Daisuke Tengan

Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training. On the day of the audition, she's the last person they see. Aoyama is hooked. He notes her number from her file, calls her and takes her to dinner. He hesitates to call again, worried that he'll seem too eager... (imdb)

The place is the down side of Yokohama. The atmosphere is international and the action fast. The hero is Maiku Hama - a delinquent turned private eye who operates out of the second floor of the local movie theater. (Tidepoint Pictures)

White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away, suddenly returns home and kills her... (imdb)

Stairway to the Distant Past is a witty, action-packed homage/spoof to French New Wave cinema, American film noir, and Japanese gangster films. Private Detective Mike Hama is practically homeless. Things change, however, with the arrival of Lily, a beautiful and mysterious stripper whose true identity may hold the secret to Mike's past. Hayashi brings part two of his acclaimed series to life with vivid color and graphic violence captured in an ironic and highly stylized way. (rottentomatoes.com)

A young fugitive seeking shelter from a potential homicide charge hides in a blind woman's house, where each of them is aware of the other's existence and yet they form a mutually quiet cohabitation while working out their personal troubles. (HKFlix)

A reporter Mizuno (Tomorowo Taguchi) has been shunted off to a small village. Hirano (Takeshi Wakamatsu), the chief priest of a local Shinto shrine, tells him that Teruko (Sarara Tsukifune), the owner of a small bar where Mizuno has been with the chief correspondent, is involved with a cult sect and she is suspected of murders for insurance money. Eager to get a scoop so that he can return to the head office, Mizuno looks into the matter and questions Teruko directly. (AsianMediaWiki)

A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord. (imdb)

A group of elderly women living in the wilderness plot revenge on the men who threw them out of town as part of a superstitious ritual.

In the movie, Maiku Hama (Masatoshi Nagase) is finally making it big in the detective biz. Financially well off and up to his neck in new clientele, things seem to be looking up. However, when he receives a strange request from a hooded character, "I want you to look for me". Never one to back down from a challenge, Hama gets mixed up in the work of a serial killer that has Yokohama paralyzed with fear. (eigapedia.com)

Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him. (imdb)