Yoshiko Tanaka

Tenohira no memo (2010)

Hitsudan Hostess (2010)

The story is based on the bestselling autobiography of 25-year-old Rie Saito, who became a number-one hostess in Ginza despite being deaf. "Hitsudan Hostess" was published by Kobunsha this past May, and so far it has sold roughly 115,000 copies. The book ...

Smile (2007)

Heartwarming human drama about a former tap dancer who trades in his tap shoes to woo a figure skating instructor. ...

Best Wishes for Tomorrow (2007)

A Japanese Class B war criminal sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of American Airmen. ...

Oyaji (2007)

Surrounded by violence for as long as he can remember, Ryoudo Numata has steeled himself into a tremendously tough man, growing to become the very essence of "manliness" himself in order to live his life in peace. When members of a yakuza clan set on fire ...

Winds From Zero (2007)

On April 9, 2000, Suzuki Kyoko receives a phone call from the police. She learns that her 19-year-old son and his friend were killed by a drunk driver while walking along a bridge in Zama. Suzuki Kyoko lost her husband to cancer five years earlier and her ...

An Eraser in My Head (2007)

An art school student and an artist find love but soon must face a painful struggle. ...

Arigatou (2006)

In the early morning of January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, and Tadao Furuichi (Hidekazu Akai), who was running a camera store in Kobe City, lost his friends, his house, and his property. Tadao is busy volunteering for the reconstr ...

The Deep Red (2005)

Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two people who find their lives irrevocably changed as a result of a horrible multiple homicide. The first person traumatized is the lone survivor of the terrible f ...

Install (2004)

High school student Asako moves all of her belongings to the refuse area of her apartment complex and stops attending school. Kazuyoshi, a precocious young boy, invites her to join him in an online chatroom venture where she assumes the identity of a marri ...

Kusa no ran (2004)

This is a true story about the "Chichibu Incident," which is said to be the only revolution in Japan. ...

Touch a Dream (2003)

Women in the Mirror (2003)

Three women who share memories of the Hiroshima disaster try to uncover the hidden family ties that may or may not bind them together. ...

Ring 0 (2000)

Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit. ...

Railroad Man (1999)

A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his car ...

Friendship (1998)

Fourteen-year old student Ayumi has leukemia and starts losing hair. She becomes depressed but receives overwhelming support from her classmates when they all shave their heads for her. ...

Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin (1996)

Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji. ...

Salaryman Senka (1995)

Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969. ...

The detective whose path was crossed by a snake (1995)

Starring Ken Takakura, this TV special depicts a detective (Akira Hayasaka) who lives in a harsh life with pride and conviction. Minoru Akiba, Chief of the Investigation Division 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department, is a veteran detective who has pass ...

A Last Note (1995)

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. ...

The Unconcealed Woman (1994)

Based on a story written by actress and author Hideko Takamine. Kimizuru Kawamoto is a popular geisha in Shitaya, Tokyo in 1926. Kimizuru is pregnant with the child of Hiroshi, the son of an large company's president, who tells her to wait for marriage unt ...

Sakura (1994)

The story of a bus conductor who dedicates his life to the cherished Japanese symbol. ...

The Tomb & the Divorce (1993)

Yoshinori sells plots of land in a cemetery, and is involved in a stale ten-year-old marriage with bored housewife Atsuko. When Atsuko makes a male friend at her leather-working class, Yoshinori has a fit. This is on top of the myriad of odd clients that h ...

Araki Mataemon: Duel at Kagiya Corners (1993)

Watanabe Kazuma's younger brother is brutally murdered by Kawai Matagoro. However, Kazuma's vendetta is denied since the Japanese law in the 17th Century only allowed a samurai to avenge his father or older brother, but not a younger brother. This incident ...

Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three wa ...

Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell (1992)

The Paradise Garden (1991)

The story of Czech architect Jan Letzel, who designed the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima ...

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese government uses the cells to create a new bio-weapon, ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). They seeks the aid of ...

Kaibyō Koi-ga-fuchi (1987)

The sisters lived near a pond called Koigafuchi, near Edo, and kept a father-and-son cat named Tama and Kaze. The elder sister, Oichi, was discovered by a samurai named Kazuma who rescued her when she had fallen ill, and she was sent to serve him at his ma ...

Yume-Chiyo (1985)

Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left. Though her responsibility lies in taking care of her girls, she finds purpose in helping a man wrongfully acc ...

The Man from Shimizu (1982)

On the day his mother dies, young gambler Jirocho swears in front of her grave that he'll never gamble again. But, that night, Jirocho heads to a gambling den, where he bets the condolence money for his mother's funeral. No surprise to learn he loses the l ...

Eternal Monument (1982)

A remake of the 1953 film of the same name. ...

The First Catch (1980)

Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi. ...

Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!! (1975)

Chotaro and Nakanishi, a duo of unemployed advertisers, drifted to Isehama, a port town near Yokohama, but a gang was making its presence felt in the town and the shopkeepers in the shopping arcade were troubled by it. Chotaro poses as a journalist and use ...