Tsutomu Yamazaki

Bay Gondo ulusal ayakkabıcılık şirketinde payı olan bir iş adamıdır. Bir gün şirketteki payını arttırıp şirketteki en büyük söz sahibi olmak için alnının teriyle biriktirdiği her şeyi şirket hisseleri için yatırır ve evini ipotek ettirir. Aynı dönemde çocuğu kaçırılır fakat çocuk bay Gondo nun değil onun hizmetinde çalışan başka bir şahsa aittir. Çocuğu kaçıran kişi ise bu yanlışı fark eder ve daha önce istediği fidyeyi yine bay Gondo dan ister. Bay Gondo parayı verip vermemesi konusunda teredütte kalır.

1572'de Japonya'da sivil savaş hüküm sürmektedir. Bu esnada güçlü bir derebeyi hayatını kaybeder. Yoksul bir hırsız derebeyini öldükten sonra taklit eder ve yerine geçer. Bu zorlu dönemde krallığı birarada tutma görevini istemeyerek de olsa üstlenmek zorunda kalır.

On dokuzuncu yüzyılda Tokyo'da Genç Dr Noboru Yasumoto yaz için lisansüstü tıp eğitimi yapmak üzere bir kırsal kliniğe Akahigenin rehberliği altında ( "Kızıl sakallı"), Dr Kyoj Niide görevlendirilmiştir. Dr. Niide bir zalim görev gibi görünsede gerçekte şefkatli bir insan olduğu ortaya çıkacaktır.

Çello çalan Daigo Kobayashi, orkestrasının dağılmasının ardından eşiyle beraber doğduğu kasabasına geri döner. Başka bir işte çalışacak deneyimi olmadığı için deneyim aramayan "Gidişler" ismindeki bir işe seyahat acentası zannederek başvurur. Aslında yapacağı işin Japon kültüründe önemli bir yere sahip "Nokanshi", yani ölüleri öbür taraftaki yolcukları için hazırlama geleneğinin bir parçası olduğunu öğrenir. Daigo'nun işi ölüleri usulüne göre tabutlara yerleştirmektir. İlk başlarda bu durumda hoşlanmasa da zamanla işine alışılan Diago'nun kendi yaşantısı, bakış açısı ve duyguları da bu işle beraber değişecektir.

Erkek arkadaşından ayrıldıktan sonra Amerikalı kadın Tokyo'da yanlız kalmıştır. Hayatının bundan sonraki yönünü şekillendirebilmek adına çıktığı yolda da Japon Ustasından râmen şefi olmak üzere eğitim almaya karar verecektir.

In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.

Yemek ve yemek fetişizmi üzerine eğlenceli bir film olan 'Tampopo'da içiçe geçmiş çok karakterli pek çok öykü anlatılıyor. Tampopo kendi restoranında özensiz ‘Ramen’ pişirip durmaktadır. Goro ve arkadaşı ise yol üstünde karınlarını doyurmaya gelmişlerdir fakat kendilerini Tampopo’ya aşçılıkta ustalaşmakta yardım ederken bulurlar. Sadece lezzetli Ramen pişirmenin püf noktalarını öğrenmek değil, alakalı alakasız ‘an’larla kafanızı karıştıracak veya güldürecek sade bir hikayenin sıradan olması gerekmediğini hatırlamak da gayet güzeldir. Yaptıklarınızın sürekli sıradan, hatta ortalamanın altında kalması inanılmaz can sıkıcıdır.

A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.

Manji'nin kız kardeşi gözleri önünde öldürülmüştür. Yaralarla dolu bedeniyle, kız kardeşinin intikamını almaya and içer. Gizemli bir kadın Manji'nin karşısında belirir ve ona ebedi gençlik ve ölümsüzlük bahşeder. Rin Asano'nun ailesi, kılıç taşıyan ve kendilerini "Itto ryu" olarak adlandıran bir grup tarafından öldürülmüştür. Rin ailesinin intikamını alabilmek için Manji'den onun muhafızı olmasını ister. İkili "Itto ryu" grubuna karşı savaşmaya başlarlar.

Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.

Bugüne kadar mafya, yakuza, korku, fantezi, aksiyon ve komedi gibi farklı türlerde 70'i aşkın film çeken Japon sinemasının en verimli ve en çok tartışılan yönetmenlerinden Takashi Miike'nin Cannes Film Festivali'nde Altın Palmiye için yarışan son filmi, Japonya'yı baştan başa kat eden polisiye bir yol filmi. Heyecan dozu bir an bile düşmeyen filmde yaşlı bir milyarder, küçük torununun acımasızca canına kıyan katili öldürene 1 milyar yen vereceğini duyurur. Öldürülmekten korkan katil zanlısı, polise teslim olur. Japonya'nın en iyi dört polisi 48 saatlik gözaltı süresi içinde bir anda ülkenin en çok aranan kişisi haline gelen katili 1200 kilometre ötedeki Tokyo'ya nakletmelidirler. Ne var ki şimdi katili sıradan insanlardan korumak zorundadırlar...

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.

Demon Pond (1979) – Mit ve Gerçek Arasında Büyüleyici Bir Alegori Terayama Shūji’nin yönettiği Demon Pond (Yashagaike, 1979), Japon halk hikâyelerinden beslenen, görsel ve anlatısal açıdan etkileyici bir sinema deneyimi sunar. Film, izleyiciyi mitoloji, doğa ve insan kaderi arasındaki ince çizgide bir yolculuğa çıkarırken, geleneksel Noh ve Kabuki tiyatrosunun estetiğini modern sinema diliyle buluşturur. Hikâye, uzak bir dağ köyünde, Demon Pond adlı gizemli bir gölde yaşayan bir varlığa bağlı olarak gelişir. Ana karakter, bu doğaüstü dünyanın içine çekildikçe, gerçeğin algılanışı ve kaderin kaçınılmazlığı üzerine derin bir sorgulama başlar. Terayama’nın teatral anlatımı ve rüya ile gerçek arasında gidip gelen atmosferi, filmi sadece bir halk masalından ibaret olmaktan çıkarır ve felsefi bir boyuta taşır. Destansı görselliği ve şiirsel anlatımıyla Demon Pond, insanın doğayla olan ilişkisini sorgulayan, hipnotik bir sinema deneyimi sunar.

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.

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 becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.

While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.

With the help of a six-inch-tall ancient samurai warrior, a lonely young environmentalist finds self-confidence and new companionship in protecting Japan's beautiful naturality from human mismanagement.

Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei Matsumiya who is a cousin of Detective Kyoichiro Kaga , have difficulties in solving the case. They can't find a connection between Michiko Oshitani and Mutsuo Koshikawa. They soon learn that Michiko Oshitani came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi Asai . They graduated from the same school, but there isn't a connection between Hiromi Asai and Mutsuo Koshikawa. Detective Yuhei Matsumiya finds something near Michiko Oshitani's body. That something has the names of 12 bridges surrounding the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Detective Kyoichiro Kaga learns of the clue and becomes agitated. There's a connection with his late mother

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 19-year-old college student.

The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo

In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. General Korechika Anami is torn over making the proper decision and the Emperor of Japan worries about his people. Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki leads the cabinet meeting, while Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu can't do anything, but watch the meeting. At this time, Major Kenji Hatanaka and other young commissioned officers, who are against Japan surrendering, move to occupy the palace and a radio broadcasting station. The radio station is set to broadcast Emperor Hirohito reading out the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.

After the death of a man in their nursing home, a group of residents find his notebook titled "Shinibana" containing a plan to tunnel into and steal 1.7 billion yen from a bank.

The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.

Hotshot Nagase Saichi is Tosaka Real Estate’s top realtor. He lies through his teeth and will stop at nothing to seal a deal. One day, he disturbs a monument located at a construction site. Cursed with the inability to tell a lie, he is forced to run his mouth off with things that are better left unsaid. With so many angry clients, he's got no hope of surviving as an honest realtor.

Kurosaki is a vigilante who scams criminals to rectify their misdeeds, driven by his father's attempted suicide after being deceived by criminal mastermind Toshio Katsuragi, who cost Kurosaki his family.

Based on the same-titled novel by Ikeido Jun (the writer of Hanzawa Naoki series), the drama unfolds against a backdrop of economic recession. Hosokawa Mitsuru is the current president of the core-precision tools manufacturing company, Aoshima. He was personally recruited from another company by the company's founder, Aoshima Takeshi. Needless to say, this move was not well-favored by the existing management who themselves were vying for the job. Not long after Mitsuru joined the company, the global financial crisis caused the economy to slump, and Aoshima was certainly not exempted from the ill-effects of the slump, which was accentuated by fierce competition within the industry. Realising that he needs to stem the company's cashflow crisis, Mitsuru proposes to sell the company's baseball club. However, his proposal is opposed by all the other top management, especially Sasai Kotaro, a long-serving employee who feels that he should have been promoted to President instead of Mitsuru. Mikami Fumio, who is the baseball club's manager, also tries to foil Mitsuru's plans of selling the club. Amidst all the enmity of the long-serving management, and also sabotage from a rival company, Mitsuru has to find a way to save the company from its downfall...

Just when about to commit suicide after being deserted by his bride-to-be during the wedding, a man meets a university professor who is also at the point of killing himself. A woman nearby intervenes, one thing leads to another, and the three lost souls move in together. Each episode is a distinct story about the sometimes painful, sometimes warm romances between them and the people they meet while sharing an apartment.

Kiyo is a female school student in Saga Prefecture, Japan. She admires nurses and wants to be helpful to her nation. Kiyo decides to become a war nurse. She undergoes strict training and finally graduates from nursing school. Kiyo then gets her draft notice and leaves for Manchuria, China. Everyday, she takes care of injured soldiers. A Japanese immigrant in Manchuria, Wataru, brings two injured people to her. One person is Hikaru d the other injured person is a native Chinese person named Son. Kiyo persuades Army Surgeon Hideyo to treat Son and he does so in secret. Lieutenant Colonel Kisuke soon discovers about the treatment.

A Japanese television jidaigeki that was broadcast in prime-time in 1995 on Fuji TV. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title and stars Tsutomu Yamazaki. In the Kyōhō period, there was a group of bandits called Kumokiri from the people of Edo. Tokugawa shogunate appoints Abe Shikibu a head post of the Hitsuke Tōzoku Aratamegata to arrest Kumokiri clan.

The drama sheds light on the dark side of Japan connected to the political and financial world by depicting the vicissitudes of women.