Kaname Endo

Monster (2013)

A woman has an ugly face. She has been called 'monster' since childhood. A case occurs in her town that leads to her being ejected and a relocation to Tokyo. She obtains plastic surgery and begins working as a prostitute. She makes some dough and extends the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Saki Takaoka  •  Masaya Kato  •  Jun Murakami  •  Ren Osugi

A woman has an ugly face. She has been called 'monster' since childhood. A case occurs in her town that leads to her being ejected and a relocation to Tokyo. She obtains plastic surgery and begins working as a prostitute. She makes some dough and extends the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Saki Takaoka  •  Masaya Kato  •  Jun Murakami  •  Ren Osugi

Platinum Data (2013)

Set in the year 2017, the Japanese government attempts to secretly control the DNA of its people. Ryuhei Kagura is a top scientist in the field of DNA analysis. He works at the DNA analysis institution run by the National Police Agency. When the inventor of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keishi Otomo
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Honami Suzuki  •  Namase Katsuhisa

Set in the year 2017, the Japanese government attempts to secretly control the DNA of its people. Ryuhei Kagura is a top scientist in the field of DNA analysis. He works at the DNA analysis institution run by the National Police Agency. When the inventor of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keishi Otomo
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Honami Suzuki  •  Namase Katsuhisa

Afro Tanaka (2012)

Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that. For freedom, Hiroshi moves to Tokyo. He works ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daigo Matsui
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Kaname Endo  •  Ryusuke Komakine

Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that. For freedom, Hiroshi moves to Tokyo. He works ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daigo Matsui
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Kaname Endo  •  Ryusuke Komakine

Hard Romanticker (2011)

Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hellhole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Kaname Endo

Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hellhole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Kaname Endo

Crows Zero II (2009)

Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a history of bad blood between them. And the simmering embers of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Kyosuke Yabe  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Takayuki Yamada

Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a history of bad blood between them. And the simmering embers of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Kyosuke Yabe  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Takayuki Yamada

Crows Zero (2007)

The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Kyosuke Yabe  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Takayuki Yamada

The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Kyosuke Yabe  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Takayuki Yamada

Hokori to Gensou (2015)

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CAST:  Shigeyuki Totsugi  •  Minami  •  Kaname Endo  •  Asahi Uchida

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CAST:  Shigeyuki Totsugi  •  Minami  •  Kaname Endo  •  Asahi Uchida

Kindaichi Kosuke vs Akechi Kogoro (2013)

The Ganso and Honke are two medical wholesalers which have had a long history of exchanges. They were originally a wholesaler set up by Tokiya Manemon who invented a drug. After he fell ill, he imparted the formula to his two beloved disciples. But the two were at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensaku Sawada
CAST:  Emi Takei  •  Kaname Endo  •  Mayumi Asaka  •  Tokio Emoto

The Ganso and Honke are two medical wholesalers which have had a long history of exchanges. They were originally a wholesaler set up by Tokiya Manemon who invented a drug. After he fell ill, he imparted the formula to his two beloved disciples. But the two were at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensaku Sawada
CAST:  Emi Takei  •  Kaname Endo  •  Mayumi Asaka  •  Tokio Emoto

Yellow Kid (2010)

Fired from his part-time job in a restaurant kitchen for absenteeism, rookie boxer Tamura has a lot to be angry and frustrated about in his life. But things start to change when he’s approached at the gym by the artist Hattori, who wants to use him as the new model ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Mariko
CAST:  Kaname Endo  •  Ryo Iwase  •  Marie Machida  •  Kazuki Namioka

Fired from his part-time job in a restaurant kitchen for absenteeism, rookie boxer Tamura has a lot to be angry and frustrated about in his life. But things start to change when he’s approached at the gym by the artist Hattori, who wants to use him as the new model ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Mariko
CAST:  Kaname Endo  •  Ryo Iwase  •  Marie Machida  •  Kazuki Namioka

Kyo Kara Hitman (2009)

An ordinary salaryman named Tokichi Inaba who inadvertently becomes involved in the death of a legendary hitman. Facing bankruptcy and saddled with a 35-year mortgage, Inaba is coerced into becoming a hitman himself by the mysterious and beautiful troublemaker ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Yokoi
CAST:  Shinji Takeda  •  Mari Hoshino  •  Yuri Morishita  •  Tomohisa Yuge

An ordinary salaryman named Tokichi Inaba who inadvertently becomes involved in the death of a legendary hitman. Facing bankruptcy and saddled with a 35-year mortgage, Inaba is coerced into becoming a hitman himself by the mysterious and beautiful troublemaker ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Yokoi
CAST:  Shinji Takeda  •  Mari Hoshino  •  Yuri Morishita  •  Tomohisa Yuge

High & Low The Movie (2016)

S.W.O.R.D. Chiku is a devastated and dangerous town with 5 gangs - Sannoh Rengokai, White Rascals, Oya Kohkoh, Rude Boys and Daruma Ikka - fighting fiercely. The name S.W.O.R.D. comprises of the first letter in each of these gangs. Before these 5 gangs, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeaki Kubo
CAST:  Akira  •  Sho Aoyagi  •  Kanta Sato  •  Arata Iura

S.W.O.R.D. Chiku is a devastated and dangerous town with 5 gangs - Sannoh Rengokai, White Rascals, Oya Kohkoh, Rude Boys and Daruma Ikka - fighting fiercely. The name S.W.O.R.D. comprises of the first letter in each of these gangs. Before these 5 gangs, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeaki Kubo
CAST:  Akira  •  Sho Aoyagi  •  Kanta Sato  •  Arata Iura

Conflict (2016)

Tendokai's Washio Kazuma, the underboss of Japan's largest crime syndicate, goes on the warpath when his blood brother and family turn up dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken'ichi Fujiwara
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Hidekazu Akai  •  Shôzô Endô

Tendokai's Washio Kazuma, the underboss of Japan's largest crime syndicate, goes on the warpath when his blood brother and family turn up dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken'ichi Fujiwara
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Hidekazu Akai  •  Shôzô Endô

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DIRECTION:  Yuri Kanchiku
CAST:  Erika Sawajiri  •  Jun Murakami  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Kaname Endo

Road To High & Low (2016)

Cobra, Yamato and Noboru have been friends since they were kids. Noboru is able to score good grades and enter a university. He provides hope to Cobra and Yamato who seem to be good only at fighting. A tragedy then occurs to Noboru and the other two form the group ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeaki Kubo
CAST:  Takanori Iwata  •  Nobuyuki Suzuki  •  Keita Machida  •  Kento Hayashi

Cobra, Yamato and Noboru have been friends since they were kids. Noboru is able to score good grades and enter a university. He provides hope to Cobra and Yamato who seem to be good only at fighting. A tragedy then occurs to Noboru and the other two form the group ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeaki Kubo
CAST:  Takanori Iwata  •  Nobuyuki Suzuki  •  Keita Machida  •  Kento Hayashi

Conflict II (2016)

When Tendokai's headquarters are attacked, underboss Washio Kazuma orders his trusted lieutenant to investigate a possible mole inside the family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken'ichi Fujiwara
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Yasukaze Motomiya  •  Akane Hotta  •  Hideo Nakano

When Tendokai's headquarters are attacked, underboss Washio Kazuma orders his trusted lieutenant to investigate a possible mole inside the family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken'ichi Fujiwara
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Yasukaze Motomiya  •  Akane Hotta  •  Hideo Nakano

Gokudo Tenka Fubu Act Three (2017)

This is the third masterpiece by the all star cast. In this one, the Orikikumumi, who aimed to unify Owari, had a feud for the dispute between the eldest son Nobunaga (Hitoshi Ozawa) and his second son, Nobuyuki (Masaki nishinomori). Under such circumstances, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Hideo Nakano  •  Yasukaze Motomiya  •  Kaname Endo

This is the third masterpiece by the all star cast. In this one, the Orikikumumi, who aimed to unify Owari, had a feud for the dispute between the eldest son Nobunaga (Hitoshi Ozawa) and his second son, Nobuyuki (Masaki nishinomori). Under such circumstances, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Hideo Nakano  •  Yasukaze Motomiya  •  Kaname Endo

'Kutabare' Bocchan (2016)

27-year-old Yazaki Junpei has come back to his hometown of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture for the first time in 10 years after working in Tokyo. As the grandson of the bad guy “Red Shirt” who was punished by Bocchan in Natsume Soseki’s novel Bocchan, he has hated ...  (more)

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CAST:  Kaname Endo  •  Tonpei Hidari  •  Ryo Katsuji  •  Mihiro

27-year-old Yazaki Junpei has come back to his hometown of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture for the first time in 10 years after working in Tokyo. As the grandson of the bad guy “Red Shirt” who was punished by Bocchan in Natsume Soseki’s novel Bocchan, he has hated ...  (more)

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CAST:  Kaname Endo  •  Tonpei Hidari  •  Ryo Katsuji  •  Mihiro