Samurai Spy
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.
Take Aim at the Police Van
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
Tugumi
Tsugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents spoiled her and she is rough and selfish. However, a few people are attracted by her beauty and unique character.
Tattoo
An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.
Akuma no temari-uta
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is.
Urutora mirakuru rabu sutôrî
Yojin, an eccentric young farmer living in the countryside, falls in love for the first time in his life. Her name is Machiko, she teaches in a kindergarten and is from Tokyo.
With Beauty and Sorrow
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and lesbian lover--hatches a plot to destroy the man and his family.
Itsuka dokusho suruhi
Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man with whom she has secretly been in love since high school. The man, Keita (KISHIBE Ittoku), lives with his wife Yoko, who is terminally ill. Caring for her at home, he works in the children's affairs section of the local municipal office. Though he insists that he wants nothing more than an "ordinary" existence, his life is in turmoil below the surface. The director uses a variety of narrative devises to portray the loneliness, isolation, and hope of these people who have seemingly allowed their goals and dreams to slip away, whilst keeping them agonizingly close to hand.
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments
The Inheritance
A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.
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Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Hiroshi Aoyama
as
Misako Watanabe
as
Okiwa
Kei Satô
as
Takanosuke Nojiri
Eiji Okada
as
Tatewaki Koriyama
Kotoe Hatsui
as
Concierge of Gorô's apartment
Michitarô Mizushima
as
Daijirô Tamon
Mari Shiraki
as
Tsunako Andô
Hiroyuki Sanada
as
Kyoichi Takahashi
Shin Yasuda
as
Tugumi's father
Yasuyo Shirashima
as
Youko Yamamoto
Banmei Takahashi
Director
Yoshio Harada
as
Bang-ho Cho
as
Ayako Ôta
as
Miyoko
Kon Ichikawa
Director
Tomisaburô Wakayama
as
Inspector Isokawa
Takeshi Katô
as
Inspector Tachibana
Fujio Tokita
as
Tatsuzô - Harue's Elder Brother
Shôhei Uno
as
Kotaro's father
Kumiko Asô
as
Machiko Kamiizumi
Mariko Kaga
as
Keiko Sakami
Kaoru Yachigusa
as
Otoko Ueno
Kei Yamamoto
as
Taichiro Ôki
Sawa Suzuki
as
Chiyo Ohba
Yûko Tanaka
as
Minako Ohba
Yasuzô Masumura
Director
Hideko Takamine
as
Otsugi, Seishû's mother
Yatsuko Tan'ami
as
Saheiji's wife
Raizô Ichikawa
as
Seishû 'Unpei' Hanaoka
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Tatsuya Nakadai
as
Kikuo Furukawa
Kunie Tanaka
as
Man in bar
Yûsuke Kawazu
as
Sadao
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