Cast: Masahiko Nishimura

Direction Yôji Yamada

Cast Isao Hashizume · Kazuko Yoshiyuki · Tomoko Nakajima · Yû Aoi

Synopsis An old married couple Shukichi Hirayama and Tomiko live on a small island in the Inland Sea. They go to Tokyo. The couple have 3 children. The eldest son Koichi runs a hospital. The first daughter Shigeko runs a beauty...

Direction Banmei Takahashi

Cast Kantarou Nakamura · Yuki Uchida · Sho Aikawa · Tatsuya Fujiwara

Direction Koki Mitani

Cast Toshiaki Karasawa · Kyoka Suzuki · Masahiko Nishimura · Keiko Toda

Direction Yôji Yamada

Cast Satoshi Tsumabuki · Yû Aoi · Kazuko Yoshiyuki · Yui Natsukawa

Synopsis In this sequel to the first It's A Wonderful Family, the characters who are still based on those in Tokyo Family (which itself was based on Tokyo Story), are a couple of years older with the father, grandfather and husband...

Direction Yôji Yamada

Cast Satoshi Tsumabuki · Yû Aoi · Yui Natsukawa · Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Synopsis The three grown children of a couple approaching their 50th wedding anniversary are shocked when their mother demands a divorce.

Direction Takeshi Furusawa

Cast Emi Takei · Tadayoshi Ohkura · Mark Chinnery · Natsuna Watanabe

Synopsis Saya is confused when her usually cold and callous boss starts showing her unprecedented kindness.

Direction Issei Oda

Cast Pinko Izumi · Juri Ueno · Mari Yaguchi · Zhuang Zhang

Synopsis A young martial arts student gets caught up in a series of Kung Fu adventures with a woman who manages a Chinese restaurant.

Direction Ryô Nakajima

Cast Erena Mizusawa · Keisuke Koide · Shinjirô Atae · Seiji Fukushi

Synopsis Due to the high suicide rate among youths in Japan, the government implements experiments to uncover the causes behind the high suicide rate. Children are selected and placed in a YSC facility under constant surveillance. At the age of 10,...

Direction Katsuo Fukuzawa

Cast Masahiro Nakai · Yukie Nakama · Yuki Shibamoto · Masahiko Nishimura

Synopsis One relatively peaceful post-war day in Japan, a barber and good family man, is unexpectedly arrested by the Prefectural Police, declared a suspected war criminal, and subsequently sued for murder by the American occupation forces.

Direction Isshin Inudô

Cast Gaku Hamada · Gen Hoshino · Yutaka Matsushige · Masahiko Nishimura

Synopsis The noble Katagiri Harunosuke is both a warrior and a scholar. He is a samurai in the employment of his lord or Daimyo and also a bookworm. His newest and somewhat surprising task is to lead the effort to relocate...

Direction Katsuhide Motoki

Cast Tôri Matsuzaka · Fumino Kimura · Kyôko Yoshine · Tasuku Emoto

Synopsis Iwane, Kinpei and Shinnosuke are childhood friends. They also trained at the same dojo, hung out together and dreamt together. Iwane, Jinpei and Shinnosuke also become relatives through marriage. Her husband exacts revenge and kills her when news spreads that...

Direction Shinji Higuchi · Isshin Inudô

Cast Takayuki Yamada · Takehiro Hira · Mana Ashida · Honami Suzuki

Synopsis In the year 1590, powerful daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi nears his plan to unify all of Japan, but he comes across a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika must use his army to defend the castle.

Direction Noboru Iguchi · Ken Iizuka · Shin'ichi Kudô · Lee Sang-il

Cast Masatoshi Nagase · Kiko Mizuhara · Machiko Ono · Masaya Kato

Synopsis An anthology of several short films by several directors where each has taken inspiration from a favourite song of his by the Japanese punk rock band. The segments include Be Kind to Others, Love Letter and A Boy's Song.

Direction Kô Kanai · Tanimura Masaki · Kunihiro Nagase

Cast Takeru Satō · Atsuro Watabe · Mitsuro Fukikoshi · Tetsushi Tanaka

Synopsis Story of two detectives and their relationship as father and son.

Direction Tetsu Maeda

Cast Sei Ashina · Jun Kunimura · Sosuke Takaoka · Ken Mitsuishi

Synopsis Beautiful Mayumi (Manami Higa) enlists the help of Yataro Sarumaru (Hayato Ichihara) - a master locksmith and a notorious womanizer - to open a bank safe deposit box. This results in Yataro fleeing from the police who are in hot...

Direction Masayuki Suzuki

Cast Shingo Katori · Rena Tanaka · Gori · Yuri Chinen

Synopsis Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice Ninja, leaves his home town of Iga for his final training. He must go to the city of Edo (Tokyo), and the first person he meets shall be his master, whom he must protect with his...

Direction Yoshihiro Nakamura

Cast Yosiyoshi Arakawa · Yûdai Chiba · Gaku Hamada · Keisuke Horibe

Synopsis Following a nefarious plot by Kira, Asano is ordered to take the blade and commit suicide. He has loyal foot soldiers however. Kuranosuke is one. He vows vengeance and is ready to wield his sword. To enact his revenge he...

Direction Yōjirō Takita

Cast Eikichi Yazawa · Yûko Tanaka · Masahiko Nishimura · Ren Osugi

Synopsis Film parodies a family putting their 6-year old daughter through rigorous exams and IQ tests to enter a better than average elementary school. It also looks at the midlife crisis of the husband and touches on role reversal in the...

Direction Yoshimitsu Morita

Cast Seiyô Uchino · Shinobu Otake · Masahiko Nishimura · Misato Tanaka

Synopsis A meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says that she's planning to commit suicide and wants to know if her policy will pay out. Concerned about her safety, the agent...

Cast Takuya Kimura · Kyoka Suzuki · Kazue Fukiishi · Kyoko Hasegawa

Synopsis 10 episodes. Set in the late 1960s decade of Japan and follows the rivalry between Manpyo Daisuke, a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei, the executive managing director of a steel firm.