Bad Lands (2023)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts a huge target on their back.
Starring: Sakura Andô, Ryôsuke Yamada
Director: Masato Harada
Hell Dogs / Heru doggusu (2022)
Action | Crime | Drama
A traumatized former officer hell-bent on revenge receives an order to go undercover within the Yakuza by befriending their most frenetic member.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyavi, Kazuki Kitamura, Shinobu Ôtake
Director: Masato Harada
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai / Moeyo Ken (2021)
Drama | History
Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Ko Shibasaki, Ryohei Suzuki, Ryôsuke Yamada, Ukon Onoe, Yûki Yamada
Director: Masato Harada
Climbers High / Kuraimâzu hai (2008)
Drama
A newspaper editor who deals with the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.
Starring: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Masato Sakai, Masahiro Takashima, Ken'ichi Endô, Masahiro Takashima, Tomorô Taguchi, Machiko Ono
Director: Masato Harada
Killing for the Prosecution / Kensatsu gawa no zainin (2018)
Mystery
Mogami Takeshi works at the Tokyo prosecutor's office focusing on violent criminal cases. Okino Keiichiro admires him and is happy to be assigned to work with Mogami. When a money lender is killed for his dealings with the deceased one Matsukura Shigeo is considered a suspect. He has a past involving a schoolgirl and the prosecutors strive to make the case.
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Takehiro Hira, Yutaka Matsushige, Kôji Ohkura, Norito Yashima, Takuma Otoo
Director: Masato Harada
Sekigahara (2017)
History | War
A depiction of Japan's 17th Century Battle of Sekigahara where the Army of the East takes up arms against the Army of the West.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Kasumi Arimura, Kôji Yakusho
Director: Masato Harada
The Emperor in August / Japan's Longest Day / Nihon no ichiban nagai hi ketteiban (2015)
Drama | History | War
On August 14th, 1945, at an Imperial conference, the Showa Emperor, Hirohito (Masahiro Motoki), finally decided to accept the Potsdam Declaration. However, some young firebrand Army officers insisted on continuing the war and conspired to launch a coup. Anami (Koji Yakusho), the Minister of War, was pressed to make an extremely difficult decision.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Tôri Matsuzaka
Director: Masato Harada
Kakekomi / Kakekomi onna to kakedashi otoko (2015)
Comedy | Drama
Set in the Edo period during a time when the divorce rate was actually 2x higher than the present day. A thrift ordinance has been announced by the government and the lives of common people get worse. During this time, many woman who want to divorce run to the Tokei-ji which is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Japan. The Tokei-ji helps women who are abused from their husbands and get divorced if they so desire. Nobujiro Nakamura (Yo Oizumi) is a doctor and wants to be a literary writer. He is staying at the Goyo yado in Tokei-ji. Nobujiro Nakamura tries to help the women with various ideas to start a new life. He develops feelings for one of those women. Jogo (Erika Toda) runs to the Tokei-ji because she is sick and tired of her husband. Her husband doesn't take responsibility for his family and does whatever he wants. A concubine, Ogin (Hikari Mitsushima), for a wholesale dealer runs to the Tokei-ji. Does Nobujiro Nakamura love Jogo, Ogin or a different woman?
Starring: Yô Ôizumi, Erika Toda, Hikari Mitsushima, Rina Uchiyama, Misuzu Kanno, Hyunri
Director: Masato Harada
Waga haha no ki / Chronicle of My Mother (2012)
Drama
"Chronicles Of My Mother" recounts the relationship of an author (Koji Yakusho) and his elderly parents. The author has a strained relationship with his father and his mother's (Kirin Kiki) memory grows weaker by the day. A reconciliation is attempted by the son.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Kaho Minami, Aoi Miyazaki, Kirin Kiki, Rentarô Mikuni, Mimura, Erina Mano, Takahiro Miura, Akiko Kikuchi, Midoriko Kimura, Mariko Akama
Director: Masato Harada
