
Known for
7.8Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
7.6A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
8.0A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.
Kimi no na wa
1991
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
NRAn action crime drama depicting the exploits of detectives in the Criminal Investigation Division of the fictional ‘Metropolitan Police Daikan Police Station’ (commonly known as ‘Daikan Station’) in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo
刑事貴族
1990
7.8Kindaichi's best friend is involved with the school film club where members are found murdered. Can he protect her before she become the next victim?
The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo
2014
Film credits
2010s · 9 titles
5.0In 2008, an indiscriminate killing which shocked the whole world was carried out in the street of Akihabara. Director Yûsaku Matsumoto was inspired by the Akihabira killing to look at random acts of violence occurring in Japanese society and exploring the aftermath of one such occurrence, and the building-up to another one. By following several people—perpetrators, victims and family of both alike, he tells a human story about inhumane acts.
Noise
2019
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Half End
2018
6.0After a major conflict, Kazuma Washio (Hitoshi Ozawa) becomes the 6th boss of Tendokai, Kanto’s largest yakuza group. Wakagashira Date (Hideo Nakano) and Kurata (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) secure casino rights from the government, but top officials are soon murdered, and Date is framed. The trail leads to Sanko-kai, a Kansai syndicate forming ties with a Korean underworld led by Myojin Akinari (Noboru Kaneko), brother of Washio’s old rival. Sanko-kai’s boss Onizuka (Hiroshi Fuse), who holds a grudge against Washio, launches a political and violent offensive. As Tendokai fights back to reclaim the casino rights, tragedy strikes—Okita (Yasukaze Motomiya) is targeted. Japan’s largest underworld war erupts again—what awaits at the end?
CONFLICT III
2018
NRThe sixth 'YOKOHAMA BLACK' film.
YOKOHAMA BLACK 6
2018
NR2018 original video.
Odd Final
2018
NRIn a yakuza world where brute force is no longer enough, the fearsome Igarashi-gumi faces a turning point. All eyes are on two successors: the hardline enforcer Samejima (Riki Takeuchi) and the young boss Segawa (Hiroshi Fuse). While the bedridden boss’s true wishes remain unclear, Segawa begins making secret moves behind the scenes. Greed and ambition ignite a bloody internal war over succession.
Yakuza Ambition
2016
NRThieves broke into Yamashiroya, a drug wholesaler, and stole 780 ryo. In the storehouse, there was a sticker with a picture of an umbrella, the signature of Yahei Kasayama, a great thief who once ransacked the entire Kanto region. Heizo Hasegawa (Kichiemon Nakamura), the director of the reform of the thieves, learns that the theft was the work of Yahei's son Yataro (Somegoro Ichikawa [now Koshiro Matsumoto]) and his gang, thanks to the help of a spy named Isaji (Koichi Miura). He learns that Yataro is in the process of marrying Oito (Tomoka Kurokawa), the daughter of Shigezo of Narumi, a great thief from Owari. Heizo learns the true identity of the thread and the evil plans of the second generation Narumi Shigezo (Fuse Hiroshi), and he meets Nagashima no Kugoro (Matsudaira Ken), a former thief who is trying to arrange a marriage deal to return the favor to the previous generation Kasayama and the previous generation Narumi. ) while hiding his identity...
Onihei Crime Files: A Bandit Wedding
2011
NRYuri, who works for a company that specializes in collecting information for television programs, visits Akiruno city in Tokyo, where Itsukaichi-cho and Akikawa-shi merged at the request of the station, and it is now only fifteen years after the merger Start to find out how it changed. Yuri who started interviewing reluctantly, but continues to meet calm land pattern and people, and gradually begins to be interested.
Itsukaichi Story
2011
NRThe fifth 'YOKOHAMA BLACK' film.
YOKOHAMA BLACK 5
2018
2000s · 6 titles
NRThe fourth 'Road to New Don' film.
Road to New Don 4
2009
NRThe Sixth 'Road to New Don' film.
Road to New Don 6
2009
5.3Aki Fukase is a rookie detective looking to make a name for herself in the field of law enforcement. Unfortunately, her inexperience contributes to the death of her partner when a trap is set by Galhowk, an international terrorist group. Overcome with guilt, Aki is ordered to take some time off until she recovers from the ordeal. However, she's more determined than ever and decides to disobey those orders and sets out to track down Galhowk in order to clear her conscience and her name.
Gun Crazy: Episode 3 — Traitor's Rhapsody
2003
NRThe third 'Road to New Don' film.
Road to New Don 3
2008
NRThe first 'Road to New Don' film.
Road to New Don
2007
NRThe fifth 'Road to New Don' film.
Road to New Don 5
2009
1990s · 7 titles
8.0There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992
NRA man must overcome many obstacles as he works his way through the dangerous crime world to the level of yakuza.
The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
1993
8.0While Kazuo Tanaka eagerly practices his greetings for the big wedding the next day, his first as a matchmaker, his second daughter Hitomi prepares for her travels with her secret lover. The eldest daughter Reiko, nine months pregnant, has left her cheating husband to enter a frenzied Tanaka household. On the wedding day, Kazuo learns his father has passed away. Afraid of ruining the wedding, he asks Reiko and Hitomi to deal with the crisis. Rushing home after the ceremony, Kazuo and Kanako are faced with various problems.
O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama
1996
NRSet in Kamakura and Florence, this love story depicts the heroine wavering between two men.
Florence My Love
1991
NRA film by Akiyoshi Kimata
Gorudorasshu
1990
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dotchi mo dotchi
1990
NRPachinko-themed film directed by Katsuo Monnna.
Ryozanpaku's True Story of The Pachinko Pro Legends: The Philosophy of Naniwa
1999
1980s · 5 titles
8.0Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy. "Get Ready to Drive!" Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home. "What Is English?" Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988
10.0Team DANKAI are set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousands of miles and multiple continents. Prior to the event, DANKAI leader Mizuki is ordered by their sponsor to add popular celebrity Ryuichi Yoshii to the roster for publicity. This exacerbates DANKAI's resentments and baggage. Needing a steady hand to mediate dispute and navigate their support vehicle, Mizuki recruits legendary retired mechanic/driver Eiji Honma to the team. Soon Honma discovers his ex-wife Kei is also participating in the rally, alongside her current husband, the bullfighter Antonio Vázquez. Honma's truck also comes to include stowaway passenger Yuko Takei, Yoshii's pop star girlfriend who is trying to salvage their relationship.
Umi e, See You
1988
3.7A young outlaw racing through the streets of Yokohama. Will the love that slipped through his fingers like sand come back to him once again?
Firefly
1989
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
1987
NRWhen a friend falls from the top of a waterfall, the Roaming Reporter and Lady Detective suspect foul play and launch an investigation that eventually ties back to an intense love rivalry and an unsolved murder on a train platform in Tokyo many years earlier.
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen!
1987
Series credits
7.8Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
7.6A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
8.0A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.
Kimi no na wa
1991
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
NRAn action crime drama depicting the exploits of detectives in the Criminal Investigation Division of the fictional ‘Metropolitan Police Daikan Police Station’ (commonly known as ‘Daikan Station’) in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo
刑事貴族
1990
7.8Kindaichi's best friend is involved with the school film club where members are found murdered. Can he protect her before she become the next victim?
The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo
2014
8.0This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido. Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for several years in New York as well as other cities around the world. When his wife Megumi died at the age of 47 in a car accident three years ago, he decided to leave the company. He was only 57. When Megumi died in the accident, her 18-year-old son Takuro was at the wheel. Yukichi declined an offer to switch to an affiliate company after his retirement, and moved to Megumi's hometown Furano, Hokkaido instead. There he started a small coffee shop named "The Forest Clock."
Affectionate Time
2005
NRThe lead, Dr. Sadami Shiratori worked in the operating room at a famous Tokyo hospital was around death on a daily basis. His own father, Teizo Shiratori is also a doctor, called Grandfather as he raised the estranged children of his wayward son, he practiced medicine in a small town on Hokkaido, Japan’s most northern island. His practice was limited only to terminal patients…in their own homes. He cared for them and helped both them and their families prepare for the ‘final journey’.
Garden of the Wind
2008
9.0Kagura Akane is the only daughter of a family who runs a teppanyaki place in downtown Tokyo. Akane had always been proud of her father Tetsuma, who was called the "No.1 teppanyaki chef in Japan." Growing up in such an environment, she naturally acquired "teppanyaki skills." However, when her mother died of illness, her father lost his energy to work and disappeared. Since then, Akane has managed and protected the restaurant all by herself. One day, out of the blue, she is visited by Erena, the rich daughter of a major food company, who orders Akane to move out at once because her father had borrowed money against his restaurant. Though feeling disappointed, Akane makes up her mind to close the store. But when her father's friend, Kurogane, shows her "Ittetsu," a grilling plate that Akane's father cherished, it reignites her passion towards teppanyaki.
Teppan Girl
2006
NRAsako Ikeuchi and Natsuko Hayakawa have been close friends for more than 25 years. Natsuko's husband Keisuke had affairs, so she asks Asako to let her stay at her house. Keisuke was once Asako's boyfriend. They will soon be 30 years old. There are other nice guys around Asako. It's a drama about their love and friendship.
Dakishimetai!
1988
7.2When the Inoue family just moves into their new residence, they are shocked to see everyone there so anxious about getting their children into good schools. In order not to be the one left out, they also join in the crowd and train their child hard to score well in the primary school entrance exam. Interestingly, their next door neighbor has a kid same age as theirs and always likes to compete with them. This makes the whole exam process more exciting and stressful, of course.
Sweet Home
1994
NRThe story features a team of four sleuthing sisters.
4 Shimai Tantei Dan
2008
NRSet in the majestic Canadian wilderness, the drama depicts the adolescence and love of three young men who were on a high school baseball team together.
Rice Curry
1986
7.0A love drama that caused a boom called "Fuyuhiko Phenomenon" when Fuyuhiko's perverted character called Otaku attracted attention in the Mazacon played by Shiro Sano.
Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta
1992
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Light My Heart!
1989
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kimi ga Uso o Tsuita
1988
6.0Rinko Ozaki is an ordinary high school senior who lives a peaceful life with her father and younger sister and loves her childhood friend, Shinya Mizushima. However, she has had a mysterious birthmark on her left arm since birth. One day, as she grows closer to Shinya, the birthmark begins to heat up, and strange changes start taking place in her body. When her anger reaches its limit, the mark on Rinko’s left arm reacts, revealing that she possesses the extraordinary ability to transform into a wild, uncontrollable beast—a leopard.
Purple Eyes In The Dark
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
悪女
1992
No synopsis available yet.
女検視官江夏冬子
1997
NRRyuichi Nakagomi (Ryo Amagiya), 20 years old. He moved to Tokyo last fall from the small coal mining town of Hibetsu in Hokkaido and is training to become a dancer while working as a waiter at a tap show venue in Akasaka. His father died in a mine accident, and he lives in his hometown with his mother Haruko (Midori Satsuki) and sister Yuko (Keiko Saito), who work in the mine during the day and run a bar at night. One day, Ryuichi decides to audition for a musical. At the venue, he spots his high school crush Yukari Onuma (Eri Ishida), who had gone missing.
Yesterday in Hibetsu
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
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