Yasuhiro Arai

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of...

High school student Mariko sings in the choir at the all-girls school she attends, and her biggest dream right now is to go to a music college. One...

The sixth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.

The son of wandering actors, also a budding actor, little Akira is forced to change school often and, after having attended thirty-two different...

Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.

Under a flickering fluorescent light, glimpses of brutal yakuza violence fade in and out... beside them, a man vomits. This man, silent and...

A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.

An emotionally distraught young man goes on a violent killing spree after his tuberculosis keeps him from serving in World War II and is frowned upon...

Nao (Nishikawa Ayano) is the wife of Ota (Ryota Matsushima), a legal advisor to the Seagull Victims Association, who has been captured by the...

First mainstream film directed by Genji Nakamura, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1974 short story of the same title.

Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru...

Fukami, a secretary engaged to company president Kaido, her employer, is invited by his close friends, the Nogis, to a three-day-two-night tour. The...

While returning from a business trip to Hokkaido, Detective Kamei of the MPD greets a middle-aged traveler in the waiting room of Minami-Wakkanai...

Based on a manga.

Based on the popular comic, “Shonan Bakusozoku” illustrates the lives of high school bike fanatics.

A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy while a killer prowls the city. The projectionist's relationship with her attractive...

Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo...

Two TV directors want to film people visiting a suicide forest.

A murder mystery told in one-minute clips — one for each day of the year — filmed specifically for the SEGA Dreamcast console. It tells...

A detective declares: "The era of yakuza strutting around with authority is over." Yet the streets are now overrun with lawless rogues. Tommy...

An action comedy about a freshman who joins his university's cheerleading squad and gradually discovers his manliness through interactions with...

A semi-documentary film depicting the appeal of the idol group Zuttorubi, which was hugely popular in songs and dramas in the mid-1970s. In addition...

1980's Toho comedy

A film by Akiyoshi Kimata

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist...