Vendetta of Samurai

6.6

Toshiro Mifune as Matemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance. The opening scene has the Toshiro Mifune character sternly accosting the Takashi Shimura character with a formal proclamation…

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

A man pours his heart and soul into building a business, but loses his motivation the instant he accomplishes his goal, then sets about starting a new company once more. He makes every effort to establish a commercial…

Burden of Life

7.0

In Gosho Heinosuke's subtle slice-of-life comedy, an aging couple struggle to pay for their daughters' marriages while keeping their much younger son from feeling left out. (Source: Criterion Channel)

Misstepping of Virtue

6.0

A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage. (Source: TMDB) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Misstepping of Virtue" (美徳のよろめき) by Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫).

Kiina

7.3

At first glance, Haruse Kiina is a completely normal 29-year-old. However, Kiina is the head of a special investigation unit nicknamed "Beppan" which deals with strange cases. With an unorthodox approach to solving…

Killing for the Prosecution

7.3

Young Public Prosecutor Okino Keiichiro is assigned to the department of Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office which deals with violent cases. He is thrilled to work with Mogami Takeshi whom he admires. One day, an elderly…

Japan’s Number One Jerk Salaryman

7.5

Omori Ippei doesn’t like families, including his own family and children. He worked as a reporter for a TV station. Due to his old-fashioned mindset, he caused a scandal at work and was forced to quit his job. He…

We Fall In Love

7.4

In order to get close to her crush Yi Xi Zhen, the ugly duckling Fang Jia Yue tries to get admitted to the same university as him. After entering university successfully, she begins her own love pursuit plan. But no…

Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa

8.0

Criminologist Himura Hideo seeks the pleasure of murder scenes and announces, “I’ve ever wanted to kill a person”. He appears to be a rather dangerous guy who pursues the ultimate crime. His buddy is the somewhat…

12 Suicidal Teens

7.6

The story is a locked-room mystery where 12 teenagers go into an abandoned hospital to give up on life. In the room where they meet, a boy is already lying dead, and no one knows who he is or who killed him. The boy…

Ichinohe Nami

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Kokonoe Kyoji

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Akutagawa Takayuki

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Hama Yuko

Hama Yuko is a Japanese actress born at Meguro in Tokyo. She was married to Ichikawa Ennosuke III, a kabuki actor, and gave birth to Kagawa Teruyuki, who also became an actor, before divorcing three years later in 1968. She started working in the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater…

Ryu Keiichiro

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Sawada Yukihiro

Sawada Yukihiro is a Japanese director. He worked as an assistant director for Suzuki Seijun and Takeichi Saito in the 60s and made his directorial debut in 1970 with the movie "Kirikomi (斬り込み)" starring Watari Tetsuya.

Fuyushima Taizo

Fuyushima Taizo was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born at a brewery house in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. He dropped out of the mechanical department of the Osaka Higher Technical School and became an assistant in the mechanical department of Kyoto University. He joined the Hanshin Electric…

Bang Seong Ja

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Kenmochi Tomoki

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Sano Kazuhiro

Sano Kazuhiro is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze, Toshiki Sato and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink" (ピンク四天王, pinku shitenno). Sano's films differ…