בעולם העתידי, אנשים צעירים הופכים במידה הולכת וגוברת מכורים למשחק מלחמה סימולציה לא חוקי (וממית בפוטנציה) שנקרא אוולון, כאשר אש - שחקנית כוכבת, שומעת שמועות אודות שלב מתקדם יותר במשחק שקיים איפשהוא, היא מוותרת על דרכה הבודדת, ומצטרפת לכנופיה של מחפשים, גם כאשר היא מוצאת את שער הכניסה לשלב הבא, האם היא אי פעם תצליח למצוא את הדרך חזרה למציאות?
עיבוד חופשי של קורוסאווה ל"מלך ליר". הידטורה הוא מלך בן 70 שמחליט להעביר את השלטון לשלושת בניו ולבלות את שארית חייו בין אחוזותיהם. עד מהרה נחשף אופיים של שני בניו הבוגרים המפנים עורף לאביהם שנאלץ לצאת למסע נדודים בחברתו של ליצן החצר. במהלך נדודיו הולך המלך ומשתגע כששני בניו נלחמים זה בזה מלחמה עקובה מדם. סרט גאוני שכל מרכיביו: הצד הויזואלי, פס הקול, השימוש בצבע, הקומפוזיציה וסצינות הקרב עשויים בשלמות. זכה באוסקר על עיצוב התלבושות. סצינות הקרב בסרט השפיעו רבות על מל גיבסון בסרטו "לב אמיץ".
קיקוז'ירו, בטלן חצוף ולא אחראי אבל אוהב ילדים, מנודב ללוות את מסאו בן ה-9 בחיפוש אחר אימו. השניים עוברים הרפתקאות מוזרות בעקבותיהן מסאו יגלה שבעולם מסתתר הרבה קסם וקיקוז'ירו יבין מה השתבש בחייו.
An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.
Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading far away from his miserable home. Accompanied by Campanella, an acquaintance from school, Giovanni embarks on a journey that will define the rest of his life.
הסרט השני, לאחר סרטו של ריוהיי קיטאמורה מ-2003, שממשיך את קורותיה של הנערה הלוחמת, אזומי ביפן של תקופת טוקוגאווה. הפעם נשכרת הלוחמת על ידי לורד פיאודלי, יחד עם ידידה הטוב נאגארה, לצאת כנגד יריבים פוליטיים. מבוסס על סדרת מנגה מבית היוצר של יו קויאמה. שוסוקה קאנקו ביים עם יומה אישיגאקי ("Battle Royale II").
An industrial section of Japan got the name of “Yentown” as many immigrants come to make money and hope to go home rich. A small group of people in Yentown try to work together to survive—Ageha, a young girl with no family; Glico, a sex worker; Fei Hong, a poor immigrant from Shanghai; Arrow, an ex-boxer from the US; and Ren, a mysterious guy who seems to know too much about guns. Fortune shines upon them when they find a cassette that will get them rich, but along with money, trouble will always follow.
Amechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised as human). This is an operetta which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love story.
In 1985, Chris Marker traveled to Japan to attend the filming of Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa. Marker analyzes the progress of filming; the infinite patience of a team under the orders of a meticulous director down to the smallest detail; the antithetical mixture of the modern with the traditional; of the real with the fictitious; of life with cinema… and literature.
One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is troubled by her parents' separation and decides to choose one of the boys to run away with.
Seigo Yoshioka (Kenji Sakaguchi) is a teacher that became mute after a kendo accident. He feels lost after the accident and eventually decides to teach again on a small island where his mother was born. The children there on the island quickly name him "Kikansha Sensei" (Teacher Locomotive) after learning he is mute. The parents on the island are mostly hostile to Seigo Yoshioka, believing he is incapable of teaching their children. But with Seigo Yoshioka's determination and kindness, a strong bond develops between the students and the mute teacher, which then changes the parents' opinions of Seigo Yoshioka. Suddenly, tragedy then strikes ...
The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ship's captain, send the rest of the crew overboard and take control of the vessel. The ship is carrying a secret biological weapon which the terrorists are now threatening to use to level Tokyo! Only a stowaway NCO, Sengoko (played by Sanada Hiroyuki from Ring and Twilight Samurai) is in a position to stop them - but does he really have what it takes to save the day? Playing like a cross between a sea-faring version of Top Gun and Die Hard, director Sakamoto Junji shows that it's not just Hollywood that can produce thrill-a-minute action spectaculars.
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists...
Love story of a young woman Stella who is dying of leukemia. A man is mistaken for a family member at the hospital and is informed by a doctor the diagnosis of Stella. Stella cheerfully follows the man. He is reluctant at first but after some shaky moments the two develop a relationship. The two fall in love in the short period of time left to experience.
Six young pilots who all volunteered to be Kami-kaze or suicide pilots.
Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is also vying for his attention. But for clumsy, heart-on-his-sleeve Shintoto, life doesn’t stay rosy for long.
Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.
An omnibus-style 11-part animation work for the theater, in which the members of the 800 OL Committee, representatives of OLs all over the country, summarize the realities of everyday men. Hundreds of OLs gathered by Chinami Shimizu, who worked at a computer-related company, observe the company's boss and other uncles while commuting and working. Classify it into genres such as commuting, tea, meetings, and adultery, and uncover the ecology of uncles.
A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an attractive but very troubled tourist guide comes to him for consultation...
Karin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her father died. Her worried grandfather advises her to send her mother to a sanatorium and be adopted by him, although she refuses to accept. On the Buddhist All Soul’s Day Festival in August, a messenger from her grandfather pays a sudden visit to her house.