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Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by...
Zatoichi
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his...
Brother
It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring...
Battle Royale II: Requiem
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle...
Battle Royale
Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two...
Kikujiro
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience...
Takeshis'
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of...
Taboo
In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent...
Blood and Bones
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete...
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war,...
Sonatine
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel...
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife...
Achilles and the Tortoise
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself....
Boiling Point
A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.
Violent Cop
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by...
Gonin
In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer...
Johnny Mnemonic
When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a...
Outrage
Since his childhood, Takahiro Ashiya is gifted with a very strong sixth sense, allowing him to have flash precognition, and sometimes, when feeling...
In Your Blood: Hoki Naiden
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a...
Kubi
While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.
Getting Any?
The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective finds that he's not the mad vigilante portrayed in newspapers.
Tokyo Eyes
A pensioner takes a walk in the park.
Morning
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential...
No More Comics!
One-episode drama starring Beat Takeshi depicting the turbulent life of the protagonist Takeyoshi Sengoku, based on the "Jesus' Ark Incident".
Jesus' Ark
A look at the life and work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and his impact on Japanese culture.
Arakimentari
Arrested and interrogated by the police for a murder, Kiyoshi Ōkubo remembers his past and ends up confessing to several murders. Inspired by...
The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of...
Beyond Outrage
A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's running from loan sharks and his personal...
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
The posthumous wish of Eiji's wife is for her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near her hometown. Eiji also learns that his wife letter for him at...
Dearest
Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small...
Demon
Kojiro Himuro is a champion figure skater taking part in an upcoming world competition. Yet, he is suffering from a complicated CTEPH (chronic...
Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
The late Kinji Fukasaku directed "Battle Royale" - his 60th movie - at the age of 70. This film follows the shooting of the film.
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Prolific director Kinji Fukasaku died suddenly during the production of Battle Royale 2. His son and screenwriter Kenta took over as director and...
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
An unscheduled late night train arrives at Tokyo station on 15 August, the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. Boarding the train...
Kikoku
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified....
Izo
The story of Iwaki, a young brawler who becomes a professional criminal when he joins a Yakuza clan.
Zankyo
A low-key private detective agency in Paris is run by Rie and her lover and partner Kishin, two ex-pats who tick along between cases by giving guided...
Erotic Liaisons
The 300 million yen robbery (San Oku En Jiken), also known as the 300 million yen affair or incident,was the single largest heist in Japanese history...
The 300 million yen robbery
This is a video version of "The Great Prophecy of Nostradamus" aired on Fuji Television Network's "Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō" aired on Fuji...
Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: 1999 Nostradamus Senritsu no Daiyogen Mysterious Unbelievable
This is a video version of the ghost photo feature that caused a sensation on the popular variety show "Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō" a popular...
Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: Kyōfu Eizō Kaiki Shashin Korekushon
An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII.
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud....
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company...
Plankton Salesmen
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation...
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Lone wolf detective with an enormous personal grievance seeks to connect the mysterious death of his daughter to an urban legend of a villain who...
Mozu The Movie
The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by...
The Boss' Wife
One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was...
Aka Medaka
A legendary entertainer and a pioneer of gay activism, Miwa was born Akihiro Maruyama. As a young singer, Miwa popularized androgyny as a fashion...
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest...
While the Women Are Sleeping
Documents the events surrounding the making of 'Kikujiro no natsu'.
Jam Session (The Official Bootleg of Kikujiro)
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to...
Ghost in the Shell
When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer...
The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
An in depth look behind the scenes at the making of the live action Ghost In The Shell. Director Rupert Sanders, along with the cast and crew, take...
Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell
Kazuo encounters a religious group travelling around Japan performing "miracles". He discovers they are fakes, but is intrigued by the showmanship of...
Many Happy Returns
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza...
A Legend of Turmoil
A hitman named Nezumi fights for his survival when he's caught between the police and yakuza.
Broken Rage
Jean-Pierre Limosin follows Takeshi Kitano on the set of Kikujiro, films it during an interview with Shiguehiko Hasumi, president of the University...
The Unpredictable Takeshi Kitano
Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted...
Outrage Coda
Depicting the turbulent life of truck driver Takashi, his fellow drivers, and the women he meets.
The Dump Truck Rascal
This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.
Completely... With That Air!
This is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian and a son who suffered by an incurable disease.
Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept kindergartner, and his long-suffering family. Makoto...
Makoto-chan
A story about a woman who is a research student of a theater company and the three men who are at the mercy of her.
Manon
A black comedy about a former Rock'n'Roll singer, who becomes the mayor of Tokyo.
Dioxin from Fish!
After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the...
Kim's War
Kichiku
One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass...
Prison Break
The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war...
What the War Meant
Yuma Nakahara is the CEO of an IT company and he is a workaholic. He is focused only on expanding his company. He receives a phone call from his...
A Living Promise
Go, Go, Second Time Virgin is the story of two damned and abused teenagers who meet and fall in mutant love on a Tokyo rooftop. Their only hope is to...
Go, Go Second Time Virgin
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and...
Trespassing Bergman
At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.
A Special Day
A music documentary that traced the trajectory of the authentic real power band "The Golden Cups" born from Yokohama / Honmoku where the US military...
The Golden Cups: One More Time
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...
To Each His Own Cinema
On the 8th floor of the Fondation Cartier in Paris, Raymond Depardon's film features a minute of silence with eight artists and scientists: David...
The 8th Floor
Documentary about the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike, where we see him attend film festivals, personal influences and of course the study of his...
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Making of Takeshi Kitano's movie Kids Return.
Making-of Kids Return
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
An abundance of footage from the shooting of Battle Royale and cast and crew discussions.
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Finding their place between the forest and the sea, the Japanese have always felt awe and gratitude toward Nature. Since ancient times, they have...
In Between Mountains and Oceans
Sect leader of Aum Shinrikyo, known as Shoko Asahara, and Takeshi Kitano meet in an interview.
Shoko Asahara with Takeshi
KILL THEM ALL
Documentary about the eclectic Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording sessions for his 1984 album "Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia".
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her...
Fireworks
Takeshi Kitano is an international icon. We know the actor, the multi-award-winning filmmaker, but many ignore his double personality: the crazy TV...
Citizen Kitano
Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.
Dots and Lines
Various attacking forces unique to Takeshi's Castle were organized, aiming for "Defeat! Takeshi's Castle" There were many battles. This set gathers...
Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1
First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular...
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate.
Summer Secrets