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Tora-san 35 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô ren’ai juku (1985) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Mitsuru Hirata
On the Goto Islands, Tora-san rescues an old lady and befriends her. Read More »
Twinkle AKA Kira kira hikaru (1992) Joji Matsuoka, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michitaka Tsutsui
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past Read More »
First Love AKA Hatsukoi (2000) Tetsuo Shinohara, Rena Tanaka, Mieko Harada, Mitsuru Hirata
Satoka Aida, a 17-year high school student, comes to know that her mother’s hospitalization Read More »
Saburai: Way of the Bohachi AKA Bôhachi bushidô: Sa burai (1974) Takashi Harada, Keiko Aikawa, Bin Amatsu, Takashi Ebata
The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate Read More »
Wild Criminal AKA Kyôhan (1999) Hide, Riki Takeuchi, Aya Nakamura, Miho Nomoto
Out for revenge after waking up in the trunk of a car, a female thug teams Read More »
Navy Special Young Soldier AKA Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei (1972) Tadashi Imai, Takeo Chii, Mayumi Ogawa, Katsuhiko Sasaki
Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp Read More »
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth AKA Yôki na gyangu ga chikyû o mawasu (2006) Tetsu Maeda, Takao Ohsawa, Kyôka Suzuki, Shôta Matsuda
Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket Read More »
A Song I Remember AKA Hitotsu no uta (2011) Kyoshi Sugita, Yuri Ishizaka, Takenori Kaneko, Kôichi Masuno
At a train station in the suburbs of Tokyo, an accident takes place causing death and injury. Read More »
The Red Silk Gambler AKA Hijirimen bakuto (1972) Teruo Ishii, Eiko Nakamura, Bunta Sugawara, Sanae Tsuchida
With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword Read More »
Neo chinpira: Zoom Goes The Bullet AKA Neo chinpira: Teppodama pyu (1990) Banmei Takahashi, Shô Aikawa, Chikako Aoyama, Nao Asuka
Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi) Read More »
Vibrator AKA Vaiburêta (2003) Ryûichi Hiroki, Shinobu Terajima, Nao Ômori, Riho Makise
The film’s main character Rei (Terashima Shinobu) is a freelance writer bombarded by the voices Read More »
Tora-san 3: His Tender Love AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Fûten no Tora (1970) Azuma Morisaki, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Michiyo Aratama, Chieko Baishô
In an effort to get him to settle down, Tora’s family attempts to arrange a marriage for him. Read More »
Tora-San 2: Cherished Mother AKA Zoku otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Chôchô Miyako
Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. Read More »
Sakuran (2006) Mika Ninagawa, Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shîna, Yoshino Kimura
A young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan). Read More »