Tsutomu Yamazaki

A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to ...

A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8-year-old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall.

Businessmen competing for international building contracts in this globe-trotting comedy-adventure.

Junko Mizuta, who is returning from juvenile training school, is a former motorcycle gang. Even though he now works, he still goes to his father ...

A Salaryman in Hokkaido heads to Tokyo for his daughters wedding, but the fun is just beginning,,,

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi ...

A movie about Yutaka Tani, also known as ” Malay Tiger Harimao, ” who was active on the Malay Peninsula during the Pacific War

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami’s “Marusa no Onna” a.k.a. “A Taxing Woman”.

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor ...

Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami’s film “Tampopo” (1985).

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed ...

When Wabisuke’s father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds ...

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. ...

A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a ...

A doctor who died at a young age due to the metastasis of a malignant tumor to the lungs after cutting his right leg below the knee due to ...

A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent ...

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

Akira Kurosawa’s lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order ...