Yoji Tanaka

Third installment of the Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 11 films made under the conditions: “the main character must be a detective” ...

Shiro Amasuka, dead leader of the Shimbara Revolt is resurrected from hell with the desire of overthrowing the shogunate for killing his ...

Omnibus of six short films: Return; Ken-do star; Hana to oji-san; Adagietto Sehr, langsam; Nakayoki koto wa yoki koto ka na; Slow is Beautiful. ...

Record shop clerk and aspiring DJ Tsutomu searches for his masculinity when challenged to a kendo duel.

Mina and Mizuki sisters attended a ballet class in Tokyo. One day, the sisters return home separately, but younger sister, Mizuki, is kidnapped ...

When pregnant lunchbox factory worker Yayoi has finally taken all the abuse she can handle, she strangles her brutish husband and disposes of the ...

When social worker Rika is sent to check on a traumatized old lady whose family have moved in at the site of the notorious Saeki family murder ...

War between North Korea and Japan

A sensual coming-of-age drama direct — It depicts a precarious relationship between a homosexual woman and a man who was picked up by her and ...

Witness a bizarre job interview and a dotty grandma in these five short surreal stories revolving around legendary Japanese department store Parco.

Fans of Kamaitachi no Yoru gather to shoot a film based on the game until one of the cast members is killed.

A middle-aged push-over has an argument with two friends at the hotel he reserved for their holiday. They pick on him until an unexpected ...

Ryusei-Kacho is renowned for his unmatchable skills in securing a seat on the infamous Japanese commuter trains. Never once has he failed until ...

Remake of the Korean film Ditto about a college student in the past who falls in love with a boy from the future.

An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.

When Aoi is gang-raped by her classmates and kicked out of her home by her own parents she sees no reason to continue living. Before she commits ...

“Quartet” tells the story of four young musicians as they form a string quartet and pursue fame.

The search for her vanished brother Tsuyoshi leads Kaoru to the lonesome village Kozukata in the Japanese back-land. The locals react repelling ...

Rai pedals his bike and trailer about town, collecting old iron and sowing flower seeds. Because his face never seems to show emotion, everybody ...

The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information ...

Eri Manaka lives alone in the big city. She writes a romantic novel on impulse and is startled when it gets rave reviews and makes her a literary ...

A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden. Such people are known as ...

The fourth chapter in the Love Cinema series, is a story of a cloistered and obsessive character who is confining and closed. When many suicides ...

Yuri and Takumi are brother and sister who faced unusually harsh treatment by their father. An act of brutality keeps them extremely close ...

A female documentary writer approaches the case of a hikikomori boy’s murder of a young girl and a high school girl’s classmate.

Ghostly horror film based on the original story by horror manga artist Kanako Inuki, adapted from various horror episodes.

A pair of siblings visit a friend in a remote town with a strange effect on its inhabitants; when they die, they transform into gravestones.

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with ...

Set during Japan’s Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of ...

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for ...