Arata Furuta

She Taught Me Serendipity (2025)

The romance between a lonely college student and who seems to be the girl of his dreams is burdened by the sudden arrival of cruel fate. ...

Rose & Samurai 2: Return of the Pirate Queen (2024)

Follows the adventures of Anne de Alwida, a pirate queen, and Goemon Ashikawa, a master thief. Set in the 17th century on the Iberian peninsula, the film showcases Anne and Goemon as they navigate various challenges and comedic mishaps while protecting the ...

Silent Love (2024)

A silent love story of a young man who wishes to make the dream come true of a young woman who lost her light. ...

Parasite (2023)

A stage adaptation of the Korean film Parasite, which changes the setting to 1990s Japan. It ran from June 5th-July 2nd 2023 in Tokyo. ...

The Village (2023)

In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds. ...

Kappei (2022)

In the 16th century, the French astrologer Nostradamus predicted that the world would end in July, 1999. According to him, cataclysms would transform the Earthinto a lawless place where evil would prevail. As the deadline approaches, little Kappei and seve ...

Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations (2021)

Ikki, Touma, and their allies fight against a Devil with ties to Shocker while attempting to help a Kamen Rider from the future reconcile with his now elderly son. ...

Intolerance (2021)

A teenage girl's accidental death incites a media frenzy and causes her harsh father to turn his rage against those he believes are responsible. ...

JUMP!!：The Heroes Behind the GOLD (2021)

Story about 1998 Nagano Olympic ski jump team competition, where Japan won a gold medal. ...

The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special (2021)

Mikuri and Hiramasa both work and share housework duties. They have peaceful days together. One day, Mikuri learns that she is pregnant. They decide to marry, but they soon face problems. Mikuri suffers from pregnancy sickness and Hiramasa decides to take ...

Wonderful Paradise (2020)

In consequence of his professional mistakes and declining career, Shuji and his family, the Sasaya's, are forced to leave the wealthy suburb of Tokyo. The move is slow, long and heartbreaking, and the two Sasaya children, an old teenager and a young adult, ...

Not Quite Dead Yet (2020)

After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear of ...

Siren in the Shadows (2019)

Japan, 1590. Following the death of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's seizure of power, the mysterious warlord Tenmaō and his fierce warriors terrorize the inhabitants of the Kantō Plain. ...

Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019)

Luca follows in his father's footsteps to rescue his mother from evil Ladja. Finding the heavenly hero who wields the Zenithian sword is his only hope. ...

Kemuri no Gundan (2019)

Promare (2019)

Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are able to control and wield flames, and the fire disaster they have unleashed on Earth. ...

Seven Souls in the Skull Castle – Season Flower (2019)

Japan, 1590. Following the death of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's seizure of power, the mysterious warlord Tenmaō and his fierce warriors terrorize the inhabitants of the Kantō Plain. ...

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017)

Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a cheerful publishing assistant who moves into town after marrying Masakazu, a popular mystery writer. Akiko is surp ...

BORDER Redemption (2017)

Following the showdown with his arch nemesis Ando, Detective Ango Ishikawa takes on a new case with his uncanny ability to communicate with the dead. ...

Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale (2017)

In prewar Japan under the military regime, a bloody battle between the extremely oppressive Special Higher Police and villagers begins! ...

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)

Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab, but is told that the three starter List of Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander) have already been taken by Trai ...

Ancien and the Magic Tablet: Another Story (2017)

This is the story that always appears in the dreams of Kokone, who eventually becomes a high school student. What is the secret hidden in the fairy tale that Kokoneheard as a young boy? And then, what is this secret entrusted to his father Momotaro's min ...

Stray Nightingale (2017)

Japan, 1785. Jūzaburō, a famous thief who refuses to kill innocent people, is betrayed, ambushed, and left for dead. ...

Napping Princess (2017)

Japan, 2020, a few days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Although she should be studying for her final exams, Kokone, a schoolgirl who lives in a small town with her widowed father, a mysterious and talented mechanic, falls asleep often, anywhere, ...

The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (2016)

A young undercover cop tries to get back with his former love, while unraveling the mystery behind the head of the police force. Meanwhile he has to protect the boss' daughter. ...

Prison Gate Island (2016)

In 1946, on a fictional island called Gokumon-tou, located in the Inner Sea of Seto, the famous detective Kindaichi intended to pass his convalescence after the invitation of his war buddy Kitou Chimata, the successor son of the powerful clan of the Kitou ...

Death on Gokumon Island (2016)

Shortly after the end of the war, Kindaichi Kōsuke, visiting a remote island in the Seto Inland Sea, arrives at the powerful Kitō family on the island guided by the monk Ryouzen. There, Kindaichi encounters a beautiful woman named Sanae and encounters th ...

Samurai Hustle Returns (2016)

Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. ...

Rudolf the Black Cat (2016)

Rudolf, a black stray cat, is suddenly separated from his beloved master. He unexpectedly wakes up in a long-distance truck that takes him to metropolis Tokyo. There, he meets Ippai-attena, a big boss cat feared by everyone in town. Unable to return home, ...

Shin Godzilla (2016)

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a fore ...

One Piece Film: GOLD (2016)

The glittering Gran Tesoro, a city of entertainment beyond the laws of the government, is a sanctuary for the world's most infamous pirates, Marines, and filthy rich millionaires. Drawn by dreams of hitting the jackpot, Captain Luffy and his crew sail stra ...

Too Young To Die! (2016)

After dying in a bus crash and falling to hell, high schooler Daisuke joins a demonic rock band so he can be reincarnated back into the mortal world. ...

Deep Sea of Tree (2016)

Sachiko lost her parents at an early age and lived together with her only sister Nobuko who worked for a newspaper. Out of the blue, she is told that Nobuko is killed in an accident, but she simply cannot believe it because her sister had told her she was ...

Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016)

Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the ...

Botchan (2016)

Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant prin ...

April Fools (2015)

Ayumi Nitta is a member of a hospital cleaning staff and suffers from extreme social anxiety. After having a one-night stand with genius surgeon and sex addict Wataru Makino, Ayumi discovers she's pregnant. However, when she tells Wataru, he dismisses her ...

One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends (2014)

The special takes place during the two year before the Straw Hats reunite on Sabody. Luffy is currently in Rusukaina training to get stronger to take on the New World. However the training is interrupted when Hancock's sisters, Marigold and Sandersonia, ...

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III (2014)

Goemon Ishikawa steals a golden statue from Yukari Kukai with female thief Neko no Me Ogin, but Private Detective Shinkuro Akechi chases after Goemon Ishikawa and Neko no Me Ogin. Detective Shinkuro Akechi discovers that there is a code hidden within the ...

Typhoon Family (2014)

Shiren & Ragi (2013)

Two souls were drawn to each other without any possible escape from their doomed fates. It was in an era when the country was divided in the north and the south. A legendary woman "Shiren"(Hiromi NAGASAKU) who was born to a family of assassins. A young swo ...

Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)

Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth. ...

Amachan (2013)

Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after ...

The Tang of Lemon (2012)

Twenty-year-old Kaori, an aspiring accessory designer, spends her days troubled by her mother's violence and excessive meddling. Meanwhile, forty-year-old secretary Kaori, whose daughter is a shut-in, can't stop shoplifting and having casual sex. ...

Soup (2012)

Kenichi Shibuya is a 50-year-old salaryman who divorced a few years back. Since the divorce, his relationship with his daughter has become awkward. One day, Kenichi Shibuya and his boss Yumi Ayase are struck by lightning and die. They go to the afterlife. ...

Ranma ½ (2011)

Akane is the youngest of three daughters for Soun Tendo. Her father Soun Tendo runs a dojo for martial arts. Akane hopes to carry on her father's dojo into the distant future. Meanwhile, Akane has been selected to marry Ranma, the son of her father's long ...

Ninja Kids!!! (2011)

The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group of rival ninjas culminating in a race to ring a bell on top of a mountain. ...

Goemon Rock 2: Rose and Samurai (2011)

A woman has thrown herself away for rescuing a country. A man has picked up a sword to protect a woman. Time in the 17th century, and place in the Iberian Peninsula. The master thief of the era Goemon ISHIKAWA (Arata FURUTA) has been rampaging in the Medit ...

13 Assassins (2010)

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future. ...

The Seaside Motel (2010)

The Seaside Motel is trapped in the mountains, without even enough water to serve their guests 24 hours a day, much less having a view of a body of water of any kind. ...

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)

The final showdown, and the final reveal. Who is Friend? How can he be stopped? ...

Goemon Rock (2009)

In 2008, the overwhelmingly popular SHINKANSEN has turned Tokyo and Osaka into whirls of excitement. With a live band playing the music on stage, "GOEMON ROCK" is filled with songs, dances, laughter and tears in the detonating sound of rock music. It is a ...

20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009)

Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New B ...

Life Improvement Club (2008)

Arata Furuta plays a disgruntled saleryman fed up with being stepped on at home and at work, decides to get revenge on those who do bad things by killing them, only to gain a group of followers. ...

Genius Party Beyond (2008)

Five stories, five maestros, five styles and one common denominator: maximum creativity. Studio 4°C, the coolest label on the planet, invites us for the second time to an exclusive reunion of a talents with a group film, full of freedom and ingenuity, tha ...

The Last Princess (2008)

After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki and General Rokurota take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner Takezo and his bumbling si ...

Moondrive (2008)

Taking place in a city on the Moon, an out-of-common-sense animation about a Moondrive aimed at the "Giants Island"mentioned on a treasure map. ...

Hero (2007)

After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in time for a brewing storm. Kohei's first case starts out simple enough. The suspect, a blonde-haired security ...

Dog in a Sidecar (2007)

The film begins in the present, with its heroine, Kaoru, a grown-up woman working as a real-estate agent, while helping out the folksy proprietor of a neighborhood fishing pond. There she meets a shy girl who needs her help baiting a hook and reminds her o ...

Apartment 1303 (2007)

While celebrating with her friends in her new cheaply rented apartment on the thirteenth floor of a building, the young Sayaka unexpectedly jumps off the balcony committing suicide. Her mother goes insane and her older sister, Mariko, decides to investigat ...

Kung Fu Kid (2007)

A young martial arts student gets caught up in a series of Kung Fu adventures with a woman who manages a Chinese restaurant. ...

Cain's Descendant (2007)

Munakata has an unrelenting guilt from killing his mother when he was 15 years old. After being imprisoned for 10 years, he is released and heads to Yako, a small industrial town, to work as a machinist. Living in a tiny apartment, he is tasked with secret ...

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series (2006)

After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results ...

Our War (2006)

"Our War" is a special drama produced by Japanese TBS TV. This is the third bomb of the war-themed TV series after the "Song of Sugarcane Field" and "Guangzhou·Showa August 6th, 20th." It is said that in 2005, young people from the end of the island, Kenj ...

Tokyo Friends: The Movie (2006)

Rei Iwatsuki moved from her hometown Kōchi to Tokyo to pursue her dreams. On arrival, she found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji liked her voice and invited her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Co ...

Hana (2006)

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. Wh ...

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth (2006)

Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery. Recognizing the potential of ...

Tokyo Zombie (2005)

Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestatio ...

Hold Up Down (2005)

A bank robbery goes completely to pot, a pair of shoplifters get both an old man and a cop behind them. It is the beginning of this zany comedy, including the guys from boy band V6. ...

The All-Out Nine: Field of Nightmares (2005)

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005)

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs. ...

Zebraman (2004)

A down-and-out schoolteacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman. ...

Milk White (2004)

Takayuki (Takao Osawa) is an elementary school teacher in Tokyo. He is seized with Behçet's syndrome, and will gradually lose his sight. He resigns from his job and leaves his girlfriend, Yoko (Yuriko Ishida) to return to his hometown, Nagasaki, where his ...

Karaoke Terror (2003)

One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates! ...

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (2003)

When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding counterfeit ...

Hard Luck Hero (2003)

The story of three pairs of characters involved one way or the other with the yakuza and a rigged boxing match and fleeing the thugs one way or the other. Filmed as a showcase of the Japanese boy band V6, Hard Luck Hero has food, drink, cars, kickboxing, d ...

Samurai Resurrection (2003)

Shiro Amasuka, dead leader of the Shimbara Revolt is resurrected from hell with the desire of overthrowing the shogunate for killing his companions. To do this , he resurrects an army of living dead swordsmen. Between him and his goal, only Yagyu Jubei sta ...

Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger Shushuuto: The Movie (2002)

The second film outing of the Hurricaneger team. Hurricaneger the theatrical movie introduces new, original hardware and characters, including "Tenrai Senpuujin," the Gattai Robot. Sayaka Yoshino guest stars! ...

Ghiblies: Episode 2 (2002)

Ghiblies (pronounced with a hard "g" as in "gallop") is a short film aired during a TV special about Ghibli. It's about a fictional animation studio named "Ghibli" and the people who work there. This rare Ghibli Comedy is a look into who the people making ...

Riot in Gujo (2000)

Naoto Ogata plays Sadajiro, a young farmer fighting out the battle of the riot through to the end. Sadajiro's wife is played by Hiromi Iwasaki, his father is played by Go Kato and Ryuzo Hayashi plays a leader of the Riot. The Riot in Gujo is called one of ...

Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid (1999)

Popular model Koyuki plays the role of the mermaid princess who cannot speak and has a limp, but drives men crazy with her beauty. ...

Junk Food (1997)

Junk Food consists of four intertwining stories. The first and fourth sections show the morning routine of an blind, old Japanese woman, waking up, buying bread and milk, praying at the family altar; however, it is the second segment where the true story b ...

Akagi the Gambler II (1997)

Akagi appears again one year after the night where he first played mahjong. ...

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment (1996)

There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked, and shared experiences. ...

The Miracle on a Christmas Night (1995)

A foreign student from Taiwan, Mr. Bell, attends language school in Japan and meets Miss Sato there. He falls in love with her, but doesn't dare to open his heart to her. Nevertheless, on Christmas night miracles do happen. ...