Heat Wave
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Edo Porn
The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
Manji
Kleptomaniac Sonoko and young, beautiful Mitsuko begin an unusual love affair which develops fast into a kinky sexual love triangle when Sonoko’s husband gets involved.
Letter from the Mountain
Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated, rural farming village where Takao grew up.
Memories of Tomorrow
After being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young businessman slips slowly away from his loving family.
Zatoichi
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
Shôwa kayô daizenshû
One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates!
The Oil-Hell Murder
The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.
Akiresu to kame
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
Tora-san, the Go-between
In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a night of eating and drinking. The old woman's health deteriorates and she dies. At her funeral, Tora-san falls in love with the old woman's daughter, but winds up acting as a go-between for her and a young law student.
Casshern
Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, much of Earth has become uninhabitable and people have become prey to new diseases. Professor Azuma's "neo-cell" project, which is supposed to be the answer to mankind's hardships, becomes a nightmare come true when mutants spawned from the experiment escape and declare war on the human race. Azuma's son Tetsuya, who was killed during the previous war, is reborn into the cyborg Casshern as mankind's last hope against the new mutant threat. This live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name.
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Ashura-jô no hitomi
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
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Hideo Gosha
Director
Rino Katase
as
Chiyoharu
Masahiro Motoki
as
Ichitaro Kosugi
Eiji Okada
as
Masakichi Ono
Kanako Higuchi
as
Rin Jyoshima
Kaneto Shindô
Director
Kunio Ôtsuka
as
Yûko Tanaka
as
Oei, Tetsuzo's Daughter
Nobuko Otowa
as
Omomo, Sashichi's Wife
Hiroto Yokoyama
Director
Haruna Takase
as
Sonoko
Yoshio Harada
as
Takeshi Kakeuchi
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as
Dr. Nakamura
Manami Konishi
as
Sayuri
Takahiro Tamura
as
Shigenaga Koda
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Director
Asami Mizukawa
as
Keiko Ikuno
Ken Watanabe
as
Masayuki Saeki
Kazue Fukiishi
as
Rie Saeki
Fumihiko Tachiki
as
Ken Ogata
as
Rônin / Masterless samurai
Rikiya Yasuoka
as
Yôjinbô / Bodyguard
Tetsuo Shinohara
Director
Yumi Morio
as
Midori Takeuchi
Kanji Tsuda
as
Seo
Renji Ishibashi
as
Tsuyoshi Ujiki
as
Hiroyuki Nagato
as
Takeshi Kitano
Director
Masatô Ibu
as
Akio Kikuta
Eri Tokunaga
as
Mari Kuramochi
Susumu Terajima
as
Yakuza pimp
Jun Miho
as
Akemi
Hisao Dazai
as
Shachô
Hidetoshi Nishijima
as
Lieutenant Colonel Kamijo
Yûsuke Iseya
as
Tetsuya Azuma / Casshern
Ko Shibasaki
as
Ritsuko Fujimura
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as
Shigezou Matsumoto
Yôjirô Takita
Director
Atsuro Watabe
as
Jaku Abe
Rie Miyazawa
as
Tsubaki
Erika Sawajiri
as
Yachi
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