Yôichi Numata

A new documentary on director Nobuo Nakagawa and the making of the film, Jigoku. Featuring exclusive interview with Nakagawa collaborators.

Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother and joins forces with a mysterious rebel leader.

Чтобы избавиться от кошмарных воспоминаний и начать новую жизнь, Рейчел с сыном переезжают в маленький городок в штате Орегон. Но, когда совершается убийство и на месте преступления обнаруживают загадочную, неподписанную видеокассету, Рейчел понимает, что мстительная Самара вернулась и решительнее, чем прежде намерена продолжить свой безжалостный террор. В отчаянной борьбе за жизнь, свою и сына, Рейчел вновь должна противостоять Самаре.

Молодая женщина-репортер расследует загадочное суеверие о смертоносной видеокассете. В доме того, кто посмотрит ее, сначала раздается странный звонок по телефону, еще чуть позже его находят мертвым.После того, как, видимо, такой же смертью умирает ее племянница, репортерша решает взяться за расследование и сама смотрит злополучную кассету. Чуть позже в ее квартире раздается звонок…

Несколько судеб были разрушены войной, искушением, предательством, болезнями, смертью. Потерявшие смысл жизни ищут его по всему миру. Где найти ответы на вечные вопросы: в Японии, во Франции, в Израиле или на берегу Ганга?

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin.

Shihomi Etsuko plays a race car driver who also lends out her services to the Japanese Secret Service. Although there really isn't much of a "chase" to be seen, Shihomi does pursue a cartel of drug runners and assorted Japanese yakuza types. While the story is pure 70's exploitation and gritty crime drama, the best reason to see it is for the Martial Arts Action of Etsuko Shihomi. The action is over-the-top and at times hilarious (i.e. Shihomi battling the lead criminal atop a moving gondola or Shihomi battling a whip-wielding Catholic Nun).

The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction. Blood gushes and limbs fly for anyone who stands against Saburai as he instills the Way of the Bohachi.

Мусаси Миямото — один из самых известных фехтовальщиков в истории Японии. Он стал знаменит благодаря выдающейся технике владения мечом, которую он с раннего детства оттачивал во многих поединках, используя деревянный меч, а также технику боя двумя мечами: длинным — катаной и коротким — вакидзаси.

With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site. Surrounding her are Omon, an outlaw star blind lone gambler; Onaka, a thief who’s after Okatsu to avenge her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist whose back is covered by a dragon tattoo; and Oryu, a young girl sold as a prostitute to a gambling family.

Воспользовавшись юностью и наивностью Мацу, инспектор антинаркотического отдела Сугими влюбляет ее в себя, а затем подставляет, отправив в логово наркодельцов. Схватив преступников, он бросает Мацу. Предприняв неудачную попытку мести, она садится в тюрьму. Теперь ее единственное желание выйти и отомстить негодяю.

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi.

A story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by pollution from a local factory. They seem to work out an agreement, but Oryu must help the poor villagers when the greedy factory owner and corrupt politicians betray them…

Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his trade under Al Capone in Chicago. The film follows his first venture to Japan with gangster brothers Frank (Shingo Yamashiro) and Joe (Fumio Watanabe). And being chased by gangster and the FBI, including the granddaughter of Eliot Ness. The whole thing is a good amount of fun, the performances especially (Wakayama, Yamashiro, Watanabe in a rare heroic role), making this one of routine director Takashi Harada’s best pictures.

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.

Окацу живёт со своими родителями и готовится к свадьбе. В городе и округе неспокойно - комендант Дзюдаю занимается контрабандой табака и истязает местных крестьян. Отец Окацу требует от Дзюдаю прекратить бесчинства и собирается отправить “Заявление о преступлениях” в Эдо. По приказу коменданта семью Окацу хватают и пытают. Мать и отец покончили жизнь самоубийством, а Окацу удалось сбежать. Она собирается доставить “Заявление” по назначению, но все дороги оказываются перекрыты.

A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place.

Film with Junko Miyazono.

Dr. Mikami is an elderly somewhat clumsy, very popular therapist, his patients turn to him with all possible and impossible questions. Because Dr. Mikami's specialty is sexual clarification... The world's best-selling sex literature was filmed here in a manner close to the original. And the openness of the image shows the shocking conflicts of young people in scenes that were never filmed. Shocking documents about sex life from the doctor's office.

A portrait of a man trying to become an artist in order to escape from his life as a miserable peasant due to severe annual tribute during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa Shogun Tsunayoshi.

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison. Other clan members oppose and Ishido is elected. When Matsuda is freed, he doesn't accept this decision.

Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this tale of chivalry and friendship among yakuza in the northern regions.

Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to leave town and sell herself into prostitution. Bungo and Kenichi, in their search for Teruko, arrive in a new place and find work running a peddling stall for the upright Tatsumaki family. However, the drifting father and son soon find themselves caught up in a struggle for territory. Boss Negishi, the head of the yakuza family responsible for the death of the former Tatsumaki leader, will stop at nothing to take over the marketplace. Sickened by the injustice, Bungo takes on the rival boss knowing it might cost him his newly acquired freedom..

A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through his telescope. Scoffed at by the scientific establishment, the boy is kidnapped and brought to a secret UN base in the Japan alps. He is immediately inducted into the secret program whose mission is to finish the Super-Destruction Beam cannon and destroy Icarus. The cannon is missing a special mineral for the lens. The team heads for a mysterious island in the middle of the Pacific. There they find ancient ruins of Atlantis but they are suddenly attacked by a strange drill shaped metal squid spaceship. It's commanded by the evil being Nazu who has engineered the collision with Icarus! He doesn't want to share the universe with humans and he really doesn't want the cannon finished. The action is on and the team discovers the Golden Bat who has been asleep for over 10,000 years awaiting this very moment to save the earth!

Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

Акико потеряла слух, когда ей было 3 года. Она умеет говорить и читать по губам. Но она не верит в то, что может быть счастлива. Жизнь только раз за разом подтверждает её опасения. В послевоенное время страдают все, даже самые здоровые люди. Встреча с глухонемым Митио не сулит ей избавления от страданий. Только по прошествии 10 лет в семье прорастают ростки счастья. Выживут ли они?

Third and last "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.

Second "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.

Japanese film about a juvenile delinquent who becomes a part of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.

Two lovers lost in the mountains. In what direction do not go, they find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force does not want to let them go. Once upon a time, over a century ago, there had been a crime, whose shadow still hovers over these places.

Japanese spy film.

Japanese war film.

From the king of Japanese exploitation films comes a criminal drama told in a semi-documentary fashion. The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women. A hired assasin is betrayed by his organization, and kidnaps a woman who happens to be the girlfriend of a newspaper reporter.

During the naval battle of Midway in WWII, the battleship Mutsu was in its home port in Japan. The ship's officers and crew were frustrated at not being able to take part in the fighting. They had been held back by orders from the Naval Ministry, but there was also a plot by saboteurs, who were trying to prevent the sailing of the Mutsu. Director Komori developed a suspenseful plot by including a fictional adaptation of the Russian spy Richard Sorge, who had been captured in Japan and subsequently executed. Komori brings a fictional Russian spy to the screen by portraying him as a military attaché at the German embassy. As Germany was an ally of Japan in WWII, a secret agent being a mole in the German embassy is a perfect cover. The interaction of the saboteurs and the officers and crew of the Mutsu make an exciting story.

Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.

Japanese thriller.

In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an invincible fortress at Port Arthur, and the relations between two countries have become strained to breaking point. General Nogi has retired to the first reserve and is now a gentleman farmer, but he is prepared for sudden mobilization. Finally, Japan declares war against Russia and Emperor Meiji appoints General Nogi as the commander of the force to attack Port Arthur. However, in spite of several all-out attacks, the fortress is strong and the casualties increase among the Japanese. Because of these reverses, there are loud cries for a change in command. However, the Emperor places his confidence in General Nogi.

In the northern province, two waitresses Mieko and Hanako from Tokyo, are missing somewhere near the River Kitakami. At night, the villagers of Shirayama gather round a blazing fire, and utter incantations while an old headman tempers a sword...

The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred years before. Yumi Aoyama is the only person who knows the location, but her family dies one after another through curious incidents, as if the family were under a curse. Yumi is surprised by the ghost of a dead sister who looks the same as the grim figure who jumped into the old well alter stabbing herself with a sword. Fearful that a similar fate awaits her, Yumi seeks the help of her friend Kyoko. Later the ghost appears before Kyoko and her fiancé, Detective Nonomiya. In a haunted cave, Kyoko and Yumi are in deadly peril from those who seek treasures of the Aoyamas.

Japanese crime film

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.

Nude models are being brutally murdered one after another. Is the painter with the dark sunglasses really the killer?

Japanese crime film.

Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.

1957 crime film

Meiji Tenno portrayed the ramp up to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also showed the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan who sent their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and it's combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

Матико Ёсида 8 лет ждала возвращения мужа с войны. Их сын Киёси за это время вырос и пошел в школу. И вот счастливый день настал, муж вернулся домой и семья воссоединилась. Но не так легко залечить раны, нанесенные войной. Семейное счастье приходится завоевывать упорным трудом.

An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a charming princess and a dashing youngster, performs songs and dances throughout the film until the big decisive battle.

It is a sport film about cycling.

Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger brother Tadanaga. Before learning of these plots, Ryutaro discovers himself in a predicament of his own when he rushes to the defence of a local girl who is caught between her boyfriend and a greedy businessman. The situation results in many violent one-on-one skirmishes between Ryutaro and the businessman’s many samurai defendants, one of whom enigmatically refuses to reveal his face or use more than just the one hand. Before long, Ryutaro’s top priority is not protecting Iemitsu as it should be, but rather unearthing the true identity of the mystery samurai.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

Japanese youth film about kendo.

Japanese drama.

An Ishiro Honda Film.

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

Печальная история юной Гинко, которая родилась в семье сапожника и вынуждена была работать гейшей, чтобы прокормить семью.

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

Масако Фудзимура уезжает их Токио с группой студентов. Она с радостью оставляет дом, где живет ненавистная мачеха. Всё раздражает её в этом мире, даже её спутницы-студентки. Внезапная болезнь заставляет её остановиться в глухом захолустье. Это хороший повод поразмыслить над своей жизнью. Чему могут научить столичную жительницу обитатели этого забытого богом городка?

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

Бывший студент Маки встречает на передовой своего университетского учителя, преподававшего французскую литературу. Особое отношение Маки к своему учителю вызывает гнев старших по званию, перерастающий в настоящий конфликт. В фильме показаны бытовые проблемы солдат, воюющих на передовой, издевательства и недостойное поведение их командиров, готовых пойти на всё ради спасения своих жизней.

Kindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the other according to an ancient tradition on an isolated island in the Seto Inland Sea. Kosuke Kindaichi received a will from his friend Kito, which said, "Go to Gokumon Island to save my three younger sisters," and Kosuke went to Gokumon Island. Upon arriving at the residence of Quito, there were three beautiful sisters, a crazy father, a cousin of Sanae, and Kosuke plunged into a strange atmosphere. The film adaptation of the masterpiece novel of the same name by Seishi Yokomizo. Kyozo Kataoka plays Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, and Ryutaro Otomo plays Inspector Isokawa, who can be called Kindaichi's best partner.

Он – лидер движения за новый театр, она – выдающаяся актриса. Их отношения начались в тот самый день, когда Сумако сыграла Нору в спектакле «Кукольный дом». Успех был грандиозным. Вместе с ним пришла любовь.