Kunio Murai

Tokyo Ghoul 'S' (2019)

Now a member of Anteiku, Ken Kaneki grows closer to the ghouls around him. Determined to protect his new home against anti-ghoul forces, he trains his powers in secret. But when the infamous gourmet, Shū Tsukiyama, wishes to savour some half-ghoul flavour ...

KASANE –Beauty and Fate– (2018)

Kasane Fuchi is the daughter of a beautiful, legendary actress. Kasane has excellent acting skills as well, but she is not attractive. She has a hard time due to her unattractiveness. Kasane has a lipstick left behind by her late mother. The lipstick holds ...

Evil and The Mask (2018)

Kuki Fumihiro is a son from a wealthy zaibatsu (conglomerate) family. His father raises him to become pure evil. Kuki kills his father to protect his adopted sister Kaori. Afterward, Kuki disappears. He undergoes plastic surgery and takes the identity of ...

Tokyo Ghoul (2017)

A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run. ...

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 ...

Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills (2008)

Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband pas ...

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 ...

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spi ...

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow (1997)

A drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake. ...

Sting (1997)

Shunsuke, a coach who hangs out at the gambling track, is in jeopardy at the bicycle race track. The place is saved by a "scammer", and he himself will hone his skill in scamming, which skillfully raises a lot of money. ...

Like Grains of Sand (1995)

A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class. ...

A Brief Message from the Heart (1995)

A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man. ...

XX: Beautiful Weapon (1993)

A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her "clients" / targets that she shoots right after having sex with them in her completely darkened bedroom. ...

Rainbow Bridge (1993)

Set in Edo-era Kyoto, this drama depicts the adolescent battles and the love between parents and children who are born and raised in the same tenement house. ...

Kim's War (1991)

After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the press inside and explains why he was driven to his crime. ...

Strawberry Times 2: Santa ga koi shi ni yatte kita (1989)

Godzilla 1985 (1985)

Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to th ...

Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning II (1985)

Reportage writer Kenzo has made an interview appointment with Morishima, the mastermind behind the political and business world. On that day, Morishima is killed and a 200 million yen diamond is stolen. The diamond was brought by jeweler Kuhara to sell to ...

The Return of Godzilla (1984)

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the Unite ...

L・O・V・I・N・G (1983)

Murder case. ...

The Yoshida School (1983)

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political histor ...

Jirocho of Shimizu 4: The Cold Wind of the North, the Revenge of the Righteous (1983)

After the first anniversary of Ishimatsu's death, Jirocho Shimizu sets off on a pilgrimage. During his travels, he encounters a woman and local fishermen in desperate need of help. However, more trouble brews when Katsuzo Kurokoma returns to extract reveng ...

Lullaby of Death (1982)

Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother's suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. All intertwined with the investigation of journalists into local murders, the manipulations of a palmist k ...

The Wild Daisy (1981)

Born in affluent families among the Japanese mountains, two close cousins fall in love and have to suffer through the social constraints of their time. ...

Port Arthur (1980)

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserv ...

Without Complaint (1975)

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto. ...

The Beast Shall Die (1974)

Kunihiko Date, a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father to ruin. ...

The Blossom and the Sword (1973)

Tai Kato's early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is ...

Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the me ...

Shadow of Love (1972)

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 (1972)

Part 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. ...

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history. ...

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968)

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and b ...

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza (1968)

With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936's Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki's story for Uch ...

Ohyaku: The Female Demon (1968)

Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment of government gold. When this plan goes wrong and Ohyaku ends up in prison, she resolves to do anything to escape and claim revenge on the ones who betraye ...

Snake Woman's Curse (1968)

An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory. ...

Journey (1967)

The Shogun and His Mistresses (1967)

Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period. ...

Tears of Banishment (1967)

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling's name. ...

Classmates (1967)

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II. ...

Watari, the Ninja Boy (1966)

Adapted from Sanpei Shirato's classic manga, a legend unfolds as Watari, a young boy skilled in ninjutsu, takes on the corruption inside the Iga clan and avenges many unjustly killed ninja by the acts of Sandayu Momochi's scheming vice-leader. ...