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- A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
- The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.
- A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
- A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
- In 2199, the crew of the space battleship Yamato embark on a dangerous journey to the planet Iskandar to acquire a device that will rejuvenate the war-ravaged Earth.
- A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
- In 1855, a daimyo sends his men on a grueling marathon to discover if they're tough enough to face the newly arrived Americans. Misunderstanding his intent, the Shogun dispatches assassins.
- A middle-aged man kidnaps a high-school girl with the intention of training her to be the perfect partner.
- Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.
- Tatsuya Ichihashi became a notorious and wanted fugitive criminal after murdering Lindsay Ann Hawker who had moved to Japan where she was teaching English as a second language. Ichihashi has undergone plastic surgery, become unrecognizable and eluded the manhunt for him. The film follows the autobiography.
- Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
- A young martial arts student gets caught up in a series of Kung Fu adventures with a woman who manages a Chinese restaurant.
- A feature-length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Narrated by Keanu Reeves.
- The timid, young Asuka is bullied by her classmates. When they embark on a class field trip to Korea, Asuka plans revenge by sending them a cursed phone message they can either pass on or die.
- Fiction begins to bleed into reality for actors (Ebizo Ichikawa, Ko Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito) as they rehearse a stage production of a classic Japanese ghost story.
- A young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family because of her family's financial situation.
- After meeting on a stormy night, a goat Mei and a wolf Gabu become sworn friends. However, trouble sets afoot among the two unlikely friends after their secret gets out, putting them in a perilous yet amazing adventure.
- About the adventures of Rantaro and other ninja apprentices at an elite ninjutsu academy.
- What does a young orphan urchin do in the slums of Tokyo? He gets into trouble, into brawls, into fights and eventually he lands in jail. Except this one is not just beating, he has a raw talent and a force that gets noticed. Out of jail, it is time to take the boy and polish the raw talent into something that fits the boxing ring.
- Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable printed material. Meanwhile, to oppose this oppressive crackdown, the Library Defense is created. The Library Defense, including instructor Atsushi Dojo (Junichi Okada) and Iku Kasahara (Nana Eikura), work to protect the libraries. A fierce battle then ensues between these two groups.
- A discriminated assistant director decides to remake a bran-new love movie. But the contingently-rewritten script awakens real ghost which possesses the actor and and causes death of field personnel.
- Set 5 years after the ending of the NHK drama series "Second Virgin," Nakamura Rui is transferred to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia while still taking care of Suzuki Marie.
- Ayano, a middle-aged female director met Aoi, young attractive actor at the audition for her new film. Ayano soon felt something different in Aoi and the audition goes far beyond the moral.
- Twenty-nine-year-old Ryotaro is underemployed, has no friends, hyperventilates and is awkward. Worse, he is also a virgin and never been kissed before. To remedy the situation he picks up a flyer and off he goes to the brothel where he meets the attractive and cute Kayo who is kind, sympathetic and understanding. He determines to get his new friend Kayo out of the sex trade.
- Trained to be a villain by the mysterious Tiger's Cave, Naoto Date was prepared to make his debut as the villain Tiger Mask. But when he donates all of his earnings to an orphanage, Tiger's Cave brands him a traitor.
- Iku joined the Library Defense Force after a member from that team retrieved an important book that was targeted for censorship. She endures team leader Atsushi's harsh treatment but also finds herself becoming attracted to him.
- Tomohisa Yamashita is a swindler who deceives other swindlers who have evil intentions: The swindlers who deceive others with words (Shirosagi/White Swindler) and the swindlers who play with people's mind and body (Akasagi/Red Swindler).
- Set 18 months after movie Library Wars (2013). After the government's enactment of the Media Betterment Act, battles wage between the Betterment Squads and the Library Defense. The Library Defense resists censorship and advocates freedom of expression. The biggest battle awaits for the Library Defense.
- When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.
- In a rural mountain village, they have the tradition of acting amateur Kabuki performance. All troubles come out as the villagers try to make success with the performance.
- At a time when nations are warring, a sword with mysterious power called "Heaven's Sword" is stolen. The sword is said to give its wielder the power to conquer the world. Various ninja all over Dokutake Castle and beyond also manuevering for this sword of immense power. Rantaro and his classmates are assigned to retrieve the stolen sword, their first real ninja mission.
- Based on autobiographical novel "The Homeless Junior High School Student" by Hiroshi Tamura. He was homeless during his high school days after the breakup of his parents.
- Three officers named Honda, Kawasaki and Suzuki works for the Sushi Police, where they're job is to sniff out restaurants serving illict or non-traditional sushi and stop them.
- A young boy lives in poverty with his grandfather while tending his dream of becoming a painter.
- A business man and a girls high-school field trip accidentally awake the defeated samurai warriors of Yamagata who return to the village of Oshakabe as Zombies to take revenge against the descendants of the town folk who double crossed them and thus fulfill their ancient curse. The greedy businessman and the mayor of the town want to turn the site of the shrines into a money making scheme replete with spa hotels and theme parks. Our school girl hero Mikayo and her class mates must use all their courage and resourcefulness to defeat the samurai zombies. With the help of Mikayo's mobile phone and the local barber turned shrine tender they battle the zombies and restore order to the town.