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6.3The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired.
Keiho
1999
6.4Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.
Princess from the Moon
1987
6.6A pampered young model is killed in a traffic accident. Given the chance to return to earth, she becomes involved with the advertising executive who is trying to cover up her death. A blend of fantasy and trenchant realism in which Somai uses the ethereal glow of advertising images to comment on the transience of life.
Tokyo Heaven
1990
10.0Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police. KUMADA is disconcerted by Denbei's position that murderers nowadays do not need a plausible motive, but gradually adapts to Denbei's unusual methods of investigation.
Atami Murder Case
1986
6.0A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.
Okoge
1992
NR#43 in the series, following "Bonds - KIZUNA."
The King of Minami: The Price of Betrayal
2002
Film credits
2000s · 4 titles
1990s · 4 titles
6.3The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired.
Keiho
1999
6.6A pampered young model is killed in a traffic accident. Given the chance to return to earth, she becomes involved with the advertising executive who is trying to cover up her death. A blend of fantasy and trenchant realism in which Somai uses the ethereal glow of advertising images to comment on the transience of life.
Tokyo Heaven
1990
6.0A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.
Okoge
1992
NRAt Osaka's chaotic Dotonbori Police Station, veteran inspector Washibana is notorious for his reckless methods. New officers Yusuke, Takuya and Miki struggle to keep up as one bizarre criminal case follows another. When Miki is abducted by a violent offender, the unconventional detective and his inexperienced colleagues are forced into their most dangerous case yet.
Naniwa Police Story: Detective Dotonbori
1997
1980s · 2 titles
6.4Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.
Princess from the Moon
1987
10.0Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police. KUMADA is disconcerted by Denbei's position that murderers nowadays do not need a plausible motive, but gradually adapts to Denbei's unusual methods of investigation.
Atami Murder Case
1986