When Ken, the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo, falls in love with a barmaid, he quickly loses his rebellious ideals. The rest of the gang feels betrayed, especially the reputedly troubled kid Jin who revolts against his former friend.

The Battery

2007

Japanese

6.4

♡ 3

Action

Drama

Sport

Yôjirô Takita Director

Sansei Shiomi as Ato

Tatsuo Yamada as Kusanagi

Yûki Amami as Makiko Harada

Masato Hagiwara as Makoto Tomura

Because of his younger brother’s poor health, Takumi and his family move to a different Japanese town. There, Takumi, an incredibly gifted baseball pitcher, gradually alienates his relatives and friends by putting sports above all else in life.

Blues Harp

1998

Japanese

7.0

♡ 3

Takashi Miike Director

Tatsuo Yamada as

Mickey Curtis as

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Chûji Yonashiro

Daisuke Iijima as Yûkichi Hanamura

Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguards growing jealousy of Chuji.

Yokohama BJ Blues

1981

Japanese

6.8

♡ 3

Eiichi Kudô Director

Yukiko Tachibana as

Rikiya Yasuoka as

Eri Kanuma as

Tatsuo Yamada as Yoshio

BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.

Bizan

2007

Japanese

6.3

♡ 1

86%

Action

Drama

Isshin Inudô Director

Hirotarô Honda as Hideo Watanuki

Tatsuo Yamada as Kenichi Matsuyama

Isao Natsuyagi as Kojiro Shinozaki

Nanako Matsushima as Sakiko Kouno

Sakiko, works independently at a travel agent in Tokyo. She was raised by her mother, Tatsuko, is hospitalized, Sakiko returns to her hometown Tokushima on Shikoku. The town is famous for its annual Awa Dance Festival. She is told by doctor, Terasawa Daisuke, that her mother has terminal cancer.

Sukurappu hebun

2005

Japanese

6.7

50%

Sang-il Lee Director

Yoshiyuki Morishita as Nurse Sato

Chiaki Kuriyama as Saki Fujimura

Ryô Kase as Shingo Kasuya

Tatsuo Yamada as Tetsu's father

The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, then cross paths again months later.

Toi

1987

Japanese

6.4

♡ 3

original video animation (ova)

ova

Mamoru Hamatsu Director

Mitsuki Yayoi as Hiderow

Tatsuo Yamada as Isami

Toshihiko Seki as Shouji

Kaneto Shiozawa as To-Y

GASP is a popular alternative band. Conflict arises when the lead singer To-Y is offered a pop idol contract that stipulates he leave the rest of the band behind.

Itsuka dokusho suruhi

2005

Japanese

7.1

♡ 2

Action

Drama

Romance

Akira Ogata Director

Tatsuo Yamada as

Sawa Suzuki as Chiyo Ohba

Yûko Tanaka as Minako Ohba

Misako Watanabe as Toshiko Minagawa

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.

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