Yuu Tokui

Takano Tofu (2023)

Tatsuo and his daughter Haru run Takano Tofu Store in Onomichi. They begin their work before dawn every day. They carefully select beans to make their tofu. While they have peaceful days, Tatsuo worries about his daughter being alone after his death. ...

It Is Not Good, Maybe. (2023)

Kaminiida Midori is a member of "Pon Poko Pi", a three-person streamer group. The number of views of their videos has been dropping and Midori has been tasked by her friends to be the "test subject" of a surprise documentary project, "Let a cute girl appro ...

Tulips in October (2022)

Detective Ushio is called in to the murder of an elite heart surgeon, who was stabbed twice at a cluster of vending machines in a parking lot. ...

NEKOMIMI - Seaside Pet Detective - (2022)

In the coastal region of Shonan, a young man enlists the help of a eccentric local pet detective to search for his missing pet cat. When the man is unable to pay for the detective's help, he joins the unusual agency to pay off the debt. ...

Naniwa Kinyudo - Haibara knocks on the door of Imperial Finance! (2022)

駐在刑事SP 2022 (2022)

Anime Supremacy! (2022)

Hitomi Saito has been climbing the ranks for years and is set to direct an anime series for the first time, while brilliant director Chiharu Oji is about to make his big comeback after nearly a decade. ...

A World Without Cherry Blossoms (2022)

Saki, a high school girl who always skips classes, works part-time as a life adviser. ...

I Fell in Love with Your Footsteps (2022)

Kobayashi Daiki is a first year high school student who moved from Tokyo to Hita City in Oita Prefecture. ...

runaway girl (2022)

Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021)

Newlyweds Nana and Shota move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's meeting and not Nana?" and "What if exchange murder game doesn't begin? ...

Seiichi Morimura Mystery Special Shuchuchueki Series 37 No Retirement Age (2021)

Popular mystery series No.37 is coming. The death of the oldest son in the family that everyone is proud of - what happened? Mr. Ushio is approaching the sad truth behind it. At around 10 pm, the body of a stationery maker employee Takahiko IBA was found ...

Izakaya Choji (2020)

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (2019)

A high school girl and boy are part of the student council at a pricey school. They have a crush on one another, but have kept it under wraps so far. With awareness and an inkling of what the other one feels for each the challenge becomes to make the oppos ...

Journey of the Sky Goddess (2019)

Takako Kojima works as an announcer in Tokyo, Japan. She is tired of living in Tokyo and she doesn't see a bright future for herself. One day, she is assigned to cover a festival in Minamiosumi, Kagoshima Prefecture. Takako spent her childhood in the town ...

Itosato (2018)

The story is set 155 years ago, during the battles that ended the Shogun era and through the eyes of young Itosato, we gather an interesting glimpse into a world surrounded by the most arcane women, who for the times they were destined to live, were very s ...

My Retirement, My Life (2018)

Michitaro Sano's wife passed away 18 years ago. Since her death, he has lived with his daughter Yumiko at their home. Now, Michitaro retires from his work. Yumiko though tells him to start doing housework. Michitaro is also surprised to learn that Yumiko h ...

Survival Family (2017)

A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family. ...

Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Last Family (2017)

The body of Kou Fujisaki, who fell to her death, is discovered in front of an old building in West Shinjuku. Chief Sakamoto notifies Ushio, who arrives at the scene. Ushio thinks that this must be a murder, but according to Yamaji, who was at the scene bef ...

Murder Credit - Final Destination Series (2016)

I Am a Hero (2016)

A man witnesses a fatal traffic accident on his way home from work, and the victim is clearly killed on impact. A moment later, when the corpse stands up and walks away, it could be a hallucination or something far more extraordinary. ...

Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors (2016)

The body of Kazuyoshi Kawagishi, a construction company worker, is discovered stabbed to death in Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo. Detective Masanao Ushio of Shinjuku West PD begins an investigation and finds that the murdered Kawagishi was an honest person ...

125 Years Memory (2015)

Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese co ...

Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill (2015)

Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo. According to her husband Takeshi, the murdered Chieko Akiba was a top salesperson at the insurance company ...

Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38 (2015)

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015)

Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society. ...

Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu (2015)

Specialist 3 (2015)

Shu Kubota is killed by someone with a baseball bat. A metal bat and an old toy are found at the crime scene. Detective Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) with the special investigation unit goes to the crime scene to investigate. There, Detective Yoshito realiz ...

Her Granddaughter (2015)

Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother's house in the countryside. When her grandmother dies, Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in the house full-time, and to work from there as well. ...

Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36 (2014)

The Vancouver Asahi (2014)

In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of their Caucasian counterparts. But one thing made their lives worth living: baseball. They may be the underdogs ...

Specialist 2 (2014)

A mysterious code written with letters and numbers is found on a street in Kyoto. Yoshito Takuma (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and Chinami Anekoji (Kaho Minami) begin to investigate. They discover that something happened at the place where the code was found on stic ...

A Band Rabbit and a Boy (2013)

After class, first-year junior high school student Katsuhisa Okuda always wishes to go home quickly. One day, however, chasing a mysterious rabbit leads him to join the school's brass band club. The brass band had the longest practice hours of any club, bu ...

SPEC: Zero (2013)

High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has a high possibility that they were killed by people who have spec." That was the first time she heard of "s ...

The Road Less Travelled (2013)

Kazunari Katsuki (Gaku Sano) lied to his classmate that Tokyo stinks. Because of his comment, he goes to Tokyo alone. On his way back, he misses his flight back to Kumamoto. Kazunari only 3,400 yen in his pocket. He becomes confused about his missed flight ...

Princess Sakura (2013)

One evening, Princess Sakura is attacked by a man. At that time, the Princess could not see his face and only sees a tattoo on his body. Because of that that night, Princess Sakura falls in love with the man. In order to find the man she gives up everythin ...

Specialist (2013)

Kusanagi plays a police detective who gets framed for a crime he didn't commit and had to spend the last 10 years in prison. However, he regains his job as a police officer and makes use of his specialized knowledge on criminal psychology to solve difficul ...

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody (2013)

Set in Kyokuhoku Citizen Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. "Kyokuhoku Rhapsody" follows the life of a young doctor for a one year period. Yoshio Imanaka works at the Kyokuhoku Hospital that is losing staff members and facing bankruptcy. During this difficult ti ...

My Departure (2012)

Drama depicting two men and a woman, each with their own issues, who head for Fukui, and their maturity and rejuvenation through travel. Recently retired Nishina Kosuke goes to meet his first love, who he got to know as a pen pal 42 years ago. For Kagawa Y ...

Fujimi Orchestra: Cold Front Conductor (2012)

Tonoin Kei, a musical genius, becomes the new conductor of Fujimi, clashing with the group's leader, Morimura Yuuki, who is unaware of Kei's feelings for him. ...

Robo-G (2012)

Three engineers cannot make a robot work in time for a science show, and hire a man to inhabit the robot's shell to save their jobs. The robot's performance at the show attracts media attention and scrutiny from a science student. ...

Crossroads (2011)

Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife. ...

Jazz G Men (2011)

In a bid to bring back life to their town after seeing its population dwindle in recent years, the manager of a shopping mall in northern Saitama Prefecture and the executive director of the Honjo Chamber of Commerce start a project to put together an impr ...

The Wife of Gegege (2010)

A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together. ...

Onobori monogatari (2010)

A young man moves from the countryside to Tokyo, while experiencing hardships and happiness, in his pursuit to become a comics artist. ...

Piecing Me Back Together (2010)

A young woman named Izumi suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi, who died from a fatal motorcycle accident. The shock from her boyfriend's sudden death causes Izumi to lose her memory from the time of the accident. A lawyer named Makiko then helps Izum ...

A Lone Scalpel (2010)

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient's liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town' ...

Rinco's Restaurant (2010)

After a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant. A young woman in her mid 20's becomes so heart broken she loses her voice. To recover, the woman decides to go back to her hometown and stay with her free-spirited ...

Silver Rain (2009)

Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune (2009)

Komaki is a thirty-something woman that has had it with her perpetually unemployed aspiring writer husband. Following the divorce, she moves back to her Tokyo-area hometown of Kyojima along with her young daughter, Non-chan. However, she has a difficult ti ...

I’m a Cat Stalker (2009)

Haru works at a part-time job for a bookstore. Her dream is to become an illustrator and she also loves cats. One day, after a cat named Chibutomu disappears from the bookstore Haru canvasses the neighbourhood in search of Chibutomu. ...

Days with You (2009)

Natsuki takes care of her young autistic brother. She then meets her old childhood friend and falls in love, unfortunately he suffers from a serious illness. ...

Crime or Punishment?!? (2009)

Riko Narumi plays an unpopular idol who in an attempt to boost her faltering career becomes police chief for a day. During the day a robbery occurs at a convenience store and instead of letting a real police chief deal with the robbery she decides to take ...

Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station (2008)

Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen (2008)

In this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with his life after college while competing with Kyoko's impossibly perfect tennis coach for her affection. ...

A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (2007)

The touching and dramatic tale of the relationship between a Japanese family, their dog and her three puppies, set against the backdrop of a devastating earthquake and the ensuing chaos, rescues and heroism. ...

Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She's conf ...

Loving You (2007)

After being saved from drowning, Hayase grows curious about quiet Noboru—and even more confused when he meets his bold twin, Ryu. ...

The Haunted Samurai (2007)

A lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro finds himself unable to move up in the world due to the stifling caste system of the Bakumatsu era. After being expelled from the household into which he was adopted through marriage and sepa ...

Sixteen (2007)

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress. ...

The Sword of Alexander (2007)

Orichalcum is a mystical metal material that gives great powers to the life form that possesses it. Many Eons ago, the Orichalcum was split into three and landed on Earth. The metal then took the form of three relics: Skanda's Vajra, Jew's Cross, and the S ...

I Just Didn't Do It (2007)

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent. ...

Rough (2006)

A diver on the university team must decide which of her two childhood friends she loves, and they're both on the swim team. High school diver Ami and swimmer Keisuke don't exactly get along. Their parents run rival sweets shops and Ami is long-time friends ...

Spring Snow (2005)

Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two youngsters amongst the aristocracy and rich of early twentieth century Japan. ...

Touch (2005)

Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will participate in the national Koshien High School Baseball Tournament. The twin brothers make a pact that th ...

Life on the Longboard (2005)

A depressed middle-aged man takes up surfing after he retires. ...

The Great Yokai War (2005)

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight ...

Fly, Daddy, Fly (2005)

Suzuki's world is shattered when his teenage daughter is brutally attacked. The assailant, Ishihara, son of a politician, brazenly mocks Suzuki as he throws him cover-up money. Angry, Suzuki finds he has no answer to Ishihara and in venting his anger, lose ...

Thirty Lies or So (2004)

Takarada, a member of a group of swindlers which has reunited to pull off a big caper involving down comforters, shoddy encyclopedias, and a panda suit. However, the actual scam they're about to run takes a back seat to the trust issues between the group. ...

Swing Girls (2004)

A group of delinquent high school girls form a band when they accidentally poison their school's brass band and have to replace them. ...

Eiko (2004)

Eiko Akimori is a 23-year-old woman who lives alone in an apartment. One day, Eiko is made to buy a big stone ring that brings happiness from a catch sales on the way home from work. ...

Drugstore Girl (2004)

Pharmaceutical student, Keiko witnesses her boyfriend having an affair. Shocked and disappointed, she jumps on a train ("destination anywhere, east or west, she don't care") and ends up in a town named Masao in Tokyo's remote suburbs. There, she gets a par ...

Zebraman (2004)

A down-and-out schoolteacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman. ...

Age 17 (2003)

Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, she becomes enamored with her classmate Ryou, who is repeating a year despite her good grades. ...

Fan of Hong Kong star (2002)

The protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of a famous French shoe brand. The protagonist is obsessed with a Hong Kong singer called Eakin Cheng and frequently goes to Hong Kong. However, she herself has a ...

Shangri-La (2002)

Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a c ...

Tales of the Bizarre: 2002 Spring Special (2002)

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2002 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Mushi Game (Ignore the Game) - starring Uchiyama Rina 2. Okashina Machi (Funny Town) - starring Yanagiba Toshiro 3. Tokage no Shippo (Lizard's Tail) - starrin ...

Travail (2002)

Asami and Rina are two sisters who are both professional shogi players in the same B League. Both are also unsatisfied with their partners — Asami is in a slump and is danger of slipping into the C League and she blames her husband Kazuya, and Rina is ti ...

Pakodate-jin (2002)

One morning Hikaru Hino, a high school student living in Hakodate, wakes up to find she has grown a tail. She quickly cancels her first date with classmate Hayato, complicating their relationship. Hikaru's sister makes a fake tail to cheer her up and takes ...

Dark Water (2002)

A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak. ...

Perfect Education: 40 Days of Love (2001)

A young girl, who lost her father at her early age, is kidnapped by a school teacher. He strips, binds and attempts to rape her. For the next few days she tries to escape but in vain. Later, she becomes used to the life with him. Even when she has a chance ...

Senrigan (2000)

The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as 'Midori no Saru' (The Green Monkey). Members of this group have committed a string of violent suicide-attacks o ...

Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer (2000)

Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown complacent after uns ...

Le Secret (1999)

Making-of movie Himitsu (Secret, 1999). ...

Dream Maker (1999)

Masato is a bad boy, but very in love with music. He meets a girl, Miki, who has serious diseases but is optimistic toward life. They start to work together in a CD shop and catch every chance to show their talents. Under the efforts of Masato, his company ...

The Exam (1999)

Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking ...

The Accomplice (1999)

This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kiuchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought the Japanese yakuza organization to its knees. He breaks out of prison while being transported back to Bra ...

School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special (1999)

A special edition of the TV series "Gakko no Kaidan (School Ghost Stories)" broadcast on Fuji Television Network. ...

Adrenaline Drive (1999)

A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues. ...

Shomuni (1998)

The day after being dumped by the boyfriend to whom she was going to give her virginity, Sawako Tsukahara (Kumiko Endo), an office lady in the accounting department of Manpan Trading Co., is dispatched as a helper to General Affairs Section 2. General Affa ...

Diary of Early Winter Shower (1998)

Kounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in love 20 years ago. They had promised each other that they would build a retreat in Shiguretei, but Ushio was hospitalized after a stroke a few days later, and ...

Give It All (1998)

Etsuko – a typical Japanese high school student, who's unlucky in love, an academic failure, and plain bored with life. That's until one day, the view of a boat gliding gracefully in the sea inspires her to take up the oar. Since she's rejected by her sc ...

MIND GAME (1998)

A university hospital therapist and his researcher girlfriend treat a withdrawn youth with multiple personalities. As therapy peels back trauma, a violent alter-ego emerges, dragging both clinicians into a tightening psychological trap. ...

My Secret Cache (1997)

Sakiko, a young bank teller, has an unhealthy obsession with money. Thieves hold up the bank, kidnapping Sakiko in the process, but eventually crash their car, resulting in a suitcase stuffed with cash falling into a nearby river. For the remainder of the ...

Socrates (1996)

Based on the story "Gokudō Socrates" ...

Weather Woman (1996)

Keiko, a young, newly hired weather woman, is eager to give her channel's flagging ratings a boost. She decides a panty shot might do the trick, so during her forecast she lifts her skirt, thereby capturing the attention and the hearts of viewers. Keiko's ...

Shall We Dance? (1996)

A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to fin ...

Love Letter (1995)

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. ...

Kirikomi (1995)

Wakaokusama no namashitagi: Ikasete (1990)

Two sisters who used to work as call girls at a hotel. The older sister has retired and is now living happily as the wife of a police officer. The younger sister is still actively working as a call girl at a hotel. When the younger sister notices that a po ...

Catastrophe (1990)

A Salaryman in Hokkaido heads to Tokyo for his daughters wedding, but the fun is just beginning,,, ...

Fancy Dance (1989)

Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline, he learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots. ...

Perverted Three Sisters (1989)

Pink film distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu. ...

Real Backroom Sex Express (1989)

Pink film distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu. ...

Your Wife is a Masochist, Let Me Hold Her! (1989)

Pink film distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu. ...

Roppongi Slave Club (1989)

Pink film distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu. ...

Japan Snow Report: Cracks in Passion (1988)

Pink film distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu. ...

Nakazawa Keiko vs Takagi Yōko: Daburuōgazumu (1987)

Nikkatsu Roman Porno ...

Hanjuku Madonna: Oishii futomomo (1987)

Nikkatsu Roman Porno ...

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970. ...