Eureka
In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.
April Story
In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
Sukiyaki Western Django
A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
Ki no umi
Near the slopes of Mount Fuji, there is a so called suicide forest, an infamous place where people who are tires of living have their last breath of air. The four different stories of this film all revolve around this place.
The Battery
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.
Get Up!
A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.
Hâdo rakku hîrô
The story of three pairs of characters involved one way or the other with the yakuza and a rigged boxing match and fleeing the thugs one way or the other. Filmed as a showcase of the Japanese boy band V6, Hard Luck Hero has food, drink, cars, kickboxing, debt, shooting, theft, blackmail and music.
Space Brothers
When Mutta was 12-years-old and Hibito was 9-years-old the two brothers saw what they thought was an UFO flying towards the moon. They made a pact then to become astronauts and one day fly into space together. Fast forward to the year 2025. Older brother Mutta (Shun Oguri) works as for an automotive company and his younger brother Hibito works as an astronaut. Although Mutta failed to follow through on his childhood promise, after losing his job, he receives a phone call from Hibito which reignites his childhood dream of flying into outer space ...
Villain
Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
Swallowtail Butterfly
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
Oh, My Buddha!
Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage angst, youthful dreams and that warm sense of folk zeitgeist of the 70s. The narrator is a first-year student at an all-boys Buddhist school. Jaded by his dull, ordinary life, he longs for the type of creative, liberal and forward life his idol Bob Dylan leads, writing rock songs alone in his room, imitating his hero's signature croon, until one day he got invited on an island trip of sexual liberation with his fellow liberal friend.
First Love
One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin.
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Shinji Aoyama
Director
Hajime Inoue
as
Ichikawa
Yutaka Matsushige
as
Matsuoka
Machiko Ono
as
Mikiko Sawai
Sansei Shiomi
as
Yoshiyuki Sawai
Shunji Iwai
Director
Kanji Tsuda
as
Fukatsu
Masatô Ibu
as
Saito Toshizo
Takako Matsu
as
Uzuki Nireno
Takashi Miike
Director
Quentin Tarantino
as
Piringo
Kaori Momoi
as
Ruriko
Kimiko Yo
as
Masato Hagiwara
as
Masahiko Asakura
Yôjirô Takita
Director
Yûki Amami
as
Makiko Harada
Kazuyuki Izutsu
Director
Toshie Negishi
as
Shinobu Terajima
as
Kaori Fujisawa, Taxi driver
Masakatsu Funaki
as
Chef
Naomi Nishida
as
Sachiko Kinoshita
Susumu Terajima
as
Shingo Shibata
Shun Oguri
as
Mutta Namba
Gaku Hamada
as
Yasushi Furuya
Eri Fukatsu
as
Mitsuyo Umagome
Hikari Mitsushima
as
Yoshino Ishibashi
Tadanobu Asano
as
Customer in club
Atsuro Watabe
as
Ran
Hiroshi Yamamoto
as
Akichan
Asami Usuda
as
Olive
Seiyô Uchino
as
Gondo
Shôta Sometani
as
Kase
Takahiro Miura
as
Yasu
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