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When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the Imperial army.

Genre: Action

Cast: Takayuki Yamada

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Koji Yakusho

Encouraged by her managers, rising pop star Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Junko Iwao

One day, Mana Aida receives a wedding dress from her mother and grandmother that they had worn in the past. While thinking about who she would wear...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Hitomi Nabatame

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ayako Fujitani

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics...

Genre: History

Cast: Anna Tsuchiya

A famous chef who is tasked with tracking down a 70-year-old missing recipe.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazunari Ninomiya

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takuya Kimura

An unstable young woman pines for the ex-boyfriend who nearly beat her to death – and who has mysteriously disappeared.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Yu Aoi

Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

Diagnosed with dementia, Yuriko's mind quickly begins to fade. Yet, for her son Izumi, memories of the mother feel as vivid as when he lived them....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masaki Suda

Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....

Genre: Family

Cast: Mirai Shida

Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryuhei Matsuda

To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was...

Genre: Action

Cast: Haruka Ayase

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Bowie

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yo Oizumi

Investigator Yonezawa is searching images from the Tokyo Big City Marathon, targeted for a terrorist bomb attack. Within the images he sees his...

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Cast: Rokkaku Seiji

In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Watanabe