Godzilla Minus One / Gojira -1.0 (2023)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi
Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Starring: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Andô, Kuranosuke Sasaki
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Ghost Book / Ghost Book Obakezukan (2022)
Adventure | Fantasy
The forbidden book "The Haunted Book" can make any wish come true, but in order to make your wish come true, you have to go through a life-threatening ordeal. What is the ordeal…!?
Starring: Jyo Kairi, Fuga Shibazaki, Sonny Mcclendon, Ayaka Yoshimura, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Yui Aragaki
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)
Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
One day Nobita Nobi found a old stuffed bear which his grandmother gave it to him. Nobita decided to go back in time to meet his grandmother. Grandma accepts Nobita's belief that he is a young child who has suddenly arrived. Nobita' s grandmother said "I want to see your bride once." And from this one sentence of grandma Doraemon and Nobita's big blasphemy begins. Nobita and Doraemon were trying to show their grandmother a marriage ceremony, but Adult Nobita escaped on the day of his marriage ceremony. Adult Gian and Suneo looking for Nobita. Shizuka who keeps waiting with confidence. Nobita and Doraemon take the time to fulfill the wishes of grandma, to meet the wishes of her family, friends and Shizuka Minamoto, who she likes very much.
Starring: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yumi Kakazu, Tomokazu Seki, Subaru Kimura
Director: Ryuichi Yagi, Takashi Yamazaki
Lupin III: The First (2019)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Crime | Family | Mystery
Lupin III goes on a grand adventure to uncover the secrets of the Bresson Diary, which is tied to the legacy of his famous grandfather.
Starring: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kôichi Yamadera, Suzu Hirose, Kôtarô Yoshida, Tatsuya Fujiwara
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
The Great War of Archimedes / Archimedes no Taisen (2019)
Action | Drama | Mystery | War
In 1933, a young naval officer and math prodigy uncovers a conspiracy regarding the construction of Japanese warships for the ongoing World War 2.
Starring: Masaki Suda, Hiroshi Tachi, Minami Hamabe, Tasuku Emoto, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Katsuya Kobayashi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Jun Kunimura, Isao Hashizume, Min Tanaka
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura / Destiny: Kamakura Monogatari (2017)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Not only is Kamakura-based Masakazu Isshiki a mystery novelist, but he is also a good detective himself. His wife Akiko and he are acquainted with all manners of creatures and gods who are of, from or passing through the town. Dealing with and tackling his cases means he can use all the help he can get.
Starring: Masato Sakai, Mitsuki Takahata, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Sakura Andô, Min Tanaka, Tamao Nakamura, Jun Kunimura, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tomokazu Miura
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Fueled: The Man They Called 'Pirate' / Kaizoku to yobareta otoko (2016)
Drama | History
The grand story of Japan's post-war reconstruction is based on the actual story of an oil company's president, namely Tetsuzo Kunioka, who believed in the power of oil, as opposed to coal, to abet the country's re-emergence. He believes Japan's resurgence must be fueled by oil and not by coal. Japan is weak, in ruins and has a devastated citizenry. Foreign powers watch and the country is isolated, yet the man takes over an oil tanker on a secret mission to the oil-rich Iran.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shôta Sometani, Tôru Nomaguchi, Ryôhei Suzuki, Pierre Taki
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Parasyte: Part 2 / Kiseijuu: Kanketsuhen (2015)
Horror | Sci-Fi
The humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called Mincemeat murders. High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Starring: Shôta Sometani, Ai Hashimoto, Sadao Abe, Eri Fukatsu, Masahiro Higashide, Nao Ômori, Pierre Taki
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Parasyte: Part 1 / Kiseijû: Part 1 (2014)
Horror | Sci-Fi
The humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called "Mincemeat murders". High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Starring: Shôta Sometani, Eri Fukatsu, Ai Hashimoto, Kazuki Kitamura, Masahiro Higashide, Tadanobu Asano, Miko Yoki, Jun Kunimura, Hirofumi Arai, Pierre Taki
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Stand By Me Doraemon (2014)
Animation | Drama | Family
In the suburbs of Tokyo some time ago, there lived a clumsy boy about 10 years old. There appeared in front of him named Sewashi, Nobita's descendant of four generations later from the 22nd century, and Doraemon, a 22nd century cat-type caretaker robot who helps people with its secret gadgets. Sewashi claims that his family is suffering from the debts Nobita made even to his generation, so in order to change this disastrous future, he brought along Doraemon as Nobita's caretaker to bring happiness to his future, although Doraemon is not happy about this. And so Sewashi installed an accomplishment program into Doraemon forcing him to take care of Nobita. Unless he makes Nobita happy, Doraemon can no longer go back to the 22nd century. This is how the life of Doraemon and Nobita begins. Will Doraemon succeed this mission and return to the 22nd century?
Starring: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Oohara, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Kaiji Tang, Tomokazu Seki
Director: Ryuichi Yagi, Takashi Yamazaki
The Eternal Zero / Eien no 0 (2013)
War
A young man and his sister learn that the man that they've always thought of as their grandfather was in fact the second husband of their grandmother, and that their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during the war. They decide to find out more about him but get conflicting accounts from his former comrades-in-arms about what kind of man he was and how he ended up in a kamikaze squadron.
Starring: Min Tanaka, Haruma Miura, Mao Inoue, Isao Natsuyagi, Jun'ichi Okada
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Always 3 chôme no yûhi '64 / Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
Drama
The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr…
Starring: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki, Maki Horikita, Masako Motai, Tomokazu Miura, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Always zoku san-chôme no yûhi / Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
Drama
Chagawa finds it increasing difficult to support his young ward Junnosuke in his store across the street from the Suzuki garage on Third Street. Unless he can provide a better life, Junnosuke's rich father, Kawabata will take him away. Chagawa focuses once again on winning the "Akutagawa-sho" literary award and the prize money coming with it. Mika, a 7-year old relative of the Suzukis is left to stay with them when her father has business reverses. She is accustomed to a richer life style and at first her behavior is very spoiled but is humbled when sees the menial chores that her same-aged cousin Ippei performs. Mutsuko continues to work in the family as a mechanic but has an aspiring boyfriend Takeo, who is studying cooking. Chagawa seeks to find Hiromi, who has become successful once more as the exotic dancer "Betty."
Starring: Shin'ichi Hatori, Maki Horikita, Kazuki Koshimizu, Koyuki, Tomokazu Miura, Masako Motai, Kenta Suga, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Always san-chôme no yûhi / Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
Drama | Family
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki. Suzuki's hair-trigger temper is held somewhat in check by the motherly instincts of his wife, Tomoe, and his young son Ippei immediately bonds with Mutsuko as if she were his older sister. The Suzuki shop lies almost in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower as it rises steadily above the skyline during construction in 1958. Others in the neighborhood also are striving to better themselves as Japan continues to emerge from the shadow of war. Hiromi has just abandoned her shady life as a dancer to start a sake bar. Abandoned by his single mother, young Junnosuke is first handed off to Hiromi but she passes him off to Ryunosuke Chagawa, a struggling writer who runs a candy shop and only manages to sell adventure stories for boys as his serious novels continue to be rejected…
Starring: Maki Horikita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kazuki Koshimizu, Kenta Suga
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Ballad / Ballad: Na mo naki koi no uta (2009)
Action | Drama | Romance
A movie examining a young boy's first encounter with true fear in his endless pursuit of courage.
Starring: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yui Aragaki, Akashi Takei, Michitaka Tsutsui, Yui Natsukawa
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Space Battleship Yamato / Supesu Batorushippu Yamato (2010)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki, Toshirô Yanagiba
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
