Movies

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner,...

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

A street guitarist is unwittingly drawn into a smuggling ring while trying to earn money for his sister’s wedding.

A man and a woman whose love is forbidden due to a feud between their parents resolve to die together and head to the island of Sado.

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

Two men clash over the beautiful star of a motorcycle show.

As she takes a position as a gym teacher at a girls’ school as a form of “life training” before marriage, what awaits her...

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give...

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...