Hiroshi Kanbe

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.

Son Somuray (2003) filminin aksine büyük savaş alanlarını değil, samuray sınıfının ekonomik olarak çöktüğü ve onurlarını korumaya çalıştığı günlük yaşamı en gerçekçi ve hüzünlü dille anlatan yapımlardandır. ​19. yüzyılın ortalarında, Meiji Restorasyonu'na giden süreçte geçer. Düşük rütbeli, yoksul bir samuray olan Seibei, bir yandan hasta annesine ve çocuklarına bakmak için tarlalarda çalışırken, bir yandan da klanının emriyle ölümcül bir göreve gitmek zorunda kalır. Oscar’a aday gösterilmiş bu film, geleneksel samuray ruhunun derinliklerini anlamak için birebirdir.

Mixed-up model and bar hostess Kotoko sleeps with her coworker Genki, but can't seem to let herself sleep with the guy she really likes.

Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a cheerful publishing assistant who moves into town after marrying Masakazu, a popular mystery writer. Akiko is surprised by the unusual town but enjoys the new curiosities surrounding her. However, just as she was beginning to settle in, a trifling incident sweeps her spirit to the underworld too soon. Convinced that destiny has something else in store for his wife, Masakazu journeys into the underworld to bring back Akiko’s spirit.

In 1958 postwar Tokyo, the residents of a humble Third Street neighbourhood struggle, dream, and grow together as rapid modernisation transforms their lives beneath the shadow of the newly rising Tokyo Tower.

A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humble way of life.

Lucius Modestus, ancient Roman bath architect, has lost his job. The one way he can win it back is by creating a bath that nobody has seen before, and, by pure chance, ends up slipping through time to Japan in 2012. There, he discovers the wonders of Japanese bath technology, incorporating it into his own designs, but must face the challenges of the succession of the emperor, his home life, and his new hot spring-based friends, including manga artist meet-cute Mami.

As the Tokyo Olympics usher in a wave of rapid modernisation, the residents of Third Street face new beginnings as Mutsuko becomes involved with a seemingly perfect young doctor who may not be all he appears, while Chagawa struggles with his stalled writing career and what it truly means to be a father to the boy he has raised as his own.

Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.

When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and depression. No boxing ring or martial arts club will take him on -- that is, until an aiki jujitsu master helps the young man develop techniques uniquely tailored to a wheelchair. What starts off as a sad film revs up into an exciting and fun series of epiphanies in which the young man realizes his situation isn't as hopeless as it seems.

A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.

Akio, an HR worker, visits his transformed mother Fukue in Tokyo. Baffled by her new lively self, he encounters a friendly neighbor. Through these interactions, Akio gains new perspectives, noticing overlooked aspects of life.

2000 live-action Japanese film.

Machiko can't shake the feeling of emptiness in her day-to-day life as a manager of a clothing store in Aoyama, Tokyo. One day, the casual words of Sayaka, a younger and charismatic store staff, stirs Machiko into creating a secret...

Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He returns to Yunagaya, but finds that his castle is gone.

A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.

After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled woman visiting her father.

The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.

Etsuko – a typical Japanese high school student, who's unlucky in love, an academic failure, and plain bored with life. That's until one day, the view of a boat gliding gracefully in the sea inspires her to take up the oar. Since she's rejected by her school's all-male rowing team, she decides to form her own all-women team. Nothing will ever be the same again.

Edo dönemi (1603-1867)'nin en son zamanlarında ve Japonya'nın kuzeybatısında yaşayan alt düzey Samuray Munezo Katagiri, eskiden kendisinin evinde hizmetçi olarak çalışmış bir kız olan Kie'nin evlendikten sonra eşinin kötü davranışları yüzünden hasta olup, yatağa düştüğünü öğrenince Kie'yi zorla kendi evine getirir. O zaman Han (Edo dönemindeki valilik)'da Munezo ile aynı hocadan eğitim alan Yaichiro Hazama'nın gizlice planladığı darbe planı ortaya çıkmaktadır... Yönetmen Yoji Yamada'nın, Akademi Ödülü'nde yabancı film dalında aday olarak gösterilen ALACAKARANLIK SAMURAY (Tasogare Seibei)'dan sonra, Shuhei Fujisawa'nın yazdığı, samuray dönemini sinemaya uyarladığı bir eser...

A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.

In a world where giant robots are built and used for labor, a special police force of robots is created to handle crimes relating to these machines.

Suzu Yukimiya, an obstetrician and gynaecologist who works at a hospital in a tranquil sea town, meets Issei Hiiragi, 10 years her junior. He works as a relic collector, a job that is gaining attention in the aging society of Japan. This is a love story between two people who are in charge of "The Beginning of Life" and "The End of Life".