Being a failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as “Zebraman”, the superhero. Although the TV series whas canceled after only…

On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been…

A sixth grade teacher raises a pig with his class.

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting…

The story concerns a boy called Shuji, growing up in a rural area of Japan where the community is divided into “Shore” and “Offshore” – the latter so-named because it…

When three older men buy a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Chikako for a year’s-worth of sexual services — her motivation, aside from money, is never explained — the relationships among the…

Kitano plays Murakawa, a Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life. Along with a few of his henchmen, he is sent by his boss to Okinawa to help end a gang…

A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is…

A police officer leaves the force in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into a depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Inhabitants of a small Japanese town become possessed by spirals (uzumaki).

Ôtomo gets involved with new Yakuza battles after he comes back the Yakuza society.

Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an…

In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.