The Life of a Horse-Trader

Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yonetaro fell asleep after being kicked by a sick woman Yuki at a vague shop after violence.

Hosé! José Mujica! –Just Keep Walking–

A Japanese-produced theatrical documentary about José Alberto Mujica Cordano.

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed

A Day in the Life of Chameko

Based on a hit song by child star Hideko Hirai from 1929, this gem -- a real historical curiosity -- provides glimpses of 1930s popular culture through introducing the typical life of a bright, energetic young girl. It c

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend

The Japanese Wife Next Door

Office worker Takashi shares a drink one night with two women: Ryoko and Sakura. Fate intervenes and he subsequently ends up marrying Sakura. The newlywed couple move into Takashi’s family home (shared with his sister, f

Glorious Firefighter’s Standard

Firefighter Sanji learns the secret of his birth.

Wolves of the City: First to Fight

Pinku from 1971.

Nezura 1964

A biopic based on the production of Daiei's Giant Horde Beast Nezura, the scrapped precursor to Gamera.

Umon's First Exploit

The movie begins with a mysterious murder and Umon Kondo, a Doshin, so called drag-ass Umon, who dallies away lying sprawled all day long, launches an investigation.

Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger

Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that Kokichi's fiancee, Otoyo, was a chambermaid whom Kawakatsu abducted in order

The Samurai Markets

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.

The Scarred Crest

A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds himself torn by the death of an old friend - the son of crime kingpin Kiyomiya. A death Ryuji feels responsible for.

A Silent Day

A depiction of a girl’s uneasy state of mind as it wavers between life and death.

The Abe Clan

“19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty. Only Yaichiemon Abe is refused permission, forced instead into the vassalage of his lord’s successor. Humiliat

A Warrior Generation

Praise be to Small Ills

A short animated film by Tadanari Okamoto.

The First Tram Runs to Hiroshima

Working as a tram supervisor always filled a hard-working young girl in Hiroshima with joy during the Second World War … but times are changing. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima devastated the city, and nothing is as

Assassins for sale

Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here, three wandering samurai who earn their living by killing get to know each

A Man of the Arts

Follows the life of an illegitimate son of a kabuki actor.