Winter's Flower
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters to Youko, disguising as an uncle in Brazil. 15 years later, Kanno is released. He is determined to live legitimately, however the Yakuza has not forgotten his wicked deed!
The Discarnates
Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to a 'Rakugo' show, where a friendly man in the audience invites him home. Harada is puzzled at the strong resemblance of this man and his wife to his own parents, who were killed nearly 30 years ago when he was twelve.
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
Shimaizaka
Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and encouragement to each other, even sacrifice oneself to help others.
Lonely Heart
Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche, or is she real?
Garasu no naka no sho-jo
A girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a working-class boy.
Haruka, Nostalgia
Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author's real name.
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
Rica wanting a fresh start leaves her friends and past life behind or at least that is what she thinks as trouble always seems to find her. Rica's looks into a ship that exploded and everyone who survived this disaster who comes in contact with her dies. Rica only chance of solving the mystery of the sunken ship is if she can locate a old friend of hers who just happened to be on that ship the night it blew up.
Capone Cries a Lot
Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
Proof of the Man
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
School in the Crosshairs
Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!
The Island Closest to Heaven
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.
His Motorbike, Her Island
After a series of chance meetings a shiftless motorbike enthusiast Ko begins a romance with a carefree girl Miyo, after teaching her to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy Ko begins to fear that she is destined to crash.
Beijing Watermelon
Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.
Circuit of Sorrow
The movie was inspired by real life test driver Yukio Fukuzawa, who on 12 February 1969 lost control of his Toyota 7 at Fuji Speedway near Nakahinata, Japan and fatally smashed into a signpost. In the movie Kei Kiyama’s pop singer character meets Tôru Minegishi’s doomed racer when he happens along as she’s throwing her own records into the sea. From there things get even cheerier.
Departures
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to challenge the King of the Monsters.
Godzilla vs. Biollante
After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese government uses the cells to create a new bio-weapon, ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). They seeks the aid of geneticist Genshiro Shiragami, who's experiments result in a new mutation.
The Fall of Ako Castle
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
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Yasuo Furuhata
Director
Tôru Minegishi
as
Ken Takakura
as
Hidetsugu Kano
Mitsuko Baishô
as
Merry
Yoichi Miura
as
Otohiko Takeda
Yôji Matsuda
as
Takashi Sasano
as
Dentist
Kumiko Akiyoshi
as
Fusako Harada, Mother
Hideko Yoshida
as
Fumie Akechi
Toshirô Mifune
as
Kindaichi from Future
Akiko Kitamura
as
Mayo Yuzuki
Jûkichi Uno
as
Old Man
Ichirôta Miyakawa
as
Togo Yuzuki
Toshinori Omi
as
Hiroki Inoue
Toshie Negishi
as
Makoto's mother
Yôko Asaji
as
Michiyo Hirota
Hisako Manda
as
Satoko Okinaka
Masahiko Tsugawa
as
Sugitaro Okinaka
Yuriko Ishida
as
Girl in Bar
Hiroshi Katsuno
as
Shinsuke Ayase
Shirô Sano
as
Tutor
Kô Nakahira
Director
Takeshi Yamamoto
as
Captain
Mizuho Suzuki
as
Police Chief
Fujio Tokita
as
Bank Owner
Yûko Tanaka
as
Kozome Takonoya
William Sanderson
as
Gun Dealer
Shingo Yanagisawa
as
Miyoko Akaza
as
Keiko Mitamura
Hiroko Yakushimaru
as
Yuka Mitamura
Tomoyo Harada
as
Mari Katsuragi
Nobuko Otowa
as
Tei Ishikawa
Tomokazu Miura
as
Hidemasa Sawada
Takahiro Tamura
as
Kouichiroh Shiraishi
Kiwako Harada
as
Miyoko Shiraishi
Yasufumi Hayashi
as
Toru Horikoshi
Moeko Ezawa
as
Theatre actress
Yôjirô Takita
Director
Yukiko Tachibana
as
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as
Ikuei Sasaki
Kimiko Yo
as
Yuriko Uemura
Akira Nakao
as
Commander Takaki Aso
Jun Hashizume
as
Lt. Koji Shinjo
Miho Arakawa
as
Reporter
Kazue Ikura
as
Toshiyuki Nagashima
as
Director Seiichi Yamamoto
Masanobu Takashima
as
Major Sho Kuroki
Kosuke Toyohara
as
Osamu Amesawa
Kenzo Ogiwara
as
Takeo Shimura
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Mieko Harada
as
Hatsu Hashimoto
Shin'ichi Chiba
as
Kazuemon Fuwa
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