Koichi Kitamura

Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own. ...

Female Prisoner Sigma (2006)

They took her identity. They took her freedom. Now, in a man-made labyrinth of concrete and steel, where terrified young women are stripped of their pasts and humanity, she has been reduced to the level of prey. Prey for the ancient evil that lurks inside ...

Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure (2003)

After robbing a Moscow casino right under Zenigata's nose, Lupin is given a job to return 6 treasures to their original areas for an old friend of his, so Lupin can receive an even better treasure to gain. ...

Sakura Wars: The Movie (2001)

Following in the aftermath of a terrible Demon-Human war, turn of the century Japan is preparing a new fighting force in case the demons decide to return. A squadron of giant robots are built to be controlled by the spirit of the pilot, but it is discovere ...

Touch 5: Cross Road (2001)

Trying to find his own game of baseball, and not that of his brothers, Tatsuya moves to America and pitches for a poor, struggling minor league baseball team called the Emeralds. Meanwhile, Minami is still in Japan, trying to find her own path after quitti ...

Ultra Nyan 2: The Great Happy Operation (1998)

Ultra-Nyan's adventures continue. This time, he is tasked with finding the cause of the crows' sudden declaration of war upon the cats. ...

Ultra Nyan: Extraordinary Cat who Descended from the Starry Sky (1997)

Haruka finds a cat in an abandoned building and names it "Nyan". Little does she know that this cat is actually "Ultra-Nyan" who has come from outer space. Using his mysterious powers, Ultra-Nyan helps Haruka and her friends foil the plans of a couple of n ...

Lupin the Third: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (1996)

As Lupin's mentor Don Dolune lies on his deathbed, he hands the master thief a gift, the diamond named Twilight. Though it's only half the treasure — the other half of the Twilight can be found in Morocco. Lupin must contend with his on-again-off-again-p ...

Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996)

Doraemon went missing for 3 days. But it turns out later that he went to the 22nd century to buy a mystery galactic express train ticket whose destination is a secret until the passengers arrive there and see for themselves. ...

Macross Plus: The Movie (1995)

Three decades after the great war between the humans and the Zentradi, the U.N. government is developing new technologies to use in their transforming fighter aircraft by running tests on the colony planet Eden. Military test pilots and former childhood fr ...

Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture (1994)

One hundred years after their deaths, six legendary holy warriors are reborn to seek justice against the former comrade who betrayed them into the hands of an evil god! The six warriors search the feudal province of Edo questing for the last Saint Soldier, ...

The King of Minami 2 (1994)

The second in a series of anime works depicting the activities of Yamikinya Manda Ginjiro, who is called "Minami no Ogre". Yanagida, a machine supplier who had lent money to Ginjiro, visited him. Yanagida had borrowed from Ginjiro the unpaid portion of the ...

Download: Devil's Circuit (1992)

An exciting cyberpunk romp directed by Rintaro with veteran animator Kanada Yoshinori about a genius hacker and a gang of hot-rodders. ...

Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love (1992)

Notorious thief Lupin the Third aims to steal the lost treasure of the Romanov royal family with his criminal associates along for the ride. The treasure is an immense quantity of gold hidden underground in the vaults of a mysterious Texas bank. But to obt ...

The Heroic Legend of Arslan (1991)

Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary (1991)

The secret of the Lupin family treasure is out: its location is written inside a dictionary once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte himself! When the dictionary turns up as the prize for a historic motor car race, the notorious Lupin the Third and his criminal ca ...

Kim's Cross (1990)

Jae-ha, who was living with his brother Sae-fang in the Japanese-occupied Korea during World War II, was taken to the mainland Japan and forced to work on the construction of Matsushiro Imperial Headquarters until the end of the war. ...

Angel Cop (1989)

In the late twentieth century, the Secret Security Force was formed to stop the actions of the communist terrorist group known as the Red May. Angel, a beautiful, yet cold woman, has recently joined the small anti-terrorist group. But her first mission wil ...

Akira (1988)

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop. ...

Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter (1988)

It seems that Lum's grandfather made an agreement that should he have a daughter, she would be married to a traveling merchant that he met. Now, the merchant has come to collect due. Ataru is tricked into thinking that Lum wants to leave, and so, in a mome ...

Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life. ...

Lunn Flies into the Wind (1985)

Akira is a lonely middle school boy, ignored by his classmates and bullied by his teacher. He falls in love with the image of a girl on a coffee advertising poster and names her Lunn. Through his "friendship" with Lunn, he gradually finds the strength to p ...

Beaten by Black Rain (1984)

Many years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the survivors (called hibakusha in Japanese) are still physically and emotionally devastated by the event. Kuroi Ame ni Utarete tells the interlocking stories of a group of survivors who frequent Stand Akau ...

Barefoot Gen (1983)

A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. ...

Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)

Indestructible to his enemies and irresistible to women, the professional assassin codenamed Golgo 13 is shrouded in mystery and anonymity. If you're on his hit list, you're already dead. Always hired on his reputation alone, Golgo never breaks a contract. ...

Sanshiro the Judoist (1981)

In the year 1882, Sanshirou comes to Tokyo seeking for a worthy martial arts teacher. There, he meets Yano - a judo master who single-handedly defeats 39 jujitsu practitioners. Extremely impressed by his skill, Sanshirou decides to become his disciple. Lat ...

Doraemon: The Record of Nobita, Spaceblazer (1981)

Lopple and Chammy, two runaway aliens, recruit Doraemon and Nobita to help save their planet from destruction. ...

Ojamanga Yamada-kun (1981)

The Yamada family lives in Tokyo's Higashi Edogawa Ward. Noboru, the second son and high school student, dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. One day, he hears about a scout from a pro team! However, it turns out that it's not a pro baseball ...

Fumoon (1980)

Nuclear testing has resulted in the abrupt evolution of the Fumoon, a tiny but highly intelligent humanoid race on a small island, who are detected by Dr. Yamadano. Except for a few witnesses including the detective Shinsaku Ban, and the young men Rock and ...

The Wicked (1980)

A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction. ...

Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari (1979)

Amsterdam, June 12, 1942. Anne celebrates her 13th birthday and begins her diary, which she calls Kitty. Hiding for two years from the German threat, the young girl writes about her idealistic views on the world, her ambitions, her fears and her first love ...

Lupin the Third: Pilot Film (1969)

The first animated adaptation of the popular manga series, this pilot introduces the main characters of "Lupin the Third" with montages, presented through a short frame narrative illustrating a typical gang escape. ...