The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko (Etsuko Shihomi) who is the object of affection for two very different men – one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko (Koichi Iwaki) who…

In consequence of his professional mistakes and declining career, Shuji and his family, the Sasaya’s, are forced to leave the wealthy suburb of Tokyo. The move is slow, long and…

Nami is a nurse and the unwilling object of her patients’ lust. When she is hit by a car whilst fleeing from the home of her unfaithful boyfriend, the driver…

A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving…

A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road and in similar circumstances a suspect is identified leading to the accused…

Rintaro directs a tale of three children who visit a land of wonder. This is the first “3D anime” that Madhouse has produced. Oh, and there are penguins.

On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been…

This movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean politician, Kim Dae-Jun.

After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually…

An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominment business leaders to harvest their DNA and only Karate-Robo Zaborgar can save them.

Roman Porno from 1983.

A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.

A young woman’s husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant. Yumiko remarries and moves from Osaka to a small fishing village, yet continues…

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko’s life into a despairing tragedy.

In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or “ikigami”, informing them that they have only 24 hours left…

A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki (Fumiyo Kohinata) decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.

In Somai’s final film, an alcoholic civil servant wakes up under a cherry tree in Tokyo next to a bar hostess with whom he’s impulsively made a suicide pact. Though…

Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she finds herself…

A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla quickly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to problem the King of the Monsters.

Place at Hokkaido, Japan in the 1880s. Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe), who’s on the face of the Edo shogunate government, kills lots of men and women. His name is notorious…

Mizuki’s husband Yusuke went lacking for three years. He out of the blue comes again residence at some point and asks Mizuki to go on a visit with him. Their…

The narrative occurs at a sanctuary town at which a gloomy central school student named Kai matches a mermaid termed Lu.