешествия и умер старик-отец. Тамико оказалась сильнее озлобившегося мужа. Она еще надеется на лучшее.
Caesar (voice)
Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time by a sinister enemy.
Teacher Hanayama
Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.
Doi
Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.
A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
Skipper
The return of a man to Japan from Borneo creates chaos in a village.
The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".
A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
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.
Второй фильм трилогии о приключениях Хадзимэ Хана. Хозяин мясной лавки заходит в ресторан, чтобы съесть бифштекс, за его стол присаживается прелестная молодая девушка. Так начинается невероятная история, в которой участвует Африка, Франция, бриллианты, Японские Альпы, гангстеры, коварные убийцы и безнадёжно больные альпинисты. В захватывающих приключениях вместе со старшей сестрой Тиэко Байсё смогла поучаствовать и младшая Мицуко Байсё. В персонаже Хадзимэ Хана отчетливо читается будущий бродяга Торадзиро.
Akechi Shakuro
International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.
After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.
Shigekane Itagaki
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the seven Cats were the lovely Mie Hama and such Japanese musical artists as The Peanuts, The Johnnys, The Drifters, and Jackie Yoshikawa & the Blue Comets.
Gengoro Ban
Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with Gen, a boorish drifter who approaches life one day at a time.
Эдо, конец XVIII века. Страна охвачена голодом, в бедных лачугах люди из кожи лезут вон, чтобы раздобыть деньги на пропитание. Но веселый штукатур Кумагоро никогда не печалится, он всегда уверен, что ему улыбнется удача.
Jiro Shimizu
Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life
Hanai
Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.
President
After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the azuki beans market. A young man tries to regain his wealth in the bean market.
Единственная черта Ясукити - его врожденная озорливость, привитая ему с детства на его родном острове Сэто во Внутреннем море. Однако, поскольку его любовь к своему родному острову исключительно сильнее, чем у кого-либо, он делает все возможное, чтобы как-то помочь островитянам, переживающим экономический спад. Он обременяет себя долгом привезти на остров дешёвый оркестр и пытается продать подводный экскурсионный корабль, не обращая внимания на Закон о морской среде.
Японский фильм.
Бывший солдат японской армии Ясугоро возвращается на родину из плена. У Ясугоро нет ни денег, ни знакомых, к которым он мог бы обратиться за помощью. Несмотря на протесты жены, которая напугана внешним видом Ясугоро, сердобольный настоятель храма пускает бывшего вояку на ночлег. В ту же ночь Ясугоро предотвращает ограбление, и благодарные хозяева просят Ясугоро остаться у них навсегда. Поимка вора открывает череду невероятных происшествий, благодаря которым бывший аутсайдер становится незаменимым человеком в доме настоятеля, да и во всём городе.
Youth's Friend
Фильм основан на автобиографической книге Кэнъити Хориэ, который в 1962 году в одиночку нелегально отправился в путешествие и проплыл от Осака до Сан-Франциско за 93 дня. Ироничный фильм, лишенный пафоса героизма. Психологическая драма заключается в столкновении маниакальной идеи героя с противостоянием общества, друзей и родных путешественника.
The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was fired but became star. First film in popular "Number 1" Series.
The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.
Original Music Composer
Простодушный и честный Хаппяку Матида готов бороться против любой подлости, а в драке способен положить на лопатки полдюжины человек. Благородные попытки вступиться за слабых приводят к тому, что Хаппяку знакомится с совсем другим миром, «изнанкой общества». Три субъекта предлагают ему сотрудничество, объявив, что они — киллеры, но особого толка: они убирают лишь нехороших людей. Все трое тщательно скрывают, что работают на Большого Босса, который хочет прибрать к рукам крупный бизнес. Но Хаппяку не такой уж простак. Смекнув, куда ветер дует, он решает в одиночку очистить от негодяев свой любимый Токио.
Mr. Watanabe
Хозяйка маленького питейного заведения Мицуё Кавамото живет в рыбацкой деревушке вместе с сыном-подростком Итиро. В ответ на вопросы сына об отце Мицуё говорит, что он умер. На самом деле Итиро родился от брака Мицуё с Сэндзо Сакума, обувщиком из Токио, от которого Мицуё сбежала: распутная жизнь, которую вел обувщик, стала невыносимой.
Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong vs. Godzilla.
Yusaku Ujiie
An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.
The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit melody of Ueki etc. [Selection of Actors and Directors].
Кадзэ – продюсер телевизионных программ. Его имя переводится как «ветер» и вполне соответствует его характеру. Жена и девять любовниц Кадзэ вступают в заговор с целью убить его. Им даже нравится играть с ним в «кошки-мышки», дав ему знать о своих черных планах. Впрочем, каждая из женщин в отдельности с радостью сохранила бы ему жизнь – будь она у него единственной…
Detective Heita
Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for overwork to feel sorry about her.
A movie starring Meijin Takahashi, the God of Famicom. Based on the Hacchaki Sensei manga.
