Shiroi Yami

Textile dealer Koseki Seiichi (Funahashi Gen) is believed to have disappeared with Tadokoro Tsuneko (Nanao Reiko ), but two months later, only the corpse of a woman was found on Mount Akagi, and the whereabouts of…

Onmitsu Kenshi

7.6

The adventures of a roving samurai detective/spy, Akikusa Shintaro whose real identity is Matsudaira Nobuchiyo - the older half-brother of Tokugawa Ienari, the 11th Tokugawa shogun, who is still a minor. Because he…

Bowl

Overripe with psychosexual poetry and stark, oneiric rituals, Adachi's filmmaking debut, made while he was still an undergraduate, counts among the more resonant accomplishments of the now famous Nihon University Film…

Return of the Phoenix

8.0

An imperial minister Cheng Pu is faced with a quandary. He’s getting old and his daughters are still not married. Elder daughter Shueh Yeh is so ugly no one wants her. Younger daughter Shueh Wu is beautiful but Mrs…

Diary of a Mad Old Man

6.4

“Diary of a Mad Old Man” is the journal of Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke. He discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still rages on - unwittingly…

Children Hand in Hand

~~Adapted from the novel with the same name by Tamura Ichiji (田村一二) ; Itami Mansaku even the movie aired long after his death, is still credited as screenwriter

Chichibu Suikoden: Hissatsu Ken

1884. The samurai days have come to an end. Capitalism and democracy flourished across Japan. But in Chichibu, an area just north of Tokyo, samurai spirits still lived. Out of the many schools that taught Japanese…

Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom

5.0

As the war escalates, Omiya and Arita join the reinforcement troops stationed in Northern Manchuria. While waiting for Soviet attack, the duo still manage to rankle their superiors. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted…

Hymn to a Tired Man

6.0

During WWII a soldier is beaten so badly by a superior officer he is left deaf. After the war he is an inventor and meets this officer at the patent office. The man is still the bully he was. (Source: imdb)

Dreams of Sora

A woman with a crippling disease deceives her husband into thinking that she has died so that she will not become a burden to him. Seven years later, a journalist learns the truth an sets out to reunite the couple…