Houka Kinoshita

AKA: Hôka Kinoshita, 木下ほうか
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1964-01-24

Biography

Crew Roles

Making-of１７才
Director
FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES
Director
Age 17
Director
Greatful Dead
Producer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {187}

Kisaragi Saemon

2005-09-17 6.5

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take plac ...
Genre :Action

2016-12-03 8

Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken

Genre :

Kitajima Gang Member

1993-09-10 7.515

Sonatine

Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He f ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller

2020-10-17 6

Beautiful Escape

Akihiko Kobe, a first-year high school student with a stutter, is a target of bullying in his class and spent his days depressed. Akihiko lives at home with a face that can not endure anything and kil ...
Genre :Horror, Drama

2011-11-26 3.8

The Parasite Doctor Suzune: Genesis

The city is infested with mysterious parasites that bore into their human hosts to increase their host's power and sexual desires. A beautiful girl, Suzune Arizono is a vet with a specialty in parasit ...
Genre :Thriller, Science Fiction

Sailor's Lover

2001-12-22 7

Ichi the Killer

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreame ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Horror

2020-08-21 0

メビウスの悪女 赤い部屋

Genre :Horror, Romance

2020-04-21 0

Mobius Villain: The Red Room

Rampo Adaptaton released in 2020 ...
Genre :Romance, Horror

2003-05-24 0

Cop Festival: New Beginning

Fourth installment in Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 8 films. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

2000-06-09 0

Thug Business Worker Sabu

The truth of a sniper becomes clear in the turmoil of a drug robbery that shakes the underworld. ...
Genre :Drama

Tatsuo Fujimori

2017-08-19 7.375

HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky

Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the are ...
Genre :Action

2000-02-11 0

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 4

The second of three V-Cinema sequels. ...
Genre :

2000-05-12 0

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5

The third and final V-Cinema sequel. ...
Genre :

2000-08-04 0

The Face Burglar

I want to be this girl! Momoko Kamei has the mysterious ability to mimic any woman's face while imitating what she wears and the way she speaks. Not knowing such a secret, Takafumi, who was fed up wit ...
Genre :Horror, Romance, TV Movie

2001-07-13 0

Otoko Michi 6 The End

Only one person challenges the final battle against the corrupt state power. ...
Genre :

2017-04-01 0

Tayutau

Kataoka Junko (Jun), whose emotional identity have been at odds with her biological identity, shares a room with her friend since high school, Kinoshita Akari, who doesn’t know the father of the fetus ...
Genre :

Akira Kido

2008-08-09 6.9

Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World

When a powerful new foe known as the Legendorga arises in 2008, Wataru investigates the mystery behind the crisis, which brings him in contact with a man Nago once knew, Shiramine Takato, whose 3WA al ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

2023-04-07 0

ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止

Nasu Kano, known as Nu, has a developmental disability. As soon as she was born, her mother abandoned her in a coin locker. One day, Nu meets Kazuma Kurosako, who has just been released from prison an ...
Genre :Drama

2017-01-20 0

Solitary Scream

Heinous. Two wolves haunted by the past. Can you hear the gunshot?-Is it his voice?- Starring: Ichizo Matsuda ("The Emblem of the Yakuza", "The Rule of the Yakuza") x A non-stop action with a gorgeous ...
Genre :

2017-02-17 0

Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS

Sequel to 'Solitary Scream'. ...
Genre :

2006-09-23 0

red letters

A mysterious thriller developed by secret love-hate play around women captured in ruins. ...
Genre :Mystery

2006-11-04 0

Baian Fujieda the Assassin

An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the ...
Genre :Drama

2021-09-23 4.5

First Gentleman

Hiyori (Kei Tanaka) is an ornithologist (expert on birds). His wife is Rinko (Miki Nakatani). She is the leader the minority opposition party. One morning, Hiyori is about to travel to an isolated isl ...
Genre :Romance

2006-02-11 0

Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company

Genre :Drama

Sakurai

1996-05-03 2

Naughty Guide to Tokyo Nightlife

For those willing to descend deep enough into Tokyo's seedy underworld, many illicit and illegal pleasures are available, for a price. The NAUGHTY GUIDE TO TOKYO NIGHTLIFE follows a number of women wh ...
Genre :Comedy

2006-07-04 0

Watcher in the Attic

A 2006 film. ...
Genre :

2016-01-30 0

Civil Violence

The first 'Civil Violence' film. ...
Genre :

2016-12-28 0

Civil Violence 2

The second 'Civil Violence' film. ...
Genre :

2002-05-31 1.5

Shinobi: The Law of Shinobi

In the world of the Ninja, fighting skills play a small role in one's rank in the Shinobi order. Kageru is the best in his class, but his birth predestines him to the lower class. His friend Aoi is de ...
Genre :Action, Drama, War

Kyoshi

2005-10-22 6.2

A Hardest Night!!

A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous funerals and wakes, songs, dances, and often disgustingly crude ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2003-06-20 0

Jingi 35: Ambition Compensation

Burn all your heart fire. Two samurai in the wilderness. A small group belonging to the Ichienkai, the Kagawa group. Shuichi Kagawa, the son of the group leader, is released after a long sentence. He ...
Genre :Action, Crime

2003-01-01 0

Gold Dust Butterfly - Flap Your Wings and Open the Door

Manhattan Aoshima and World Hashimoto are invited to the villa of fortune teller Gold Kotegawa along Gold's maid, Maki. One morning, Gold is found dead. There are three suspects. Money, honor, body, a ...
Genre :

2006-11-04 0

Humoresque

Amy and Sonny are two girls with contrasting personalities. Their "secret hideout" is an antique shop. One day, Amy falls in love at first sight with an older man named 'J' ...
Genre :Drama

2003-11-01 0

FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES

Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label" ...
Genre :Drama

2004-01-23 0

Making-of１７才

Behind-the-scenes footage of Houka Kinoshita's film １７才 (Age 17). ...
Genre :Documentary

2003-04-26 0

Gozamareji

Genre :Horror, Thriller, Mystery

(segment "Satou-ka no tsuya")

2015-08-01 8

Kazoku gokko

Different people and five different families are acting out various scenarios, scripts and what-ifs. First there is the four Suzuki family members, who are not, sitting around a table in isolation. Th ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1994-06-13 0

Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare

Genre :Crime

2015-05-16 0

原宿デニール

There are many things happening in Harajuku. A policewoman is the local metre maid. She is consistently thinking about her relationship with her seniors. A man is Korean and works at a stockings' shop ...
Genre :

2013-03-23 0

Nobody's Perfect

"Daijobu 3 Kumi" depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born without arms and legs, and the 28 students in his 5th grade class, told from the vantage point of school boa ...
Genre :

1996-07-27 8.5

Restructuring Daimon History's Strongest Civil Servant

Even the group was forced to quit due to excessive ferocity. Satoshi Narumi became a temporary employee at the ward office for his beloved wife. Every day she works hard at miscellaneous tasks such as ...
Genre :

2019-06-28 10

Patalliro! The Movie

Patalliro du Malyner VIII is the crown prince of Malynera, a kingdom that produces diamonds. Despite being ugly and mischievous, he is loyal and fair. Many enemies of the throne, including Malynera's ...
Genre :Music, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy

2015-06-13 0

NEET of the Living Dead

Genre :Horror

2018-03-30 0

ミッドナイト・ジャーナル 消えた誘拐犯を追え

Genre :Crime

Kansho (voice)

2015-12-20 7.7

One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia

The Foxy Pirates challenge Luffy’s crew in the New World, but the fun and games go belly-up when the Navy’s most brilliant tactician steps in. Before the Straw Hats even know what hit them, they wind ...
Genre :Action, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, TV Movie

2005-04-25 0

Inagawa Junji no Anata no tonari no kowai hanashi: Haru no Kai

The second in a series of hair-raising omnibus horror stories from Japan's most famous horror storyteller, Junji Inagawa. Satoko, who works at a printing office, hears eerie footsteps and whispering v ...
Genre :Horror

Yoshio Nomura

2008-10-11 6.3

Flavor of Happiness

Yamashita Takako works in the food section of a department store. She pays frequent visits to a reputable local Chinese restaurant about opening an in-store branch. The owner of the restaurant, Wang Q ...
Genre :Drama

2006-09-30 5.625

Yo-Yo Girl Cop

Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrat ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller

2020-08-14 0

Rock and Roll Strip

Yuta Kimura is the leader of an unsuccessful theater troupe. Yuta, who dreams of becoming a film director, runs a small bar in Osaka while running an unsuccessful theater troupe. ...
Genre :Comedy

Truck Driver

2002-03-16 6.8

Harmful Insect

13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she r ...
Genre :Drama

Utamaro Tsubakiya

2011-03-26 0

Moonlight Mask

The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright futu ...
Genre :

1999-10-23 7

Don't Look Back

The joys and sorrows of the little schoolboy, Akira, in a modern Japan. A story about friendship and loyalty. ...
Genre :Drama

Takayuki Asakura

2002-02-02 4.8

Concent

In her brother's apartment where he died, Yuki finds a vacuum cleaner with its cord still hooked up to the outlet. She discovers that the circumstances surrounding her brother's supposed suicide are s ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

2005-05-21 7.2

In the Pool

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Umekawa

2002-08-03 7.4

Shangri-La

Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious re ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Takahashi

2006-09-23 4

Diary of a Beloved Wife: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Chiho has prohibited her husband, Takahashi, from smoking while she is trying to become pregnant. Takahashi hasn’t told his wife he was laid off, and has a paid sexual encounter with a high-school stu ...
Genre :Drama

Ouchi

2002-05-14 5.5

Doing Time

A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Moguera Pilot

1994-12-10 6.8

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to challenge the King of the Monsters. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

2011-12-04 3.1

The Parasite Doctor Suzune: Evolution

Set within a city where parasites rage, the parasites settled into their human hosts and increases their power and sexual desires. Dr. Suzune is a parasite expert who works daily to kill the parasites ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Thriller

Resident

2006-05-27 7.8

Memories of Matsuko

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Music

2005-01-22 6.2

Pacchigi!

Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a rampaging crowd of Korean boys, outraged by insults ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Comedy

2003-11-08 6

Karaoke Terror

One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates! ...
Genre :Horror, Drama

Man 1

2003-06-21 0

Age 17

Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, she becomes enamored with her classmate Ryou, who is ...
Genre :Drama

2006-10-27 4.8

M

Mixed up by desire, love and hatred, a disturbed young man begins tailing and eventually tries to save his neighbor, a housewife who has turned to prostitution despite her comfortable lifestyle. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Thriller

2012-12-01 0.5

The Little Girl in Me

After Kensuke graduated from college, he began to work at a company. He didn't get along with his co-workers and six months later quit his job. Since that time he has stayed in his home for 5 years. O ...
Genre :

Kiyonao Shiomi

2013-12-31 5.9

Greatful Dead

Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various interests, many of which are abnormal. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller

2010-07-10 0

Hissatsu shigotonin 2010

Genre :History

2016-04-08 0

Stop the Old Fox

After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an untimely death when he was about to expose the corruption of the shogunate becomes determined to expose the ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Iizuka

2010-01-17 6.5

The King of Jail Breakers

Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he wo ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Thriller

2015-02-14 5.7

Murder on D Street

A soba restaurant owner dies mysteriously on D. Street. The police rule it as a suicide, but detective Akechi Kogoro and his wife Fumiyo think otherwise and launch their own investigation. As they del ...
Genre :Mystery

1991-11-23 0

Slow Down

Youth movie set in Osaka about the trial and tribulations of growing up. Centered around three close friends, a bike racer, a yakuza thug and a spoiled rich boy - who meet a girl from Tokyo. Based on ...
Genre :Drama

2009-10-10 8

The Hovering Blade

Following the brutal rape and murder of his teenage daughter, a single father seeks revenge against the responsible youths. His pursuit for justice becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse game with both the pe ...
Genre :Drama

2012-05-30 0

Hiromi-Kun! The Road to National Bancho

16 year old Hiromi Shiratori starts his quest to become the greatest Bancho in Japan ...
Genre :Comedy

Cult Leader

2023-09-23 0

My Name Is Lucien

A lonely and emotionally anxious teenager finds her ideal love online. But in reality he is a serial killer. Her heart continues to wander between "love" and "life and death." ...
Genre :

2006-05-13 2

Divide

Saki's life is thrown into chaos when her mother drops dead. She then finds herself joining an evil crowd, the high school pimp and his rogues who become her social life. Her friends no longer recogni ...
Genre :Drama

Sato

2016-04-02 6.1

Lowlife Love

Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

2004-04-17 0

Wild Flowers

Real pro wrestlers Mizuho Ishikawa, Cutie Suzuki and Emi Tojyo star alongside newcomer Miki Suzuki as the women tag teams, and they are managed reluctantly by Yoshinori Okada, forced to take over as m ...
Genre :Drama, Action

Takuto Takachiho

2017-10-14 5.7

Love and Lies

The Japanese government carries out a program to increase the birth rate in the country. Their program analyzes gene information from its residents and selects a marriage partner for them. Aoi Nisaka ...
Genre :Romance

2007-05-05 0

Lost & Found at Tokyo Station

A woman is murdered on a train and the station employees help to solve the mystery. ...
Genre :

Nishida

2018-01-05 7.6

We Make Antiques!

Sakai is a city near Osaka by the bay famous for its swords in the old days and kitchen knives today. Norio is an antique dealer in the city. Sasuke is a potter in the city. Seventeenth century tea ma ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Hiroaki Kashiwara

2018-06-15 6.8

Recall

A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu ...
Genre :Drama

1995-02-03 2

High-Heeled Punishers

A woman is being sexually assaulted by a pair of thugs, when out of the fog appear the High Heeled Cats – a trio of avenging angels, masked and dressed in black. These beautiful vigilantes make a livi ...
Genre :Action, Comedy, Crime

1996-02-02 4.5

Doll from Hell

A doll maker and his daughter Erika live in a remote mountain villa. When some thugs break in and murder Erika and disfigure the old doll maker, he sets about getting his revenge. He creates a life-si ...
Genre :Horror

1996-03-09 5

Boys, Be Ambitious

Chunba and Kotetsu, grows up in the working class neighborhood of Kishiwada in Osaka in the mid-seventies. Their life in school is a never-ending series of fights and reprisals against rival gangs lan ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1998-09-27 6.5

School Ghost Story G

A made-for-TV anthology horror film composed of four stories, two of which serving as prequels to the Ju-on series. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Horror

Drunk Man

1998-12-19 6.833

Wait and See

A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One ...
Genre :Drama

2003-09-13 0

IKKA

The family of 20-year-old Ohta is celebrating his birthday in a restaurant. What was supposed to be a happy familiar reunion turns into a big mess. ...
Genre :

2004-11-27 2

Déracine

A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the street. His paintings, dynamically exploding on pi ...
Genre :Drama

2010-02-27 3.9

Any And Every Which Way

Sexy Momoko turns tricks in her taxi to boost business, until she's finally discovered by her employer. Running from the authorities, Momoko abandons her cab to begin life as a fugitive, accompanied ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

2013-06-15 0

Nonmetal Night

Genre :Action, Drama

Hatsumi

2017-01-28 7

Hamon: Yakuza Boogie

Keisuke Ninomiya (Yu Yokoyama) works as a construction consultant. Through his work, he becomes acquainted with yakuza Yasuhiko Kuwabara (Kuranosuke Sasaki). One day, film producer Koshimizu brings a ...
Genre :Drama

Gunji Tsumada

2008-12-20 6

Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station

Genre :Mystery

Shimomura Kanzan

2013-11-16 6

Tenshin

Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love between Tenshin, who rediscovered art of Japan and tried ...
Genre :

2015-03-14 0

Munesue keiji no kuroi matsuri

Genre :

Kojima

2016-03-12 6.5

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, TV Movie

Tsuyoshi Otsuka

2014-10-18 0

Itsukano, Genkantachi to

A high school student has decided to go to Tokyo once she graduates. One day, her older sister Sumire comes back home with her daughter, who will eventually ran away from home for love ...
Genre :Drama

Masaki Aiba

2018-11-30 7.1

Our Departures

Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She att ...
Genre :Drama, Family

Kazuo Ichiyama

2012-03-03 5

Fujimi Orchestra: Cold Front Conductor

Tonoin Kei, a musical genius, becomes the new conductor of Fujimi, clashing with the group's leader, Morimura Yuuki, who is unaware of Kei's feelings for him. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Music

Male commentator

2008-05-31 6.6

Nagai Nagai Satsujin

A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things ...
Genre :Mystery, TV Movie

Hozumi Kida

2000-10-28 0

Swing Man

A man is assaulted by someone with a bat and attempts to figure out why. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

Eiji

1997-09-27 6.4

Woman in Witness Protection

Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Thriller

2003-10-05 6

Get Up!

A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convinc ...
Genre :Comedy, Action, Drama

Shinji Miyake

1998-06-06 5.2

Bonds

Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel when a journalist follow ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Akimi Kaneuchi

2015-10-03 1.8

Kiyamachi Daruma

Shigeo Katsuura once led the yakuza that dominated the town of Kiya. Due to an accident, he lost both his arms and legs. 5 years later, to make a living, he goes to debtors' homes and collects money f ...
Genre :

Araki

2012-01-29 0

TSY: Time Slip Yankee

Two high-school yankees (comic duo «Peace») accidentally travels in high-school days of their parents ...
Genre :

1998-10-30 0

Getting Even With Bad Boys

A gang of tough youths, who have little interest in finding work, while away their days with quarrels and girls in their Kishiwada neighborhood. Based on the novel by Toshikazu Nakaba, who also wrote ...
Genre :Comedy

2002-02-19 0

Pakodate-jin

One morning Hikaru Hino, a high school student living in Hakodate, wakes up to find she has grown a tail. She quickly cancels her first date with classmate Hayato, complicating their relationship. Hik ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

2000-03-25 0

Requiem of Darkness

Set in an old movie theater, this group drama depicts the battle between dying yakuza and salaried workers who have forgotten their dreams. ...
Genre :

2011-09-23 8

Sukiyaki

Kenta Kurihara (Tasuku Nagaoka) is sent to prison for battery. In his cell he is referred to as the "newcomer." Meanwhile, Kenta is bummed out with simple meal offerred in prison. The four other priso ...
Genre :Comedy

Yoshiro Maruyama

2020-03-15 0

Discord

Based on the novel by Daimon Takeaki about brothers who were separated after the death of their father and reunited as police detective and prosecutor. ...
Genre :

2007-03-17 0

Kitokito!

Coming of age story about a boy and his mother. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2000-06-10 6

Senrigan

The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as ‘Midori no Saru’ (The Green Monkey). Members of this gr ...
Genre :Thriller, Horror

Nishida

2020-01-31 8.2

We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous

The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

2016-08-28 0

貌斬りKAOKIRI～戯曲「スタニスラフスキー探偵団」より

Genre :Drama

2002-08-24 1

Igyō no koi

A sensual coming-of-age drama direct — It depicts a precarious relationship between a homosexual woman and a man who was picked up by her and ends up living with her ...
Genre :Drama

Kanmu-Ten'nou

2001-10-06 6.2

Onmyoji

During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the onmyōji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, History, Action

2021-01-08 3.5

Angry Rice Wives

In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to catch, so her husband has been far away from home t ...
Genre :Drama

1997-10-02 0

Demon Fighter Kocho 2: School of Evil Spirits

Second live action Demon Fighter Kocho movie ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy

1997-04-25 0

Demon Fighter Kocho

First live action adaptation of Demon Fighter Kocho ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

1998-11-28 7

Shomuni

Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda ...
Genre :Comedy

Teacher Kusuyama

2015-03-07 7

Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide. ...
Genre :Thriller

Kusuyama (school teacher)

2015-04-11 6.7

Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide. ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

2021-03-05 7.9

NO CALL NO LIFE

Adapted from Kabei Yukako's novel of the same name. After being guided by a mysterious message from the past on a cellphone's answering machine, Umi encounters Mahiro, a delinquent at her school. They ...
Genre :Mystery, Romance

2012-11-17 1

Eden

When Miro's transsexual friend Noripee dies, Miro and his friends from the gay bar 'Eden' are once again reminded of the discrimination they are constantly facing from society. They decide to convince ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2010-10-27 5.4

Postcard

Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and be ...
Genre :War, Drama, Romance

2007-10-20 0

Fuckin' Runaway

Hana, 21-year old, is sent to a mental hospital for attempting a suicide. She suffers from hearing a deep male voice in her head almost everyday that goes, "Twenty yards of linen are worth one coat... ...
Genre :

2012-03-09 0

Aa... kakugi

Trying to pass a strange bill to clear up the suspicion put on himself ...
Genre :

Yuji Matsuo

2020-08-28 6.3

Stigmatized Properties

Yamano Yamame, an entertainer who can't sell, is unreasonably told by his seniors that he should live in the accident property because he will put it on TV, and he moves to the property where the murd ...
Genre :Horror, Drama

Hayashi

2006-05-13 5.6

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth

Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Crime

2021-04-09 6.7

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set. ...
Genre :Comedy

2021-04-16 0

The Butterfly Collector: The Red Room

A former high school teacher Sugiura lost everything when he was caught, peeping photos of his favorite student and living a degenerate life. One day, a girl named Rumi, wearing high school uniform, a ...
Genre :Drama

2001-11-09 0

The King of Minami: Formula for Deception

#37 in the series, following "Yakuza Finance." ...
Genre :

2021-04-02 0

Naked Angel : The Red Room

Matsunaga, the president of a real estate company, spends his week in a secret hideaway to forget his title and social status. One day, he meets Fumiko, a girl who has a mysterious charm, and is gradu ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

2005-06-04 0

いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。

Genre :

0

Suicide Love

Japanes romantic crime-drama dealing with suicide epidemics ...
Genre :

2008-09-20 0

Samurai Gangsters

Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master Ohmasa (Kishibe Ittoku); stinky priest Daigoro (Takashi ...
Genre :Comedy, Adventure, Action

Owner of the greengrocer

2017-01-06 0

Tensai Bakabon 2

Happy holidays from Bakabon and the family! Watch Papa save New Year's, learn the details of Hajime's birth, and thrill as the youngest member of the family evades a kidnapping! It's a real crazy worl ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Family, TV Movie

2007-11-21 0

Yaneura no Sanposha

It is one of the projects "erotic random walk" which two new directors adapt to the present day and compete to compete with two popular short stories of RIHO Edogawa. The "pedestrian" is replaced with ...
Genre :

2010-07-10 0

Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010

Genre :

2022-04-20 6.7

Holy Mother

A racist corporation is looking to expand its territories of domination and for that it needs to destroy the Yakuza mafia. It is then that a transgender woman suddenly appears willing to defend the Ya ...
Genre :Horror

2000-01-22 5.295

Isola: Multiple Personality Girl

When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola ...
Genre :Horror, Drama, Science Fiction

Hyakki Mario

2021-11-09 0

Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle

Genre :

1993-01-01 0

Dochinpira 2

The Haozakura-kai continues to relentlessly tail Jin every day, but now, a yakuza from the Enshin-gumi, Mizuno Tetsuo, appears. Just as they share a cup of sake as blood brothers, an assassin from the ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1993-03-01 0

Dochinpira 4

Jin’s recent life as a gigolo had been going terribly. No matter how long he waited, he couldn't find any good-looking woman. When he did finally find one, she turned out to be in the same business as ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Shohei Tadokoro

2010-04-17 8

Chase: National Taxation Inspector

Following the death of his wife from a plane crash, tax inspector Haruma is convinced that the tragedy was a premeditated crime. A number of clues connect him to a tax evader Murakumo, who is about to ...
Genre :Crime

2002-07-02 6

Onmyoji Abe no Seimei

Depicts a confrontation between the onmyōji Abe no Seimei and some out to destroy the capital. ...
Genre :Drama

2021-10-03 9

Mushoboke

Depicts the life of a former yakuza who was released for the first time in 14 years. ...
Genre :Drama, Family

Makai Priest Latus

2005-10-07 7.9

GARO

The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Yukio Sano

2012-07-05 6.7

Keigo Higashino Mysteries

11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to life on screen through an assortment of short stories. ...
Genre :Drama

Tamotsu Kishikawa

2008-10-14 8.5

Team Batista no Eikō

There exists a legendary team of surgical experts in Tojo University Hospital that specializes in the Batista procedure - one of the most difficult cardiac surgeries with the survival rate only at 60% ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

2020-04-18 6.5

Bones of Steel

Heita Tomishima is a very conscientious but awkward young man at a mid-sized construction company. He loves working on-site, but one day is suddenly transferred to Operations, a unit whose work is tot ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Toru Takigawa

2014-07-17 6.1

Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon

Life is simple for Sasamoto Sawa, a young housewife, but when the adulteress Takigawa Rikako moves into her neighborhood, so too does a new world of sophistication and sex. After Takigawa is nearly ca ...
Genre :Drama, Soap

Eiichiro Morio

2018-04-19 5.8

The Count of Monte-Cristo: Great Revenge

Wrongfully imprisoned for 15 years despite his innocence, Dan Saimon manages to get out of his imprisonment at the risk of his own life, and makes a thrilling return as a fresh new character. This is ...
Genre :Drama

Minowa

2015-07-18 0

Smoke and Mist: Gold Rush

Kumagai is an art teacher at a private female high school. Sakai, the school's chairman of the board, runs the school like the school is his own property and pays Kumagi a low salary. Then, Music Teac ...
Genre :Crime

Akira Kido

1971-04-03 6.4

Kamen Rider

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominat ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

2022-04-09 8

Modern Young Monha

Ishizawa Hajime works as a sales department chief for a trading company. The younger employees complain about the company, including having to work overtime and a lack of innovative working methods. I ...
Genre :Drama

2017-07-09 0

Akira and Akira

The story begins in April 1986 and is set during the days of the bubble economy. Kaidou Akira comes from a wealthy background and is the heir of a large company Tokai Yuusen. On the other hand, his ge ...
Genre :Drama

Sokichi Kuroiwa

2017-02-22 7.5

Thrill!

Wicked lawyer Shirai Shinnosuke, who goes for profitable cases only, gets a case asking him to retrieve a famous painting stolen by the criminal of a robbery and murder case. While negotiating with th ...
Genre :Crime

Superior

2005-10-07 7.9

GARO

The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Yuji Oikawa

2017-10-14 8

My High School Business

Rosuke Narumi works at a trading company and he is pretty good at his job. He dates Satoko Matsubara. The trading company has a business relationship with a private high school experiencing some diffi ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Takao Koshimizu

2015-01-09 0

JINXED

Set in Osaka, high-spirited yakuza Kuwabara and buttoned-down construction consultant Ninomiya form an odd couple as they rail against the city’s “bad elements” drawn to money like sharks to the scent ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Mitsuru Sasaoka

2019-07-11 7

SIGN

A forensic science laboratory has had hard times due to shortage of manpower. Takashi Yuzuki is a pathologist at the forensic science laboratory. One day, a popular singer dies. An autopsy is requeste ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Taxi Driver

2019-10-09 0

Million Joe

Soichi Kurei is a magazine editor. He is currently working on popular manga series Million Joe. The writer of the manga series is Tsuneo Magata, but he suddenly dies. Soichi Kurei is devastated becaus ...
Genre :

Tsutomu Ogino（荻野 努）

2014-04-16 6.7

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice about pointing out her boss' mistakes. Her job is to investigate any wrongdoings in the bank branches. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Shinsuke Sakurazawa

2018-07-13 7.2

We Are Rockets!

Wakaba is a 2nd grade high school student in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. When Wakaba was little, she admired the cheerleading club "JETS” from Fukui Chuo High School in Fukui Prefecture. She dreamed of j ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

2011-04-13 7.2

CSI: Crime Scene Talks

Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling.. ...
Genre :Drama

2002-10-09 7.9

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kamey ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Bretano

2020-05-16 6.7

Isekai Izakaya "Nobu"

"Nobu" is a bar located on a not so busy street in Kyoto. The front entrance of the bar is connected to the alternate world of "Aiteria,” which is like medieval Europe. People from Aiteria visit the b ...
Genre :Drama

2016-04-11 8

Love Song

Kohei Kamishiro (Masaharu Fukuyama) worked as a musician in his past. He only had one hit song and his recording contract was eventually canceled. He became devastated and left the field of music. Twe ...
Genre :Drama

Dan Mamoru

2016-10-17 7

Cain and Abel

Takada Yu is an employee of a development firm. His father has favored his high-achieving older brother and been indifferent to Yu since young. So Yu craves for his father’s love and wants his recogni ...
Genre :Drama

Takeshita Ryu

2018-07-08 7.1

A Little Room for Hope

A girl (Anna Yamada) is just 14-years-old, but she endures a difficult life. Her parents abuse her at home and she is bullied by students at her school. She doesn't have a place where she can feel com ...
Genre :Drama

出版社面接官

2016-07-16 7.6

Otoko Meshi

University student Wakamizu Ryota (Emoto Tokio), who is the middle of job hunting, gets caught up in a sudden gang dispute. Ryota’s life is saved by Yanagiba Ryuichi (Namase Katsuhisa), the boss of Ya ...
Genre :Drama, Family, Crime

Akira Akutsu

2020-01-09 7.3

Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist

Onda Kokoro is an oncologist called Dr Onkoro for short by the people around her and teased that she was born for this path. She got married to Takumi, whom she had known since she was a student, and ...
Genre :Family

2019-04-08 8

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

Genre :Drama

Onda Michizane

2004-06-19 0

Sasori

On her 18th birthday, Nami witnesses the brutal murder of her parents by a man with a burn on his hand. She is then falsely accused of the crime and sent to jail. Sworn to vengeance, Nami battles corr ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure

Shuzo Kunisaki

2016-12-03 7

Retake

Protagonist Shinji Aratani is a man who lost everything around him—successful career, family, and friends—due to a twist of fate. His current job title is Chief of Registry Supervision Division of Min ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

田之上裕三

2016-04-15 0

Night Hero NAOTO

Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime

2017-10-15 0

Temporary Hostess Ayaka

Genre :Drama

Nojima Takanori

2015-04-14 6.75

Fight! Bookstore Girl

Pegasus Bookstore is going through hard times due to competition from internet bookstores. Kitamura Aki and Nishioka Riko are employees at Pegasus Bookstore. Aki is 23 years old. She has a strong will ...
Genre :Drama

2021-01-08 10

Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors

Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of serial dramas and movies from various TV stations at o ...
Genre :Comedy

2003-01-17 5

Sky High

Sky High is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from 2003 to 2004, and was popular enough to spawn the ...
Genre :Drama

2004-01-02 0

竜馬がゆく

Genre :

2012-03-24 0

Innocent

Genre :

Kuroiwa Sokichi

2017-02-22 0

Thrill! The Red Chapter

Nakano Hitomi is an ordinary employee who works for the Metropolitan Police Department’s General Affairs Section. Her job is to check the receipts for investigation expenses that the detectives pay in ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Crime

Kuroiwa Sokichi

2017-02-26 0

Thrill! The Black Chapter

Wicked lawyer Shirai Shinnosuke, who goes for profitable cases only, gets a case asking him to retrieve a famous painting stolen by the criminal of a robbery and murder case. While negotiating with th ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime

島倉

2012-10-21 7.2

Hitori Shizuka

In a residential area, a man is murdered by another man, who broke into his apartment. Sergeant Kizaki, who is working near the area, hears a gunshot and runs towards the apartment. Detective Oomura a ...
Genre :Drama

Hirotsugu Takakura

2018-04-27 6.855

Miss Sherlock

Sherlock has a peculiar character flaw. She does not open her heart to strangers. She is Japanese, but was born in Britain. She now works as an investigation consultant for the police department. Wato ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, Drama