Keiko Matsuzaka

The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more. (imdb)

A comedic drama about the inside world of filmmaking, FALL GUY (KAMATA KOSHIN-KYOKU) was helmed by acclaimed Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku. A declining movie star, Ginshiro, decides to exploit the devotion of an over-dedicated fan, Yasu, to help restore his image and superstardom. First, he asks Yasu to marry his pregnant mistress Konatsu, in order to deflect any negative press and resulting scandal... (Yahoo! Movies)

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project. (imdb)

Dr. Akagi, a rural physician in Japan during WWII, wages a one-man crusade against hepetitis, earning him a reputation as "Dr. Liver." But his fanatic campaign brings him into disfavor with the Japanese army, and as the war seems more and more hopeless for the Japanese, Dr. Akagi finds himself increasingly a scapegoat. (imdb)

A thriller set in contemporary Japan. (imdb)

The film tells the story of a writer with a wandering eye and his jealous wife. (Wikipedia)

Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-[Caucasian] woman. (http://asianmediawiki.com/Honokaa_Boy)

Quing is married to a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, she has plenty of money and can afford whatever surgical improvements she desires. Right now, Qing is making use of all her contacts to contrive to meet a mysterious chef named Mei, who is well-known for her specialty - dumplings. However, the reason why Qing is drawn to Mei's dumplings is not because she is a gourmand but because she wants to recreate her youthful beauty. (Berlinale)

After being forced to resign from her publishing company job when her magazine goes out of circulation, Haname Jinchoge (Kumiko Aso) is given the name of her real father when her mother (Keiko Matsuzaka) falls into a coma after nearly drowning in a pond. Unsure if Noburo (Morio Kazama) is her father, Haname decides to visit him but tells him that she is a distant relative. He happens to be the shopkeeper at an odd antiquities shop, and working with him is a punk rocker named Gas (Ryo Kase). (asianmediawiki.com)

When tycoon Inugami Sahei passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marry one of the Inugami grandsons - Sukekiyo , Suketake, or Suketomo - pitting blood against blood. Soon afterwards, members of the family begin to show up dead, one by one. Detective Kindaichi Kosuke is called in to investigate the murders, and the truth is slowly revealed as he happens upon years of hidden skeletons and a shocking family secret. (Asian Media Wiki)

Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.

The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya, the young daughter of a samurai killed fighting these demons, accepts a mission to travel to Mt. Fuji and defeat the evil spirits. Accompanying her on her journey are two veteran warriors who served her father, and Taro, a young kappa, or river spirit, whom she has adopted as her little brother. (imdb)

In the year 1926, Machiko Hasegawa is a 6-year-old child and lives in Fukuoka. She is a bright girl, who enjoys playing outdoors. At home, she loves to draw. Her father is a handsome mining engineer and he loves his family more than anything else. When Machiko is 14-years-old her father passes away. The rest of her family decides to move to Tokyo. Her mother than makes a quick decision and sends 15-year-old Machiko to manga artist Tagawa as his student.

When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.

Teen Mitsuo is looking for a job. He gave some interviews already, but was unsuccessful. That's why he wants to give up and gets into an argument with his parents. He looks for work in some distant areas and lands on the island Kotojima in the inland sea, where he finds work as a fisherman. The family asks Mitsuo's Uncle Tora-san to bring him back. Torah is not particularly successful there but he finds another reason to stay on Kotojima: the sweet and beautiful Yoko.

The last episode in the long running comedy film series.

A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to combat criminals and for world peace. The whole resulting in the wanted and are chased of all families mob in Japan. They may however be a little unexpected help from the police. (letterboxd.com)

The first lady of America gets kidnapped, leading Detective Sakuraki to places that shouldn't exist!. Sequel to the film "Waru" also directed by Takashi Miike. (filmaffinity.com)

A tragic love story about a prostitute, Yuko and Seijyun, a young trainee monk. Based on a novel by Tsutomu Minakami, a Naoki Prize winner. (imdb)

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage. (weirdwildrealm.com)

Noriko Yamada is a housewife and mother of five children, she and her husband go through an economic crisis that leads them to have problems with the bank. But while looking for work, he is making friends with Hitoshi Hibino; President of "K & D Research" a detective agency. This will give you the opportunity to pass a probationary period investigating an infidelity. And so Noriko will be a part-time detective. (filmaffinity)

The housewife and other part-time private detective Noriko Yamada old tricks again uncovering mysterious business cases corrupt. But this time will solve adopting the style of "Beatrix Kiddo" (character played Unma Thurman in Kill Bill). (filmaffinity)

Taking place in the Tang Dynasty, a demon cat appears and breaks the peace of Chang'an City, causing a series of strange events. Poet Bai Letian and Monk Kukai join hands to investigate the death of Concubine Yang by following the trial left by the cat, unveiling a buried fact. (imdb)

A 16-year-old girl works in a factory to pay her late father's debt. When she makes up her mind to be a hostess, a young man approaches her with kind and gentle manners. It's the first time for her to be treated nicely like this. Actually, he is a yakuza (gangster) and forces young girls into prostitution, but this time he falls in love with her.

Harima Kaoruko has two children. She lives separately from her husband Kazuaki. They have agreed to divorce after their daughter's exam for elementary school finishes. One day, they learn that their daughter drowned in a swimming pool. The doctor informs them that their daughter is brain dead and does not have a chance to recover. The couple has two choices. One choice is to donate Mizuho's organs to others in need and their other choice is to wait until Mizuho's heart stops beating. (imdb)

Set in a rural town near Mount Fuji, the film revolves around five high school girls who decide to participate in a calligraphy demonstration event. Through calligraphy, the students develop friendships and learn how to deal with others. On the day of the event, 1,000 people show up to witness the contest as the girls express themselves by collaboratively drawing characters on huge pieces of paper.

Follows Kiyo, who becomes a Makanai (person who cooks meals) at a house where Maiko (apprentice geishas) live together. (imdb)

The great epic drama about a Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived during the Kamakura period (1185–1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra, entitled Myōhō-Renge-Kyō in Japanese, as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment and the chanting of Nam-Myōhō-Renge-Kyō as the essential practice of the teaching. Nichiren Buddhism includes various schools with diverging interpretations of Nichiren's teachings. (KG)

Jiro Tamiya stars as moody super-cop Cobra Cumera; a Datsun driving, face punching detective who battles homicidal mobsters intent in causing mayhem and trouble in beautifully shot Tokyo.

Sex comedy from Daiei.

This story takes place at an antiquarian bookshop on a secluded corner of Kamakura, Japan's ancient capital, called Biblia Antiquarian bookshop. The owner of the shop is Shinokawa Shioriko, a young and beautiful woman who is overly shy and finds it difficult to converse upon meeting someone for the first time. On the other hand, the abundance of her knowledge in antiquarian books is second to none. When she speaks about these classic books, passion overcomes shyness and she becomes...