Koji Kiryu

Dolls (2002)

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Miho Kanno  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Chieko Matsubara

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Miho Kanno  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Chieko Matsubara

Zatoichi (2003)

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Tadanobu Asano  •  Michiyo Yasuda  •  Guadalcanal Taka

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Tadanobu Asano  •  Michiyo Yasuda  •  Guadalcanal Taka

Outrage Coda (2017)

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Sansei Shiomi

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Sansei Shiomi

Hello, Goodbye (2017)

Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to helping an elderly woman, they're forced to interact, confronting their differences and similarities as well as their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeo Kikuchi
CAST:  Minori Hagiwara  •  Sayu Kubota  •  Ryo Ikeda  •  Masako Motai

Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to helping an elderly woman, they're forced to interact, confronting their differences and similarities as well as their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeo Kikuchi
CAST:  Minori Hagiwara  •  Sayu Kubota  •  Ryo Ikeda  •  Masako Motai

Dear Deer (2015)

When Fujio, Yoshio and Akiko were children, they saw a fantastic "Ryoumou Deer," but nobody believed them. The three siblings lived in a mountain village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeo Kikuchi
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Yoichiro Saito  •  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Yuri Nakamura

When Fujio, Yoshio and Akiko were children, they saw a fantastic "Ryoumou Deer," but nobody believed them. The three siblings lived in a mountain village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeo Kikuchi
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Yoichiro Saito  •  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Yuri Nakamura

The Band From Nowhere (2018)

Construction worker Kumada (Kiryu) used to be a member of the popular band Uma no Hone 30 years ago. In a sudden turn of events, he moves into a low rent shared apartment. His roommate Yuka is an idol, but begins being friendly with when he says his job is related ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Kiryu
CAST:  Fujiko Kojima  •  Koji Kiryu  •  Taiga Fukazawa  •  Yūmi Shida

Construction worker Kumada (Kiryu) used to be a member of the popular band Uma no Hone 30 years ago. In a sudden turn of events, he moves into a low rent shared apartment. His roommate Yuka is an idol, but begins being friendly with when he says his job is related ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Kiryu
CAST:  Fujiko Kojima  •  Koji Kiryu  •  Taiga Fukazawa  •  Yūmi Shida

Bad City (2022)

Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensuke Sonomura  •  Yuusuke Suzuki
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Mitsu Dan  •  Akane Sakanoue  •  Katsuya

Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensuke Sonomura  •  Yuusuke Suzuki
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Mitsu Dan  •  Akane Sakanoue  •  Katsuya

Maiko

Her name is Maiko. Her favorite things are apples, meat buns, and Hitodake. Maiko walks the streets today, looking for something to ....... No one talks to the strange people she meets on the street, and no one pays any attention to her. Maiko's daily routine is ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Sufa  •  Rinka Miyamoto  •  Kyôko Kishikawa  •  Yasuhiko Fujita

Her name is Maiko. Her favorite things are apples, meat buns, and Hitodake. Maiko walks the streets today, looking for something to ....... No one talks to the strange people she meets on the street, and no one pays any attention to her. Maiko's daily routine is ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Sufa  •  Rinka Miyamoto  •  Kyôko Kishikawa  •  Yasuhiko Fujita

Cosplay Detective (2009)

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DIRECTION:  Masaaki Jindo
CAST:  Rio  •  Naoko Inoue  •  Kōta Kusano  •  Nichita Tanabe

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DIRECTION:  Masaaki Jindo
CAST:  Rio  •  Naoko Inoue  •  Kōta Kusano  •  Nichita Tanabe