Shinobu Otake

A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to survive, they plan to entice men that happen ...

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating “Tomorrow is my birthday” everyday. He ...

A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the facts are slowly revealed, he becomes ...

While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the ...

This is the second in a series of documentaries following the lives of Japanese citizens based off Michael Apted’s Up series.

A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad ...

The TV movie follows a detective with a burning sense of justice who risks his life to pursue a corruption case involving the prime ...

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old ...

A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She ...

Five women snatch one billion yen in jewellery from the yakuza, while construction manager Toyama burns for revenge against the mobsters who ...

The story of a man and woman dealing with amnesia, set in Prague.

A young girl befriends an infant T-rex after her paleontologist father nurtures a lair of lost dinosaur eggs.

Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.

This is the first in a series of documentaries following the lives of Japanese citizens based off Michael Apted’s Up series.

When a team of detectives lose the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the suspect’s ex-lover, who is trapped in an abusive marriage.

A yakuza boss’s daughter starts a pirate TV broadcast.

A unique combination of social problem and entertainment TV movie about a female journalist who is hurt to the core when the truth of an article ...

Shohei Taguchi is a salaryman who works for a securities company and loves women like no other. One day, he plans to use the cash borrowed from ...

An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race. They start dating but then strange things ...

A 30-year-old man’s life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man.

Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her ...

One year has passed since the Kidojis’ eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple ...

Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase and his wife Noriko. Next day, Tanase is ...

Ken Ota is a Japanese-American GI. He comes to Hiroshima after WW2 looking for his big sister, but finds Keiko, a bomb victim with a keloid scar ...

August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.