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Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978)

Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Nana Kinomi  •  Tetsuya Takeda

Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Nana Kinomi  •  Tetsuya Takeda

Golden Slumber (2010)

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Gekidan Hitori  •  Gaku Hamada

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Gekidan Hitori  •  Gaku Hamada

SPEC: Close~Reincarnation (2013)

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".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Ryo Kase  •  Raita Ryu  •  Kazuki Kitamura

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".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Ryo Kase  •  Raita Ryu  •  Kazuki Kitamura

SPEC: Close~Incarnation (2013)

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".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Ryo Kase  •  Raita Ryu  •  Kazuki Kitamura

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".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Ryo Kase  •  Raita Ryu  •  Kazuki Kitamura

Estate Inheritance (1990)

The unexpected death of Fujishima Motoharu, president of a medium-sized firm, triggers a fierce battle over his estate inheritance among family members.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Yoshiko Sakuma  •  Masumi Miyazaki  •  Makoto Nonomura  •  Toshinori Omi

The unexpected death of Fujishima Motoharu, president of a medium-sized firm, triggers a fierce battle over his estate inheritance among family members.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Yoshiko Sakuma  •  Masumi Miyazaki  •  Makoto Nonomura  •  Toshinori Omi

SPEC: Shou (2012)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Ryo Kase  •  Raita Ryu  •  Ryunosuke Kamiki

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Ryo Kase  •  Raita Ryu  •  Ryunosuke Kamiki

SPEC: Heaven (2012)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Ryo Kase  •  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Chiaki Kuriyama

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Ryo Kase  •  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Chiaki Kuriyama

The Bullet Train (1975)

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Kei Yamamoto  •  Eiji Gō

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Kei Yamamoto  •  Eiji Gō

Station (1981)

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Ayumi Ishida  •  Setsuko Karasuma

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Ayumi Ishida  •  Setsuko Karasuma

Rainbow Kids (1991)

A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Ken Ogata  •  Toru Kazama  •  Hiroshi Nishikawa  •  Katsuyasu Uchida

A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Ken Ogata  •  Toru Kazama  •  Hiroshi Nishikawa  •  Katsuyasu Uchida

G.I. Samurai (1979)

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsei Saitō
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Jun Etoh  •  Moeko Ezawa  •  Kôji Naka

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsei Saitō
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Jun Etoh  •  Moeko Ezawa  •  Kôji Naka

Kirisaki Jack no Kokuhaku (2015)

The body of a young woman is discovered in a park in Tokyo with all her organs removed. The case is assigned to Detective Inukai, a usually cool and unemotional detective known for seeing through the lies of others. But Inukai has a young daughter in need of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Motohashi
CAST:  Ikki Sawamura  •  Koji Seto  •  Mimura  •  Yoichi Nukumizu

The body of a young woman is discovered in a park in Tokyo with all her organs removed. The case is assigned to Detective Inukai, a usually cool and unemotional detective known for seeing through the lies of others. But Inukai has a young daughter in need of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Motohashi
CAST:  Ikki Sawamura  •  Koji Seto  •  Mimura  •  Yoichi Nukumizu

SPEC: Zero (2013)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Ryo Kase  •  Saki Fukuda  •  Yuu Tokui

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Ryo Kase  •  Saki Fukuda  •  Yuu Tokui

A Banana? At This Time of Night? (2018)

Hisashi Tanaka is a medical student in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. He does volunteer work and gets to know Yasuaki Kano at the hospital. Yasuaki Kano has suffered from muscular dystrophy since he was 12-years-old. Yasuaki Kano has his eccentric ways like running ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Mitsuki Takahata  •  Haruma Miura  •  Masato Hagiwara

Hisashi Tanaka is a medical student in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. He does volunteer work and gets to know Yasuaki Kano at the hospital. Yasuaki Kano has suffered from muscular dystrophy since he was 12-years-old. Yasuaki Kano has his eccentric ways like running ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Mitsuki Takahata  •  Haruma Miura  •  Masato Hagiwara

Desperate Pursuit (1986)

In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's lawyer, Yamamoto, receives a visit from two men that attempt to steal the deceased CEO's will. This is witnessed by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsei Saitō
CAST:  Hideki Saijo  •  Naomi Chiaki  •  Mayumi Asaka  •  Minako Fujishiro

In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's lawyer, Yamamoto, receives a visit from two men that attempt to steal the deceased CEO's will. This is witnessed by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsei Saitō
CAST:  Hideki Saijo  •  Naomi Chiaki  •  Mayumi Asaka  •  Minako Fujishiro

Swordsman For Hire (1989)

After witnessing his chief retainer’s plot to murder their lord, Matahachiro fled to lose himself in Edo’s crowded streets. By day he sells his sword skills to the highest bidder. By night he fights for his life against deadly swordsmen his clan sends to silence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Ōzu
CAST:  Ryotaro Sugi  •  Raita Ryu  •  Akiko Kana  •  Hajime Hana

After witnessing his chief retainer’s plot to murder their lord, Matahachiro fled to lose himself in Edo’s crowded streets. By day he sells his sword skills to the highest bidder. By night he fights for his life against deadly swordsmen his clan sends to silence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Ōzu
CAST:  Ryotaro Sugi  •  Raita Ryu  •  Akiko Kana  •  Hajime Hana

Oishinbo (1996)

Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by the newspaper's owner, along with the young Yuko Kurita, to provide recipes for the "ultimate menu".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Azuma Morisaki
CAST:  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Koichi Sato  •  Michiko Hada  •  Kyooko Tooyama

Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by the newspaper's owner, along with the young Yuko Kurita, to provide recipes for the "ultimate menu".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Azuma Morisaki
CAST:  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Koichi Sato  •  Michiko Hada  •  Kyooko Tooyama

Free and Easy 8 (1996)

When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love with Hama-chan's fishing protégé.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomio Kuriyama
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Akira Emoto  •  Shigeru Muroi

When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love with Hama-chan's fishing protégé.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomio Kuriyama
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Akira Emoto  •  Shigeru Muroi

Free and Easy 9 (1997)

Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposite of carefree, irresponsible Hama-chan. The veteran employee decides to find his boss, a divorced father, a new wife. The supervisor loves a bar hostess “mama-san,” ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomio Kuriyama
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Nenji Kobayashi  •  Akira Onodera

Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposite of carefree, irresponsible Hama-chan. The veteran employee decides to find his boss, a divorced father, a new wife. The supervisor loves a bar hostess “mama-san,” ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomio Kuriyama
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Nenji Kobayashi  •  Akira Onodera

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DIRECTION:  Keiichirō Yoshida
CAST:  Maki Mizuno  •  Ryo Tamura  •  Tamotsu Ishibashi  •  Raita Ryu
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