Masahiro Motoki

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.

Onlarca yıla yayılan ve farklı kıtaları kapsayan romantik ve heyecan verici "Dokunmak" adlı bu hikâyede, bir adamın 50 yıl önce ortadan kaybolan ilk aşkını, vadesi dolmadan bulmak için çıktığı duygusal yolculuğu konu alıyor.

Treasure (Hazine) şehri, Kedi adı verilen küçük öksüzlerin uçabildiği bir yer. Hikayemiz, Tokyo’nun bu nispeten korunmuş mahallesinde iki küçük çocuğun hayatlarını sürdürme mücadelesini anlatıyor. Beyaz, çocuk olmanın bütün güzel özelliklerine sahipken, Siyah acımasız gerçeklerle erken yaşta karşılaşmanın getirdiği tedirginliği son derece saldırgan doğasıyla sergiliyor. Şehirdeki hayat her geçen dakika daha da zorlaşırken, bu iki çocuk hem kendilerini hem de şehrin yok olmaya yüz tutan ruhunu kurtarmak için savaşmak zorundadırlar. Siyah ve Beyaz’ın suretinde, süperkahramaların hünerleri ve boyun eğmezliğiyle oyunbaz çocuklara has masumiyet bir araya geliyor. Efektleri ve detaylarıyla göz dolduran bir Japon animesi olan Tekkonkinkreet, nefes kesen aksiyon sekansları içerse de, asıl duygusal gücünü evrensel temaları incelikle işlemesinden alıyor.

When Lord Murashige rises up against the tyrannical Oda, he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court, plunging the fortress into fear and suspicion. With Oda's army closing in and a traitor hiding among his ranks, Murashige is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kanbei, a brilliant and dangerous strategist held prisoner in the dungeon, as he must outwit his enemies and uncover the truth before time runs out.

Japonya’nın en büyük gişe başarısı kazanan filmlerinden, başrollerini Richard Gere ve Jennifer Lopez’in paylaştığı aynı adlı Hollywood filminin yeniden çevrimine ilham olan uluslararası fenomen Aşka Davet, insanın alışkanlıklarından kurtulmasına dair eğlenceli, duygusal, özgün ve sade bir karakter çalışması. Romantizm, komedi ve dansı bir araya getiren, hayatla, zarafetle, iyileşmeyle ve kendini ifade etme biçimleriyle dolu film, tipik bir beyaz yakalı, evli, orta yaşlı, işkolik muhasebeci Shohei Sugiyama’yı (Kôji Yakusho) takip ediyor. Bir gün trenle bir dans okulunun önünden geçen Shohei, pencereden genç ve güzel bir kadın görür. Sıkıcı hayatı, bu gizemli kadınla tanışmak için salon dansı derslerine kaydolmasıyla hareketli ve komik bir hâl alır.

Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

The day before his exhibition, world-renowned painter Tamura discovers that his own work contains a forgery. Meanwhile, the body of a woman with countless ukiyo-e tattoos is discovered at the sea. From the two incidents, the name of Ryuji emerges.

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.

A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.

A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this romantic dramedy that twists traditional roles by making the beauty expert a male and the cab driver a feisty female. Although he works in a glamorous industry, Naoki Mizushima can't help but notice that his life is anything but beautiful. Can the uncouth Lin Xi help him make over his life for the better?

Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of events just like his forbidden story. As the film progresses, fantasy and reality intermingle in a tale that draws heavily on influences from Poe and Stoker's Dracula. The film's strongly Expressionistic direction skillfully combines a variety of media (animation, computer-generated imagery, grainy black-and-white fast film stock, color negatives) for artistic effect.

A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.

Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline, he learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shin'ya Tsukamoto's film "Gemini".

A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathetic communist who like he is attached to the ideals of freedom and rule of the masses. Sorge is able to feed the Soviet Union useful information regarding the Axis allies and their movements in Asia and beyond.

Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline the helicopter will be dropped. 8 hours is given as the deadline. Making the situation even more dire, a young child is in the helicopter.

Modern hiçbir şeyin erişmediği, Çin'in kırsal bölgesi Yunnan, büyü ve mitin, bölgenin muhteşem manzarası kadar doğal olduğu bir yöredir. Burada insanlar atalarının uçabildiğine, kendilerinin de bu yeteneğe sahip olduğuna inanır. Pek ortak noktaları olmayan üç yolcu Yunnan'a doğru yoldadır; genç Japon şirket görevlisi Bay Wada, asabi ve sürekli bağıran bir yakuza olan Bay Ujiie ve yaşlı ve soğukkanlı Çinli rehberleri Bay Shen. Yolcular bölgede nadir bulunan bir tür yeşimle birlikte daha kıymetli bir şeyi daha keşfederler. Mavi gözlü bir Çinli kız, köyün çocuklarına uçma konusunda ders vermekte ve hipnotize eden bir melodiyi sürekli söylemektedir * bir şirket görevlisi ve yakuzanın para getirisi büyük olacağı düşünülen değerli taşa ulaşmak için gittiği köy ve orada yaşadıkları anlatılıyor. Başta tek amaç taşı bulmakken zaman geçtikçe uçan insanlar - inançlar ve köyün büyüleyici doğasıyla başka bir yere evriliyor film.

An amateur op (detective) with a career as a former legal instructor . From the search for a runaway daughter requested by Akiko "Beppin" to the murder case. A mystery drawn with a hard-boiled touch set in Kobe (some locations in Ashiya and Yokohama ). The scenery of Kobe before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is included in various background scenes, and you can see the buildings and scenery that can not be seen now.

A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't catch him. TV networks begin to broadcast the operation nationwide. TV audiences are amused and root for the runaway robber and police grows desperate to arrest him to save their face. However the robber remains at large.

Bir kanun adamı, mafya tetikçisi olan kardeşini bulmak için Londra'ya giderken Tokyo'da bir yakuza savaşı başlamak üzeredir. Güvenilecek birini bulmak, her şeyden zordur.

Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series two and three, each with 4 episodes, were broadcast in late 2010 and 2011. While most episodes were shot in Japan, one of the episodes in series two was shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the novel Saka no ue no kumo by Ryōtarō Shiba and adopted by Hisashi Nozawa. The theme song of the drama series is titled "Stand Alone". It was composed by Joe Hisaishi, written by Kundo Koyama and performed by British soprano singer Sarah Brightman.

After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring states begin to emerge in an attempt to unify the country and rule in these turbulent times. In the mid-1540s, there is a young wandering samurai in Mino which is strategically located between the East and West. His name is Akechi Mitsuhide. At this time, there is plenty of internal strife within the Toki clan which rules Mino. Surrounded by the Oda of Owari, the Imagawa of Suruga and the Asakura of Echizen, Mino has constantly faced the risk of invasion. Mitsuhide is pulled into battle and destroys the enemy. His bravery as well as stratagem catches the attention of Saito Toshimasa, the chief retainer of the Toki clan, and he is singled out. This man who is also known as Saito Dosan will go on to takeover the Toki and make Mino his own.

1979'da Tokyo'da, yaşı ilerleyen babalarının ilişkisini öğrenen birbirinden çok farklı dört kız kardeşin mutlulukları solar ve bastırılmış duyguları yavaş yavaş ortaya çıkar.

Asako Ikeuchi and Natsuko Hayakawa have been close friends for more than 25 years. Natsuko's husband Keisuke had affairs, so she asks Asako to let her stay at her house. Keisuke was once Asako's boyfriend. They will soon be 30 years old. There are other nice guys around Asako. It's a drama about their love and friendship.

A newspaper reporter (Masahiro Motoki) uncovers a secret "Okinawa pact" between the Japanese and U.S. government. A woman who is the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes a key figure in the story.

In the late 6th century the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various warrior clans. Shotoku Taishi, second son of Emperor Yomei, strived to create a new nation out of this chaos. NHK captures this great man from a time in history rarely depicted on screen, in a story of epic proportions. Shotoku Taishi is known mainly through legends and myths and has been viewed as more god than man. The elaborate and colorful costumes of the time and the beauty of ancient Japan enhance this fascinating historical drama.

A Meiji era home drama about the great writer Soseki Natsume and his wife Kyōko. A story of love and tears of a funny couple starring Rie Miyazawa and Masahiro Motoki!