Makoto Kakeda

Two female truck drivers detest each other, and try to steal each other's business. Their rigs are both painted with elaborate large pictures of...

High school teacher Miyoko and her younger brother Seiichi are living together. However, with the death of their mother, both sister and younger...

Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one...

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested...

A young woman wanders aimlessly around a beach resort and has sex with various men.

A short omnibus created by four young creators on the theme of "drawing the people of Ichii who use a certain station where a cat lives".

A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged...

The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.

In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a...

A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.” The father Nobuo, and his...

Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor...

The legend of Yokudo Gokuki

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion...

The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher Hirao becomes involved with Yasuko, sister to Sumio.

Pink film distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu.

Koji and Tatsuya, both from the Nerima Juvenile Classification Home, make money by committing bank transfer fraud. However, their lives are put in...

Cult filmmaker Hisayasu Sato's second comedy of the year, this silly softcore effort stars pretty Nao Kikuchi as a young married woman who takes a...

A photographer who takes pictures of a rendezvous between a politician, company president and yakuza boss is later found dead and the film missing.

The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister,...

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer,...

A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old compulsive gambling, boozing and womanizing even as...

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a...

The cop Himuro is picked as scapegoat by his superiors because of their own involvement in sokaiya gangster practices.

A young Yakuza member is doomed as he swings between two organizations in the Tohoku region, during the late Showa period.

A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and claims to have had no control over their...

After a series of chance meetings a shiftless motorbike enthusiast Ko begins a romance with a carefree girl Miyo, after teaching her to ride. When...