Tsuyukusa (2022)
Drama | Romance
A woman who believes herself to have had an unusual stroke of luck forms a relationship with a man who failed to stop his wife from killing herself.
Starring: Satomi Kobayashi, Yutaka Matsushige, Kami Hiraiwa, Taiyô Saitô, Noriko Eguchi
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama
Everest: The Summit of the Gods / Everesuto: Kamigami no itadaki (2016)
Drama
Makoto Fukamachi is a Japanese cameraman. He finds an old camera on a backstreet of Nepal. The camera might possibly solve the mystery of whether George Mallory became the first person to successfully climb Mount Everest on June 8, 1924 or not. Pursuing the old camera's past, Makoto Fukamachi meets legendary Alpinist Joji Habu. Joji Habu is isolated from other people because of his reckless and thoughtless personality.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Hiroshi Abe, Machiko Ono, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Pierre Taki, Shunsuke Kazama, Masahiro Kômoto
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama
Sword of Desperation / Hisshiken torisashi (2010)
Action | History
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzawmon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.
Starring: Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama
Oba: The Last Samurai / Taiheiyou no kiseki: Fokkusu to yobareta otoko (2011)
Drama
Set during the end of WWII, Captain Oba and his group of 47 soldiers on the isle of Saipan fights against the U.S. army long after the Japanese Emperor surrendered …
Starring: Yutaka Takenouchi, Sean McGowan, Mao Inoue, Daniel Baldwin, Treat Williams, Toshiaki Karasawa
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama
