Cure / Kyua (1997)
Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa, Yoriko Dôguchi, Yukijirô Hotaru
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Wife of a Spy / Spy no Tsuma (2020)
Drama
A Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.
Starring: Yû Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide, Ryôta Bandô, Yuri Tsunematsu, Minosuke, Hyunri, Takashi Sasano
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
To the Ends of the Earth / Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari (2019)
Drama
A young Japanese woman named Yoko who finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.
Starring: Atsuko Maeda, Ryô Kase, Shôta Sometani, Tokio Emoto, Adiz Rajabov
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Foreboding / Yocho (2017)
Sci-Fi
Something's wrong and Etsuko is one of the first to notice. It's not just the sky that looks different, Etsuko suddenly begins hearing strange noises and an increasing number of inexplicable things are happening around her: mirror surfaces are distorting and people's behaviour is changing. They keep dropping things and their arms seem to be aching. When Miyuki thinks she sees a ghost in her father and newscasters begin predicting incessant rain on a global scale, all the signs seem to indicate that the end of the world is nigh.
Starring: Kaho, Shôta Sometani, Masahiro Higashide
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Before We Vanish / The Strolling Invaders / Sanpo suru shinryakusha (2017)
Drama | Sci-Fi
Three aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies.
Starring: Masami Nagasawa, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hiroki Hasegawa, Mahiro Takasugi, Yuri Tsunematsu
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Creepy / Kurîpî: Itsuwari no rinjin (2016)
Mystery | Thriller
Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred 6 years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is the only surviving family member from the case. Meanwhile, Takakura and his wife Yasuko recently moved into a new home. Their neighbor, Nishino, has a sick wife and a young teen daughter. One day, the daughter, Mio, tells him that the man is not her father and she doesn't know him at all.
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yûko Takeuchi, Haruna Kawaguchi, Masahiro Higashide, Teruyuki Kagawa
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Journey to the Shore / Kishibe no tabi (2015)
Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Mizuki's husband (Yusuke) drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.
Starring: Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Yû Aoi, Masao Komatsu, Akira Emoto
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Retribution / Sakebi (2006)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
While investigating the gruesome death of a woman found in a puddle with her stomach inexplicably full of seawater, Detective Yoshioka begins to wonder whether he himself is actually the killer he's been looking for. He doesn't remember committing the crime, but the murder scene is littered with his belongings – and his fingerprints are all over the body.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Jô Odagiri
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Pulse / Kairo (2001)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Japanese university students investigate a series of suicides linked to an Internet Web cam that promises visitors the chance to interact with the dead.
Starring: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kôji Yakusho
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Real: A Perfect Day for Plesiosaur / Real / Riaru: Kanzen naru kubinagaryû no hi (2013)
Drama | Sci-Fi
Koichi (Sato) and Atsumi (Ayase) are childhood friends who have become lovers. Despite this closeness when Atsumi attempts suicide Koichi is at a loss to understand the circumstances that drove her to do such a thing. Now she is in a coma and Koichi needs to find out the reason. Since Koichi is a neurosurgeon he has access to the latest studies and so he takes part in a medical procedure that will allow him to enter Atsumi's subconscious. Through 'sensing', a type of neurosurgical procedure allowing contact with the intentional aspect of a comatose patient's mind, Koichi tries to discover why Atsumi tried to kill herself, and to bring her back to consciousness. When he enters her mind she asks him to find a picture which she drew as a child. It is the key to a suppressed memory connected to a childhood trauma, an incident buried in their past which will bring their minds together and allow him to get close to truly knowing his love.
Starring: Takeru Satô, Haruka Ayase, Miki Nakatani, Jô Odagiri, Shôta Sometani, Keisuke Horibe, Yutaka Matsushige, Kyôko Koizumi
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Tokyo Sonata / Tôkyô sonata (2008)
Drama
An ordinary family in modern Japan is caught in the throes of inert pride, stymied by their own inability to communicate honestly with one another. Lies lead to suspicion, until the veneer of their civility shatters, with tragic consequences.
Starring: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Kai Inowaki, Haruka Igawa, Kanji Tsuda, Kazuya Kojima, Kôji Yakusho
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
