Hironobu Nomura

Threads of Blue (2023)

After a traffic accident on a mountain road, En, who had nightmares about losing her parents and younger brother, has an ominous premonition. A family trip was coming up in a few days, and they were planning a summer resort in the mountains. She persuaded ...

Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022)

Yuzo Ooki is unexpectedly fired. Managing to find a new job, Yuzo navigates the maze of crazy coworkers. Yuzo is undaunted, but he is bullied by his new workmates and dumped by his girlfriend. Suddenly, an alien encounter changes everything as it feeds off ...

Mio's Cookbook (2020)

When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in cooking and eventually became a cook. Meanwhile, Noe has become an oiran (high-ranking courtesan). ...

Hydra (2019)

An assassin for a secret organization keeping Japan safe from underworld threats finds himself targeted by evil forces aiming to unleash an unstoppable criminal syndicate upon Japan. ...

The Actor 2 (2017)

Sequel to 'The Actor'. ...

The Actor (2017)

2017 V-Cinema film. ...

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders (2016)

As a computer virus based on Pac-Man invades Japan, a group of doctors attack Genm Corp and begin a wave of terror using stolen Proto Gashats. Ghost and Ex-Aid find themselves at the center of the fight in an effort to protect those most important to them. ...

The Rite of Loss (2016)

Kaikou The Encounter (2016)

A business man moves to the Philippines for work and brings his family along in a desperate attempt to heal their emotional detachment in the wake of his daughter's recent attempted suicide. But their idyllic new home comes with the supernatural appearance ...

Something Like, Something Like It (2016)

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto. ...

Yoko the Cherry Blossom (2015)

In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan's defeat seems imminent, all of Masaaki's students are drafted in a futile last-ditch effort. In an attempt to give the young men some ho ...

Court of Zeus (2014)

Tsugaru (2011)

The Go Master (2007)

The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the tumultuous conflicts between his homeland of China and his adopted nation of Japan. ...

Retribution (2007)

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since the crimes are in the same vicinity, by the same method. However, as evidence points towards the detective, a ghost in red follows him, and he begins questi ...

Eko Eko Azarak: B-Page (2006)

Misa Kuroi continues her search for the demon Ezekiel and investigates a strange situation involving a wheelchair-bound doll maker named Ryo. ...

Confessions of a Dog (2006)

Takeda is an honest police officer, father and husband, but after he's promoted to detective he quickly becomes embroiled in dirty back room dealings, blackmail, and corruption that goes right to the top of the force. Meanwhile, renegade investigator Kusam ...

Manji (2006)

One day, Sonoko, a married woman having a husband, meets young, beautiful Mitsuko. Puzzled Sonoko is charmed by the beauty of Mitsuko, and two people fall into relations between women at the start. ...

Executive Koala (2006)

Minoru Kawasaki directs this comedic psychological thriller that follows a large koala as he looks for help from several of his closest friends, which include a giant rabbit and frog. A hardworking executive at a pickle company, Mr. Tamura stands out from ...

Tange Sazen : The Jar Worth One Million Ryo (2004)

Tange Sazen: Hyakuman Ryo no Tsubo is a remake of a classic 1935 film of the same name by Yamanaka Sadao. Tange Sazen, the one-armd, one-eyed ex-samurai swordsman is the creation of Hayashi Fubo and was one of the most popular characters of the era. This r ...

The Tunnel (2004)

A modern Japanese family loses their youngest son in a tragedy. The mother, Misako, plunges into depression and the oldest son Akira starts blaming himself for the death of his brother. ...

Loved Gun (2004)

A story about a hitman named Hayamada who carries a distinctive red gun. As the film progresses we discover the reason for his work, and how he came to be alone. His aim right now is to reach a desitination, but he's late. ...

Damned Files 0 (2004)

Takashi and his wife Misako, who lost their beloved son in a trapeze accident, have never recovered from the shock, and have kept the urn in their bedroom because they do not want to leave their son's ashes. One day, the couple hears that they can see thei ...

Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder (1999)

11th installment of the 16-film franchise. ...

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1997)

A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel. ...

Haunted School 3 (1997)

Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school students as they wander into an alternate world that exists on the opposite side of a school mirror. Nishida Naomi (the hapless teacher in "Gakko No Kaidan 2") ...

Haunted School 2 (1996)

Sequel to the 1995 film Haunted School aka Gakkou no Kaidan. Similar to the first, in that it's about a group of youngsters that get stuck in a haunted school and have to deal with an assortment of ghosts. ...

Haunted School (1995)

A young girl wanders into a wing of her elementary school that has been abandoned for years and is rumored to be haunted. When she doesn't come back, a group of her classmates go looking for her, only to find that they, too, are trapped inside. They must s ...

Broken Heart (1995)

Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park. In the neon-lit amusement park, budding romances unfold, along with scenes of breakups. As the Ferris wheel slowly rotates, couples with varying moods sit inside: some on secret rendezvous, some hasti ...

Minamoto Yoshitsune (1991)

During the late Heian era in Japan a famous duel took place between the warrior monk Musashibo Benkei and a slender young man of high rank named Shanao. This was the battle at Gojo Bridge, and while Benkei had taken 999 sword from his vanquished opponents, ...

Heaven and Earth (1990)

Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora mus ...

Goryokaku (1988)

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country ...

Lover's Time (1987)

After preventing the rape of a beautiful girl at the beach and falling in love with her, a medical student gets the chance to discover more about her mysterious life. ...

Be Free! (1986)

Adventures of a young high school teacher and his oddball students. ...

Cabaret (1986)

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater ...

Bobby's Girl (1985)

Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he dec ...

Main Theme (1984)

A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love. ...

Bobby's Girl (1985)

Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he dec ...