Joel Hopkins

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Joel Hopkins (born 1970) is a British independent film director and screenwriter best known for his films Jump Tomorrow (2001) and Last Chance Harvey (2008).

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Joel Hopkins

biography: Joel Hopkins (geboren 1970) ist ein britischer unabhängiger Filmregisseur und Drehbuchautor, der vor allem für seine Filme Jump Tomorrow (2001) und Last Chance Harvey (2008) bekannt ist.

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job: Director

title: Jump Tomorrow

overview: When shy, straitlaced George meets vivacious, adorable Alicia, he's instantly smitten -- which puts his imminent arranged marriage in jeopardy. He vows to do the right thing, but then he falls in with Gerard, a lovesick, voluble Frenchman who overcomes George's sense of propriety and takes him on a meandering road trip to amour.

department: Directing

original_title: Jump Tomorrow

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job: Writer

title: Jump Tomorrow

department: Writing

title: Last Chance Harvey

overview: In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British government worker stuck in an endless cycle of work, phone calls from her mother, and blind dates. A connection forms between the unhappy pair, who soon find themselves falling in love.

original_title: Last Chance Harvey

title: The Love Punch

overview: Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a worry-free existence as he arrives at his office on his last day of work. Much to his dismay, he discovers that the management buyout of his company was fraudulent. The company is now bankrupt and the employee pension fund — including his own — has been embezzled. Enlisting the help of his ex-wife Kate, Richard sets out to track down the shady businessman behind the fraud.

original_title: The Love Punch

title: The Love Punch

title: Jorge

overview: A lovelorn man is entranced by a beautiful girl who takes a ladybug from his neck.

original_title: Jorge

title: Hampstead

overview: Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets  local recluse, Donald Horner. For 17 years, Donald has lived—wildly yet peacefully—in a ramshackle hut near the edge of the forest. When Emily learns his home is the target of developers who will stop at nothing to remove him, saving Donald and his property becomes her personal mission. Despite his gruff exterior and polite refusals for help, Emily is drawn to him—as he is to her—and what begins as a charitable cause evolves into a relationship that will grow even as the bulldozers close in.

original_title: Hampstead

title: Not Bloody Likely

overview: The true story behind the 1914 West End production of George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion."

original_title: Not Bloody Likely

title: Not Bloody Likely

place_of_birth: London, England

title: Jump Tomorrow

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title: Jump Tomorrow

title: Last Chance Harvey

title: The Love Punch

title: The Love Punch

title: Jorge

title: Hampstead

title: Not Bloody Likely

title: Not Bloody Likely

known_for_department: Directing


Mako Midori

Yumechiyo Nikki

overview: Yumechiyo is the madam of a geisha house in a remote hot spring in the San'in region. When Yumechiyo learns that she is dying of leukemia caused by the atomic bomb, she writes about her life in the form of a diary, which is a collection of human dramas and the joys and sorrows of her life.

original_name: 夢千代日記

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Pro Hunter

original_name: プロハンター

Hitori Shizuka

overview: In a residential area, a man is murdered by another man, who broke into his apartment. Sergeant Kizaki, who is working near the area, hears a gunshot and runs towards the apartment. Detective Oomura already is at the scene of the crime.

character: 浜西タツ

original_name: ヒトリシズカ

Playgirl

overview: Playgirl is a Japanese television action/drama series that ran from 1969 to 1976 over a total of 287 episodes. It was conceived in the Spy-Fi genre.

original_name: プレイガール

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绿魔子

biography: 绿 魔子（日语：みどり まこ，1944年3月26日－），原名石桥 良子（旧姓：小岛），是中华民国台湾台北市出身的日本女演员。她于1964年出道并加入演艺圈，而她在同年的蓝丝带奖内的电影《二匹的牝犬》之中夺得最佳新人奖。[1]她的丈夫石桥莲司是一位男演员。

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also_known_as: 緑魔子 绿魔子 石桥良子

title: Shogun and His Mistress 2

overview: In the year 1786, Shogun Ieharu Tokugawa selected beautiful Ochisa to be his concubine. It causes other concubines to become very jealous and mean. When the Shogun passes away, his concubines are forced to become nuns, which they are not happy to be. The subject is life inside a shogun's harem, and the treatment is again more restrained than in most of the historical pinku eiga films being produced by independents at the time, but the tone of this middle installment in the trilogy is decidedly more grim than that of its predecessor. There's a good deal of abuse and violence on display, as the shogun dies and his concubines are sent to a remote convent to become buddhist nuns. the hysterical nuns are being punished for their transgressions and committing suicide in grand exploitation fashion.

character: Okoto

original_title: 続大奥(秘)物語

title: Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

overview: Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.

character: Mimiko

original_title: 日本一の断絶男

title: Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

overview: Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.

character: Yumi

original_title: 御用牙 鬼の半蔵やわ肌小判

title: Color

original_title: いろ

title: Dupe

overview: A man who hunts for women and sells them to bars and cabarets. This film depicts the lives of men and women who breathe the dark side of the city and live with a mysterious strength amidst vice. The fourth film in the Night Youth series by the duo Umemiya Tatsuo and Midori Mako.

original_title: かも

title: Secret Club 000

original_title: 夜の悪女

title: Nocturnal Lights

original_title: 赤い夜光虫

title: Main Street in the Underworld

original_title: 暗黒街大通り

title: Gang's Upward Strategy

original_title: ギャング頂上作戦

title: Utamaro's World

overview: Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.

character: Oryo

original_title: 歌麿 夢と知りせば

title: Night Bitch

overview: A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a rich married man. Their attempts at making easy money can only end tragically.

character: Chizuka Yuasa

original_title: 夜の牝犬

title: Female

original_title: 牝

title: Night Scandal

character: Fuyuko Enjo

original_title: 悪女

title: A Charming Devil

overview: Movie adaptation of the TV series.

original_title: 悪魔のようなすてきな奴

title: Attack at Daylight

overview: A truck driver is reunited with friends from his youth in a seedy bar and gets drawn into a web of crime.

character: Reiko

original_title: 白昼の襲撃

title: Three Resurrected Drunkards

overview: Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan. The action develops into a crime story.

character: Nechan

original_title: 帰って来たヨッパライ

title: Underworld Code

overview: A big American boss landed in Japan in search of funding sources. A lone wolf trying to stop it ends up fighting against his big brother's organization and emerging powers. A huge gangster story depicting a three-way turf war on a large scale.

original_title: 暗黒街仁義

title: Lost Lovers

overview: A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru must take action.

original_title: あらかじめ失われた恋人たちよ

title: The Japanese Belly Button

overview: Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.

character: Helen Amatsu / Momoe / Junko

original_title: 日本人のへそ

title: Night Scandal in Japan

overview: The sexworker who works in Turkish baths plans to make her fortune on the stock market, open a beauty salon, and marry her boyfriend. However, her plans are turned upside down by the arrival of her half-sister, and her boyfriends unfaithfulness.

character: Natsuko Namiki

original_title: 二匹の牝犬

title: Wild Ducks and Green Onions

overview: The four-member con group, including the intellectual boss Nobukichi Ishiguro (Masayuki Mori), who is called an "aristocrat con man" for his elegant appearance; the amorous Kyuhei Maruki (Tadao Takashima); the inventive Yosuke Mori (Hideo Sunatsuka); and the amorous Mami (Mako Midori), set one bizarre trap after another in their quest for the perfect crime in this wry crime comedy.

original_title: カモとねぎ

title: Gate of Youth 2

overview: Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.

character: Teruyo

original_title: 青春の門　自立篇

title: Blind Beast

overview: A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.

character: Aki

original_title: 盲獣

title: Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair

overview: The titular "tarantula" is a murderous woman who, along with the brother who is in love with her, kill without warrant because they are wealthy & above the law. Kyoshiro the homeless masterless wandering samurai has nothing to lose, & no scruples anyway, so can reproach even the powerful with ease. He is thus, for all that he has broad streaks of villainy all his own, a champion of the people by default.

original_title: 眠狂四郎人肌蜘蛛

title: 埋もれる

original_title: 埋もれる

title: The Egoists

overview: Kazu attacks a bar in Kabukicho, a Tokyo red-light district, and flees to his hometown with abducts Machiko, a pole dancer he's been stuck on. They begin living together, but their happiness is short lived as their pasts torment them both.

character: Chiyoko Sugita

original_title: 軽蔑

title: Shinran: Path to Purity

overview: In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.

original_title: 親鸞 白い道

title: The Beast Shall Die

overview: Kunihiko Date, a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father to ruin.

original_title: 野獣死すべし 復讐のメカニック

title: 喜劇 深夜族

character: 重盛幸子

original_title: 喜劇 深夜族

title: Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 9 - Ghost Story of the Evening Mist Tower

overview: Ninth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

original_title: 怪奇十三夜 第九回 怪談夕霧楼

title: I Am a Cat

overview: Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!

character: Teacher of Koto

original_title: 吾輩は猫である

title: The Pretty Jade

title: Raised in a Palace

overview: Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a geisha at night  She sees her future as an entertainer, not a prostitute, & she expects a happy marriage with a medical student, Yasuke (Katsuo Nakamura), a sweet fellow she deeply loves.  but things started to getting worse for Tamiko and she's forced to become the mistress of the disgusting Tsukada (Seiji Miyaguchi).

title: Stray Dog

overview: When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.

title: Tale of Japanese Burglars

overview: Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.

title: Love in the Mud

overview: This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy.  Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being with her friends and studying. Her biggest interest is ladies hats. She is rather well off, as her father is the ambassador of Japan in Spain.  One day when she is out driving, she is attacked by a group of yakuza, but is saved by the honorable yakuza Jiro. This will change her life forever.

title: Army Intelligence

overview: Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Borneo Island with a special mission.

title: Age of Japanese Guerrillas

overview: Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see his girlfriend Yukiko but gets picked up for vagrancy in Shinjuku and thrown in jail. Helped by a yakuza and a prostitute, he goes on a search for Yukiko but winds up on a journey of sexual discovery.

title: Star Sand

overview: In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. The two men are deserters from their armies; yet both vow never to harm another human being again. Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. It leads to the death of three of them and a fascinating mystery that isn't solved until the present day.

title: Sex Peddlers

overview: The "Nighttime Youth Series" vividly depicts the lives of men and women consumed by lust and desire in the nighttime entertainment districts of a neon-lit metropolis. The first installment, "The Pimp," portrays the life of a yakuza who makes a living as a pimp, and Tatsuo Umemiya's portrayal of a womanizer who can manipulate women at will was a perfect fit and garnered much attention.

title: I'm No Angel

overview: A young couple lives together in a small apartment and struggles to keep their relationship together, despite inertia and financial hardship. Based on the comic Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi.

title: Zenigeba

title: Follow the Girls

overview: Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.

original_title: 喜劇　女は男のふるさとヨ

title: The Black Cat

overview: Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.

title: A Circus Girl

title: A Japanese Demon

overview: A psychotherapist suffers from the onslaughts of Satori, the demon whose name is paradoxically homonymic to the word used for enlightenment experiences in the Zen tradition. Many people mistakenly believe that such a state is the goal of Zen practice; however, the demon strikes at people who are in a state devoid of thought or feeling. Satori's influence spreads from the psychotherapist to a couple who grow increasingly uninhibited.

title: Military Comfort Woman

overview: Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army during WW2.

title: The Shy Deceiver

overview: A young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl.

title: The Spying Sorceress

overview: Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treasure of the Toyotomi family, discovered in connection with the plot to overthrow the shogunate.

title: The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

overview: Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.

title: The Gentle Japanese

overview: A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.

title: The Rickshaw Man’s Son

overview: A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a daughter of a Japanese restaurant’s owner. His father is not happy because Komakichi has no intention to become a rickshaw man to follow in his father’s footsteps.

title: The Stupid Teacher

overview: Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing a lot of commotion.

title: Pretty Devil Yoko

overview: Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here the first boyfriend.

title: Secret Love

title: Too Young to Die

overview: A young couple, composed of a cheating wife and a retired car racer, arrive at a drive-in. A man with a gun arrives at the restaurant and takes hostages. Chaos ensues.

title: The Viper Brothers and the Young General

overview: The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends in need as his naivety prevents him from seeing their true nature.

title: The Dog Bridegroom

overview: Ninomiya Azusa is a depressed elementary school teacher in Tokyo, who has problems both at work and in her personal life. One day, she suddenly hears a voice saying "If you go to Imore Island, you will get what you want.", so she decides to give it a try.

title: Chained Bitch

overview: Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

title: Women Doing Time

title: The Great Villains

overview: Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a blackmailed singer, and a corrupt lawyer.

title: Graveyard of Masks

overview: In a struggling small theater troupe, director Inuo pressures an actor to perform a death role with extreme intensity, resulting in a fatal accident. Despite the tragedy, Inuo attempts to proceed with the scheduled performance. Legendary underground theater performers Jūrō Kara and Mako Midori appear in the episode, exploring themes of theatre performance, obsession, and the boundary between reality and illusion.

title: Nani ga nandemo Tamegorō

title: Tokyo Untouchables

title: やるぞみておれ為五郎

title: Umarekawatta Tamegorō

overview: A drifting gambler named Tamegorō befriends a weary salesman and helps connect him with a nightclub hostess whose father has just been released from prison. In a rapidly industrializing coastal town dominated by yakuza influence, Tamegorō becomes entangled in gang conflicts and the exploitation of local workers. As he grows attached to the struggling people around him, the carefree drifter finds himself driven toward an act of rebellion against the corrupt underworld controlling the city.

title: Nighttime Youth Series: Iro

overview: The "Nighttime Youth Series" vividly depicts the lives of men and women consumed by lust and desire in the nighttime entertainment districts of a neon-lit metropolis. In the second installment, "Iro," Tatsuo Umemiya plays a bartender in a mammoth bar who seduces female customers and extracts money from them, showcasing his charming personality alongside a cast of gorgeous sexy actresses.

title: Shogun and His Mistress 2

title: Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

title: Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

original_title: 御用牙 鬼の半蔵やわ肌小判

title: Color

title: Dupe

title: Secret Club 000

title: Nocturnal Lights

title: Main Street in the Underworld

title: Gang's Upward Strategy

title: Utamaro's World

title: Night Bitch

title: Female

title: Night Scandal

title: A Charming Devil

title: Attack at Daylight

title: Three Resurrected Drunkards

title: Underworld Code

title: Lost Lovers

original_title: あらかじめ失われた恋人たちよ

title: The Japanese Belly Button

title: Night Scandal in Japan

title: Wild Ducks and Green Onions

title: Gate of Youth 2

title: Blind Beast

title: 埋もれる

title: The Egoists

title: Shinran: Path to Purity

title: The Beast Shall Die

original_title: 野獣死すべし 復讐のメカニック

title: 喜劇 深夜族

original_title: 怪奇十三夜 第九回 怪談夕霧楼

title: I Am a Cat

title: The Pretty Jade

title: Raised in a Palace

title: Stray Dog

title: Tale of Japanese Burglars

title: Love in the Mud

title: Army Intelligence

title: Age of Japanese Guerrillas

title: Star Sand

title: Sex Peddlers

title: I'm No Angel

title: Zenigeba

title: Follow the Girls

original_title: 喜劇　女は男のふるさとヨ

title: The Black Cat

title: A Circus Girl

title: A Japanese Demon

title: Military Comfort Woman

title: The Shy Deceiver

title: The Spying Sorceress

title: The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

title: The Gentle Japanese

title: The Rickshaw Man’s Son

title: The Stupid Teacher

title: Pretty Devil Yoko

title: Secret Love

title: Too Young to Die

title: The Dog Bridegroom

title: Chained Bitch

title: Women Doing Time

title: The Great Villains

title: Graveyard of Masks

title: Nani ga nandemo Tamegorō

title: Tokyo Untouchables

title: やるぞみておれ為五郎

title: Umarekawatta Tamegorō

title: Nighttime Youth Series: Iro


Yukihiko Tsutsumi

biography: Yukihiko Tsutsumi (堤幸彦, Tsutsumi Yukihiko; born November 3, 1955) is a Japanese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos as an employee of Nippon Television. After spending time abroad, he returned and started his own production company, Office Crescendo, from which he works independently. His first television drama on Nippon Television was called Kora! Tonneruzu and ran from 1985 to 1989. He directed Taitei no Ken, an original work by Baku Yumemakura, in 2007.

Television ga Kureta Yume

overview: Focusing on the directors, writers and producers who have worked on numerous dramas and variety shows produced by TBS, the program explores the behind-the-scenes stories behind their masterpieces, including the ingenuity used to create hit productions and the friendships between them and celebrities.

original_name: テレビがくれた夢

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

overview: Living in Ikebukuro — an area infamous for juvenile crime, 21-year-old Makoto Majima becomes associated with a youth gang called the G-Boys. A troubleshooter known for his cool headedness and ability to get things done, Makoto diffuses tense situations around Ikebukuro to keep his friends and others out of harm's way. However, the mysterious death of his girlfriend and an escalating gang turf war threaten to be more than Makoto can handle.

original_name: 池袋ウエストゲートパーク

H2: The Days with You

overview: Drama series based on manga H2 by Adachi Mitsuru about two rival high school baseball games. The stars of each team, Hideo and Hiro, happen to be childhood friends.

original_name: H2~君といた日々~

Trick

overview: Although 23 year old Yamada Naoko is a "super" magician, she is continously fired and constantly hounded by her landlady for the rent being late. After being fired once again, her boss shows her an ad of a physics professor, a non-believer of all things magical, offering money to anyone who can prove to him that magic is real. Desperately needing the money, Naoko accepts the challenge, which is how she comes to meet Professor Ueda. Falling prey to her simple magic tricks, Ueda is impressed, and enlists Naoko to help him uncover the tricks behind a local cult. Their hilarious antics, along with those of police officer Yabe, leads them onto further mysteries, all with tricks needing to be solved in sort of an "X-Files" meets "Scooby-Doo"...

original_name: トリック

name: Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World

overview: "I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful." A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto. His time with the girl comes back to him. The colored sand runs through his hands and a tear appears on his cheek. He wakes up. It's 2004 and he is 34 years old and in Japan. He thinks "I have been in a world without her for 17 years." Returning home to see his old high school for the last time before it is demolished, Saku confronts anew the loss of the love of his life, Aki, to leukemia 17 years ago. Now a medical researcher at graduate school, he has been living as if half of him died with her since then.

original_name: 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ

SPEC ~ First Blood

overview: An eccentric genius and a demoted special forces officer team up in Tokyo's Unidentified Crimes Unit to tackle criminals with supernatural abilities.

original_name: SPEC 〜警視庁公安部公安第五課 未詳事件特別対策係事件簿〜

Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi

overview:
Higurashi Tabito has lost four out of his five senses--his sense of sound, smell, taste, and touch. The only sense he has is sight, which he relies on for his job as a detective who has to investigate and find various missing objects. He works at the detective agency with Yukiji, his buddy and manager, and Tei, his adopted daughter. No matter what it is, Tabito always finds the missing object. His investigative methods, however, are a little bizarre. His eyes seem to be able to see everything, including things that regular people can't see, like scents and emotions.

Without a single blood relative left in the world, the lonely Tabito pours his heart out on his job. Each case he solves brings him closer to Yukiji, Tei, and her daycare teacher Yoko, who all treat him like family. Wrapped in their warmth, his heart begins to melt.

original_name: 視覚探偵 日暮旅人

Starman: A Love Story

overview: Sawako (Ryoko Hirosue) was dumped by her husband and since then she has raised her three sons alone. One day, she happens to meet a young man (Sota Fukushi) who is dying. She falls in love with him at first sight. The young man also suffers from memory loss. Sawako names him Hoshio. Taking advantage of his memory loss, she decides to make him live with her and as the father of her three sons. Now, Sawako, her three sons, her grandmother and Hoshio all live together. Sawako hopes Hoshio never regains his memory. Hoshio also begins to develop feelings for her. Whenever Sawako has troubles, Hoshio helps her out with his mysterious ability. Hoshio's past is also a mysterious. A mystery that is finally revealed.

original_name: スターマン・この星の恋

Stand Up!!

overview: Stand Up!! is a Japanese television drama which ran weekly for three months in 2003. The drama, which stars Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi and Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS, centers around the lives of the last four virgins left in their highschool as they struggle to lose their virginity over their final high school summer vacation. A 6-DVD Box Set featuring all eleven episodes, as well as six individual volumes were released in Japan on December 18, 2003.

original_name: Stand Up!!

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

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

original_name: 金田一少年の事件簿

The Man with God's Tongue

original_name: 神の舌を持つ男

Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza

overview: Nagamitsu Bakushu is a mysterious police officer who mans a hotline within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Organised Crime Department for breakaway yakuza members. After receiving a phone call, the detective in charge has to make contact with the yakuza, protect him, fix things up with the organised crime group which the yakuza belongs to, and finally place the yakuza in a respectable occupation. Although Bakushu ended up supporting the rehabilitation of yakuzas, she somehow treats them like enemies and gets the people around her involved.

original_name: ヤメゴク～ヤクザやめて頂きます～

Miman City

overview: After a devastating earthquake strikes Makuhara the northern part of Chiba, 18 year-old Yamato, leaves to Makuhara to find his friend Kiichi who lives in the area. On his way Yamato meets Takeru, who is also traveling to Makuhara as a volunteer in the relief effort. However, when the two arrive at Makuhara they are shocked to find that the city, which is under government lock down, is intact and is managed solely by children after a mysterious virus results in the deaths of all the adults. Forced to survive on their own, the child leaders must save the city and also fight the government, which tries to hide the truth.

original_name: ぼくらの勇気 未満都市

Psychometrer Eiji

overview: Eiji, an average high school student, and his 2 friends stumble onto a crime scene. When he touches something with one of his hands, he is able to receive brief impressions of the past of the object - psychometry. Determined to solve crimes, a woman detective finds out about his ability and tries to persuade him to use it, even resorting to food bribes for he and his friends.

original_name: サイコメトラーEIJI

Love is Still Necessary

overview: Rage, a pimp who only loves money and himself, is sent to jail for 6 months. While he is in the jail, Rage’s partner, Reiji, dies in a traffic accident. Released from prison, Rage finds himself having lost everything but a debt of 6 million dollars. One day, Rage is visited by a lawyer that mistakes him for Reiji. According to the lawyer, Reiji’s father died and left him a large inheritance. Reiji’s only other living relative is his blind sister. Rage smells money and hatches a plan to pretend to be Reiji and steal his money.

original_name: 愛なんていらねえよ、夏

Keizoku: Unsolved Cases

overview:
Keizoku is a Japanese mystery thriller created first as a TV drama and later as a film. It is about Detective Jun Shibata, who handles unsolved cases with her hardened partner Tōru Mayama.

The television series was broadcast in eleven episodes between 8 January and 19 March 1999. A two-hour "special drama" was then broadcast on 24 December 1999. The series has been called "epoch-making" in the police procedural genre on Japanese television.

original_name: ケイゾク

name: SPECサーガ黎明編『Knockin'on 冷泉's SPEC Door』～絶対預言者 冷泉俊明が守りたかった幸福の欠片～

original_name: SPECサーガ黎明編『Knockin'on 冷泉's SPEC Door』～絶対預言者 冷泉俊明が守りたかった幸福の欠片～

Get Ready!

overview: 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 with superhuman surgical skills and exorbitant medical expenses. Hazama Eisuke, also known as "Ace", is a genius surgeon who works as a patissier during the day. He has an operating room equipped with the latest equipment in the basement of his patisserie, where he performs surgeries on patients who have been abandoned by others. Shimoyamada Jo, also known as "Joker", is a brilliant international lawyer and a negotiator with patients.

original_name: Get Ready!

Knockin' on Locked Door

overview: Gotenba Tori and Katanashi Hisame are private detectives who work together and run the detective agency Knockin' on Locked Door. They are partners and, at the same time, rivals. They use different methods to solve cases and also have different personalities. Gotenba Tori is good at solving cases in terms of how the case took place. He always wears a black turtleneck regardless of season, and he doesn't hesitate to express his feelings. Meanwhile, Katanashi Hisame is good at solving cases in terms of why the case took place. He is guided by common sense and always wears a suit with glasses. These two detectives with different personalities take on the most difficult cases and work together to solve them.

original_name: ノッキンオン・ロックドドア

SICK'S Jo no Shou

overview: Again we follow a pair of police detectives as they track down offenders with special abilities (SPEC). However, since the events of the previous chapters, MPD Public Security's special division for solving cases involving unknown circumstances (Mishou) no longer exists. Instead, there is now an exclusive special division (Tokumu) as part of the Cabinet Information Research Office that only deals with cases involving SPEC holders led by Nonomura Koutarou's younger brother, Nonomura Koujirou

original_name: SPECサーガ完結篇｢SICK'S 恕乃抄｣～内閣情報調査室特務事項専従係事件簿～

Stage Play "Journey to the West"

overview: Born from the stone egg of Mount Huaguo, Son Goku (played by Ainosuke Kataoka) wreaks havoc in the Heavenly Realm, earning the wrath of the Jade Emperor (played by Shin Tamura) and is imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain.

original_name: 舞台「西遊記」

Three Way Battle of Japanese New Era

overview: A “hyper comedy-drama” that portrays three people who firmly believe they are direct descendants of the three great warlords of the Sengoku era— Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu — engaging in fierce battles of pride, honor, and lineage as the “Three Great Heroes of the Reiwa Era.”

original_name: 令和の三英傑！

Spec saga "The Romance of Satori"

overview: Spec saga "The Romance of Satori" is a 24 minute science fiction-comedy-adventure-action-suspense-romance-mystery starring Yuina Kuroshima as Ito Ninomae, Erina Mano as Satori Hoshi and Naoki Kunishima as Shoichi Mizushima. The series premiered on Fri Sep 28, 2018 on Paravi and EP06 (S01E06) last aired on Fri Sep 28, 2018.

original_name: SPECサーガ黎明篇「サトリの恋」

Gate on the Horizon: Goth

overview: Taku, a boy who remembers everything he sees, keeps his head down to avoid mental overload. Only music offers him relief, so he often hums to clear his mind. His classmates Mick and Yoji join in with raps and harmonies, forming a playful trio. One day, they’re confronted by a gang led by the feared Ganaha Ryu. Just as things escalate, Taku’s father and his twin brother appear—and inexplicably, a rap battle begins. Ganaha Rui, Ryu’s younger brother, outshines everyone, and Taku’s attempt is mocked, sparking a chaotic brawl. Mick fights fiercely, but the group is outnumbered. Then Taku sings. His voice, pure and unexpected, stops the fight and moves the crowd to tears. The gang stands down, and Ryu acknowledges them. Through his song, Taku turns conflict into connection, gaining new allies and discovering the power of his voice.

original_name: ゲート・オン・ザ・ホライズン〜GOTH〜

Sushi Ōji!

overview: Maizu Tsukasa grew up with his famous grandfather and father. He has been called Sushi Oji since the age of 10. An unfortunate accident happened which caused him to develop Fish Eye Phobia. With such a phobia, how can he continue to make sushi? With the help of Master Burusu Riri and Okudaira Kurage, can he get over his Fish Eye Phobia and once again become the Sushi Oji that everyone remembers?

original_name: スシ王子!

Handoku!!!

overview: 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 aggressive passion he learned on the streets, Ichiban has worked his way to becoming a no-nonsense emergency medicine resident. But it is this same passion that he must learn to control when confronted with a situation beyond his help.

original_name: ハンドク!!!

Shimokita Sundays

overview: This drama portrays the nostalgia of "the good old days" and youthful hopes and dreams. Yuika Satonaka (Ueto) is a freshman in university who came to live in Tokyo to continue her studies. Although she had a brand new start before her eyes, she was somehow at a loss. Nothing seemed to interest her and her hopes and dreams were distant. One day at the school orientation, her eyes are glued to a sudden performance of a group of unsuccessful actors, "Shimokita Sundays". Their unique play made her laugh... something she had forgotten for a long time. Yuika takes a chance to visit Shimokita and goes to see their play only to find how unpopular and how very few audiences they had. But still, their performance touches Yuika’s soul... great enough to make her try out for their audition.

original_name: 下北サンデーズ

Mr. Grim Reaper

overview: Detective Gido Kennin (Tanaka Kei) specialises in reinvestigations, and is the most shunned and loathed person at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He carries around a name card with no department written on it and takes pleasure in uncovering cases where the police created false charges. Gido reveals the negligence of the police such as mistakes in initial investigations and cover ups, reconsidering the testimonies and evidence from these cases to discover the real criminals. He hates it if people escape punishment and in order to prevent this from happening, he makes all other sacrifices. It is said that no one will be happy after Gido’s investigations, and this has earned him the nickname “grim reaper”.

original_name: 死神さん

金田一少年事件簿-堂本刚版

original_name: 金田一少年事件簿-堂本刚版

also_known_as:
츠츠미 유키히코
堤ユキヒコ

title: 2LDK

overview: Hoping to land a role, two Japanese actresses begin a fight within their apartment that keeps escalating.

title: truth: 1 Night, 1 Room, 3 Baddest Bitches

overview: A Japan-set battle-royale comedy over a vial of sperm is centered around three women on the verge of a nervous breakdown from hearing their biological clock ticking away: a doctor and manager of a sperm bank, Sana Kobayashi, a single mother, Maron Kuribayashi, and an alluring receptionist, Mayumi Kujō. Unknowingly, the three shared a beloved partner and a sperm donor, Makoto, but lost him in a sudden accident. The night of Makoto's funeral they are shocked to discover each other in his room. In a rage of screaming, thrashing, and boasting about their own sexual prowess with Makoto, more fierce emotions erupt once Sana's plan to self-inseminate is exposed, but this leads to unexpected consequences. They affirm their real love for Makoto and reveal his true wishes.

original_title: truth 〜姦しき弔いの果て〜

title: Forbidden Siren

overview: A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing.

title: BECK

overview: Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.

title: 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption

overview: The final showdown, and the final reveal. Who is Friend? How can he be stopped?

original_title: 20世紀少年 －最終章－ ぼくらの旗

title: Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer

overview: Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown complacent after unsuccesfully pursuing these cases that many consider an exercise in futility. With her upper class breeding, her colleagues don't expect much from her either, but she suprises them all with her motivation and astounding powers of deduction. Well-constructed mysteries and colorful characters abound in this stylish and edgy police drama.

title: Trick: The Movie

overview: Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko (Yukie Nakama) is summoned as a deity to rid the people of their anxiety. But there are many would-be deities there, each posing as a god. When a series of bizarre incidents occur, Naoko is cornered with a genius physicist (Hiroshi Abe) and Detective Yabe (Katsuhisa Namase). Do deities actually exist, or are they charlatans?

title: ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×20 FILM “Record of Memories”

overview: Captures the group in one of its last concerts on its 2018-2019 "5×20" anniversary tour.

original_title: ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×20 FILM “Record of Memories”

original_title: truth 〜姦しき弔いの果て〜

title: Jam Films

overview: Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.

title: Collage of Our Lives

overview: A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumors that she has died, he follows his curiosity to New York City.

title: SPEC: Heaven

overview: Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by postulating the "SPEC" of the unknown criminals and then deduce the criminal's unknown "SPEC" to make arrests. A mystery occurs when bodies are found on a cruiser in the ocean. Saya Toma and Ryo Kase of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are brought in to solve the case.

title: Trick: The Movie 2

overview: Ueda employes Yamada to go a mysterious island in search of a girl (played by Maki Horikita) that disappeared 10 years ago. They discover the island is run by Kobako Sachiko, who can appear and disappear via boxes, among other strange powers.

title: Angel Home

overview: The "Himawari So" ("Sunflower House") is a group home for mentally underdeveloped adults. Manga artist Itpon Aijo (Naoto Takenaka) begins to work at the "Himawari So". He moves into the home with his daughter Mako (Shihori Kanjiya), who is mentally underdeveloped. Uyan (Takayuki Takuma) is a resident at the group home. Uyan and Mako begin to develop feelings for each, but Itpon becomes worried about them.

title: Egg

overview: A bored office worker sees a giant egg when she closes her eyes, and when it hatches, each blink unleashes escalating real-world horrors.

title: The Files of Young Kindaichi: School's Seven Mysteries Murder Case

original_title: 金田一少年の事件簿 学園七不思議殺人事件

title: Kimi to mitai kowai hanashi

overview: An omnibus of three stories by three directors competing on the theme of erotic-horror suspense.

title: Memories of Tomorrow

overview: After being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young businessman slips slowly away from his loving family.

title: Christmas in New York

overview: In his album film, Tatsuro Yamashita sings in English against the backdrop of Christmas in New York.

title: Black Jack

overview: Matsuzaki, who gets critically injured after a sketchy deal, is taken by his girlfriend to a church where it is rumored that miracles happen. There, they find strange twins named Pinoko. With Pinoko's guidance, Matsuzaki is saved by a genius surgeon, BJ, in exchange for exorbitant fees. However, Matsuzaki is captured by the police.  Meanwhile, Reiko, a female detective who pursues Matsuzaki and other organizations, tries to solve a mystery by conducting an independent investigation. It turns out Matsuzaki was found dead.

title: My House

overview: Suzumoto and Sumi creatively master their independent lives while living in a park in Nagoya. In contrast, a middle-class family is caught up in pressure and routine. The two threads of the story gradually intertwine, until a tragic escalation occurs. Shot with a black-and-white documentary feel, yet highly stylized, the film analyzes the contradictions and pathologies of modern society.

title: Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP

overview: This special takes place three years after the end of the original series. Makoto is homeless as a result of his mom selling out their shop and soon becomes involved in a ‘bone smasher’ case, in which someone puts homeless people to sleep and breaks their bones.

original_title: 池袋ウエストゲートパークスープの回

title: SPEC: Close Reincarnation

overview: Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".

original_title: 劇場版 SPEC～結～ 爻ノ篇

title: Trick the Movie: Last Stage

overview: Trade company employee Shinichi recommends to Naoko and Jiro to go to a beautiful place abroad. There, Naoko and Jiro meets tribal shaman and sees through her tricks. The shaman has refused to leave her place.

original_title: トリック劇場版 ラストステージ

title: The Files of Young Kindaichi: Snow Yaksha Legend Murder Case

overview: Hajime Kindaichi is working a part time job as an assistant to a TV station for the filming of a shock show. They have invited celebrities in Segori Village and are planning to scare them by playing pranks on them such as fake deaths. However, a threatening letter arrives and soon, a real murder occurs broadcasted in front of everyone.

original_title: 金田一少年の事件簿 雪夜叉伝説殺人事件

title: Eight Ranger

overview: Set within the devastated city of Eight City, the Eight Rangers protect the city and go against the evil Dark Kuruseido.

title: SPEC: Close~Incarnation

original_title: 劇場版 SPEC～結～ 漸ノ篇

title: Happily Ever After

overview: Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi wrings laughs out of an unlikely topic -- domestic violence -- in this dark comedy about noodle-shop waitress Yukie Morita (Miki Nakatani), who puts up with the fiery temper, gambling and cruelty of her shiftless, ex-gangster boyfriend (Hiroshi Abe). But as flashbacks reveal, there's a reason behind Yukie's unconditional love for her man. Yûko Natori and Mayumi Sada also star.

title: Jam Films

title: Chinese Dinner

overview: Hoshino (Toshiro Yanagiba) is the mob-connected owner of a ritzy Chinese restaurant. One evening he’s sitting down in a lavishly appointed private room to enjoy an elaborate multicourse dinner, when he gets a call from a crooked politician of his acquaintance. A long-meditated money-laundering deal is about to bear fruit and earn him a cool 5 billion yen. The gang boss who backed him on this deal will be pleased.  He is, understandably, in the mood for celebrating when an unexpected visitor (Izam) arrives — a tall, husky, mincing fellow in dreadlocks, with a gun. He is a hit man sent to whack Hoshino — but for what? The hit man neither explains nor kills; instead he sits down at the table and asks Hoshino when dinner is going to be served. Coolly, Hoshino calls in Chinese for the waitress, who enters, wearing a red, slit dress and an inscrutable expression, with the first course. The longest meal of Hoshino’s life has just begun.

title: Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale

overview: Naoko Yamada (Yukie Nakama), a female magician, and Jiro Ueda (Hiroshi Abe), a genius physicist, are back again to solve the mystery of supernatural happenings. In a village where people are cured, a battle royale is held to find the successor for shamen Kamahaeri. Naoko attempts to gain big money by participating in the battle royale, while Jiro is invited to the village to stop this custom. Naoko and Ueda then challenges this amazing trick ..

original_title: 劇場版TRICK 霊能力者バトルロイヤル

title: 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope

overview: Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of Prophecy.

original_title: 20世紀少年－第2章－ 最後の希望

title: 2LDK

title: SPEC: Zero

overview: High school student Saya Toma  lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident.  Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has a high possibility that they were killed by people who have spec." That was the first time she heard of "spec". 6 years later, Saya Toma, who has never forgotten what the Detective said, decides to become a detective. She returns to Japan after receiving training by the FBI in the United States. Saya Toma is assigned to work unsolved cases in the Public Security Bureau.  Meanwhile, because of Satoshi Chii's scheme, Juichi Ninomae considers Saya Toma his parents' enemy and tries to push her to the edge. Satoshi Chii's scheme has also caused Saya Toma and Juichi Ninomae to forget that they are brother and sister. The siblings are headed to a life-staking  fight.  A girl named Maho Ueno becomes involved in their fight. To protect Maho Ueno, Saya Toma uses "spec".

title: Happily Ever After

title: 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

overview: In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?

original_title: 20世紀少年 －第1章－ 終わりの始まり

title: Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy

overview: Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi.

title: The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid

overview: Kindaichi is off on yet another case, this time in Shanghai. When the father of a Chinese friend of the young Kindaichi is murdered at the circus, it is up to the ever-resourceful and clever young high-school detective to solve the case. But hidden in the background is the 4000 year-old legend of the Shanghai Mermaid.

original_title: 金田一少年の事件簿 上海魚人伝説

title: Drowning Fish

overview: When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shinjuku, the big guns are called out to locate "Oboreru Sakana". The "big guns" are a misfit duo of ethically questionable characters who must infiltrate a gay nightclub and "fit in" while they search for clues. What ensues is both hilarious and action-packed.  Oboreru Sakana is a rather ambitious and often hilarious contemporary crime thriller. Its narrative swings from the grisly to the humorous and pulls in as many pop culture elements as it can manage.

title: Hanako of the Toilet

overview: When a young girl discovers that her new middle school is the same one her sister mysteriously disappeared from eleven years before. She and her new friends join forces to fight the evil force that threatens them all.

title: The Sword of Alexander

overview: Orichalcum is a mystical metal material that gives great powers to the life form that possesses it. Many Eons ago, the Orichalcum was split into three and landed on Earth. The metal then took the form of three relics: Skanda’s Vajra, Jew’s Cross, and the Sword of Alexander. Anyone able to re-unite these three Orichalcum relics would then obtain the powers of a God. Now two rival aliens are in a heated race to reunite the Orichalcum. They land in Edo era Tokyo where the relics are thought to exist.

title: The Bandage Club

overview: An adolescent human drama of high school students who are troubled with their own concerns but gradually find a method of survival through Hotai Club.

title: Hayabusa

overview: May 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa into orbit. Its mission is to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa. Hayabusa is scheduled to make contact with the asteroid in November 2005. As the spacecraft approaches its rendezvous date with the asteroid problems arise for the JAXA staff back on Earth.

title: Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy

overview: "Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy" centers around five friends who are residents in a Tokyo apartment complex. Now senior high school students, the five friends live the wild life in Harajuku before encountering unforeseen surprises.

title: Goodbye Japan

overview: A political satire comedy depicting the turmoil caused when the residents of a small island in Okinawa, feeling neglected by the Japanese government's response, declare independence.

title: Where The Legend Lives

overview: Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the ancient country of Yamatai. His obsession sprouted from a day when he discovered ancient ceramics while repairing railroad tracks. Now completely blind, Kohei relies on his wife (Sayuri Yoshinaga) to guide him through the country and read the maps in their pursuit of Yamatai.

title: Requiem from the Darkness: Kowai

title: Initiation Love

overview: Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.

title: Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma

title: The Big Bee

overview: 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.

title: Sushi King Goes to New York

overview: A genius sushi chef travels to New York to battle it out with the local competition there.

original_title: 銀幕版 スシ王子！ ～ニューヨークへ行く～

title: The Mourner

overview: Shizuto Sakatsuki (Kengo Kora) is a mourner. He goes to scenes of accidents and mourns for the victims. Yukiyo Nagi (Yuriko Ishida), who killed her husband and served prison time, goes to the scene of the murder and meets Shizuto. She follows him from that time.  Other people that exists in their lives are Shizuto’s mother Junko who is terminally ill with cancer and waits for Shizuto’s return, his younger sister Mishio who is pregnant by her now ex-boyfriend and a magazine reporter who chases after Shizuto. The movie examines life and death, love and hate and sin and forgiveness through these characters.

title: Sushi King Goes to New York

original_title: 銀幕版 スシ王子！ ～ニューヨークへ行く～

title: Keizoku Special: Phantom

overview: After the events of the series, Shibata has lost her memories and is reassigned. Meanwhile, a strange case regarding a cursed tree that kills whoever's name is written on its trunk surfaces among mysterious deaths. Following different leads, Shibata and the Unsolved Cases unit will meet again as they investigate. Asakura, it seems, is also plotting behind the scenes...

original_title: ケイゾク／特別篇〜死を契約する呪いの樹

title: Thriller CRT

overview: A creepy anthology about a homicidal little girl, a woman being stalked, a dentist and a man struggling to keep his eyes open on the road.

title: Singula

overview: Fifteen AI debate over whether humanity should be saved or destroyed.

title: SPEC: Life

overview: Set one year after the fight between detectives Saya Toma, Takeru Sebumi, and Satoshi Chii. More confrontations ensues between the detectives at the Unidentified Crimes Unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Takeru Sebumi returns after taking a break due to his eye problems. Kenzo Ichiyanagi is appointed section chief, while Kotaro Nonomura is demoted. New member Shu Kikkawa joins the team.

title: Generalprobe 7

overview: A mystery that depicts the 13 days from the production announcement press conference by the seven actors taking on a new Shakespeare play to the final rehearsal. The director is Tsutsumi Yukihiko, who has directed many hit works.  TROUPE SEVEN, a seven-member theater troupe that is extremely popular among young people, is about to welcome a new member, Yamai (Miura Kairi), in preparation for the performance of their new play "Shakespeare Legends". Suddenly, their charismatic leader Soga dies, and the wheels of destiny begin to spin out of kilter.

title: Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy

overview: Pikanchi Half is a spin-off of the two previous movies in the Pikanchi series, showing the five friends, now in their 30s, having a reunion as they are running into problems with family and work

title: Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

overview: Anthology film.  "What's Wrong with Eating?"  Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki.  "It's So Far Away!"  Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy.  "Get Ready to Drive!"  Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home.  "What Is English?"  Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.

original_title: バカヤロー！ 私、怒ってます

title: The Frozen Horror Show

overview: Iyo is an assistant in an antique shop. One day he displays an old refrigerator. But soon discover that it's a man-eating refrigerator.

original_title: フローズン・ホラー・ショー

title: Eight Ranger 2

overview: Set five years after first film "Eight Ranger". A new threat appears for Eight City and its protectors Eight Ranger.

title: ! [ai-ou]

overview: Three outsiders meet by chance and try to chase their dreams despite all odds. However, things take a dramatic turn when they run into trouble with the Yakuza.

title: Ranmaru: The Man with the God Tongue

overview: Ranmaru is a shy, dorky guy with a tongue that can analyze any element simply by licking an object, a skill that allows him to solve all manner of crimes. With his cute, but annoying sidekick Hikaru, plus the steadying hand of friend Kanji, Ranmaru solves a series of strange events at a failing hot spring resort deep in the mountains. Ranmaru falls in love with a doctor who saves his life. The loveable, endearing Ranmaru and his band of quirky pals team up to solve a nasty murder mystery that devastates the village.

original_title: RANMARU 神の舌を持つ男

title: Ranmaru: The Man with the God Tongue

original_title: RANMARU 神の舌を持つ男

title: A Conviction of Marriage

overview: Serial killer Shinju Shinagawa , called "Shinagawa Pierrot" for her clown makeup at arrest 3 years ago, remained silent during her first trial. Child consultation center worker Arata Natsume suddenly gets a request from Takuto Yamashita, the child of one of the serial killer's victims, who informs him that he's been corresponding with Shinagawa in his name in order to find out what she did with his father's missing head. Arata pretends to be an elite civil servant but finds that the Shinagawa he meets is different from the one he expected. When she realizes he isn't the sender of the letters, she goes to leave. In a panic, Arata, who never planned on getting married, blurts out "Let's get married!"

title: Sanada 10 Braves

overview: Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada.

title: The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps

overview: Kaoruko and Kazumasa Harima are a separated couple with two children. They plan to divorce once their daughter, Mizuho, enters elementary school. One day, they receive devastating news of their daughter falling into a coma after a near-drowning accident at a pool. The doctors declare her brain dead with no prospect of recovery and the couple must decide if they should donate her organs to others in need or to wait until her heart stops beating.

title: The Bandage Club

title: Egg

title: Trick Shinsaku Special

overview: Ueda joins other professors to debunk a spirtualist, Midorikawa Shouko, who claims she knows when people will die. The professors die one by one. Introduction of Yabe's Otaku assistant, Akiba.

original_title: トリック　新作スペシャル

title: The Day the Wolf Came

overview: Taihei's difficult days are just beginning. His girlfriend Natsuko has a sister called Kanoko who falls victim to a a disease that has afflicted women of the family for generations, causing a sudden eruption of hair across her body. When she turns into a wolf and escapes into the woods, Taihei and Natsuko come after her and stumble across an unidentified body. The police claim the wolf is to blame. This begins a frantic chase where the myth of the werewolf and Japanese folklore blend together.

title: Detective Ballerino

overview: In the past, Kurumi Usushima (Yuto Nakajima) wanted to become a ballerino, but he is now a detective. Kurumi Usushima and his senior detective, Takao Washio (Masahiro Takashima), solve a case by using the hypnosis technique past life regression.

title: Miman City 2017

overview: 20 years ago, the only survivors from the virus-ridden city promised to meet in 2017. What happened to the city and this mysterious virus?

original_title: ぼくらの勇気 未満都市2017

title: The Hotel of My Dream

overview: In 1984, an up-and-coming writer named Aida Taiju has her career crushed by off-hand criticism from an established author, Higashijujo-sensei. They end up holed up writing in the same hotel historically favoured by authors in the Jimbocho publishing district. Swearing revenge, Taiju makes Higashijujo miss his writing deadline by pretending to be a different person, and entangles her editor into the ruse. They become entangled in a long-lasting feud of revenge where Taiju uses her acting background and pretends to be various different women in order to have her revenge on Higashijujo or blackmail him. Based on a novel by Asako Yuzuki from 2012.

title: 12 Suicidal Teens

overview: A group of boys and girls, twelve in total, gather at an abandoned hospital to die for various different reasons. There, they find the body of a dead boy. The group of twelve attempt to find the person who killed the boy. During their search, the reasons why they want to die are revealed.

original_title: 十二人の死にたい子どもたち

title: The Killer Goldfish

overview: A paranormal investigator is caught up in an unusual criminal revenge case – the guilty one is always a goldfish. One death follows another, always different and very violent. The causes lie far back in human history.

title: Trick Shinsaku Special 3

overview: Within a mountain village, the  Suijin family has controlled the village for a long time. The three sisters from the Sujin family begin to quarrel over the family inheritance. There, consecutive murders then take place in the village. The murders can only by explained by paranormal phenomenon. Naoko (Yukie Nakama) and Jiro (Hiroshi Abe) attempt to uncover the truth.

original_title: TRICK 新作スペシャル3

title: Egg

title: Trick Shinsaku Special 2

overview: Ueda, Naoko, Yabe Kenzo and his partner Akiba are back in a new Trick special. Ueda Jiro is summoned to investigate serial killings that are likely to happen again during a festival to take place in a small village in Okayama. The victims are persons who took an oath under a local tradition but were dumped by their partners afterwards. The festival is marked by the return to the village of a strange woman by the name of Higashizaki Ayano, who had left 20 years ago after the death of her husband and son. The Saionji family, which is the most influential in the city, dislikes the fact

original_title: トリック新作スペシャル2

title: Hayabusa

title: Hope

overview: Kazuto Ishikawa is a first-class architect. He is married to Kiyomi. They have a son, Tadashi, who attends high school and a daughter, Miyabi, who attends middle school. They live together in a refined home, designed by Kazuto.  An injury causes Tadashi to quit playing soccer. Since that time, Tadashi often stays out all night without permission. One evening, Tadashi leaves home and does not return. Kazuto and Kiyomi become worried about their son and consider going to the police. News then reveals the murder of Tadashi's classmate. The police suspect that Tadashi might be involved in the murder.

title: First Love

overview: A university student has the usual dreams and aspirations. It turns out to be a pipe dream and so she murders her own flesh and blood. The usual media heads seek an answer in order to sell copy. A psychologist is writing a book about the character and incident. Her research for the subject matter turn the psychologist inward and things come out of the shadows that perhaps are better left buried deep in the shadows of the psyche.

title: Trick Haha no Izumi Hen Cho Kanzen Ban

original_title: トリック 母之泉篇 腸完全版

title: STEP OUT

overview: Set in the sun-drenched landscapes of Okinawa, this heartfelt coming-of-age story follows Teruya Yō, a teenager living with his cheerful single mother, Akane, and younger sister, Mai. Despite their modest life, the family is close-knit and full of warmth. When Yō falls for Lisa, a student at a local dance school, he joins her class—discovering not only his passion for dance but a talent that quickly blossoms. Encouraged by his mother, a former dancer, Yō begins to dream big. The arrival of Hiroki, a music producer and Yō’s estranged uncle, brings news that shatters Yō's hopes of reconnecting with his absent father. As emotions erupt, long-buried truths between mother and son come to light.

original_title: STEP OUT にーにーのニライカナイ

title: Page30

overview: The four actors gathered in the studio spent three days rehearsing their 30-page script. They were told they would perform onstage on the fourth day. The cast has yet to be decided. Although they are upset about being in a closed environment with their smartphones and watches ripped away, the four devote themselves to rehearsals in order to obtain the roles they want to play. A second-rate actor, an unpopular actor, a bad actor, and an actor who can no longer find satisfaction in acting as directed. Their no-turning-back situations are gradually brought to light during rehearsals, revealing the women’s respective natures. Their performances collide as they give all they’ve got for their acting careers in this space where there are no rules nor even a director or producer. The fourth day arrives. As the masked audience watches, will they be able to show their true natures as actors and deliver a successful stage performance?

title: Page30

title: Page30

title: Western-style Village Murder Case

overview: Hajime Kindaichi, Miyuki Nanase, and their English teacher, Susumu Odagiri, go to the Cross-shape Village to take Wakaba Tokita from the forced marriage. Wakaba was found dead inside the locked church with his head missing when they held the ritual before the wedding. Afterward, another villager mutilated, and his condition imitates the mummy they had. Hajime and the others try to find the true identity of the formless murderer, the fifth mummy.

title: MYSTERY ARENA

overview: Six contestants compete in a high-stakes live TV quiz show to solve a complex "closed-circle" murder mystery for a 10 billion yen jackpot.

title: Nakajihime, what will happen to us?

original_title: 中指姫　俺たちゃどうなる？

title: The Price of an Affair

overview: Kosaku Tori, an ordinary office worker in the advertising department of a major electrical appliance manufacturer, has been married to his wife Tsuruko for nine years and has a daughter in primary school. By chance, he begins an affair with Yoshie, a showroom hostess.　  Drowning in her sexy physique, Kosaku sinks deeper and deeper into the abyss of his desires. However, an affair is an expensive affair. Using his credit card and cancelling his staff travel pass, Kosaku becomes increasingly consumed by his relationship with Yoshie.  Then one day, Tsuruko finds a pager in the corner of their bedroom. It contained a love message from Yoshie to Kosaku...!

title: Hinata

overview: This mystery film, directed and conceived by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, features 20 up-and-coming actors. Written by Yusuke Moriguchi ("Beautiful Dreamer," "Kohaku"), the film unfolds at the funeral of a person named "Hinata Okimura," depicting a deepening mystery as the eulogies of the 20 attendees contradict each other, unfolding in an unpredictable manner.  Twenty men and women attend Hinata Okimura's funeral. According to the deceased's wishes, all attendees must deliver a eulogy. Standing before an unusual altar without a portrait, some speak as friends, others as devoted fans, and still others as fellow members of an idol group, each beginning to recount their memories of the deceased. However, the image of "Hinata Okimura" becomes increasingly distorted, even differing in gender from the person they describe, plunging the funeral into chaos.

title: Hinata

title: 2LDK

original_title: truth 〜姦しき弔いの果て〜

title: Forbidden Siren

title: BECK

title: 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption

original_title: 20世紀少年 －最終章－ ぼくらの旗

title: Trick: The Movie

original_title: truth 〜姦しき弔いの果て〜

title: Jam Films

title: Collage of Our Lives

title: SPEC: Heaven

title: Trick: The Movie 2

title: Angel Home

title: Egg

original_title: 金田一少年の事件簿 学園七不思議殺人事件

title: Kimi to mitai kowai hanashi

title: Memories of Tomorrow

title: Christmas in New York

title: Black Jack

title: My House

title: Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP

original_title: 池袋ウエストゲートパークスープの回

title: SPEC: Close Reincarnation

original_title: 劇場版 SPEC～結～ 爻ノ篇

title: Trick the Movie: Last Stage

original_title: トリック劇場版 ラストステージ

original_title: 金田一少年の事件簿 雪夜叉伝説殺人事件

title: Eight Ranger

title: SPEC: Close~Incarnation

original_title: 劇場版 SPEC～結～ 漸ノ篇

title: Happily Ever After

title: Jam Films

title: Chinese Dinner

title: Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale

original_title: 劇場版TRICK 霊能力者バトルロイヤル

title: 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope

original_title: 20世紀少年－第2章－ 最後の希望

title: 2LDK

title: SPEC: Zero

title: Happily Ever After

title: 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

original_title: 20世紀少年 －第1章－ 終わりの始まり

title: Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy

original_title: 金田一少年の事件簿 上海魚人伝説

title: Drowning Fish

title: Hanako of the Toilet

title: The Sword of Alexander

title: The Bandage Club

title: Hayabusa

title: Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy

title: Goodbye Japan

title: Where The Legend Lives

title: Requiem from the Darkness: Kowai

title: Initiation Love

title: Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma

title: The Big Bee

title: Sushi King Goes to New York

original_title: 銀幕版 スシ王子！ ～ニューヨークへ行く～

title: The Mourner

title: Sushi King Goes to New York

original_title: 銀幕版 スシ王子！ ～ニューヨークへ行く～

title: Keizoku Special: Phantom

original_title: ケイゾク／特別篇〜死を契約する呪いの樹

title: Thriller CRT

title: Singula

title: SPEC: Life

title: Generalprobe 7

title: Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy

title: Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

original_title: バカヤロー！ 私、怒ってます

title: The Frozen Horror Show

original_title: フローズン・ホラー・ショー

title: Eight Ranger 2

title: ! [ai-ou]

title: Ranmaru: The Man with the God Tongue

original_title: RANMARU 神の舌を持つ男

title: Ranmaru: The Man with the God Tongue

original_title: RANMARU 神の舌を持つ男

title: A Conviction of Marriage

title: Sanada 10 Braves

title: The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps

title: The Bandage Club

title: Egg

title: Trick Shinsaku Special

original_title: トリック　新作スペシャル

title: The Day the Wolf Came

title: Detective Ballerino

title: Miman City 2017

original_title: ぼくらの勇気 未満都市2017

title: The Hotel of My Dream

title: 12 Suicidal Teens

original_title: 十二人の死にたい子どもたち

title: The Killer Goldfish

title: Trick Shinsaku Special 3

original_title: TRICK 新作スペシャル3

title: Egg

title: Trick Shinsaku Special 2

original_title: トリック新作スペシャル2

title: Hayabusa

title: Hope

title: First Love

title: Trick Haha no Izumi Hen Cho Kanzen Ban

original_title: トリック 母之泉篇 腸完全版

title: STEP OUT

original_title: STEP OUT にーにーのニライカナイ

title: Page30

title: Page30

title: Page30

title: Western-style Village Murder Case

title: MYSTERY ARENA

title: Nakajihime, what will happen to us?

original_title: 中指姫　俺たちゃどうなる？

title: The Price of an Affair

title: Hinata

title: Hinata

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

original_name: 池袋ウエストゲートパーク

original_name: 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ

SPEC ~ First Blood

original_name: SPEC 〜警視庁公安部公安第五課 未詳事件特別対策係事件簿〜

Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza

original_name: ヤメゴク～ヤクザやめて頂きます～

Knockin' on Locked Door

original_name: ノッキンオン・ロックドドア

Spec saga "The Romance of Satori"

original_name: SPECサーガ黎明篇「サトリの恋」

Gate on the Horizon: Goth

original_name: ゲート・オン・ザ・ホライズン〜GOTH〜

金田一少年事件簿-堂本刚版

original_name: 金田一少年事件簿-堂本刚版