Cast: Atsuo Nakamura

Direction Toshio Masuda · Hajime Takaiwa

Cast Atsuo Nakamura · Sanae Tsuchida · Kei Sato · Isamu Nagato

Direction Kihachi Okamoto

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Etsushi Takahashi · Shigeru Kôyama · Akira Kubo

Synopsis Tatsuya Nakadai stars as Genta, a former samurai who became disillusioned with the samurai lifestyle and left it behind to become a wandering yakuza (gang) member. He meets Hanjiro Tabata (Etsushi Takahashi) a farmer who wants to become a samurai...

Direction Nagisa Ôshima

Cast Kenzo Kawarazaki · Atsuko Kaku · Atsuo Nakamura · Akiko Koyama

Synopsis Oshima Nagisa's The Ceremony is a fascinating study of Japan's war and post-war period, as seen through the eyes of a young man from an influential family. The Ceremony is known to be Oshima's most autobiographical work, as he was...

Direction Michio Yamamoto

Cast Jun Hamamura · Yukiko Kobayashi · Kayo Matsuo · Yôko Minakaze

Synopsis Keiko and her friend are trying to find her missing brother after he disappeared visiting his girlfriend Yuko.

Direction John Frankenheimer

Cast Scott Glenn · Toshirô Mifune · Donna Kei Benz · Atsuo Nakamura

Synopsis A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.

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 Toshiya Fujita

Cast Jun Etô · Toshiyuki Nagashima · Mayumi Asano · Kaori Takeda

Synopsis A high school student boarding in Tokyo returns to his hometown in the countryside for his father's funeral.

Direction Kei Kumai

Cast Ryoko Nakano · Kichiemon Nakamura · Takashi Shimura · Toshirô Mifune

Synopsis Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has angered Hideyoshi by becoming a Christian convert. Ogin's father Rikyu...

Direction Kazuki Watanabe · Masae Ichiki · Naoki Murahashi · Takegoro Nishimura

Cast Tao Tsuchiya · Eri Fuse · Shôno Hayama · Guts Ishimatsu

Synopsis Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her father goes bankrupt, they run away and settle down at a fishing village in Noto. The family rents a couple's home who...

Direction Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Rentarô Mikuni · Michiko Araki · Jun Hamamura · Daigo Kusano

Direction Kazuo Ikehiro

Cast Yoshio Harada · Atsuo Nakamura · Kayo Matsuo · Sanae Kitabayashi

Synopsis Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft....

Direction Kentarô Ôtani

Cast Yumi Endô · Imalu · Masaki Kaji · Michiko Kichise

Synopsis Transfer student Biito Mizorogi, talented in fashion design, brings classmates together to stage a fashion show for the school's annual festival.

Direction Kon Ichikawa

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

Synopsis 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 in the Joshu area. Having been rescued from drowning by...

Direction Kazuo Ikehiro

Cast Toru Abe · Yoshio Harada · Akio Hasegawa · Etsuko Ichihara

Synopsis Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now...

Direction Shunichi Kajima

Cast Kyôhei Shibata · Atsuo Nakamura · Masahiko Tsugawa · Kazuya Kosaka

Synopsis In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a...

Direction Shiori Kazama

Cast Masaki Suda · Miwako Ichikawa · Jun Murakami · Atsuo Nakamura

Synopsis At the age of 5, girl's mother dies in a car accident. Ever since then, the girl closes herself within. In high school, she borrows a famous Film from a boy, a graduate of the movie study club. The film...

Direction Eiichi Kudo · Hideo Suzuki · Kazuo Ikehiro · Kazuo Mori

Cast Isamu Nagato · Ikkô Furuya · Akiko Nomura · Tamotsu Hayakawa

Synopsis TV series (1977-1978). 2 seasons. 57 episodes.

Direction Shin Hirano · Sawada Kensaku

Cast Takuya Kimura · Eri Fukatsu · Akira Terao · Rosa Kato

Synopsis Keita Asakura, 35, a primary school teacher from rural Nagano Prefecture whose recently deceased father had been a politician from Kyushu. An all-around nice guy, Keita has no interest in politics and agrees to run only to get everyone off...