The Family Game

The Family Game 1983

6.70

A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired. The tutor, played by the prototypical bad boy actor Matsuda Yusaku, proceeds to blow the entire family apart.

1983

Sakurada Gate Incident

Sakurada Gate Incident 2010

7.50

Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.

2010

Distant Thunder

Distant Thunder 1981

6.80

A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.

1981

オフィス妻のさけび

オフィス妻のさけび 1985

1

Natsuko is witnessed carrying on an affair with her boss, Misawa, by the unmarried Chieko. However, Chieko dies by falling and is found about ten days later in the shrubbery in front of the company. It is revealed that Chieko led a flashy private life and frequented a host club. Moreover, it seems that she was having an affair with Division Chief Yamazaki.

1985

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

Traveling Alone with a Guitar 1964

1

Kobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival Henmi. The third work in Nikkatsu's "Gambler" series.

1964

Danchizuma no sakebi

Danchizuma no sakebi 1983

1

A man she was once in a relationship with has been killed. A wife keeping a secret from her husband gets involved in a strange case.

1983

Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken

Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken 1984

1

An office lady joins a "mistress bank", starts falling in love with her client and gets involved in a murder case.

1984

運命の殺意 北信濃母子心中

運命の殺意 北信濃母子心中 1982

1

In the past, a woman was raped by her brother-in-law. Keeping this dark secret, she lives a seemingly happy life with her husband and son, but the son, shocked to find out his real father is the brother-in-law, sets out to do something. The downfall of a mother and her child starts there...

1982

Aoi bara satsujin jiken

Aoi bara satsujin jiken 1993

1

A magazine reporter gets involved in a murder case while covering a rose nursery that's developing a blue rose.

1993

Deluxe Salon Car Engagement Tour Murders

Deluxe Salon Car Engagement Tour Murders 1987

1

Fukami, a secretary engaged to company president Kaido, her employer, is invited by his close friends, the Nogis, to a three-day-two-night tour. The tour group is traveling in a luxurious coach to Lake Megami in the Tateshina Plains. On the way, they are disturbed to hear that Shirai, a hostess who was supposed to come along on the tour, has been murdered. And the next day, the body of Hasegawa, another tour member, is floating in Lake Megami...

1987

奥飛騨二重心中

奥飛騨二重心中 1985

4.00

A man who lost his wife and a woman whose husband died have a fateful meeting in connection with a double suicide and fall madly in love.

1985