Eisaku Yoshida

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Aegis (2005)

The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Akira Terao  •  Koichi Sato  •  Kiichi Nakai

The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Akira Terao  •  Koichi Sato  •  Kiichi Nakai

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in Japanese and US ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Akira Emoto  •  Hiroshi Tamaki

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in Japanese and US ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Akira Emoto  •  Hiroshi Tamaki

Midnight Eagle (2007)

A stolen military aircraft with nuclear missiles on board crashes in the snowbound Northern Japanese Alps. Two teams of rangers from Japan's Defense Force must reach the craft before the enemies do.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Ken Ishiguro  •  Takao Osawa  •  Akifumi Uchida  •  Osamu Shigematu

A stolen military aircraft with nuclear missiles on board crashes in the snowbound Northern Japanese Alps. Two teams of rangers from Japan's Defense Force must reach the craft before the enemies do.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Ken Ishiguro  •  Takao Osawa  •  Akifumi Uchida  •  Osamu Shigematu

Climbing to Spring (2014)

Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisaku Kimura
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Yu Aoi  •  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Sakura Ando

Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisaku Kimura
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Yu Aoi  •  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Sakura Ando

This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer (2014)

Kashiopea no Endo Roru A murder takes place on a luxury overnight train which runs from Sapporo to Ueno, Tokyo. The victim is a film director. The suspects are 4 women. Nokosareta Senritsu After a pianist concludes her best performance to date, she dies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Furusawa  •  Mamoru Hoshi  •  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Kirin Kiki  •  Naoki Matayoshi  •  Norika Fujiwara  •  Haruna Kawaguchi

Kashiopea no Endo Roru A murder takes place on a luxury overnight train which runs from Sapporo to Ueno, Tokyo. The victim is a film director. The suspects are 4 women. Nokosareta Senritsu After a pianist concludes her best performance to date, she dies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Furusawa  •  Mamoru Hoshi  •  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Kirin Kiki  •  Naoki Matayoshi  •  Norika Fujiwara  •  Haruna Kawaguchi

Snow on The Blades (2014)

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Kichiemon Nakamura II  •  Ryoko Hirosue

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Kichiemon Nakamura II  •  Ryoko Hirosue

Nanase futatabi (2010)

A gifted psychic named Nanase teams up with other psychics in order to fight against a mysterious organization determined to hunt them down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Konaka
CAST:  Kei Tanaka  •  Sei Ashina  •  Eriko Sato  •  Dante Carver

A gifted psychic named Nanase teams up with other psychics in order to fight against a mysterious organization determined to hunt them down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Konaka
CAST:  Kei Tanaka  •  Sei Ashina  •  Eriko Sato  •  Dante Carver

Flower and Sword (2017)

In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi's rule makes life difficult for the people. Monk Senko Ikenobo is a master of flower arrangement. He prays for peace in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Mansai Nomura  •  Ennosuke Ichikawa  •  Kiichi Nakai  •  Kuranosuke Sasaki

In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi's rule makes life difficult for the people. Monk Senko Ikenobo is a master of flower arrangement. He prays for peace in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Mansai Nomura  •  Ennosuke Ichikawa  •  Kiichi Nakai  •  Kuranosuke Sasaki

Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current (2016)

Private Detective Kiyoshi Mitarai and Miyuki Ogawa arrive in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. They are interested in a case which involves discovered bodies. The bodies were found drifting in the Seto Inland Sea, where the currents repeat every 6 hours.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Alice Hirose  •  Hikari Ishida  •  Jun Kaname

Private Detective Kiyoshi Mitarai and Miyuki Ogawa arrive in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. They are interested in a case which involves discovered bodies. The bodies were found drifting in the Seto Inland Sea, where the currents repeat every 6 hours.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Alice Hirose  •  Hikari Ishida  •  Jun Kaname

Hibiki (2018)

A high school girl with overwhelming literary talent shakes up the lives of those around her with her brilliant spontaneity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Tsukikawa
CAST:  Yurina Hirate  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Ayaka Wilson  •  Masanobu Takashima

A high school girl with overwhelming literary talent shakes up the lives of those around her with her brilliant spontaneity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Tsukikawa
CAST:  Yurina Hirate  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Ayaka Wilson  •  Masanobu Takashima

The Girl in Glass (1988)

A girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a working-class boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masanobu Deme
CAST:  Kumiko Goto  •  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Miki Fujitani  •  Yôko Asaji

A girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a working-class boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masanobu Deme
CAST:  Kumiko Goto  •  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Miki Fujitani  •  Yôko Asaji

Daida kyoushi akiba, shinken desu! (1991)

Based on the comic book series by Yoshiyuki Hayasaka and M.A.T.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nasu
CAST:  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Isako Washio  •  Masayuki Tanaka  •  Taro Yamamoto

Based on the comic book series by Yoshiyuki Hayasaka and M.A.T.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nasu
CAST:  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Isako Washio  •  Masayuki Tanaka  •  Taro Yamamoto

Until I Become A Father (2013)

In Sapporo, college student Watanabe Sachi approaches her band leader boyfriend Takumi with the news that she is pregnant. Finding it difficult to deal with the fallout, the couple decide to leave Sapporo for the port city of Hakodate instead. Soon, however, they ...  (more)

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CAST:  Nao Minamisawa  •  Kaoru Okunuki  •  Daichi Watanabe  •  Shiho Fujimura

In Sapporo, college student Watanabe Sachi approaches her band leader boyfriend Takumi with the news that she is pregnant. Finding it difficult to deal with the fallout, the couple decide to leave Sapporo for the port city of Hakodate instead. Soon, however, they ...  (more)

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CAST:  Nao Minamisawa  •  Kaoru Okunuki  •  Daichi Watanabe  •  Shiho Fujimura

Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 3 (1991)

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CAST:  Tamori  •  Tsurutaro Kataoka  •  Yoko Minamino  •  Eisaku Yoshida

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Tamori  •  Tsurutaro Kataoka  •  Yoko Minamino  •  Eisaku Yoshida

Part-Time Detective (2002)

Noriko Yamada is a housewife and mother of five children, she and her husband go through an economic crisis that causes them to have problems with the bank. But while looking for work will Hitoshi befriending Hibino, president of "K & D Research" a detective agency ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Ren Osugi  •  Yoshiko Miyazaki  •  Eisaku Yoshida

Noriko Yamada is a housewife and mother of five children, she and her husband go through an economic crisis that causes them to have problems with the bank. But while looking for work will Hitoshi befriending Hibino, president of "K & D Research" a detective agency ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Ren Osugi  •  Yoshiko Miyazaki  •  Eisaku Yoshida

Part-Time Detective 2 (2004)

The housewife and part-time private detective Noriko Yamada plays her old tricks again, uncovering mysterious corruption cases. But this time she will solve it adopting the style of "Beatrix Kiddo" from Kill Bill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Ren Osugi  •  Toshio Kurosawa

The housewife and part-time private detective Noriko Yamada plays her old tricks again, uncovering mysterious corruption cases. But this time she will solve it adopting the style of "Beatrix Kiddo" from Kill Bill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Ren Osugi  •  Toshio Kurosawa

The Tragedy of W (2019)

The story of a rich family torn apart by the murder of their patriarch, and their heiress being accused of the crime, becomes a play and is acted out by a troupe of actors in Osaka.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Miho Nakayama  •  Mimura  •  Yoichiro Saito

The story of a rich family torn apart by the murder of their patriarch, and their heiress being accused of the crime, becomes a play and is acted out by a troupe of actors in Osaka.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Miho Nakayama  •  Mimura  •  Yoichiro Saito

ラジオ (2013)

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Yuiko Kariya  •  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Sakura Ando  •  Hirofumi Arai

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Yuiko Kariya  •  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Sakura Ando  •  Hirofumi Arai

Kokkai e ikô! (1993)

A close look at the inner workings of Japan's political underbelly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haruo Ichikura
CAST:  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Ken Ogata  •  Masumi Miyazaki  •  Hideko Yoshida

A close look at the inner workings of Japan's political underbelly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haruo Ichikura
CAST:  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Ken Ogata  •  Masumi Miyazaki  •  Hideko Yoshida

Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya (2005)

Heizo's cousin Senemon Misawa and his son Katsuzo visited Heizo's home. Heizo learns that Senemon has fallen in love with Katsutoshi, a woman who works at the Yamabukiya Tea House, and has asked her to marry him. Heizo decided to visit Yamabukiya, saying "I will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeru Ishihara
CAST:  Kichiemon Nakamura II  •  Hiroshi Katsuno  •  Toshinori Omi  •  Baku Numata

Heizo's cousin Senemon Misawa and his son Katsuzo visited Heizo's home. Heizo learns that Senemon has fallen in love with Katsutoshi, a woman who works at the Yamabukiya Tea House, and has asked her to marry him. Heizo decided to visit Yamabukiya, saying "I will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeru Ishihara
CAST:  Kichiemon Nakamura II  •  Hiroshi Katsuno  •  Toshinori Omi  •  Baku Numata
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