Chinpira: Two Punks

8.0

Looking like a third-rate salary man, the slightly dumpy Michio has reached his mid-thirties without ever joining the mob, confessing fear about life as a yakuza. Yoichi, the wild country boy from Shikoku he recruits,…

Shimanto River

6.0

A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He comes to grips with the unfairness of life and the emotional pain involved in the loss of innocence. The film is based…

Arashi no Hatashiji

It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts…

New Asami Mitsuhiko Series 3

Asami Mitsuhiko, a travel reporter, set out for Kochi to cover the legends of the Heike fugitives. On the ferry to Shikoku, he encountered Hashimoto Katsuya (Kaneda Akio), a former police officer traveling alone, and…

Inoue Jun

Inoue Jun is a Japanese talent, singer, actor, and comedian from Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. He is known for his work on "Rajio no Jikan", "Megane wo Kakete Mask wo Suruto Itsumo Kumoru" and "Nishi no Petenshi Higashi no Sagishi". He was previously married to Aoki Emi.

Maruyama Hidemi

Nakanishi Kenji

Hamada Noriko

Noriko Hamada is an actress, known for Flower & Snake: Zero (2014), An Adolescent (2001) and Cutey Girl: Bishôjo bowler kiki ippatsu (2003).

Enomoto Kanako

Enomoto Kanako is a Japanese talent, businesswoman, former actress, and former idol born in Minato-ku, Tokyo. After working at Lucky Come Come, her entertainment agency was Talent x Kids x Talent. She graduated from Minato Ward Asahi Junior High School and dropped out of the full-time regular course…

Sugisaku Jitaro

Sugisaku Jitaro is a Japanese manga artist, actor, entertainer, musician, writer, and film director born in Iyo, Ehime, Japan. He is the founder of Lobo no Hakaba Production. He left Aiko Junior High School but later graduated from Komazawa University. During university, he pursued comedy and formed…

Shinoda Noboru

Shinoda Noboru was a cinematographer born in Saitama, Japan. He studied at Nihon University and is best known for Love Letter (1995), Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) and Love Hotel (1985). He died in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Source: IMDb)

Asahina Junko

Asahina Junko, born Echigo Akiko (越後亜紀子) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress known by her former stage name, Kobayakawa Jun (小早川純). She was affiliated with the Hiiragi Planning (柊企画) agency. Asahina was of mixed heritage, with a Russian grandfather, making her one-quarter…

Nagasaki Shunichi

Nagasaki Shunichi (長崎俊一, 18 June 1956) is a Japanese film director, producer and screenwriter.

Narimatsu Osamu

Narimatsu Osamu is a Japanese actor.

Senkai Musashi Part 2

6.4

28-year-old Manaka Mayu is a caregiver who works for ‘Himawari no Sato’, a facility for the elderly in Tokyo. She has been great friends with her grandmother Fumi since childhood, but has never met her grandfather,…

The Prisoner of Sakura

7.0

With all the unrest and uncertainty in the world today, now feels as good a time as any for a movie portraying good will and love between people from opposing countries. The film is a love story set in the city of…

Red Peony Gambler 1

6.9

Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko…

Neko Samurai 2: A Tropical Adventure

7.2

Everyone’s favorite grumpy samurai and cute white cat are back! Once feared as “Madara the Devil,” master swordsman Kyutaro Madarame returns home from Edo a lowly ronin, living with his mother-in-law. When she…

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game: Yugawara Inn

7.8

In a Russian Roulette style game involving sushi, Yamasaki, Tanaka, and Hamada lost and were punished in the second spa-themed no-laughing batsu game, filmed at Yugawara, Kanagawa. A riding crop was the punishment…

Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World

7.4

Ritsuko discovers an old cassette tape, while packing her things to move into a new apartment. She listens to the tape and hears the voice of a frail girl saying "I'm so afraid of tomorrow that I can't fall asleep.…