Known for Acting
Toshiyuki Nagashima is a Japanese actor and business man. He won the award for best actor at the 6th Hochi Film Award for Enrai, after winning the award for Best Newcomer at the 3rd Hochi Film Awards for Kaerazaru hibi.
Born
October 21, 1956 (age 69)
Birthplace
Chiba, Japan
Filmography
100 films, 21 shows
Taiga Dorama ga Umareta Hi
2023
country: Japan
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of TV broadcasting in Japan, and the 60th anniversary of the Taiga drama, this special depicts the struggles of creating the first Taiga drama.
ホテルマン東堂克生の事件ファイル～八ヶ岳リゾート殺人事件～
2022
country: Japan
Two years ago, Katsuo Todo (Takashi Naito) was appointed as the general manager of the Plato Royal Hotel Yatsugatake from the Plato Tokyo hotel. He works hard every day with his staff to provide the best time and space for our customers. Concierge Shuji Kitayama (Hishine Saku Toshihide) struggles to find a benefactor for guests Pascal Henry (Frederick Benoliel) and his wife Shizuko (Ishino Yoko). The sweets made by young pastry chef Yoshiyuki Sudo (Shunsuke Tanaka) are popular with guests, and popular writer Fuyuki Nakagami (David Ito) even stays just to enjoy them. Sudo has also decided to marry Minori Matsuoka (Rio Yamashita), and Minami Yamashita (Michiko Amekumi), who is in charge of bridal services, is busy preparing for her colleague's wedding.
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
2021 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
Based on the historical figure of Nobutora, the father of the famous Warring States period general Takeda Shingen. Takeda Shingen has proven himself in battle but there’s an even more capable person in his family, his father Nobutora (lit. Samurai Tiger). The son exiles the father and so the old patriarch goes to Suruga to serve the Ashikaga shogun in Kyoto. Decades later, Nobutora, now 80 years old, learns that Shingen is in trouble and the old man returns home to keep the Takeda family alive as a new leader seeks to usurp leadership of the Takeda’s and starts a fight with the great warlord, Oda Nobunaga.
Beautiful Lure: A Modern Tale of Painted Skin
2021 · 2h
country: Japan
With both beauty and wit, Maiko looks for a man who suits her. One night, she finds Taro, a candidate for the prime minister. Everything goes well as she plans, but he finds out she's actually a "youma" who destroys the country. What's their destiny?
Raijingu Jakuchu
2021 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
Mio's Cookbook
2020 · 2h 11m
country: Japan
When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in cooking and eventually became a cook. Meanwhile, Noe has become an oiran (high-ranking courtesan).
Scars and Codes
2018 · 1h 11m
country: Unknown
Tachibana Shuji (Kazuki Namioka), leader of the Tachibana-gumi under the Anzai-gumi, is a unique figure—a university graduate turned yakuza. Known as the youngest leader in the Anzai-gumi, he was inspired by Anzai Takashi (Koichi Iwaki), the group's boss, and chose the yakuza path, aiming to be like him. Trouble arises when a thug from the Otsuru Family deals drugs in Anzai-gumi’s territory, violating their rules and sparking conflict. As tensions with the Otsuru Family threaten war, internal rifts form within the Anzai-gumi. Meanwhile, Anzai is set to be released from prison after 13 years, setting the stage for a dramatic showdown.
Sakura Guardian in the North
2018 · 2h 6m
country: Japan
The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son played by Masato Sakai returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.
The Sowing Traveller 3
2016 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Acclaimed director of Summer of Chirusoku, Half a Confession and Yunagi City, Sakura Country Kiyoshi Sasabe casts Rin Takanashi and Takumi Saitoh as members of the farming industry. The Sowing Traveller 3 tells a universal story of the cherished act of growing fruit. Ayane is conflicted about coming back home because she feels it’s a setback. Filming took place in Akaiwa, Okayama prefecture, a peach growing area with lots of sun and fertile soil. Along with the harmony of daily life that the local people have with nature, an important feature of the film is its beautiful landscapes.
125 Years Memory
2015 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.
A Sower of Seeds 2
2015 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
必殺仕事人2014
2014
country: Japan
Galileo XX
2013 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
A spin-off from popular Japanese TV series "Galileo". Episode XX tells the story of female detective Utsumi Kaoru's final case before she went to Oklahoma for further training.
A Sower of Seeds
2012 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
Kinjiro, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, is a good-natured fellow who goes around the country helping farm families. At his new appointment in Usuki City, Oita Prefecture, he visits a tea-growing family he has known for a long time. There, he finds the family head's granddaughter Minori, who lost her job in Tokyo and has just returned home.
Men's Egg Drummers
2011 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
Yuki Furukawa (Keita) suddenly becomes the supervisor of a Shinto shrine. The young man is thrust into the role when his father unexpectedly falls ill and is unable to organize the annual moon festival. The challenge is compounded when performers are also quitting, and others are unhappy with their roles.
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
2011 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Metamorphosis
2010 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Steven Berkoff's iconic adaptation of Franz Kafka’s novella, which tells the tale of a traveling salesman who is transformed into an insect, is brought to life in this highly physical and visually striking production. Captured live at the Parco Theater in Tokyo, this landmark performance is in Japanese with English subtitles. Considered one of Berkoff’s masterpieces and performed multiple times since it first appeared in 1969, Metamorphosis combines elements of sound, physicality and minimalist design to recreate Kafka’s absurdist world on stage.
The Chasing World 2
2010 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
Teenager Tsubasa Sato returns to the parallel universe where demons are out to kill every person with the last name of Sato.
Golden Slumber
2010 · 2h 19m
country: Japan
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer.
It's On Me
2009 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
News comes out that several people found 1 kg of solid gold in their mail boxes. Maya Yamabuki moves back to her hometown and surprises the movers by the amount of money she gives them.
Bizan
2007 · 2h
country: Japan
Sakiko, works independently at a travel agent in Tokyo. She was raised by her mother, Tatsuko, is hospitalized, Sakiko returns to her hometown Tokushima on Shikoku. The town is famous for its annual Awa Dance Festival. She is told by doctor, Terasawa Daisuke, that her mother has terminal cancer.
The Brutal Hopelessness of Love
2007 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
Famous movie actress Nami is being interviewed by a magazine reporter about her new film in which the plot resembles her real life. Her actor husband Yosuke has an affair with a young actress Junko whereas in the movie, Nami acts as an actress whose husband has an extramarital relationship with a young girl, with Yosuke as the husband and Junko as the new girl friend. In the course of the interview, Nami falls into deep thoughts and flashbacks about her lascivious encounters with strangers in a night train, in the movie as in the reality. Despite whether her intention is to revenge her husband or to satisfy her own desires, Nami demonstrates bewitching charm in a series of intercourse with different men, positions and locations. Director Takashi Ishii attempts to explore female sexual psychology through perfect blends of aesthetic nudity and violence.
Sea Without Exit
2006 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Baseball Championships. Shortly after entering college, however, Namiki's athletic career is called into question after he suffers a severe elbow injury. But despite a disheartening diagnosis, Namiki is determined to make a comeback. With a little help from his teammates it appears that he is getting back on track, too. Recently, he's even developed a new slow ball that he and his teammates have christened "the magic pitch". Fate can be a cruel mistress though, and when World War II breaks out Namiki the entire team join the navy and begin a training regiment specifically designed to prepare them for the ultimate darkness, an submarine attack method also known as "The Human Torpedo".
Romance Of Darkness
2006 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Rikka Nikaidou is a cute and innocent girl sees two persons vanish into thin hair...
Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Spring Special
2005 · 1h 55m
country: Unknown
Shibuya Story
2005 · 2h 2m
country: Japan
Biopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.
Translucent Tree
2004 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
Translucent Tree is centered around divorced Chigiri, a suburban middle-aged mother taking care of her teenage daughter, Mayu, and her ailing father Kaho. Her life is mundane and rather hopeless until Go, a TV producer from Tokyo, pays a visit to her town and the tree they shared time under some twenty years back after a TV commercial shoot. His remembrances of her, the tree, and the long unrequited love stir both of their hearts to fumbling action as they re-discover the love between them.
Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari
2004 · 2h
country: Japan
A couple flees Tokyo, their family and friends. The girlfriend is a member of a rock band. She is dating the man, but friends and family are against it compelling her to move away. They stay at an inn in an area in which they know no one. One inn employee finds out about their dilemma and introduces them to a local farmer who offers them work and a home.
Riot in Gujo
Riot in Gujo
2000 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Naoto Ogata plays Sadajiro, a young farmer fighting out the battle of the riot through to the end. Sadajiro's wife is played by Hiromi Iwasaki, his father is played by Go Kato and Ryuzo Hayashi plays a leader of the Riot. The Riot in Gujo is called one of the biggest three riots in the Edo Period as it took almost 5 years to settle and also involved the Edo government. This movie is a period film about the riot and Gujo farmers fighting for their tenacity of purpose. The farmers had suffered enough from heavy taxes and decided to rise up in riot when the domain lord, Yorikane, issued a new act, which practically forced tax increases. Asking the lord to retract the act, they pour down to the Hachiman Castle. For once they attain the repeal deed signed by the chief retainer. However the promise is broken. Now the farmers decide to make a direct plea to the Edo Residence…This film is full tension and breathless moments.
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
2000 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
In an alternate timeline the original Godzilla is never defeated and repeatedly reemerges to feed on Japan's energy sources. A new inter-dimensional weapon called the Dimension Tide is created with the intent of eliminating Godzilla. However, the new weapon might also serve as a gateway to something far more sinister.
Otoko Michi 4
2000 · 1h 20m
country: Unknown
Takizawa joins a professional thief and carries out an assault.
It Is a Long Walk
2000 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
Screen icon Sayuri Yoshinaga stars in this historical melodrama about geishas in the southern city of Nagasaki set during the 1920s. Though she was sold to a geisha house at a young age, Aihara (Yoshinaga) has since become a master samisen player and woman of great elegance. Though not especially rich, she doles out money to street kids, in particular, a pretty young flower vendor named Oyuki, who becomes Aihara's godchild of sorts. Yet when a geisha (Reiko Takashima) from a rival red-light district insults Aihara and her brethren, she fights back. Soon an all-out geisha war looms. Dapper businessman and amateur scholar Tojiro Koga (Tetsuya Watari) appears on the scene and defuses tempers -- suggesting that difference be settled through a competition of artistic abilities. Smitten with her talent and mature beauty, Koga invites Aihara to record Nagasaki folk songs before they disappear forever
Fighting Knife Yoshi
2000 · 1h 32m
country: Unknown
Kazuki spends his days training to leave his home town and become the best cook in Japan.
Crossfire
2000 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with Kazuki, a young man who works with her. His sister is killed and a boy named Masaki suspected but the police don't arrest him. Junko tells Kazuki about her powers and takes revenge.
Organized Violence Bloody Honor
1999 · 1h 26m
country: Unknown
The first Organized Violence film.
The Exam
1999 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
11th installment of the 16-film franchise.
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
1999 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Remake of Chusei Sone's 1983 comedy about a yakuza family trying their luck in show business.
MIND GAME
1998 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A university hospital therapist and his researcher girlfriend treat a withdrawn youth with multiple personalities. As therapy peels back trauma, a violent alter-ego emerges, dragging both clinicians into a tightening psychological trap.
Oda Nobunaga
1998 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
The show follows the early years of Japanese warlord hero Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. As a young man Oda was not seen as the right heir to the Oda clan, but through a masterful political marriage arranged by his father, Oda Nobunaga not only gained influence, he also became the Daimyo who joined the three imperial counties to unite Japan.
Shura ga Yuku 7
1998 · 1h 31m
country: Unknown
The 7th gangster action of men who continue to fight bloody battles in Tosa, Shikoku.
Moon Over Tao: Makaraga
1997 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A retired warrior comes to see his former lord and learns that someone is making indestructible swords from some unknown metal. He is sent together with a swordsman to investigate the source. Along the way they meet a young girl working as a beekeeper. She is later witness to the appearance of three strange females from another dimension. They are searching for a lost weapon that has landed on earth and as one of them lay dying she enlists the girl to help them control the strange beast/weapon. Meanwhile the warrior and the swordsman learn that an old nemesis has created the swords from the shell that surrounded the alien weapon. Soon the alien beast/weapon is awakened and battle for control ensues.
Prostitution Gang
1997 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
With a title like that... you just have to watch it.
Ayamariya Business
1997 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
1997 V-Cinema film.
Ki no ue no sogyo
1997 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
A story about the friendship of the sons of two political rivals.
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
Gonin 2
1996 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
Five women snatch one billion yen in jewellery from the yakuza, while construction manager Toyama burns for revenge against the mobsters who raped and caused the death of his wife. Before long, the yakuza and Toyama arrive at the women's hideout.
The Man with Two Hearts
1996 · 2h
country: Japan
Mystery SL Yamaguchi Line Lady Tunnel Murder
1996 · 2h
country: Japan
When the famous SL "Lady of Childbirth" traveling on the Yamaguchi Line approached Tsuwano, a passenger saw a man crashing into the tracks from the top of the Usui Tunnel. When the conductor rushed to report it, the man was already dead. Shortly after, the witness passenger had disappeared for some reason! Detective Sato (Takuma), who rushes to the scene, learns that the dead man is Odagiri (Odagiri), a taxi driver whom he met earlier.
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995 · 2h 3m
country: Japan
Gonin
1995 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
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 contract killers.
A Last Note
1995 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and the past
Himeyuri no To
1995 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
The Girls' Division of Okinawa Normal School and the First Okinawa Prefectural High School for Girls were also known as "Himeyuri no Gakuen". In July 1944, the students, who were supposed to spend their summer vacations at home, were called back to school to prepare for the coming war and to fulfill their duties as subjects of the Imperial State. The fate of the girls and teachers awaited them as the American army attacked.
Corporate Yakuza
1994 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
A gripping yakuza drama about a former elite banker who steps into the underworld.
Alone in the Night
1994 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the drugs they claim he stole from them. Afterwards Nami attempts to commit suicide, but after being rescued by a mysterious yakuza she decides to infiltrate the gang and get revenge.
Nastazja
1994 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Andrzej Wajda's Japanese-language film based on the last chapter of Dostoevsky's Idiot, in which Prince Myshkin and Rogozhin return to the past in a conversation over the dead body of Nastassya Filippovna. Bando Tamasaburo, regarded as one of the most outstanding female impersonators in Japanese theater, plays the dual role of Myshkin and Nastassya.
Yearning
1993 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
Set during the Meiji period (1868-1912), Kaede is the former mistress of a wealthy merchant. When he dies, she is forced out on the street and forced to give up her young daughter to the merchant’s family.
Mandala: Kobo Daishi Kukai in His Youth
1991 · 1h 50m
country: Unknown
A historical drama depicting the youth of Japanese Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher, Kūkai, also known as Kōbō Daishi, as he travels to China's Tang Dynasty to study under Huiguo.
Misty
1991 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
Midsummer's Earth
1991 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
A summery youth movie about love and beach volleyball, adapted by Yuhei Enoki from an original draft by Osamu Murakami. Starring Kenichiro Kikuchi and Eri Fukatsu.
Why She Won't Marry
1990 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A single mother uses marriage as a business, a way to make money and put food on the table. She regularly patronizes a bar, where she's friendly with the manager, unaware that not only is the man involved with her daughter but he secretly prefers the mother!
Don't Mind
1990 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese government uses the cells to create a new bio-weapon, ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). They seeks the aid of geneticist Genshiro Shiragami, who's experiments result in a new mutation.
The Men Who Made Ultraman
1989 · 2h 3m
country: Japan
A biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic special effects fantasy series from Eiji Tsuburaya.
The Discarnates
1988 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.
Love Bites Back
1988 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter. Outwardly, his family seems really happy, but in reality Yuichi enjoys sex with everyone but his wife Chikako. One day, he gets a phone call from a woman named Sanae, an old elementary school classmate of his.
Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past
Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past
1988 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
TV film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda and written by Takashi Ishii. Produced in 1986 but not aired until 1988.
The Strange Pair
1988 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
An unreliable narrator recounts the love story of a loan shark, his wife, and their recently released from jail childhood friend.
Ai wa kurosuoba
1987 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
The Story of Jiro
1987 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children.
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a shoji. Tamura who lives on the second floor of the store for the time being the son who wants to work here. A few days later, Tamura finds a handgun from Yuko's baggage and holds a suspicion.
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man.
Clockwork- Goodbye Winter
1986 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
Ayumi Ishida won the Blue Ribbon for the Best Actress.
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Around the same time, Shota's wife, Setsuko, also gave birth to a son. Hanako, the baby elephant, grows up while deepening her bonds with elementary school students who love zoos. However, as Japan enters the Pacific War, the military orders the animals in the zoos of five major cities to be killed.
Cabaret
1986 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
Cursed Village in Yudono Mountains
1984 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Awaji, the president of a famous food company, is found murdered in a locked bathroom. with mummified human hands found all over the body. Taki, a Young bonze, begins to privately investigate.
The Horizon
1984 · 2h 16m
country: Japan
Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises 4 children. After Pearl Harbor is attacked, they are interned with other Japanese immigrants in a camp, losing both their land and their assets.
Theater Of Life
1983 · 2h 18m
country: Japan
Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.
The Woman with the Red Hat
1982 · 1h 29m
country: Germany
In 1923 a Japanese comes to Munich and immediately falls in love with a street artist with a red hat, without knowing her past is. She turns to the Japanese, for the first time she thinks she has found her really great love- exotic stranger attracts her. They say a lot, but they do not understand each other - but they can show their love. Nevertheless, the relationship is doomed to failure from the beginning. Disappointment, death and loss.
Long Run
1982 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Based on the true story of a Japanese young man that crossed the American continent by roller skating.
Station
1981 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Distant Thunder
1981 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.
Lonely Heart
1981 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.
The Imperial Navy
1981 · 2h 25m
country: Japan
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
Magnitude 7.9
1980 · 2h 6m
country: Japan
A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
Port Arthur
1980 · 3h 5m
country: Japan
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Virus
1980 · 2h 36m
country: Japan
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
The Revolt
1980 · 2h 30m
country: Japan
When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...
The Last Game
1979 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game before they are drafted into the armed forces and face the hardships of military service.
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
1979 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Kei and Atsuo were both enrolled in summer school. Kei was an honor student, and Atsuo was the polar opposite - but opposites attract. After school, the two head to the beach, where they find another student from their school competing against a local gang member, to see who is able to hold his breath longer under water. Overwhelmed by the excitement, Kei and Atsuo decide to try themselves.
The House Where the Devil Lives
The House Where the Devil Lives
1979 · 54m
country: Japan
A female college student who started a part-time job taking care of a bedridden elderly person notices an eerie cry from the basement.
Waga seishun no eleven
1979 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Soccer movie.
Nichiren
1979 · 2h 21m
country: Japan
An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment. Because of his devout belief, Nichiren is met with opposition throught his travels, with life on the line, can Nichiren accomplish his goal?
Our Symphony
1979 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
One summer day, Tokujiro, who works at an ironworks in the industrial area of Kawasaki, joins a choir group in order to seduce the girls who have come to Kawasaki to sing Beethoven's Ninth . Aiming for the performance in December, Tokujiro undergoes several setbacks through rigorous training and training camps, but before he knows it, he and his troupe members are working hard to make the performance a success.
August Without Emperor
1978 · 2h 20m
country: Japan
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
The Days of No Return
1978 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
The story of a high school boy (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father.
The Incident
1978 · 2h 18m
country: Japan
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds.
Third Base
1978 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Third is an aimless young man who hangs around with a couple of girls who are amateur hookers. One day, while acting as their pimp, he gets into a conflict with a young gangster and winds up killing him.
Short and Fat
1977 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
A high-school student rescues his baseball team. Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's manga "Dokaben".