Kyoka Suzuki
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1968-05-31
Locus Natus: Izumi
Et ut: Kyōka Suzuki, Kyôka Suzuki, 铃木京香
Blood and Bones
In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent...
release : 2004.11.06popularis : 4.906
Samurai Commando Mission 1549
An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd...
release : 2005.06.11popularis : 3.391
Bullet Ballet
After his girlfriend commits suicide, a man becomes embroiled in gang warfare attempting to obtain a gun in hopes to kill himself.
release : 1998.12.01popularis : 5.749
Zebraman
A failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as the superhero "Zebraman". Although the TV series was...
release : 2004.01.30popularis : 6.665
Udon
Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he...
release : 2006.08.26popularis : 6.217
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought...
release : 2006.05.13popularis : 3.186
Flowers
Flowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the way through to the present day.
release : 2010.06.12popularis : 3.166
The Magic Hour
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a...
release : 2008.06.07popularis : 5.45
Godzilla vs. Biollante
After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese...
release : 1989.12.16popularis : 21.306
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing...
release : 1997.11.08popularis : 5.672
Gravity's Clowns
On the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal happy family with father Tadashi and his two bright sons, genetics researcher Izumi and artsy Haru. When...
release : 2009.05.23popularis : 3.37
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden. Such people are known as "satorare" and...
release : 2001.03.17popularis : 2.687
Sideways
A struggling writer and his engaged buddy hit the road for California wine country. Remake of the 2004 film 'Sideways'.
release : 2009.10.31popularis : 3.306
Starlit High Noon
Lian Son is a Taiwanese assassin hiding in Okinawa. Yukiko works at a lunch box shop, but she has a painful past. Saya works at a public swimming...
release : 2006.06.24popularis : 2.82
The Unbroken
Onchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for National Air Line. He is ordered to return to head...
release : 2009.10.23popularis : 3.342
Second Virginity
45-year-old Rui Nakamura is a highly successful publisher. During the course of work, she encounters a 28-year-old married man named Kou Suzuki who...
release : 2011.09.23popularis : 2.179
The Kiyosu Conference
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and...
release : 2013.11.09popularis : 3.086
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In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly......
release : 1994.11.05popularis : 1.304
A Liar and a Broken Girl
In a small rural town, a brother and sister goes missing and there's also a serial killer case involving woman as the victims. Mayu Misono (Aya...
release : 2010.10.25popularis : 0.694
Judge!
After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a...
release : 2014.01.11popularis : 3.165
Vengeance for Sale
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as...
release : 2002.02.16popularis : 2.137
Future Memories: Last Christmas
A romantic tale from the team of Fujio F. Fujiko and director Yoshimitsu Morita. The two heroines are played by Shizuka Kudo and Misa Shimizu, and it...
release : 1992.08.29popularis : 3.441
A Forest with No Name
Private detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a prestigious family, from a mysterious commune in the...
release : 2003.03.19popularis : 1.541
The Whispered City
Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater...
release : 2000.07.07popularis : 1.684
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
Film about Sakamoto Ryōma. The focus is on Oryo, the maid who became Ryoma’s wife and lived with him for one year before his death.
release : 2002.09.14popularis : 1.71
Broken Heart
Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park.
release : 1995.01.21popularis : 3.954
Rockers
Guitarist Ko-chan is a mess of sexual repression after a childhood at the mercy of two elder sisters eager to use him as a guinea pig for their...
release : 2003.09.27popularis : 5.601
Crickets
Kaoru, a wealthy woman whose youth is fading, abandons the hustle and bustle of the city to live a peaceful life in a house on the coast. There she...
release : 2006.11.23popularis : 2.339
Making of Zebraman
A documentary on the making of “Zebraman” directed by Takashi Miike.
release : 2004.08.15popularis : 0.846
Keiho
The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however,...
release : 1999.02.17popularis : 2.816
Samurai Gangsters
Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master...
release : 2008.09.20popularis : 1.322
High and Low
At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo...
release : 2007.09.08popularis : 1.232
24 Hour Playboy
Nagashima is a playboy who refuses to be tied down by marriage. Suffering from insomnia recently, he is eager to find a glamorous girl who can make...
release : 1989.07.08popularis : 1.387
Grand Maison Paris
Famous Japanese chef Obana opens a new restaurant in Paris in the quest for his elusive third Michelin star. But Obana finds life as an outsider in...
release : 2024.09.24popularis : 10.194
New Ghost Pub
Attending the funeral of one of his friends, Satoru sees a woman who looks exactly like his deceased wife Shizuko. The film mixes reality with death...
release : 1996.09.28popularis : 1.3
Zoo
Five different directors adapt the works of Japanese author Otsuichi in this collection of unconventional live-action and animated shorts. A woman is...
release : 2005.03.19popularis : 3.143
Argentine Hag
After the death of her dearest mother, her serious-minded father goes missing, leaving their only daughter Mitsuko. Six months later, it turns out...
release : 2007.03.24popularis : 2.265
Eating Women
Follows the daily lives of 8 women with different backgrounds through what they eat and whom they date.
release : 2018.09.01popularis : 1.835
Something Like, Something Like It
Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his...
release : 2016.01.16popularis : 2.821
Short Cut
After 10 years of marriage, a couple finds itself walking on a small path in the mountains. Allowing them to discover one another.
release : 2011.11.03popularis : 0.834
Until the Day Comes
Drama depicting the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011 from the perspective of a female doctor. Takako Kawashima works as...
release : 2014.11.22popularis : 1.405
Proof of the Man
In Tokyo, 1974, a young African American is found dead in a lift. A knife is stuck deep into his chest and a streak of tear is running down his...
release : 2017.04.02popularis : 0.539
Kohaku
Yoneda Katsumi (Nishida Toshiyuki) is a police sergeant who exudes little presence.One day, Yoneda happens to come across an article on a cafe called...
release : 2017.09.15popularis : 0.873
Ghiblies: Episode 2
Ghiblies (pronounced with a hard "g" as in "gallop") is a short film aired during a TV special about Ghibli. It's about a fictional animation studio...
release : 2002.07.19popularis : 2.835
The Day I Bought a Star
The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers,...
release : 2006.01.03popularis : 4.98
Yamato
Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of...
release : 2005.12.17popularis : 13.231
Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Taishi lives with his father Kazushi. His mother left home when Taishi was very young and he barely has any memories of her. He believes that his...
release : 2009.08.22popularis : 1.58
Mother's Trees
Mitsu Tamura (Kyoka Suzuki) is the mother of 7 sons. Her sons are sent to the battlefield and 6 of her sons die on the battlefield. To mend her...
release : 2015.06.06popularis : 0.856
Garden of Camellias
Kinuko was married to her husband for many years, but her husband passed away. Since then, Kinuko has lived in the same home with her granddaughter...
release : 2021.04.09popularis : 2.399
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
A closed-room mystery where five women gathered in memory of a mysteriously dead female writer to unravel the mystery behind her death. Based on the...
release : 2002.10.12popularis : 1.19
Patio
As an engaged couple, Shinichi Kida and Mari Egawa spend a romantic night on a premarital trip to the southern island, but Shinichi suddenly...
release : 1992.11.14popularis : 1.245
The detective whose path was crossed by a snake
Starring Ken Takakura, this TV special depicts a detective (Akira Hayasaka) who lives in a harsh life with pride and conviction. Minoru Akiba, Chief...
release : 1995.07.01popularis : 2.567
Promise of death
Detective Suguro is enjoying a stay at a luxurious hotel in Wakayama. Also staying at the hotel is an unusual family led by rich widow Mrs. Hondo....
release : 2021.03.06popularis : 1.625