Asahi Broadcasting Corporation Populær film

Encouraged by her managers, rising pop star Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin...

Sjanger: Animation

Cast: Junko Iwao

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: David Bowie

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord...

Sjanger: Adventure

Cast: Koji Yakusho

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians....

Sjanger: Comedy

Cast: Ayako Fujitani

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics...

Sjanger: History

Cast: Anna Tsuchiya

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his...

Sjanger: Action

Cast: Yo Oizumi

Naoko Yamada (Yukie Nakama), a female magician, and Jiro Ueda (Hiroshi Abe), a genius physicist, are back again to solve the mystery of supernatural...

Sjanger: Action

Cast: Yukie Nakama

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give...

Sjanger: Horror

Cast: Yui Ichikawa

A famous chef who is tasked with tracking down a 70-year-old missing recipe.

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Kazunari Ninomiya

When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Makoto Fujita

Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....

Sjanger: Family

Cast: Mirai Shida

Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Taneda is permanently crashing at her apartment...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Aoi Miyazaki

One day, Mana Aida receives a wedding dress from her mother and grandmother that they had worn in the past. While thinking about who she would wear...

Sjanger: Animation

Cast: Hitomi Nabatame

Gordon Liu plays a stuntman named Daiyu, who is his town's sole vampire non-believer holdout. When his young daughter “adopts” a vampire...

Sjanger: Horror

Cast: Gordon Liu Chia-hui

A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies...

Sjanger: Comedy

Cast: Isao Hashizume

Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to...

Sjanger: Comedy

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu....

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.

Sjanger: Documentary

Cast: Nagisa Ōshima

Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater,...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki