Yoji Tanaka
Popularity:4.973
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1963-08-08
Place of Birth:Nagano Prefecture, Japan
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Also Known As:Yôji Tanaka, BoBA, Youji Tanaka, Yohji Tanaka
Dokurogeki: atoaji no warui sasupensu (2012)
An omnibus drama that delivers suspense with a bad aftertaste, a number of bad endings with a hopeless aftertaste, and indescribable "unbearable"...
The Promised Land (2019)
A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road and in similar circumstances a suspect is...
Kikujiro (1999)
Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two...
Cutie Honey (2004)
When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him....
Ura Aka: L'Aventure (2021)
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...
Kamaitachi no Yoru (2002)
Fans of Kamaitachi no Yoru gather to shoot a film based on the game until one of the cast members is killed.
Party 7 (2000)
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from...
Last Life in the Universe (2003)
An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he...
Yellow Guitar (I think It’s time for me to quit music) (2017)
Go! Go! Stupid Woman! (2021)
Student Yuko is a vain person who appears to be carefree and aggressive on the outside, but her personal life is reserved and simple. One day she...
Monday (2000)
A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what...
The City of Lost Souls (2000)
Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in...
Pandemic (2009)
ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting...
Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri (2003)
Third installment of the Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 11 films made under the conditions: "the main character must be a detective" "the length must...
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001)
Set in a future dystopia where teenaged girls begin dying for no apparent reason -- and often in an elated, chronically happy state of mind. One of...
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for...
Swan's Song (2002)
Mina and Mizuki sisters attended a ballet class in Tokyo. One day, the sisters return home separately, but younger sister, Mizuki, is kidnapped on...
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021)
Newlyweds Nana and Shota move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's...
Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka (2002)
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 protector...
Street of Gravestones (2000)
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.
Kakashi (2001)
The search for her vanished brother Tsuyoshi leads Kaoru to the lonesome village Kozukata in the Japanese back-land. The locals react repelling to...
Railroad Man (1999)
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line...
Blood-Club Dolls 2 (2020)
This gruesome tale depicts a fantasy-fulfilling club which houses deadly fights where winners are rewarded, and losers meet their ultimate fate.
Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman (1998)
Frog River (2002)
Record shop clerk and aspiring DJ Tsutomu searches for his masculinity when challenged to a kendo duel.
ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止 (2023)
Nasu Kano, known as Nu, has a developmental disability. As soon as she was born, her mother abandoned her in a coin locker. One day, Nu meets Kazuma...
Monoroi (2009)
A long time ago, dozens of prostitutes were murdered in the deep countryside. Even today, the inhabitants sometimes hear the cruel laments of the...
Ryusei-Kacho (2002)
Ryusei-Kacho is renowned for his unmatchable skills in securing a seat on the infamous Japanese commuter trains. Never once has he failed until he...
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete (2002)
A girl named Ai gets a major record deal to sing a song written by a friend of hers who is deceased. However an obsessed stalker fan slowly starts...
Nebagiba New World (2021)
A former boxing gym owner and his younger brother rise up to help a boy and his teacher's daughter from a vicious religious group that preys on good...
The Warped Forest (2011)
Settle into your chair and be transported to a place both familiar and alien; where a giant shop-girl can barely fit in her store, there's a weird...
Unlucky Monkey (1998)
A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur...
SHORT FILMS (2003)
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. Third...
Whisper in a Whisper as Important (2022)
Tetsuo Gonda, nicknamed Gon-mama, is a big, macho gay man. During the day, he works out at the gym, and in the evening, he runs his Snack Hibari bar,...
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune (2009)
Komaki is a thirty-something woman that has had it with her perpetually unemployed aspiring writer husband. Following the divorce, she moves back to...
The Silver Season (2008)
The arrival of a bride-to-be shakes a hapless ski resort and proves to the three young down-and-out local skiers that there is much more to life than...
Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008)
Set in World War II, the film depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant...
Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart" (2018)
Akiko Sakata was a hikikomori during her school days. She was withdrawn from social life and isolated. She goes to Tokyo and becomes a scriptwriter.
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (2022)
A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and...
Ring Wandering (2022)
In central Tokyo, a young man, Sosuke, aspires to be a manga artist. His current work is about a battle between a hunter and a Japanese wolf. He...
Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc (2019)
Three years after Tozai Ikusa (mahjong tournament), Hiroyuki Igawa receives a letter that Shigeru Akagi’s funeral ceremony will be held....
Dare to Stop Us 2 (2024)
Sequel to "Dare to Stop Us"
The Pearl Legacy (2023)
Harumi comes to terms with her mother’s passing and gets embroiled in the hunt for a legendary 600 million yen pearl.
Jigen Daisuke (2023)
Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the...
Sado Tempest (2012)
Arashi mixes Japanese rock, Noh Masks and the weird volcanic landscapes of Sado Island in a radical reworking of The Tempest. In this Tempest the...
Pistol Opera (2001)
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
Detective of Joshidaikoji (2023)
Daiki, who works part-time as a bartender at joshidaikoji (meaning Women's college alley), discovers a junior high school student in cardiopulmonary...
Homeland (2014)
Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire...
Lemmings no Natsu (2017)
The urban legend that "Scissors-san", who cuts elementary school students with scissors, appears in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, has become a hot...
Just Like Starting Over (1998)
Asako and Yamada, after getting drunk for the first time and going straight to the hotel, spend a hot night, but they are separated by a fire that...
Making-of17才 (2004)
Behind-the-scenes footage of Houka Kinoshita's film 17才 (Age 17).
Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse (2021)
The film follows Saki (Momotsuki), Mei (Kudo), and Kaho (Teramoto), the members of the budding idol group called Wish as they are set to appear in...
The Smiling Man (2020)
Based on a novel of by Nukui Tokuro, Hohoemu Hito tells the story of Nito Toshimi who, after graduating from Japan’s most difficult university...
Enclosed Pain (2000)
Yuri and Takumi are brother and sister who faced unusually harsh treatment by their father. An act of brutality keeps them extremely close together...
Judge! (2014)
After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a...
Hydra (2019)
An assassin for a secret organization keeping Japan safe from underworld threats finds himself targeted by evil forces aiming to unleash an...
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She...
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION (1999)
Made under the restrictions of "no zoom, pan, editing or post-sound", directors Shinobu Yaguchi and Takuji Suzuki skewer Japanese social conventions...
The Fetist (1998)
An artist in an abusive relationship becomes infatuated with a young serial killer.
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
All Around Us (2008)
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure...
Charisma (1999)
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...
The Hotel Venus (2004)
In a strange alienated world there is a secret hotel in a shabby diner called the Venus Café, harboring some unusual people where compelling...
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
The Goofball (1998)
Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife who constantly shoplifts at the supermarket he...
GO (2001)
Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.
Love Bombs (2013)
A mysterious city woman named Kiyomi is cared for by an old village woman. The male villagers are intrigued by Kiyomi, especially Masaru, a young man...
Iden & Tity (2003)
If you loved movies such as Shonen Merikensack and GS Wonderland, then this one, which predates the former, will impress you as well. The story is...
My Darling of the Mountains (2008)
In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing...
Atlanta Boogie (1996)
"Atlanta Boogie" centers around a mock track meet between the "normal" and "good" citizens of Yokohama and those they want to expel from the...
Quartet for Two (2001)
Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to...
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001)
Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and...
Hero (2007)
After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in...
House of the Ghosts ~Kanako Inuki's World of Fear~ (2000)
Ghostly horror film based on the original story by horror manga artist Kanako Inuki, adapted from various horror episodes.
Age 17 (2003)
Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester,...
Stereo Future (2001)
Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but...
The Choice of Hercules (2002)
When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of...
Jenifa (2004)
Jennifer is a European girl who speaks Japanese a little. She arrives to the funeral in temple in Japanese countryside and meets a boy there. The boy...
The After-Dinner Mysteries (2013)
Kageyama (Sho Sakurai) works as the butler for rich heiress Reiko Hosho (Keiko Kitagawa). Reiko happens to be a novice detective but lacks certain...
Sun and Bolero (2022)
Starring Rei Dan, this is the third film directed by Yutaka Mizutani. Riko Hanamura (Rei Dan) is the leader of a local amateur symphony orchestra,...
Lovely Complex (2006)
Koizumi Risa an unusually tall high school girl, meets the "vertically challenged" young man Otani Atsushi. They find common ground in height...
Animus Anima (2005)
Tokio (Shugo Oshinari) and his sister Sui (Shiina Eihi) fall in love.
Route 225 (2006)
Two kids, fourteen-year-old Eriko and her thirteen-year-old brother Daigo, suddenly find themselves trapped in a parallel universe. Most things are...
Sabu (2002)
When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.
Nagurimono: Love & Kill (2005)
A foppish English businessman (Christian Storms) stages a martial-arts contest between champions of two rival yakuza gangs to resolve a dispute over...
Dance with Me (2019)
Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing...
BORDER LINE (2003)
Three storylines interweave in Border Line. Kurosawa (Murakami Jun) finds himself driving a taciturn young man named Matsuda (Sawaki Tetsu) halfway...
The Broken Commandment (2022)
At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class...
Wood Job! (2014)
After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his...
Tokarev (1994)
A school bus driver's life is irrevocably altered when his young son is kidnapped and murdered.
Go Heat Man! (2001)
17 year old Tokyo pizza delivery boy Kosuke crashes his bike into photographer Reiko and breaks her expensive camera. He promises to deliver homemade...
Hero (2015)
Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving...
Alive (2003)
Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is...
My Secret Cache (1997)
Sakiko, a young bank teller, has an unhealthy obsession with money. Thieves hold up the bank, kidnapping Sakiko in the process, but eventually crash...
Nowhere Man (1991)
Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but...
I Like You, I Like You Very Much (1994)
Japanese student You throws his relationship with boyfriend Shin into jeopardy when he begins an affair with an attractive man he meets at a train...
Glory of the Expedition (2015)
Sugisaki (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is an actor already past his prime. He lands a job as the lead in a TV program. The television program ventures into...
Hunters' Sense of Touch (1995)
A police detective investigating a vicious string of homosexual murders discovers that the latest victim appears to be the married executive who was...
增殖 世纪末的诅咒 (2000)
A female documentary writer approaches the case of a hikikomori boy's murder of a young girl and a high school girl's classmate.
Life Is Journey (2003)
LIFE IS JOURNEY is an anthology of four stories about people who live in solitude, but who yearn for togetherness. Each day brings chance meetings...
Shippu Rondo (2016)
An illegal biological weapon K-55 is stolen from a university lab. The university lab can't even call the police because the secret nature of the...
Dead End Run (2003)
Three short films with the theme of death and dead ends in common.
Yamagata Scream (2009)
High school seniors Mikayo, Chuko and Kei are forced to join a historical research club to fulfill a graduation requirement. Their teacher, Mr....
Anarchy in Japansuke (1999)
A middle-aged man walks up to young man who is sitting under a tree and shoots him. The film then flashes back to 1981, where a young woman steals a...
Platonic Sex (2001)
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...
Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017)
Nobody knows where they came from. They parasitize in human beings, take control of them and change their bodies into hideous monsters (Necro-borg)....
My Long Awaited Love Story (2017)
Riko is 27, working as a love simulation game designer, and she no longer has big expectations for a man in her life. One day app company TIMEIS,...
Waterboys (2001)
In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition,...
Forever with You (1995)
In a room with only a bed, Shizumi's left hand was somehow fixed to the bed by handcuffs and chains. "Who is this man?", "Why am I sleeping like...
Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration! (1995)
Shuji, an unemployed young man, has been living a haphazard and lethargic life, cheating on his wife with his girlfriends and constantly asking his...
What a Wonderful Life!! (2010)
Shuichi Furukawa receives a phone call from his mother. She reminds him that they are moving the next day. The following day, Shuichi takes a train...
Suddenly Arriving (1995)
The tale follows the intentional non-adventures of quiet Tachibana (Takeshi Ito), a Tokyo drifter who has worked in a suburban sausage shop for...
Unrequited Love (2016)
Childhood best friends. Cousins. Housemates. Coworkers. Eight stories of unrequited love, eight sets of people who weren't meant to be together. ...
Stake Out (2001)
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...
L (2016)
L stopped enjoying life as a little girl. She flees abuse at the hands of her adoptive parents and heads for the big city. There, L's life is wrecked...
My Cactus (2017)
My Cactus is a film from writer/director Koto Nagata that tells the story of unrequited love between its two main characters.
The Tale of Nishino (2014)
Yukihiko Nishino is very popular with women, but, in the end, he is always dumped by a woman. Yukihiko seeks out his true love.
Ringside Story (2017)
Kanako is dating Hideo. He is an unpopular actor. They have dated for 10 years with Kanako supporting him. She has worked at a bento factory, but she...
Adrenaline Drive (1999)
A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A...
Body Drop Asphalt (2001)
A young Japanese woman named Eri is intelligent and promising, but remains mired in depression and alienation. She wanders life like a ghost,...
The Outer Way (1998)
The cop Himuro is picked as scapegoat by his superiors because of their own involvement in sokaiya gangster practices.
Specialist 3 (2015)
Shu Kubota is killed by someone with a baseball bat. A metal bat and an old toy are found at the crime scene. Detective Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi)...
Specialist 4 (2015)
Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) becomes famous in Kyoto because of his ability to solve cases. The special investigation unit receives a request to...
Specialist (2013)
Kusanagi plays a police detective who gets framed for a crime he didn't commit and had to spend the last 10 years in prison. However, he regains his...
Death Note: L Change the World (2008)
"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are...
Parco Fiction (2002)
Witness a bizarre job interview and a dotty grandma in these five short surreal stories revolving around legendary Japanese department store Parco.
Nagai Nagai Satsujin (2008)
A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The...
Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
Tatsuhito, a cop, pursues Chinese warlord Wang through the underworld of Shinjuku and over to Taiwan.
Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
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...
Crime or Punishment?!? (2009)
Riko Narumi plays an unpopular idol who in an attempt to boost her faltering career becomes police chief for a day. During the day a robbery occurs...
Romantic Mania (1997)
A love story in the style of a psycho-thriller, depicting the relationship between a female police officer who continues to have an affair and the...
Survival Family (2016)
A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to...
The Soup of Heaven (2008)
Follows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a legendary soup and soup chef she's heard of. She decides...
Quartet (2001)
"Quartet" tells the story of four young musicians as they form a string quartet and pursue fame.
Swing Girls (2004)
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's...
Robo-G (2012)
Three engineers cannot make a robot work in time for a science show, and hire a man to inhabit the robot's shell to save their jobs. The robot's...
Switch of Happiness (2006)
Through this movie, you can find Your own 'Switch to Happiness'. Heartwarming story of stubborn father and his three daughters at a small electric...
Come On Irene (2018)
Iwao Shishido has found a wife. After paying three million yen for a bridal tour to the Philippines, he comes home with Irene, who is promptly...
Sing Salmon Sing (2008)
High school student Kasumi Ogino is a member of the school choir and after years of praise for her singing voice thinks she is the absolute...
The Cold-Blooded Trap (1998)
Psycho-mystery in which two men confront each other over the murder of a woman in Shibuya.
Tokyo Elegy (1999)
Fugitive Jack is doing everything in his power to evade both the police and gangsters. Assuming he’s in the clear, he moves in with Keiko, a...
The Negotiator (2003)
After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the...
Lustful Wife (1999)
A disappointed married woman who was told by a doctor that she could not have children. Her husband drowned in affair with a young woman while...
Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale (2017)
In prewar Japan under the military regime, a bloody battle between the extremely oppressive Special Higher Police and villagers begins!
Ring 0 (2000)
Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly,...
Zatoichi (2003)
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by...
Zebraman (2004)
A failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as the superhero "Zebraman". Although the TV series was...
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay...
The Samurai I Loved (2005)
A young samurai stuck at the bottom of the hierarchical order attempts to rescue his childhood sweetheart from an evil clan lord after learning of a...
First Love (2000)
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 a...
Toki no kaori: Remember me (2001)
Remake of the Korean film Ditto about a college student in the past who falls in love with a boy from the future.
All About My Dog (2005)
A series of short stories all about dogs.
119 (1994)
In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly......
Senrigan (2000)
The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as...
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw (2004)
A Japanese teenager bicycles aimlessly through the countryside after killing his mother.
Postman Blues (1997)
Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old...
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their...
Install (2004)
High school student Asako moves all of her belongings to the refuse area of her apartment complex and stops attending school. Kazuyoshi, a precocious...
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius (2001)
A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden. Such people are known as "satorare" and...
Bastoni: The Stick Handlers (2002)
Kazuhiko Nakamura directs this sexually charged wacky comedy set in the world of the Japanese adult video industry. The story follows a young woman's...
Dog Star (2002)
A seeing-eye dog (Shiro) is granted one wish by his former owner. He chooses to become a human for a short time so he can find the girl who trained...
The Battling Angel (2003)
Police struggle to uncover Klein, a powerful criminal organization. Asuka, a young detective, is assigned to contact and escort Hatsumi, a mistress...
The Taste of Tea (2004)
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film...
Round About Midnight (1999)
Koji, a jazz musician, takes a cigarette break in between sets at a Tokyo nightclub. He witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being...
In the Pool (2005)
A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.
Messengers (1999)
Naomi Shimizu is a young career woman working for Enrico Dandolo, an Italian fashion house. That is until one day the company declares bankruptcy....
KT (2002)
This movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean politician, Kim Dae-Jung.
Sensen fukoku (2002)
War between North Korea and Japan
Out (2002)
When pregnant lunchbox factory worker Yayoi has finally taken all the abuse she can handle, she strangles her brutish husband and disposes of the...
Samurai Resurrection (2003)
Shiro Amasuka, dead leader of the Shimbara Revolt is resurrected from hell with the desire of overthrowing the shogunate for killing his companions....
Shomuni (1998)
Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda
Pakodate-jin (2002)
One morning Hikaru Hino, a high school student living in Hakodate, wakes up to find she has grown a tail. She quickly cancels her first date with...
Sunday Drive (1998)
A pair of friendly coworkers at a rental video store accidentally become murderers. Borrowing a station wagon, they flee with no particular...
Taboo (1999)
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...
Red Shadow (2001)
The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and...
Hotoke (2001)
Rai pedals his bike and trailer about town, collecting old iron and sowing flower seeds. Because his face never seems to show emotion, everybody...
By Player (2000)
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the...
Aiki (2002)
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...
The Great Yokai War (2005)
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures),...
The Rakugo Movie (2013)
Rakugo Eiga is a film featuring Japan's traditional art, 'rakugo' as its theme. It is a modern adaptation of three rakugo tales presented in three...
Blood-Club Dolls 1 (2018)
Following the news of a heinous tragedy, a young woman searches the streets for her missing brother, the person accused of committing the incident....
The Letters (2006)
How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime...
Lingering Memories (2015)
One summer day, Tokiko, whose life in Tokyo is going nowhere fast, gets on an overnight bus to the countryside. When she arrives, she meets Yohei, a...
Udon (2006)
Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he...
Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)
An aspiring hair dresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby hair salons. The source of the hair is the...
Randies (2009)
In Ikebukuro, unbeaten street fighter Ran Sakurai (Yosuke Kawamura) and his friend Kenji (Yosuke Asari) run a benriya operation called "Randys" to...
Baby, Baby, Baby! (2009)
30 year old Yoko Sasaki (Arisa Mizuki) works diligently at a publishing company. She then receives the unexpected news that she is pregnant. Having...
Fade (2015)
22-year-old Kanami is constantly conscious of people's gaze due to the birthmark on her face. Upon coming in to contact with the eccentric people at...
Mobile Detectives: The Movie (2006)
Although they are still teenagers, the Zenigata Sisters are detectives, and have a grandfather in the Inspector General. They possess an uncanny...
Backdancers! (2006)
A cadre of backup dancers is left astray when their star singer moves on with her life and marriage. They each had their own ambition and hope, which...
Sakurada Gate Incident (2010)
Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.
Pacchigi! Love & Peace (2007)
In 1974, during the height of the recession, a Japanese Korean family relocates to Tokyo to raise money and seek better treatment for their ill son.
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life...
Tokyo Rhapsody (2007)
"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the...
Japanese Salaryman NEO (2011)
Shinjo is a new employee at NEO Beer, which is currently ranked fifth in the industry. When NEO’s president demands that they figure out a way...
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009)
Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop...
Killer Bride's Perfect Crime (2009)
Hiroko is about to get married to the handsome Kenichiro when disaster strikes. Her landlord stops by the happy bride-to-be’s apartment where a...
Obon Brothers (2015)
A failed director is trying to get his next movie off the ground, while dealing with his cranky brother and his estranged wife.
SPINNING KITE (2013)
Jun, Bunji, Kido and Maki spend their days wandering aimlessly in the city of Kisarazu where sense of dread rules the streets while the adults around...
Be in Happiness (2003)
Against the backdrop of Hime Island in the Genkai Sea, the film calmly depicts the daily life of the island woven by a pure-hearted young man...
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
An assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot...
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
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 case,...
Death Note (2006)
Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the...
Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie (2019)
The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses.
Summer Wars (2009)
A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her...
Igyō no koi (2002)
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...
The Way: Man of the White Porcelain (2012)
The movie is based on the true story of Takumi Asakawa - a Japanese man who entered Korea during the country's occupation by Japan. Takumi Asakawa...
Summer Breeze (2003)
A short film starring Miku Ishida, who is the most popular U-15 idol. Set in the ancient city of Ueda, Shinshu, it depicts a girl who grows up...
Kazura (2010)
Bald Moriyama wants a new image and buys a wig. It works: suddenly he has a career and a girlfriend. But life is hard when you have to keep a secret....
Yan (2020)
A young man is sent from Japan to Taiwan in order to get his disenfranchised brother to sign away his inheritance rights.
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)
In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who...
The Nikaidos' Fall (2019)
After losing his son, Tatsuya is anguished by the danger of his ancient family line coming to an end. His mother Haru urges him to embark on a...
Mrs. Noisy (2020)
Maki Yoshioka is a novelist and mother. She has been experiencing writer's block. One day, she gets into a disagreement with her neighbor Miwako...
Stalking Vampire (2018)
An aspiring actor tries to find fans on YouTube to convince his beloved to marry him. But on his way to fame everything goes awry with the appearance...
Solitary Gourmet (2012)
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments...
Gachi Baka! (2006)
Former pro boxer Gondo Tetta has come to Kaki-no-ki-zaka High School as a beginning teacher. The school hopes to restore finances by improving the...
Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break (2022)
Depicts how Ryunosuke Kamiki spends his days off during breaks in shooting dramas and movies.
His - I Didn't Think I Would Fall in Love (2019)
Nagisa is 17 years old and attends second grade in high school. He is apart from his parents and lives alone in the seaside town of Fujisawa in...
Time Limit Investigator (2006)
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are...
The Scales of Justice (2021)
A genius lawyer who changed jobs from a doctor, while suffering from the tragedy of false accusations, leads an out-of-force team to uncover the...
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)
Tofu Sisters (2010)
A tv drama that fused mockumentary, drama, and animation. It was originally planned to be an original DVD drama in 2008. Three sisters live together...
Avalanche (2021)
Seiichi Habu is a member of the mysterious outlaw group Avalanche. The group exists at a time when moral hazards run rampant among politicians,...
The Private Detective Mike (2002)
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for...
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 (2003)
NHK's 50th-anniversary memorial drama serial. This drama consisting of several short stories starring some of the well-known actors and actress of...
Gakeppuchi no Eri - Kono yo de ichiban daiji na 'Kane' no hanashi (2010)
"Gakeppuchi no Eri" describes the turbulent life of Eriko (Yamada), who has been extremely poor since childhood, due to the debt left by her parents....
One-Pound Gospel (2008)
Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first round KO. He is talented, but he has no...
I'm Home (2015)
Ieji Hisashi, a salaryman who works for a securities company, has a fuzzy memory of the recent five years because of an accident at his job posting....
Konkatsu! (2009)
Amamiya Kuniyuki is the unemployed son of a tonkatsu restaurant owner. He finds a job that requires a married person, so he lies by saying that he...
Mr. Straightforward (2010)
Matsushima Kenichiro is basically a straight guy because he hates dishonesty. He is an employee at a medium-sized building firm and works in design....
Hero (2001)
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law...
Kanban Neko (2022)
Takahashi Koume is a newbie magazine reporter. Takahashi Koume is a newbie reporter for a magazine and is being urged by the editor-in-chief, Sae...
Unhandy Handyman (2015)
The handymen in an obscure Hokkaido town shut out by the snow are the meddlesome owner Matsui Hideo, the thrice divorced Umemoto Soichi, and the...
Suits (2018)
Shogo Kai is a lawyer at one of the big 4 law firms in Japan. He is good at his job, but he is arrogant. Shogo Kai only thinks about winning and he...
Handoku!!! (2001)
As a former gang member, Hazama Ichiban witnessed the worst side of the emergency medical system and vowed to become a doctor to change it. With the...
99.9 Criminal Lawyer (2016)
Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in...
Ten: Tenhodori no Kaidanji (2018)
Takashi Ten is called to a mahjong club one night to play against Igawa Hiroyuki, a young mahjong player. Having just robbed Ten's friends blind at...
Eerie: Invisible Face (2018)
Seiji Hirokawa works as a university professor. One day, his sick wife dies. Several days later, the intercom bell rings at his home and he sees a...
The Good Wife (2019)
Kyoko Hasumi (Takako Tokiwa) is a former lawyer who quit her job to become a housewife and a mother. Her husband is an elite prosecutor. He works as...
Ryosangata Riko (2022)
Komukai Riko is a young single woman and works for an event planning company. She is considered average in regards to her personality and appearance....
ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me? (2022)
A paralegal who graduated from a big-name school teams up with an offbeat lawyer, taking on oddball little cases out of a small, neighborhood law...
Rescue: Pride of Orange (2009)
Kitajima Daichi has wanted to join the rescue squad and wear the same orange uniform ever since he was saved by them as a child. When the squad calls...
Unrequited Love (2017)
At a university football team reunion, former team manager Mitsuki Hiura confesses that she killed a person to quarterback Tetsuro Nishiwaki. She...
Saintly Woman (2014)
When I was 17-years-old, Maria was a college student and worked as a private tutor. Her student was me. She left a last message to me, "when you...
Beppin-san (2016)
The 95th NHK Asadora is about Sumire, a girl born in the uptown of Kobe in the early Showa period. In the wake of wartime devastation, she works hard...
Ouroboros (2015)
"Ouroboros" is an ancient symbol that depicts a snake eating its own tail - meaning infinity. Based on a popular comic, a clumsy detective and a cool...
Plamo no Hanashi (2024)
A talk show featuring celebrities who love plastic models.
Fake Marriage (2015)
45-year-old Hiro Kamon works as a librarian because she loves books. Although she is worshiped as the "aloof beauty" and "ideal female" for her...
Saikyou no Futari (2015)
Shinonome Jinpachi has returned to the Kyoto Prefectural Police’s First Investigative Division as a specially commissioned detective....
Untouchable (2009)
When reporter Narumi Ryoko loses her job at a first-rate publisher and ends up at a trashy tabloid called "Shukan Untouchable." She now chases...
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game (2003)
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai...
Edison's Mother (2008)
The series focuses on Ayukawa Noriko, the teacher of a class of first-graders. One day, a boy named Kento transfers into her class from another...
Ryosangata Riko (2022)
Komukai Riko is a young single woman and works for an event planning company. She is considered average in regards to her personality and appearance....
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo (2013)
At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Kotoko Aihara, who isn't that smart, notices pretty boy Naoki Irie. She falls in love with...
The Funny Chef of South Polar (2019)
The Japanese 38th South Pole research expedition team are at the Dome base. Located 1,000 km away from the main Showa base at an altitude of 3,800 m,...
Byplayers ~Meiwakiyaku no Mori no 100-nichikan~ (2021)
Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of...
Sky High (2003)
Sky High is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run,...
One Missed Call (2005)
Yumi, a writer of a science magazine, witnesses a mysterious death of a high school girl who received a "one missed call" from her own cell phone,...
Get Ready! (2023)
This dark medical drama examines the meaning of human life, centring on a team of unidentified black-market doctors who undertake any kind of surgery...
Akagi (2015)
Akagi Shigeru is a young, white-haired mahjong genius. One summer in 1965, he ends up facing off against Washizu Iwao, Japan’s King of Darkness...
Your Turn To Kill (2019)
Nana and Shota are a newlywed couple and Nana is 15 years older than Shota. Nana works as a designer and Shota works as a gym trainer. They both...
Detective School Q (2007)
The city is filled with countless urban legends. Strange incidents that occur in the midst of these legends lead people into a labyrinth... It is the...
Detective School Q (1970)
Eri and Hiroyuki are remarried couples in their 40s. They enjoy going on trips, having meals, and living an elegant life together. However, their...