Ken'ichi Nagira

Hakuchū no onna gari (2012)

Three men in camouflage uniforms armed with machine guns attack women one after the other as if it were a game. Due to its extreme content, the film was withheld from public release and remained a phantom work for a long time. After 28 years, it was screen ...

Rakugo musume (2008)

When a gal named Kasumi decides to become a traditional Japanese 'Rakugo' storyteller due to her uncle's invalidity, she is soon on her way to a career with college-level and amateur success. She becomes a student to one of the master's of the genre and is ...

Summer Days with Coo (2007)

A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any remaining o ...

The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker (2007)

A university student finds himself wrapped up in the bizarre world of his next door neighbor, learning about his history and relationship with a girl who changed his life. ...

Awakening (2007)

After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriage seem to suddenly vanish as she finds out that her husband had lived a double life. Struggling between her anger and the chance to begin a new chapter for ...

Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened (2005)

A show called "10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened" is struck with fear during a live broadcast on an infamous cursed house when bizarre phenomena occur, and the spirit of a young girl gets captured on film. The hosts decide to go tow ...

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)

An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track Godzilla as he makes landfall in Nemuro. Matters are further complicated when a giant meteor is discovered in the Ibaragi Prefecture. The mysterious rock begin ...

The Pachinko Game Drifter II (1995)

Sometime, Somewhere (1992)

The story follows Mamoru Masaki, a resort developer, and Koai, a career woman at a rival company. The appearance of Masaki, who does not live in work and in love, gradually loosens up. ...

Virgin Love! The Virgin Story 3 (1989)

Today in Shibuya, Tokyo, pick-ups are still going on everywhere. High school students dress up in make-up fashions, hang out in discos, and ride around on four wheels. Mikami, Takeshi, Nobuhiro, and Toru are selling party tickets for the day. Mikami is dat ...

Whatever, White Bear (1987)

A story about an albino brown bear and his woodland friends as they encounter various human artifacts in the woods and interact with them. ...

Komatsu Midori no suki bokuro (1985)

With the death of her father, a daughter reluctantly returns to the family temple hidden in the mist covered mountains where dark and forbidden secrets dwell. ...

Kyoko Aizome's Widow Boarding House (1984)

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People of Twilight (1984)

A woman runs a "mistress service" and interviews young women for "dates" with men. Various couples get together but someone is following and watching them. ...

Appassionata (1984)

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") ...

A Madcap Corporation (1983)

A yakuza family goes into show business. ...

"BLOW THE NIGHT!" Let's Spend the Night Together (1983)

"BLOW THE NIGHT!" Let's Spend the Night Together is a 1983 Japanese docu-drama shot on 16mm film starring actual Yanki gang members as many of the main characters. ...

Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song (1977)

This biopic is centered on New Year's Day of 1894, when Kitamura is recovering from a suicide attempt. Japan is then under the spell of fervent patriotism because the government wants to build up public support for a war with China. Kitamura's literary fri ...