Tôru Nakamura

An epic tale of doomed passion, mistaken identity and the terrible personal cost of political resistance. (Palm Pictures)

2009 Lost Memories unfolds from an intriguing premise: what if An Jung-geun had failed to assassinate Ito Hirobumi in Harbin, 1909, and this single incident opened a completely different history, one in which Japan had never lost the Second World War, and Korea had never gained independence. (ADV Films)

Gena witnesses the murder of her son by a Japanees hit-man. He accidentally shoots the boy during a hit on a rival gang of bus operators. Gena then dedicates her life to revenge, and seeks out the gunman. But are the other (mystical) influences involved ? (imdb)

After Ken misses his wedding in Las Vegas, his angry girlfriend returns to Hong Kong to find him, but instead finds their interior designer and a bunch of Yazuka thugs. What's happened to her fiancée?

A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school. (imdb)

A circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for a crime he didn't commit and is forced to hunt down the real criminal--a man with the unique ability to change his appearance at will. (nipponcinema.com)

Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he tries to make her change her lifestyle and values. While Eiji ponders the reasons of the breakup, Mitsuko falls for one of her neighbours, a slacker who has the same life as her. But Mitsuko's new lover is fascinated by Eiji's power and social status.

The movie stars Haruka Ayase as a 23-year-old teacher named Mikako who loses her confidence in her ability to deal with students. For a fresh start, she signs up to be the advisor of the boys' volleyball team. She soon discovers the team only has five players who've barely even touched a volleyball and would much rather spend their time obsessing over girls than practicing. (nipponcinema.com)

He is Kikuji Murao (Etsushi Toyokawa), a former best-selling novelist who has had a decade-long dry spell that has reduced him to university teaching and magazine hackery. After divorcing his wife (Reiko Takashima) and leaving behind his teenage daughter (Shihori Kanjiya), he meets Fuyuka Irie (Shinobu Terajima), a housewife and mother of three who is a longtime fan. (The Movie Database)

1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's police to be unsolved greatest stain, and statute of limitations approached it. (imdb)

In 2002, Yoshinobu Mikami, an ex-detective who was assigned as the investigator of the "Rokuyon" case 14years ago, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department against his will. As a newly assigned Public Relations Officer, he was troubled with the relation between the reporters, new case has occurred. And that new case traced "Rokuyon" case exactly. (letterboxd)

In 1995, five serial murder cases took place. Wataru Makimura took charge of the murder cases and tried to catch the serial killer. Due to the killer's trap, Wataru Makimura's superior was killed. The serial murder case has been unsolved to this date. 22 years later, a murder memoir "Watashi ga Satsujinhan desu" ("I am a Murderer") is published. The author describes himself as the killer responsible for the five unsolved serial murder cases. (KG)

Five bizarre tales for the fall of 2014.

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao wo Nusumareta (My Face was Stolen) - starring Inagaki Goro 2. Rental Love - starring Iijima Naoko 3. Oikaketai (I want to Chase [Him/Her]) - starring Kyono Kotomi 4. Chozeikin Taisaku Satsujin Jiken (Countering Excessive Taxation Murder Case) - starring Nishimura Masahiko 5. Kage no Kuni (The Country of Shadows) - starring Sakurai Sachiko.

Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. When his father’s battle against his rival group the Miike Family ignites, Toru becomes more involved in the turf war than he wished for. (Letterbox'd)

This series revolves around the investigations of Detectives Takayama and Oshita. Famous for their unique personalities and unorthodox methods of catching the criminals, this crime-fighting pair never fail to find themselves in the middle of another exciting case. --- groink (from Avistaz), the series became very popular and spawned films, spin-offs series, and books

Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, to ne used for for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he learned that English language is way more global & important. His struggle against patriarchal mindset leads his school to become one of the oldest universities in Japan. Set in the period pre and durung the Japanese civil wars that marked the Meiji Restoration, abd so a period of great turmoil & confusion (IMDB & ME).

If your girl or boy attends Bee Bop High School it is time to seek out alternatives. The boys and girls are uniformed and sport 1950s' 1950s-style sleek hair and features, but the educational institution has more to do with A Clockwork Orange than Degrassi High. The students fight, brawl, get bloodied, and are not all too polite to the dames either. Bulk up on the bandage and...

A sly prep school thug uses his girlfriend to lure Hiroshi and Toru to a fight, but the scheme escalates to an all-out war between everyone involved.

College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two thugs expelled from school eye the new couple.

Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.

With thugs under gang leader Shingo attempting to make a name for themselves, Toru and crew must brace for an all-out war between their two schools.

A heated argument between middle school thugs leads to a fierce war between two rival high schools when Toru's girlfriend, Shoko, gets involved.

Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.

Former policeman Matsushita Hiroshi is a professional marksman shootist. When his keen eye catches his target in the dry urban darkness, the hard, breathless action begins.

At the vernissage of an exhibition of his works painter Tamura notices a forgery, meanwhile, the dead body of a woman is found at sea. As news of both incidents travels, an unexpected connection transpires. A deeply felt drama on authenticity, ageing and love. In the strictly codified world of high-society Japan, the forgery found amongst Tamura’s works triggers a range of sentiments: anger at imposture, shame of scandal, questions about ownership and quiet appreciation for the superior aesth

Giving up hope of becoming a mathematician, Gaku feels aimless until star chef Kai brings him on at his restaurant, giving him a new world to master. (imdb)

Japan's prime minister announces a plan to store contaminated material in deep-sea strata while entrusting a team of young technocrats to protect Japan's future. (imdb)