Goro Yasukawa

Edo-era Japan. If you are familiar with the attitude of Sakamoto Junji, you don’t even need the cheeky welcome to understand that the samurais, nobles, and landlords in this jidaigeki will not be portrayed in the heydays of their glory. And so it is: our welcome party are two rogue vagrants making their living as “manure men”, turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen samurai, and amongst the overflowing piles of excrement, a well-nourished love story unfolds.

Seiji Kamiya, a pottery craftsman who lives alone in a mountain village, temporarily returns to Japan with his fiancée, Nadia, who has been assigned to work in Algeria. Seiji opposes Satoru, who declares that Seiji should quit the company after marrying and Satoru should take over the pottery business. On the other hand, Marcos, a young Brazilian resident in Japan who lives in an apartment complex in the neighboring town to where Seiji lives, sees Seiji, who helped him when he was being chased and in whom Marcos sees the image of his late father, and he becomes interested in pottery work. Meanwhile, a tragedy strikes Satoru and Nadia, who has returned to Algeria.

Middle-aged Fumi lives a quiet seaside life, she spends her days working at a small local factory, spending time with her neighbor’s son, and attending her sober-lifestyle group. One night while driving home her car is struck by a small meteorite, the odds of which are 100 million to 1. Seeing this as a good omen, Fumi decides she should be open to new possibilities in her life, even perhaps romance…

Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That should be that, but soon matters take a darker turn when a corpse turns up and a murder has occurred. The culprit fingered is one of the patients.

After a man gets fired from his work at a printing plant, he moves with his couple to her hometown in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. There, the woman opens up a beauty salon. They enjoy peaceful days, but small problems occur which leads to an irrevocable situation.

Ko, a man in his late 30s, lives in the countryside with his wife and teenage son. Mitsuhiko, who runs a local car dealership, also stayed in his hometown. One day, their mutual friend Eisuke returns from a long military operation and their reunification brings back both pleasant and painful memories.

After the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, a troupe of female sumo wrestlers arrive in Tokyo.

Хиросима, 1988 год, до принятия закона о борьбе с организованной преступностью. Если верить слухам, детектив Сёго Огами как-то связан с якудза. Вместе с другим детективом, Сюити Хиокой, он расследует дело о пропавшем без вести сотруднике финансовой компании. Это расследование обостряет и без того серьёзный конфликт между двумя враждующими группировками якудза.

Ryosuke has a bright future. He just opened a successful restaurant and hopes to tie the knot soon with his alluring girlfriend. But then his father declares he has pancreatic cancer and his betrothed vanishes without a trace. In his father’s belongings, he discovers a secret diary, which starts with an ominous sentence: “Without remorse, I take a life …” Ryosuke is completely spellbound and reads on, discovering that the document is actually the confession of a murderer.

Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers his bright personality and gets better results at work. One day, Takashi sees Yamamoto boarding a bus to the cemetery with a serious expression.

Starting in 1970s Hokkaido, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi over three decades, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza.

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.

A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the building.

Based on Fuyumi Ono's best-selling books, these 10 tales of spookiness by six Japanese horror directors are designed to chill viewers to the bone.

В начале 1990-х в Японии проводились тайные эксперименты по созданию сверхчеловека. В своих экспериментах учёные использовали два метода. Первый метод заключался в том, что родители будущего ребёнка постоянно находились в стрессе. Тем самым это состояние провоцировало развитие мутаций у младенцев ещё в утробе матери. Второй метод состоял в том, что путём генных манипуляций новорождённым детям внедрялись гены насекомых. В результате этих экспериментов на свет появилось несколько детей-мутантов.

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.

After a symphonic music career in Europe cut short by hearing loss, Ao (Oizumi Yo) returns home to run his family's farm in Hokkaido alongside younger brother Roku (Sometani Shota). Roku carries on the family legacy of wheat farming, but Ao becomes obsessed with starting a winery specializing in Pinot Noir. The brothers' troubled relationship is upset further when one day mysterious yet charming Erika (Ando Yuko) pitches camp in a neighboring field. A Drop of the Grapevine is the second of director Mishima Yukiko's Hokkaido Trilogy, an intended triptych that features the natural bounty and scenic landscapes of Japan's northern island.

Действие в фильме начинается с того, что труп красавицы Мики Норико находят на территории национального парка. Погибшая была сотрудницей косметической компании, а также, как полагают, спала со своим босом Шиноямой. Люди начинают говорить, что коллега погибшей, скромная Микки Джоно, также встречалась с Шиноямой, а потому и убила девушку как соперницу.

Harumi Hagiwara lands in the hospital after being involved in an accident. She hits it off with her nurse, Reiko Nishimura, and the two decide to move in together after she's discharged. However, Harumi begins to witness a series of mysterious events soon after noticing Reiko's strange behavior. Additionally, she fears for her own safety when Reiko starts referring to herself as 'Mari' as if she's become an entirely different person. Before long, the situation develops into a case of murder.

When Naoko was a freshman in high school she was kidnapped and imprisoned by a man who lived next door. For one month, she went through hell. Finally, she killed the man and escaped. Now as an adult, Naoko is a doctor specializing in infertility treatment, but she also has another side. Naoko is a popular master in a S&M club.

Death-row inmate Sudo (Pierre Taki) sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii (Takayuki Yamada). In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura (Lily Franky), also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While checking out the story, based on Sudo's tip, Fuji becomes convinced that the letter is correct. But, a lot of time has passed from the incidents and Sudo's testimony isn't clear. Due to the persistance of Sudo, who is a former yakuza, and Fuji, the police begin to move.

After Satoru Watarai graduated from elementary school, he dropped out of school and decided to live within his apartment complex, never to venture outside. Satoru Watari then meets his old friends as they are coming back from their middle school classes. Satoru has now gotten a job at a cake shop within the apartment complex and eventually gets engaged to one of his friends. Satoru, still lives within the apartment complex only, but, as time passes, more of his friends leave ..

When Ayumi Mastuda (Eiko Koike) worked as a freelance writer she met Chinese cameraman Gyoukou (Kingone Wang), who worked at the same publishing company in Tokyo. They married 5 years ago. After his employer's went bankrupt, Gyoukou and Ayumi Matsuda moved to Ishigaki Island. Gyoukou also decided to apply for naturalization as a Japanese citizen. In order to prove they are real married couple they have an interview at a local Bureau of Judicial Affiars branch. As the interview goes along, they find it more difficult than expected ...

Из-за болезни легких Коити Сакакибара переезжает из Токио к родителям погибшей матери в Ёмияму. В больнице он встречает странную девушку, которая несла куклу в морг. Озадаченный ее поведением, он не перестает думать о незнакомке. Когда он встречает девушку в школе, то оказывает всяческие знаки внимания. Но при этом он замечает, что все его одноклассники и даже учителя ведут себя так, как будто девушка не существует

Сан и Ри — молодая супружеская пара. Они решили переехать из Токио к озеру Тоя, которое находится на острове Хоккайдо. Там супруги открывают хлебобулочный ресторанчик под названием «Мани». Сан печёт хлеб, а его жена Ри готовит пищу, которая прекрасно дополняет выпечку её мужа. Так как Сан и Ри готовят от всего сердца, то круглый год клиенты, уходя из их ресторана, чувствуют себя счастливыми.

В жизни Эрины Акиямы (Мао Иноуэ) произошла ужасная трагедия: когда ей было всего четыре месяца, ее похитила бывшая любовница ее отца, которая после аборта лишилась возможности иметь детей. В течение почти четырех лет Кивако Нономия (Хироми Нагасаку) растила девочку как свою собственную дочь, и маленькая Эрина, воспитывавшаяся под именем Каору, считала похитительницу родной матерью. Когда Эрину нашли и вернули родителям, она испытала страшное потрясение, а родная семья так и не стала для нее до конца родной. Лишь достигнув совершеннолетия, благодаря случайной встрече с журналисткой, знавшей ее в детстве, она пытается разобраться в своей судьбе, в том, как ей поступить, чтобы не повторить ошибок ни своих родителей, ни той женщины.

A nostalgic human drama based on Dazai Osamu Prize winner Tsujiuchi Tomoki's novella. Set in a declining coal-mining town in 1950s Fukuoka, the story depicts a rambunctious but pure-hearted young boy in love with an older woman. Director Hirayama Hideyuki and writer Chong Wishing, both from Begging for Love (Ai o kou hito), join hands again to make this film. Michiyo (Koyuki) has left Tokyo for Fukuoka with her son Mamoru (Ikematsu Sosuke) after divorcing her husband. The story follows Mamoru's memories of his time spent with the notorious rebel Shinichi (Ishida Takuya), who stood up for him against bullies.

Сюжет повествует о группе женщин, не придерживающихся никаких правил и норм при достижении своих целей и защите от врагов. Если необходимо чего-то добиться, они используют все, что дала им природа — хладнокровие, красоту и беспринципность.

15-летняя Савако Куронума — милая и мягкая девушка, желающая людям только добра. Но судьба и родители наградили ее внешностью героини пресловутого «Звонка», и одноклассники считают, что даже столкнуться с «Садако» — дурная примета, а стоит заговорить с ней — будешь проклят навеки. Скромность и застенчивость Савако тоже делу не помогают. Так бы и пропала девушка в старшей школе, если бы не Сёта Кадзэхая — всеобщий любимец, простой и открытый парень. Он первым начал разговаривать с Савако, которая, конечно же, давно питала к нему сильное чувство. За Кадзэхаей понемногу последовала вся его компания, и вот бывшей «золушке» уже волей-неволей пришлось тянуться за ними и открываться людям, при этом демонстрируя неожиданные таланты, вовсе не те, на которые намекали досужие сплетницы.

Mikio and his older brother Saneo, who is mentally handicapped, live together and have just buried their father. One day, Mikio hires a hooker named Marin for his brother. Marin is an underground singer who goes by the name Fala. A video producer who is filming Fala's documentary finds out about her double life, and proposes to film her and Saneo's sex life. Dreaming about leaving Tokyo with Saneo with a huge sum of money from the film, Mikio and Marin agree to the offer.

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. Some of his colleagues become so jealous they are resentful and waiting patiently for the perfect opportunity to crucify him. Soon they get their chance as Dr Toma considers performing a controversial operation…

An aspiring floral designer and the photographer next door become drawn to each other through the everyday sounds they hear through their shared walls.

Выходец из Китая Ван шеф-повар и владелец популярного местного китайского ресторанчика «Маленький Шанхай» в Японии. Он готовит свои любимые блюда по рецептам из родного Шаоксинг — маленький южный городок, что в Китае. У него есть круг постоянных гурманов из местных жителей. Овдовевшая мать Такако Ямасита работает в универмаге, она частенько захаживает в «Маленький Шанхай». Ямасита предлагает Вану открыть филиал в универмаге, но повар и слушать не хочет об этом. Однажды Вана разбивает паралич. Ресторанчик под угрозой закрытия. Ямасита бросает работу и идет в ученики к шеф-повару Вану…

Bent on the destruction of the human race, the secret underground organization Shocker secretly planned to plunge the world into chaos. But they didn’t count on the revolt of both of their experimentally “reconstructed” human beings, the Kamen Riders. Two years after their first battle with Shocker, a 3rd Rider arises to confront them, known only as “Version 3.” The arrival of the third Kamen Rider will hurl the heroes into their most terrible battle yet and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

Окино — главная куртизанка одного из веселых домов квартала «красных фонарей». Юность ее прошла, поток клиентов поредел, и Окино решает оставить свое ремесло, и вернуться в деревню к отцу. Вырваться из квартала не так то просто, но хитроумная Окино находит выход из положения. Она призывает на помощь Ядзи, бедного вдовца, который зарабатывает на жизнь лепкой фигурок из теста. Добрый и наивный Ядзи не в силах устоять перед «профессиональным» очарованием плутовки Окино.

The movie revolves around Mitsuba, who studies traditional art of rakugo. Rakugo is a form of comical story telling, sometimes referred to as sit-down comedy. Even though Mitsuba is mediocre at best, he ends up teaching three students.

48 демонов-мадзинов узнали о том, что у самурая Дайго Кагемицу родится ребенок, которому предстоит стать Мессией. Тогда они предложили самураю власть над всей Японией, если он отдаст им 48 кусков от своего сына. Самурай согласился, демоны получили свое, а останки маленького Мессии были сложены в люльку и отправлены по реке. К счастью, люлька попала в руки талантливого целителя Дзюкая, который не только спас ребенка и вырастил его, но также снабдил чудовищного ребенка необходимым количеством протезов. Много лет спустя выросший Хяккимару взял в свои стальные руки стальной меч и отправился на поиски мадзинов, чтобы, наконец, вернуть себе собственные руки, ноги, уши, глаза и все прочее.

Famous movie actress Nami is being interviewed by a magazine reporter about her new film in which the plot resembles her real life. Her actor husband Yosuke has an affair with a young actress Junko whereas in the movie, Nami acts as an actress whose husband has an extramarital relationship with a young girl, with Yosuke as the husband and Junko as the new girl friend. In the course of the interview, Nami falls into deep thoughts and flashbacks about her lascivious encounters with strangers in a night train, in the movie as in the reality. Despite whether her intention is to revenge her husband or to satisfy her own desires, Nami demonstrates bewitching charm in a series of intercourse with different men, positions and locations. Director Takashi Ishii attempts to explore female sexual psychology through perfect blends of aesthetic nudity and violence.

Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.

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.

The beautiful Shizuko (Aya Sugimoto) and her husband Tooyama Takayoshi (Jo Shishido) have a loving relationship, But Takayoshi is getting older and isn't always able to perform. His primary source of gratification involves observing his wife in sadomasochistic scenarios so he commissions a painter, skilled in the arts of bondage to bring these fantasies to life. Soon, Shiziko becomes a willing and submissive participant in fulfilling the S&M fantasies of not only her husband but a slew of rich lecherous men.

“Making of” Hana to hebi 2: Pari/Shizuko (2005).

A Japanese film by Hideyuki Hirayama, Lady Joker is a detective thriller with elements of social commentary on Japanese society that is based on the 1997 bestselling novel by Kaoru Takamura.

I (Ken MItsuishi), documentary video maker, saw a guy named YUDA (Kazuma Honda) in middle of Tokyo. I was curious about Yuda and begun following him around, but one day he disappeared with my video camera. A couple months later, a lady name Michi Nakamura (Yukiko Okamoto) came to my office. She had the strap of my video camera that Yuda stole from me, and said she saw the address that was on the strap, so she came here. I asked her about Yuda, and she told me that he was dead. Right after she left my office, she was hit by a car, I visited her in hospital and she begins to tell me about the mysterious story of her and Yuda.

95-летний якудза позарился на танцовщицу Сидзуко. Мужа Сидзуко принуждают расплатиться за огромные долги женой. Тояма соглашается, наивно полагая, что единственное, на что способен старец, это жаждать посмотреть на голую танцующую Сидзуко...

Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).

Действие происходит в вымышленном городе Маллепа. Иммигранты разных рас и национальностей смешиваются, каждый занимается своим бизнесом. Тут мы встречаем Кэя, вампира, который потерял волю к жизни после отъезда его единственного друга-вампира. Кэй хочет умереть, но вскоре его встречает сирота - парень по имени Сё. Сё узнает о вампиризме Кэя и не пугается этого. Постепенно он становится его лучшим другом. Действие переносится на несколько лет вперед, когда его банда подростков стала взрослой. Они грабят местную мафию, действуя так бесстрашно, как будто ничего не может им повредить, хотя на самом деле единственным бессмертным среди них является Кэй. Затем, в ходе одного «дела», они встречают Сона, и их судьбы переплетаются навсегда

When pregnant lunchbox factory worker Yayoi has finally taken all the abuse she can handle, she strangles her brutish husband and disposes of the body parts, piece by piece. She's soon joined by three down on their luck housewives who murder their own husbands and find various ways to hide the evidence.

A mysterious stranger comes into a lawless town run by a kingpin and starts shooting up the place.

Kazuhiko Nakamura directs this sexually charged wacky comedy set in the world of the Japanese adult video industry. The story follows a young woman's (Amiko Kanetani) foolish attempts to win back a lost love (Shunsuke Matsuoka) by taking the one recourse she believes might actually do the trick: becoming a porn star.

A cocaine deal is about to go down between yakuza and Hong Kong triad gangsters and a small time porn peddler is used as a mole by a dirty cop.

Four crooks rob a jewelery shop, then head for an abandoned factory where they plan to fence the goods to the Yakuza. Unfortunately, their chosen location happens to be the same place where American scientists had previously experimented on resurrecting the dead.

Mayo, the Black Angel, is ordered to assassinate a powerful syndicate leader. The hit goes awry, however, as the crime boss' bodyguard steps in the way. It's none other than Yamambe, who once rescued Mayo from a rape and has lived in her heart since then.

A middle-aged man walks up to young man who is sitting under a tree and shoots him. The film then flashes back to 1981, where a young woman steals a car with a baby strapped inside. She decides to raise the child as her own, and teaches him to shoplift from stores while she works as a prostitute. She strikes up a relationship with a convenience-store clerk, and the two eventually settle down together.

На глазах шестилетней Икко, дочери босса якудзы, были зверски убиты ее отец и мать. Она тоже должна была разделить судьбу родителей, но благодаря таинственной женщине-киллеру по прозвищу «Черный ангел» Икко удается ускользнуть от убийц. Девочку переправляют в США, где она воспитывается под надзором американской якудзы. А когда ей исполняется 20 лет, она возвращается в Японию, чтобы отомстить убийцам своих родителей. Теперь уже ее зовут «Черным ангелом»…

Murakami's partner Mayumi has gone missing. He fears that she could have run off with another guy or gotten into difficulty by involving by herself with a 'telephone relationship club', a solution which hooks up strangers trying to find easy, anonymous sex, no concerns asked.

A black clad woman murders a man that she had just met by chance through a phone sex club.

Masamichi Toyama is a loyal husband with a bad gambling debt. Mobsters out for the money track him down, beating him and raping his wife. Desperate for revenge, he makes himself a sword and sets out to wreak havoc. When he meets the Gonin, a group of five female thieves, his luck only gets worse. Run, Sayuri, Shiho, Saki and Chihiro are fast-shooting, strong-arm women. Not only that, but they're more than prepared to take on an army of gangsters. Unfortunately for them, they stole the ring Masamichi wanted for his wife, and now he's more likely to hunt them than join their cause.

Герои этой картины переступили ту черту, за которой уже нечего терять. И каждому из них позарез нужны деньги: Задолжавший бандитам владелец дискотеки; безработный конторский служащий; манерный вымогатель; сутенер-неврастеник и бывший полицейский… Однажды эти пять отчаянных мужчин решили ограбить гангстеров. И не просто гангстеров, а банду Огоши — одну из самых влиятельных семей якудзы в Осаке. В день налета им улыбнулась удача — дерзкий план сработал. К вечеру в руках грабителей — дилетантов уже была с кровью отвоеванная сумка с десятками миллионов йен. Но на этом подарки судьбы закончились: семья Огоши нанимает двух самых ужасных убийц в городе, от страшной мести которых еще никто и никогда не уходил.

An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the drugs they claim he stole from them. Afterwards Nami attempts to commit suicide, but after being rescued by a mysterious yakuza she decides to infiltrate the gang and get revenge.

Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and see the sights. What Jiro doesn't know is that this woman isn't who she says she is. She's on the run from her Yakuza boyfriend, and Jiro is going to be unwittingly entwined in the situation.

Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.

Jinpachi Nezu who lost both his wife and daughter during a feud against the yakuza 10 years ago while he was an accountant for their organization. One day he comes across a young idol and rescues her from being kidnapped by the yakuza.

What if an unknown stranger somewhere impersonates you and lives life? 24-year-old TAKIGAWA Misaki (TODO Umi) aspiring to be a non-fiction writer, receives a strange phone call saying TAKIGAWA Misaki is in a coma in a hospital. Learning that someone has posed as Misaki, she visits the hospital and finds an unexpected person. She begins to discover the woman's real name and the reason why she had to be someone else.