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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)

JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the remains of the original. The machine is discovered to harbor the restless soul of the original monster as Akane must ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Tezuka
CAST:  Yumiko Shaku  •  Shin Takuma  •  Kana Onodera  •  Koh Takasugi

JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the remains of the original. The machine is discovered to harbor the restless soul of the original monster as Akane must ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Tezuka
CAST:  Yumiko Shaku  •  Shin Takuma  •  Kana Onodera  •  Koh Takasugi

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)

Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Tezuka
CAST:  Noboru Kaneko  •  Miho Yoshioka  •  Mitzuki Koga  •  Hiroshi Koizumi

Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Tezuka
CAST:  Noboru Kaneko  •  Miho Yoshioka  •  Mitzuki Koga  •  Hiroshi Koizumi

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)

In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhito Ishii
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Sie Kohinata  •  Kimie Shingyoji

In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhito Ishii
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Sie Kohinata  •  Kimie Shingyoji

Bayside Shakedown 2 (2003)

The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuyuki Motohiro
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Eri Fukatsu  •  Toshiro Yanagiba  •  Miki Mizuno

The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuyuki Motohiro
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Eri Fukatsu  •  Toshiro Yanagiba  •  Miki Mizuno

Space Travelers (2000)

Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuyuki Motohiro
CAST:  Teruo Takeno  •  Shigemitsu Ogi  •  Isao Nonaka  •  Ito Yozaburo

Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuyuki Motohiro
CAST:  Teruo Takeno  •  Shigemitsu Ogi  •  Isao Nonaka  •  Ito Yozaburo

Touch (2005)

Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will participate in the national Koshien High School Baseball Tournament. The twin brothers make a pact that they will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isshin Inudo
CAST:  Shota Saito  •  Keita Saito  •  Nozomi Ando  •  Jun Fubuki

Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will participate in the national Koshien High School Baseball Tournament. The twin brothers make a pact that they will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isshin Inudo
CAST:  Shota Saito  •  Keita Saito  •  Nozomi Ando  •  Jun Fubuki

Zero Woman: Final Mission (1995)

A famous businessman's links with organized crime are looked into by the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police, with the investigation being headed by a highly trained, extremely violent and very beautiful female officer. When not having shoot-outs with the crime ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Enokido
CAST:  Misayo Haruki  •  Naoko Iijima  •  Miho Suzuki  •  Takako Kitagawa

A famous businessman's links with organized crime are looked into by the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police, with the investigation being headed by a highly trained, extremely violent and very beautiful female officer. When not having shoot-outs with the crime ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Enokido
CAST:  Misayo Haruki  •  Naoko Iijima  •  Miho Suzuki  •  Takako Kitagawa

Back to Back (1996)

An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by a corrupt cop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Nygard
CAST:  Michael Rooker  •  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Danielle Harris  •  John Laughlin

An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by a corrupt cop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Nygard
CAST:  Michael Rooker  •  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Danielle Harris  •  John Laughlin

Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (2012)

Follows high school teacher Seiji Hasumi's background history and in the process depicts the horror inherent in daily life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumio Nomoto
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Noriko Nakagoshi  •  Ryo Iwamatsu  •  Koh Takasugi

Follows high school teacher Seiji Hasumi's background history and in the process depicts the horror inherent in daily life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumio Nomoto
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Noriko Nakagoshi  •  Ryo Iwamatsu  •  Koh Takasugi

In a Thicket (1996)

Sato's re-imagining of In a Grove, on which Rashomon was based. In this version, instead of a web of lies and agendas, we get a web of desires, perversions like incest, and occult phenomenon like an oracle-demon, hallucinations, and human sacrifice. Once again, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Kaori Sakagami  •  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Hitomi Shiraishi

Sato's re-imagining of In a Grove, on which Rashomon was based. In this version, instead of a web of lies and agendas, we get a web of desires, perversions like incest, and occult phenomenon like an oracle-demon, hallucinations, and human sacrifice. Once again, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Kaori Sakagami  •  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Hitomi Shiraishi

Peanuts (2006)

A hero called the legendary third baseman in the former prestigious grass baseball team "Peanuts", will start to rebuild the peanuts that have now turned into weak teams from the outset. Peanuts are going to fight against the team of strong teams, taking advantage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruyoshi Uchimura
CAST:  Teruyoshi Uchimura  •  Masakazu Mimura  •  Kazuki Ootake  •  Golgo Matsumoto

A hero called the legendary third baseman in the former prestigious grass baseball team "Peanuts", will start to rebuild the peanuts that have now turned into weak teams from the outset. Peanuts are going to fight against the team of strong teams, taking advantage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruyoshi Uchimura
CAST:  Teruyoshi Uchimura  •  Masakazu Mimura  •  Kazuki Ootake  •  Golgo Matsumoto

Sairen (2007)

This seishun eiga (youth film) follows three teens as they face and share problems in their lives: Natsu (Megumi Seki) breaks up with her boyfriend and later finds out that she is pregnant; Koko (Shihori Kanjiya) has trouble accepting her mother’s romance; Marine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka
CAST:  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Kitaro  •  Yoichi Nukumizu  •  Kaoru Okunuki

This seishun eiga (youth film) follows three teens as they face and share problems in their lives: Natsu (Megumi Seki) breaks up with her boyfriend and later finds out that she is pregnant; Koko (Shihori Kanjiya) has trouble accepting her mother’s romance; Marine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka
CAST:  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Kitaro  •  Yoichi Nukumizu  •  Kaoru Okunuki

Shabake 2 (2008)

Ichitaro's adventure goes on. He starts to feel earthquakes, which no-one else does, and a voice telling to kill Ichitaro. His grandma gives him one flower's seeds and also tells Ichitaro's mother to let him go to Hakone. Mother approves it and Ichitaro takes up a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miyamoto Reiko
CAST:  Yuya Tegoshi  •  Shosuke Tanihara  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Koh Takasugi

Ichitaro's adventure goes on. He starts to feel earthquakes, which no-one else does, and a voice telling to kill Ichitaro. His grandma gives him one flower's seeds and also tells Ichitaro's mother to let him go to Hakone. Mother approves it and Ichitaro takes up a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miyamoto Reiko
CAST:  Yuya Tegoshi  •  Shosuke Tanihara  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Koh Takasugi

The Rite of Loss (2016)

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DIRECTION:  Ayato Matsuda
CAST:  Hiroaki Murakami  •  Ayame Gouriki  •  Ken Ishiguro  •  Yûko Fueki

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DIRECTION:  Ayato Matsuda
CAST:  Hiroaki Murakami  •  Ayame Gouriki  •  Ken Ishiguro  •  Yûko Fueki

Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro-Obihiro Murder Route (2016)

The strangled dead body of Hiroshi Hatano, accounting section chief at the longstanding apparel company Edaka International, is discovered in his apartment in Tokyo. At the scene, Inspector Totsugawa and Detective Kamei find out that a mysterious email stating ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōru Murakawa
CAST:  Hideki Takahashi  •  Machiko Kochi  •  Takashi Ukaji  •  Momiji Yamamura

The strangled dead body of Hiroshi Hatano, accounting section chief at the longstanding apparel company Edaka International, is discovered in his apartment in Tokyo. At the scene, Inspector Totsugawa and Detective Kamei find out that a mysterious email stating ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōru Murakawa
CAST:  Hideki Takahashi  •  Machiko Kochi  •  Takashi Ukaji  •  Momiji Yamamura

Complex Blue (1994)

A naked corpse was found that had its penis amputated on a heavy rainy night. As a result of an autopsy by a medical examiner (Naomi Oki), it was determined that the criminal was the same man as the unsolved continuous murder case since last month. Detective ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Masato Furuoya  •  Naomi Oki  •  Natsuko  •  Emi Shindo

A naked corpse was found that had its penis amputated on a heavy rainy night. As a result of an autopsy by a medical examiner (Naomi Oki), it was determined that the criminal was the same man as the unsolved continuous murder case since last month. Detective ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Masato Furuoya  •  Naomi Oki  •  Natsuko  •  Emi Shindo

Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality (1997)

A yakuza search for his past  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rokurō Mochizuki
CAST:  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Koh Takasugi  •  Sansei Shiomi

A yakuza search for his past  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rokurō Mochizuki
CAST:  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Koh Takasugi  •  Sansei Shiomi

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DIRECTION:  Manabu Asô
CAST:  Narumi Yasuda  •  Tetsuya Bessho  •  Miyu Honda  •  Fuka Koshiba

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DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Tsuji
CAST:  Ryuji Harada  •  Ryusuke Komakine  •  Yuma Ishigaki  •  Tomohiro Waki

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DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Tsuji
CAST:  Sayaka Isoyama  •  Eriko Moriwaki  •  Ryuji Harada  •  Takayuki Kinoshita
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