Pompo: The Cinéphile / Eiga daisuki Pompo-san (2021)
Animation | Comedy | Drama
A famous movie producer gives her young production assistant a chance to direct his first film.
Starring: Konomi Kohara, Hiroya Shimizu, Rinka Ôtani, Ai Kakuma, Akio Ôtsuka, Ryûichi Kijima
Director: Takayuki Hirao
Paprika / Papurika (2006)
Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Starring: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Emori, Akio Ôtsuka
Director: Satoshi Kon
Yo-kai Watch Shadowside the Movie: Resurrection of the Demon King / Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu / Yo-Kai Watch 4 (2017)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
There used to be a boy who could control Youkai with a mysterious watch. However, he became unable to see Youkai when he became an adult. With the boy's duties finished, the watch was buried away in space-time. Then 30 years later, quiet everyday life comes to an end as a fateful day beginning with a comet drawing near. The terrible Youkai virus Onimaro infects people's malevolent intentions and spreads infinitely.
Starring: Mone Kamishiraishi, Yûdai Chiba, Tomokazu Seki, Takaya Kuroda, Daisuke Hirakawa, Ryohei Kimura, Takehito Koyasu, Masako Nozawa, Bin Shimada, Akio Ôtsuka, Yûko Minaguchi
Director: Shinji Ushiro
Re: Born (2016)
Action | Crime | Drama | War
A legend covert soldier with a mysterious past now decides to once again unleash his beast inside of him to stand up for what he cares about.
Starring: Tak Sakaguchi , Yura Kondo, Takumi Saitoh, Hitomi Hasebe, Mariko Shinoda, Akio Ôtsuka
Director: Yûji Shimomura
Genocidal Organ / Gyakusatsu kikan (2017)
Animation | Sci-Fi
Set in a time when Sarajevo was obliterated by a homemade nuclear device, the story reflects a world inundated with genocide. An American man by the name of John Paul seems to be responsible for all of this and intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd treks across the wasteland of the world to find him and the eponymous "genocidal organ."
Starring: Yûichi Nakamura, Satoshi Mikami, Yuki Kaji, Kaito Ishikawa, Akio Ôtsuka, Sanae Kobayashi, Takahiro Sakurai
Director: Shûkô Murase
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence / Innocence / Kôkaku kidôtai 2 (2004)
Animation | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot–one created solely for sexual pleasure–who slaughtered her owner.
Starring: Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Tamio Ôki, Kôichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Naoto Takenaka
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Ghost in the Shell / Kôkaku Kidôtai (1995)
Action | Animation | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Yutaka Nakano, Iemasa Kayumi, Kôichi Yamadera, Tamio Ôki, Tesshô Genda
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Harmony / Hâmonî (2015)
Animation | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In an utopian, futuristic world, where humanity has acquired eternal life, a young high ranked agent of the world's leading health company investigates a wave of suicides.
Starring: Miyuki Sawashiro, Reina Ueda, Aya Suzaki, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Akio Ôtsuka, Shin'ichirô Miki
Director: Michael Arias, Takashi Nakamura
The Empire of Corpses / Shisha no teikoku (2015)
Animation | Sci-Fi | Thriller
After breaking the law of reanimating human corpses, young Watson has to either work for the government or face punishment. He has to go on a secret mission, to find the notes of Viktor Frankenstein, who reanimated the first human corpse.
Starring: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Ayumu Murase, Taiten Kusunoki, Shin'ichirô Miki, Daiki Yamashita, Kana Hanazawa, Akio Ôtsuka
Director: Ryôtarô Makihara
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society / Kôkaku kidôtai: S.A.C. Solid State Society (2011)
Action | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A.D. 2034. It has been two years since Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9. Togusa is now the new leader of the team, that has considerably increased its appointed personnel. The expanded new Section 9 confronts a rash of complicated incidents, and investigations reveal that an ultra-wizard hacker nicknamed the "Puppet Master" is behind the entire series of events.
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Tôru Ôkawa
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase / Nasu: Suitcase no Wataridori (2007)
Animation | Drama | Sport
Legendary bycicle racer Marco Rondanini dies as team Pao Pao Beer is set to race in Japan. This makes team member Ciocci, close friend of Marco, start to think about quitting. Under heavy rain, Ciocci and Pepe must put that aside as Team Pao Pao struggles to reach another victory. Pepe continues to ride his bicycle both in competition and training. He often spends time with his other team mates while they train in beautiful scenery in Japan. While in Japan a local girl helps out the team before and during the race.
Starring: Yô Oizumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Daisuke Imanaka, Kôichi Yamadera, Maaya Sakamoto, Taro Shirato, Yuushi Sato, Bon Ishihara
Director: Kitaro Kosaka
