Cast: Isao Bitô

Direction Jūzō Itami

Cast Tsutomu Yamazaki · Nobuko Miyamoto · Kin Sugai · Hideji Ôtaki

Plot The debut film from acclaimed Japanese director, Juzo Itami shows a very untraditional side to a very traditional ceremony. When Chizuko's (Nobuko Miyamoto) ornery father unexpectedly dies, the undertaking of...

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Bunta Sugawara · Isao Bitô · Takeo Chii · Takuya Fujioka

Plot Minor dispute between the family Sakamoto based in Osaka and Amagasaki Kawahara family becomes a conflict that leads to several deaths in both families. The incident comes just as the...

Direction Hiroyuki Nasu

Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru · Tokito Saburo · Masatô Ibu · Tôru Nakamura

Direction Kazuyuki Izutsu

Cast Shigeru Muroi · Kôhei Ôtomo · Isao Bitô · Ayumi Ito

Plot "Some people laugh, and some people cry, until their grand occasion to make their first appearance on stage." Out of 4,000 applicants, only 250 will make it to the preliminary...

Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Cast Ryo Amamiya · Aiko Asano · Tadanobu Asano · Toshiki Ayata

Plot It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara Yasufumi Hayashi) hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The...

Direction Yoshimitsu Morita

Cast Katsunobu Ito · Kumiko Akiyoshi · Isao Bitô · Kazuki Kosakai

Direction Yōjirō Takita

Cast Mikijiro Hira · Masako Motai · Asaka Seto · Isao Bitô

Direction Yasuharu Hasebe

Cast Tetsuya Watari · Tamio Kawaji · Mieko Fujimoto · Yuri Yoshioka

Plot The clash between a group of motorist gangster and a professional hunter who desire for revenge.

Direction Ryudo Uzaki

Cast Yuya Uchida · Masahiro Motoki · Takeshi Kitano · Kei Sato

Direction Tôru Kawashima

Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru · Kyôhei Shibata · Michiko Kawai · Norihei Miki

Plot Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

Direction Isamu Nakae · Hiroki Hayama · Mizuki Nishisaka

Cast Yuko Takeuchi · Shingo Katori · Yumiko Shaku · Shôta Matsuda

Plot Shiomi Eiji is forced to become a single father when his girlfriend passes away while giving birth to their daughter, Shizuku. Desolate after the loss of the woman he loved,...

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Koji Ishizaka · Nanako Matsushima · Kikunosuke Onoe · Keiko Matsuzaka

Direction Tôru Kawashima

Cast Fumiya Fujii · Yoshihiko Takamoku · Yuji Odoi · Ichirô Arishima

Plot Seven raccoons with supernatural powers sneak into a freight train, disguise themselves as humans, and head to Tokyo with the intention to create a band. They become superstars "Checkers" but...

Direction Sadao Nakajima

Cast Hiroki Matsukata · Sonny Chiba · Mikio Narita · Tatsuo Umemiya

Plot Set in Okinawa 1971, one year before the return of power to the mainland, this film highlights the bloody battle of Okinawa Yakuza gangsters versus mainland system.

Direction Yôji Yamada

Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi · Hidetaka Yoshioka · Chieko Baisho · Kumiko Goto

Plot Tora-san, My Uncle is the forty-second entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Atsuo Nakamura · Ryôko Sakaguchi · Ittoku Kishibe · Takeshi Katô

Plot Although 5 years have passed since the reported death of roving gambler Kogarashi Monjiro, the rumors of his survival has struck fear into the heart of Gorozo, the biggest boss...

Direction Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast Tomisaburô Wakayama · Hideko Takamine · Ken Tanaka · Shinobu Otake

Plot Parents campaign to change the law for families who have suffered from violent crime, after their son is murdered.

Direction Rou Tomono

Cast Masaya Kato · Diane Lane · Yuen Biao · Donald Sutherland

Plot A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Keiko Kishi · Ryuuji Harada · Shoichi Ozawa · Kanae Katsuno

Plot A strong-willed matriarch (Keiko Kishi) struggles to keep her brood of five -- including three grown sons and a pretty, marriageable daughter -- on the road to financial survival, if...

Direction Yasukazu Sugiyama

Cast Katsunobu Ito · Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Keiko Kitagawa · Isao Bitô

Plot Shinden visits former disciples after being asked by his master to find Shintoto, a member of his rakugoka storytelling family.