Itsuji Itao

In the silent mountains, surrounded by beautiful mountains on all sides. A man carrying an urn, Iori Kano, appears in front of Mizuki Takahashi, a beautiful woman staring at the fire of a kiln in a humble workshop. Iori is Mizuki's brother-in-law. He has come to inform Mizuki of the death of her mother, Isuzu Kano. For some reason, Mizuki had abandoned her parents' home and was now living a peaceful life with her husband, ceramic artist Tetsuro Takahashi. Iori's appearance cuts through that peace and brings her back to the dark past. Mizuki has been living her life with her past hidden away, but her guilt for Yasuo, her father-in-row, who she had driven to his death, and her love and hate for Isuzu, who she had never reconciled with, lingered deep in her heart. This sense of guilt over her own deeds eventually condemns Mizuki in the form of the ghost of Isuzu, and finally leads her down the path of destruction.

A university student has the usual dreams and aspirations. It turns out to be a pipe dream and so she murders her own flesh and blood. The usual media heads seek an answer in order to sell copy. A psychologist is writing a book about the character and incident. Her research for the subject matter turn the psychologist inward and things come out of the shadows that perhaps are better left buried deep in the shadows of the psyche.

Toka returns to the island she grew up to attend her mother's second memorial service. She finds out that her father Seiji is wearing her mother's clothes. As if that doesn't come as enough of a shock, Seiji even tells Toka that he is getting married again to a man named Kazuo. The film explores the particular incident and the life of the island people with a humorous touch.

Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.

Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tournament. At the age of 26, his dream of becoming a professional shogi player collapses due to an age restriction. After he quits playing shogi, he becomes desperate. With the support of his peers, including Yuya Suzuki, and his love of shogi, Shoji Segawa begins to play shogi again. A miracle happens to him.

Miyuki works as an OL. Her younger sibling died from a car accident in 1989. Due to her sibling's death, her mother became ill and her father drank constantly until he died. Miyuki believes if she could prevent the car accident, her family would have a happy future. She travels back in time to 1989 and struggles to save her younger sibling from the car accident.

По одноимённому роману Матаёси Наоки. Токунага - непопулярный комедиант. Однажды он встречает настоящего гуру своего цеха Камия и делает все, чтобы тот взял его в ученики.

По одноимённому роману Матаёси Наоки. Токунага - непопулярный комедиант. Однажды он встречает настоящего гуру своего цеха Камия и делает все, чтобы тот взял его в ученики.

A pair of schoolgirls get caught up in a scheme targeting local businesses. Loan shark Ginjiro can help, but first things first: what’s in it for him?

Shinji is a middle-aged, sleaze film director who used to be famous. He hardly goes back home and moves from one woman to another. In spite of his idleness, women are very fond of him and look after him compassionately for whatever reason.

Школьница Како проводит лето в семейном ресторанчике в токийском районе Китасинагава, где она занимается в основном двумя вещами: глазеет на канал и угрюмо размышляет о том, что в будущем её не ждёт ничего интересного. Всё, однако, меняется, в один прекрасный день, когда у них дома объявляется Микико, тётушка Како – входившая в ряды радикальной террористической организации и вроде как погибшая во время взрыва ещё восемнадцать лет назад.

28-year-old Sasano Seiko (Sonim) has returned home to celebrate her widower father's (Itao Itsuji) remarriage. However, the marrige-partner-to-be is the double-divorcee-with-children close friend of Seiko's older brother. Her father says he will be the "mother" to everyone. Will Seiko be able to accept her father's marriage?

Genzo is a monk on his way to Tianzhu (early East Asian name for India). Along the way, he happens to visit a house and meets an old couple. The couple has an adopted son, Taro Yamada (Kenichi Matsuyama). They ask Genzo to rehabilitate Taro who makes trouble with his magical power. Genzo takes Taro and travels to Tianzhu.

A father, a mother, an elder son, a daughter and a younger son. A family of five. For all appearances, a perfectly normal, happy family. But none them related

The ToQGers stop at a station in Zawame City, where there is no Shadow Line activity. However, they come across Kamen Rider Gaim and are brought into a fight with the Underground Empire known as Badan. As the ToQGers and the Armored Riders work together to discover Badan’s true intentions, a mysterious Rider calling himself Fifteen appears…

The Underground Empire Badan makes its move, intending to invert the world. Kouta and Mai are pulled through one of these inversions where the discover a boy named Shu, who also holds the power to invert the world. As the Riders fight to protect Shu, Fifteen appears again, seeking Shu. As Kouta flees, past Riders gather and fight one another, split between the Showa and Heisei era Riders. But, the truth of Badan is not as it seems…

Seven days before his graduation, high school student Maesawa Ryota discovers that he is a clone. While in a state of shock upon realizing he only has a short time left to live, he comes into contact with the original Maesawa Ryota.

Девочка Нами - сирота при живых родителях: ее отец всецело поглощен мамой, а мама всю себя посвятила заботе о чужих детях. Единственный человек, который о ней заботится - старшая сестра. Однажды мама решает полностью посвятить себя благотворительности и бросает семью, папа замыкается в себе и сходит с ума на почве религии, а сестра сбегает с парнем, чтобы создать нормальную семью. Отныне ее воспитателем и самым близким человеком становится ведущий ТВ-шопа, который смотрит только на нее и видит только ее. Время прошло, Нами повзрослела и у нее появилось странное хобби - выслеживать таких же одиночек, как она сама, классифицировать их и наблюдать за ними. И среди всей этой огромной толпы одиноких, замкнувшихся и вырванных из социума людей, она привязывается к одному по неизвестной причине. Теперь он принадлежит только ей...он должен смотреть на нее и видеть только ее.

Герой этого фильма задумал снять фильм о якудзе, который поразит зрителей жесткостью и реалистичностью. Но для этого ему приходится близко познакомится с миром японской мафии, а это чревато большими проблемами и для него, и для всей съемочной группы. Теперь молодому режиссеру предстоит пожалеть, что на съемках стало слишком много реализма, а льющаяся рекой кровь – совсем не бутафорская...

High school student Erika is sick and tired of her weakness. By chance, Erika begins working at a cabaret night club. She eventually becomes the top lady in the night world and is known by her nickname Kurumi. In the process, she manipulates men and makes a lot of money from them. Deep down inside though, Erika suffers from loneliness and fear. A man then appears in front of her.

Dan Mitsu stars as Kana, a female employee at a publishing company who strikes up a sexual relationship with a younger co-worker. He soon discovers that Kana's fetishes extend to sadomasochistic tendencies, involving a mysterious man only known as "Sensei". This discovery will push his relationship with Kana to a new, dangerous level that he may not be ready for.

Rui is the charismatic leader of a new religious group. Consequently, he starts to gain attention from the mass media. After becoming involved in a car accident, Rui goes to a remote island with ex-gangster now bodyguard. On the island, Rui reveals more about his religious group, while a set of ominous events are about to occur.

Suzumoto and Sumi creatively master their independent lives while living in a park in Nagoya. In contrast, a middle-class family is caught up in pressure and routine. The two threads of the story gradually intertwine, until a tragic escalation occurs. Shot with a black-and-white documentary feel, yet highly stylized, the film analyzes the contradictions and pathologies of modern society.

Секретный полицейский по имени Ютака Дэймон, который наследует мощного робота по имени Заборгар после смерти отца ученого. Заборгар оснащен арсеналом высокотехнологичного оружия, имеет возможность трансформироваться в мотоцикл, а также мастер каратэ. Дэймон использует Заборгара для борьбы с организацией под названием Сигма, которую возглавляет злой полумеханическим маньяк Доктор Акуномией, убившим в свое время отца Ютаки. доктор Акуномия. Но, когда Дэймон влюбляется в главного помощника доктор Акуномия, мисс Борг (к тому же она еще и киборг), его связь с Заборгар разрывается. 25 лет спустя, разжалованный Дэймон возвращается на работу в полицию, потому что организация Сигма заканчивает строительство гигантского разрушительного робота. Придет ли на помощь Заборгар?

Kanjuro Nomi is an aging samurai who only has a scabbard. Deserting his lord to wander the land with his daughter Tae, Kanjuro is captured and sentenced to an unusual punishment: he has 30 days to bring a smile to the sad prince who has lost his mother — or else he must die.

The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright future ahead of him as the proficient and popular rakugoka (comedic story-teller), Usagi Morinoya. However, because of an injury sustained during the war, his face is covered in bandages, and he suffers from total amnesia. As if trying to recover his memory, the man only keeps mumbling in a hollow voice his trademark rakugo, "Sokotsunagaya".

The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright future ahead of him as the proficient and popular rakugoka (comedic story-teller), Usagi Morinoya. However, because of an injury sustained during the war, his face is covered in bandages, and he suffers from total amnesia. As if trying to recover his memory, the man only keeps mumbling in a hollow voice his trademark rakugo, "Sokotsunagaya".

In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.

Tomokazu Shudo has his first ever crush on Sugina Mayama, a senior student. Tomokazu has troubles confessing his feelings to the popular student, but one day, he is invited to the research lab where Sugina Mayama works. Tomokazu hopes to use this meeting to express his true feelings for her. To Tomokazu's surprise, when he arrives he first sees a big wooden box in the middle of the dark lab. Sugina tells Tomokazu that he looks scared and then proceeds to push Tomokazu into the box!

Shuichi Furukawa receives a phone call from his mother. She reminds him that they are moving the next day. The following day, Shuichi takes a train ride back to his hometown. He arrives at his parents home, but nobody is home. He looks for the house key under a potted plant but can't find the key. He starts to thinks back to his childhood days in his parents home. Shuichi grew up with his younger brother, older sister, father who ran a shoe making business out of their garage and mother. Shuichi grew up with a crush on an older woman who lived next door and he loved to make piggy banks out of empty whiskey bottles. One day on a school picnic, Shuichi's classmates grabbed a lunchbox from a fellow student and eventually gave the lunch box to Shuichi. All the other students chanted "throw it away," while Shuichi's former friend looked on in despair.

В школьной секции кэндо, где занимается девятиклассница Санаэ Нисоги, появляется новая студентка. Ее зовут Каори Исояма, и она победительница всех городских турниров по фехтованию. Санаэ и ее подруги удивлены: что могло привести столь талантливого бойца в их скромное додзё? С детской непосредственностью Санаэ однажды задает Каори этот вопрос, а в ответ получает бешеный взгляд и резкий как удар бокэном по голове ответ: «А ты разве не догадываешься?! Я здесь из-за тебя». Девочка недоумевает, но потом память подсказывает ей правильный ответ. Три года назад Санаэ участвовала в турнире по кэндо и случайно одержала победу над неизвестной сверстницей, которая и оказалась ее новым товарищем по додзё.

Making of documentary for Sion Sono's magnum opus "Love Exposure".

Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?

Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?

Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?

Based on the Japanese legend of 15th century adventurer, Oguri Hangan Daisukeshige, Toyoda places us in a surreal world of tattooed Japanese slave workers whose real life roles serve more as symbols than actual characters. After being hired by a local despot, Daizen, to massage away a nasty venereal disease, Oguri is viley betrayed after refusing to stay longer.

Она всего лишь надувная кукла, которую холит и лелеет малосимпатичный владелец. Ежевечерние предания утехам с искусственной женщиной столь чувственны, что в один из дней оживляют ее. Очаровательная девушка, чей разум по-детски наивен и чист, начинает постигать окружающий мир. Блуждая по городу, она знакомится с симпатичным продавцом видеомагазина и влюбляется в него.

The story of the original manga writer Rieko Saibara is depicted by her alter ego Natsumi Takahara who revisits where she was raised and recalls her childhood and how everything turned out.

The story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a manipulative marriage councilor, a man who recently lost his job, and several others whose lives become intertwined in various unexpected ways.

Kageko, a teacher in a small mountain village with a thriving Japanese paper industry, is visited by a former student, who proposes a plan to manufacture counterfeit money. She initially refuses, but eventually decides to join the project for the sake of the poor children in the village and her own mentally handicapped child.

This is a spin-off feature from Tokyo Gore Police and centres on 3 characters from the movie who are each given a short story telling us how they became an “engineer”. The first is about a retarded construction worker Dokata who can’t speak properly but is looking for love and gets more than he bargained for, the second about a schoolgirl attacked by 3 people who’s transformed into a dog of some sort and the final story is about a man who witnesses a fight between a woman who has a penis for a nose but also instead of hair she’s got a head full of penises and another “engineer” who looks like a red indian.

О чём мечтает подросток в самом расцвете сил? Конечно же о любви! О чём думает подросток у которого папа после смерти мамы стал священником, и теперь бедному парню нужно признаваться в своих грехах, которых он не совершал?

В недалеком будущем токийская полиция превратилась в независимую корпорацию, полностью перейдя в частное владение и получив неограниченную свободу действий. Преступный мир также эволюционировал. Токио наводнен ордами убийц-мутантов, которые модифицируют свои тела, превращая их в смертоносное оружие. Их называют «инженерами». Неизвестно откуда они пришли и каковы их цели. Известно лишь то, что ранения, нанесенные им, со страшной скоростью мутируют, обрастая клыками, шипами, бензопилами. Всему этому противостоит длинноногая офицерша полиции Рука, которая, заодно, пытается раскрыть тайну убийства своего отца.

A beautiful girl, Yōko, gets lost one night during an air raid and is taken in by an orphanage. Eventually, she is reunited with her own family and goes home to live with them. But there, an unexpected fate awaits her as she is subjected to horrific brutality from these people who are tortured by a past mistake.

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Daisato, a second-rate, third-generation superhero, annoys his neighbors with the noise and destruction he causes on the job. But a heroic public image is the least of his concerns. Besides defending Japan from bizarre monsters, he must deal with an agent seeking to brand him with ads, a superhero grandfather with Alzheimer's and a family embarrassed by his incompetence.

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.

Во втором фильме Кира, он же небезызвестный Лайт Ягами тщательно скрывает свою сущность от полиции и детектива L, при этом помогая отцу вести следствие, L - тщательно ищет того самого Киру, спинным мозгом чуя, что это и есть Лайт... Всё идёт своим чередом. И вдруг - хлобысь! С неба шлёпается вторая тетрадка! И попадает в ручонки к девушке по имени Аманэ Миса! И на свете становится одним Кирой больше...

On her way to school, high school girl Nana sees a train accident. Then Nana and her friend Kanae start to come across various bizarre phenomena, including red fingerprints and a female spirit who 'lives' on the station platform. One day, Nana's younger sister is lost, and the only possibility seems to be that she had been taken by these spirits. The missing tracks. The predictions that a mysterious woman makes.

Застенчивую юную Асуку постоянно задирают одноклассники. Когда класс отправляется на экскурсию в Корею, Асука решает отмстить, посылая им фотографию с текстом: «Если вы перешлете эту смертельную фотографию другому, ваша жизнь будет спасена». Школьники начинают пересылать фотографию, чтобы спасти свою жизнь. Идет отчаянная борьба за жизнь с помощью сотовых телефонов!

Takeshi Hongo is a man of extraordinary intellect, but his promising future is about to be maliciously snuffed out by and evil secret society known as Shocker. Reinvented against his will and transformed into a powerful experimental cyborg, Hongo will forever be known as Kamen Rider The First.

Семья Кёбаши переезжает в новый модный дом. Они надеются, что там их ждет счастье. Но проходит время, счастье не наступает, зато у каждого члена семьи от мала до велика появляются свои секреты. И, когда сын приводит в дом свою новую девушку, внезапно всё скрытое вдруг оказывается на поверхности, что в свою очередь приводит к конфликту…

Во время праздника всех святых в японской школе десятилетнего мальчика Такаши выбирают Великим Всадником Кирина. Но одноклассники смеются над ним и считают трусом и слабаком. Чтобы доказать, что он не трус, он во время летних каникул должен подняться на Великую Гору Гоблинов, где, как повествуют древние легенды, обитают духи, и достать легендарный меч… В это время по всей Японии начинают пропадать дети, ужасные монстры нападают на людей. Все это происки злых духов, ужасных настолько, насколько только может себе представить человек. Начиная свое путешествие, Такаши и представить не мог, с кем ему придется столкнуться лицом к лицу и какую схватку предстоит выдержать. Одним словом, каникулы обещают ему много опасных сюрпризов!

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.

From prominent Japanese filmmaker Yudai Yamaguchi comes this off-the-wall anthology of three experimental vignettes showcasing the style and wit that are the director's stock-in-trade. Recorded on digital video, these genre-bending short films -- starring then up-and-comer Tak Sakaguchi -- are awash with farce, Yamaguchi's pubescent sense of humor and electrifying rock 'n' roll.

When a good student named Kamiyama gets placed in a high school filled with disobedient kids, he steps up to the plate and takes a position of leadership. Urging the young slackers and rebels to clean up their act, Kamiyama is in store for a lot of resistance.

Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.

Existential study on a misplaced workers and ex-prisoner who moves through the city and his influence on other characters' lives.

After discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track down the key of the universe, which a fellow prisoner known as the Counterfeit King said he had hidden.

A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a stranger, the enigmatic Keechie.