So Yamamura

2. Dünya Savaşı’nda, Amerika’nın sabrının taşmasına neden olan Pearl Harbor baskınını, hem Japonlar’ın hem de Amerikalılar’ın bakış açılarıyla anlatmayı deneyen, gösterişli bir ortak yapım. Baskının öncesi ve sonrasında yaşanan olaylar dizisini de perdeye taşıyan “Tora! Tora! Tora!”, özellikle o ünlü saldırı sahnelerinde ürkütücü bir gerçekçiliği yakalamayı başarıyor. Film, 1939 yılında Amiral Isoroku Yamamoto’nun Japon Kraliyet Donanması’nın komutasını üzerine almasıyla başlar. Eğitimini Harvard’da tamamlamış, ateşli bir milliyetçi olan komutan, önceleri Amerika’yla yapılacak bir savaşa karşı olmasına rağmen, zamanla fikrini değiştirir. Japonya’nın, Asya’nın en güçlü devleti olma arzusu onu da etkiler ve vargücüyle Amerikalılar’la savaşmaya hazırlanır. Öte yandan ABD cephesinde, Japonya’nın egemenliğine karşı çıkma hazırlıkları başlar.

Müthiş bir dönüşüm ve modernleşmenin pençesinde bölünmekte olan Japonya'dayız. Taşralı, emekli bir karı-koca, Tokyo'da yaşayan evlenmiş çocuklarını ziyarete giderler. Gençler giderek hızlanmakta olan şehir yaşamının meşguliyeti içerisinde, onlarla ilgilenmektense birbirlerine pas edip kurtulma hafifliğindedirler. Sadece savaşta ölmüş oğullarının dul gelini yaşlı çifte şefkat ve ilgi gösterir. Evlerine döndüklerinde kırgın ve kafaları karışıktır. Çocukların titreyip kendilerine gelmesi için dramatik bir olayın gerçekleşmesi gerekecektir. Ülkesinin 50'li yıllarda geçirdiği kültürel dönüşümün izini sürmekten yorulmayan Japon yönetmen Yasujiro Ozu'nun hem kendi başyapıtı hem de eşsiz ritmiyle, sinema sanatının en güzel filmlerinden biri.

Masaki Kobayashi'nin İnsan Manzaraları serisinin ilk filmi, 2. Dünya Savaşı yıllarında Japonya'nın Çin'in Mançurya bölgesini işgal ettiği yıllarda başlıyor. Parlak bir mühendis olmasının yanında bir hümanist ve savaş karşıtı olan Kaji (Tatsuya Nakadai), Mançurya'daki Çinli esirlerin çalışma şartlarının iyileştirilmesi üzerine yaptığı çalışma sonrasında yeni evlendiği eşi Michiko (Michiyo Aratama) ile birlikte küçük bir maden kasabasına gönderilir. Burada kendi insani politikalarını yerleştirmeye çalışırken birçok iş arkadaşıyla ters düşen Kaji, aynı zamanda Çinli esirlerin güvenini kazanmanın da kolay olmayacağını anlayacaktır.

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.

The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help erase Godzilla from history by preventing his creation. With Godzilla seemingly gone, a new monster emerges as the Futurians' true intentions are revealed.

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still rages on -- unwittingly sparked by the gentle, kindly attentions of his daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, flashy dancer with a shady past. Pitiful and ridiculous as he is, Utsugi is without a trace of self-pity, and his diary shines with self-effacing good humor.

Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.

İki kız kardeş babalarının yanında yaşamaktadır. Kardeşlerden küçüğü beklenmedik şekilde hamile kalmıştır ve sevgilisini aramaktadır. Evin büyük kızı kocasıyla sorunları nedeniyle yanına bebeğini alarak baba evine sığınmıştır. Bu sorunların ortasında kendilerini küçük yaştayken terk eden ve ölü olarak düşündükleri annelerinin şehre döndüğünü öğrenirler.

Genç bir maaşlı adam ve karısı, evlilik dışı bir ilişki yaşarken, tutkusuz ilişkilerinin sınırları içinde mücadele ediyor.

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.

Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.

A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the brothel has hopes to make her a great new addition which will attract the richest of customers. But after several months of training, she tries to flee Yoshiwara when the time has come for her to take her first customer...

During the reign of Shogun Iemitsu, a great martial arts tournament was held to determine whether or not Iemitsu was to remain in power or cede it to his uncle, Yornobu, the 10th son of Ieyasu. Among the contestants were many expert swordsmen who have become well-known to this day. Warriors such as Yagyu Jubei (Kaga Takeshi), and Miyamoto Musashi (Matsukata Hiroki) headed up the slate. This was to be the all-star samurai match of the century. An amazing TV movie with non-stop action as Yagyu Jubei must save an emissary of the Ming and reach Edo in time to fight the crucial match.

Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.

A literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth with a teenage girl, and a daughter in her twenties who falls in love with a younger man and champions sexual liberation.

In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their court influence. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen, whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets.

The second film in Toho's series on the military history of the Showa era, Hiromichi Horikawa's war drama offers a look at the career of controversial politician Hideki Tojo and the strained relationships between Japan's government, military, and the media.

A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath her facade of luxury lies great unhappiness.

Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love both with Japan and a charming Japanese girl named Noriko. But Françoise Fabre, a French journalist and Pierre's former lover, contacts him while visiting the Land of the Rising Sun. They meet again, find out their love might not be dead. Meanwhile, Pierre gradually becomes estranged from sweet, humble Noriko. One day, a typhoon strikes Nagasaki...

İşadamı Ogata Shingo, sekreteri olan oğlu Shuichi ile birlikte çalışıyor ve sırasıyla Yasuko ve Kikuko eşleriyle birlikte banliyöde yaşıyorlar. Shuichi, Kikuko ile aşk ilişkisi ve sevgisiz bir evliliğe sahiptir. Yasuko tüm hayatını ailesine adadı ama Shingo, yalnızca ablası öldüğünden evlendi. Kikuko, Shingo'nun gurur ve sevinci ve birbirlerine yakınlar. Mavi olan Shingo ve Yasuko'nun kızı Fusako kocasını terk edip iki çocuğuyla Shingo'nun evine varır. Shingo, Shuichi'nin sevgilisini araştırır ve bulur. Bu arada Kikuko hastaneye gider ve Shingo hamile olduğunu öğrenir, ancak çocuğunu durdurmaya karar verir * Zaman zaman bir Ozu filmi havası yaratan, kadın duyarlığını çok iyi anlatan bir filmdi. Ama Yama no oto'nun en iyi tarafı ise; toplumda ki kadın algısının ve eleştirisiydi.

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...

The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori.

Miniseries about the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Yagyu Abaretabi is the tale of members of the Yagyu Clan and their travels all around the nation seeking to fight injustice and corruption... and there are plenty of surprises along the way.

It takes place at the time of the Shogunate rule with Shogun Hidetada and who will succeed Hidetada. A struggle for power between the family and the daimyos. Historically the Yagyu's have always been close to the Shogunate, and helped...

The sequel to The Yagyu Conspiracy picks up when Yagyu Jubei (Sonny Chiba) has a falling out with the Shogun, and sets out on his own as a wanted man. Featuring the martial art skills of Sue Shiomi (Sister Streetfighter) as she is on official patrol with Jubei watching over her, making sure that he gets to fight in each episode as well. This is one of the best and most exciting television series to ever hit the airwaves.