Ryuji Harada

Hokkaido, Japan: An old woman — formerly a man — lives by a lake in the northern reaches of Japan, gazing at Nakajima Island in its ...

Musashi returns Japan’s legendary swordsman and philosopher to the screen once again. In an original period drama based on the historical ...

The second ‘Conqueror of Shura’ film.

The final ‘Conqueror of Shura’ film.

A series of suspicious deaths, starting with that of her boyfriend Kawazu Masayuki, prompts mystery novelist Yuki Rikako to investigate. She ...

The first ‘Conqueror of Shura’ film.

Keinosuke (Masakazu Tamura) is a ronin (wandering samurai) who lives on the streets although he is a nobleman. There’s just one woman in this ...

The first ‘Road to New Don’ film.

An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, ...

After serving a term in prison because of shooting the leader of the rival group, Goro finds out that his fellow Yakuza Shiroyama, left the group ...

A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.

“GHOST HOUSE” Cast: Jinpachi Nezu (“Castle of the Owls”, “Red Shadow”), Natsuo Ishido, Masako Izumi Synopsis: ...

Flighty young nurse Izumi Asakura longs to have her honeymoon in a far off tropical paradise but her doctor husband feels that he cannot afford ...

Okatsu is a widow raising five children – adults but still mama-dependent – in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality ...

Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance. Hideji Yamaoka (Takakura) ...

Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with ...

Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force – the Shinsengumi – at the end of the Edo period.

Kounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in love 20 years ago. They had promised each other ...

An action film based on the original story and screenplay by Hisao Maki of “WARU”. Yoji Himuro is an unparalleled sword user and is ...

“Night Train to the Stars” is a biography of the fascinating life of Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan’s most beloved fantasy novelists. ...

The wife of a recently deceased yakuza boss is caught in a conflict between the candidates for his succession and must protect her beloved ...

A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.

Based on the manga by Satosumi Takaguchi.