Cast: Toru Emori

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Toru Emori · Kayoko Kishimoto · Keiko Matsuzaka

Synopsis 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 his latest project.

Direction Taku Shinjo

Cast Toru Emori · Katsutaka Furuhata · Ichiro Hashimoto · Masatô Ibu

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Atsuo Nakamura · Kiichi Nakai · Ryuuji Harada · Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Synopsis The Shinsengumi was a self-appointed law-enforcing militia loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate that emerged in Kyoto during the Bakumatsu era of the 1860s. At its peak numbering around 300 members, it appeared at a turbulent time in the nation’s history....

Direction Masayuki Suzuki

Cast Haruka Ayase · Masaki Okada · Kiichi Nakai · Hiroshi Tamaki

Direction Kirio Urayama

Cast Choichiro Kawarazaki · Toshie Kobayashi · Ruriko Asaoka · Chikako Natsumi

Synopsis Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is enaged to Mariko, the niece of his company's president. But Yoshioka has a crisis of consence when he remembers his former love Mitsu, a rural girl whom he met and later left while...

Direction Mio Ezaki

Cast Junko Natsu · Jiro Okazaki · Chieko Matsubara · Yoshiko Ikebo

Synopsis Drama is afoot at Shirobara Middle School when the bold Henmi Ryoko transfers into Class A, 9th Grade. She immediately picks a fight with, Masuda, the head of the preparation committee. The girls’ battle for control of the gang soon...

Direction Naoto Kumazawa

Cast Kento Hayashi · Sôsuke Ikematsu · Junpei Mizobata · Asaka Seto

Synopsis The story has three male protagonist. The perfect diving athlete Yoichi Fujitani (Sosuke Ikematsu), of pedigree stock and carrying the weight of the entire diving club because he's the best. The coach (Ken Mitsuishi) also happens to be his father,...

Direction Tetsuo Shinohara

Cast Makiko Esumi · Etsushi Toyokawa · Toshio Kakei · Kumiko Aso

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Ken Ogata · Yukiyo Toake · Toru Emori · Koichi Sato

Synopsis A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when it's president passes away!

Direction Yoshimitsu Morita

Cast Kyoka Suzuki · Shin'ichi Tsutsumi · Ittoku Kishibe · Naoki Sugiura

Synopsis Stage actor Masaki Shibata Shinichi Tsutsumi has murdered a man and his wife. He confesses his crime; he says his motive was that the woman, who is five months pregnant, criticized his one-man show. It could be an open-and-shut case...

Direction Jūzō Itami

Cast Nobuko Miyamoto · Masahiko Nishimura · Yuji Murata · Kazuya Takahashi

Direction Junya Sato

Cast Ken Ogata · Oleg Yankovskiy · Takuzo Kawatani · Noboru Mitani

Direction Kiyoshi Sasabe

Cast Toshiyuki Nishida · Ken Watanabe · Naoto Ogata · Kyôko Maya

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Shinsuke Ashida · Yumiko Dazai · Toru Emori · Sei Hiraizumi

Direction Shunichi Nagasaki

Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru · Yuki Matsushita · Gitan Ôtsuru · Atsuro Watabe

Synopsis "Nurse Call" deals with the harried, overworked lives of Japan's nurses. Based on the book by Keiko Nobumoto who used to be a hospital nurse.

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Sayuri Yoshinaga · Naoto Takenaka · Kimiko Yo · Yôsuke Kubozuka

Synopsis Kohei Miyazaki, a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with discovering the ancient country of Yamataikoku. His obsession sprouted from a day when he discovered ancient ceramics while repairing railroad tracks. Now completely blind, Kohei relies on his wife Kazuko...

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Hiroki Matsukata · Yukiyo Toake · Yûko Natori · Masahiko Kondô

Direction Masahiro Hisano · Shimako Sato · Takashi Yamazaki

Cast Hisashi Yoshizawa · Jun Kaname · Emi Wakui · Toru Emori

Synopsis Masaki Nishine is a high school student studying for college entrance examinations. One day, while walking through the campus of a nearby H University's School of Veterinarian Science with his best friend Akio Nikaido, he comes across a little puppy...

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Toru Emori · Renji Ishibashi · Jinpachi Nezu · Ren Osugi

Synopsis Kumamoto Monogatari is a 2001 DVD release which included three short historical films directed by Takashi Miike.