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overview : Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita …

overview : Narumi has decided to retire from the underworld society with which he has been involved for 20 years. He also …

overview : Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. …

overview : Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in …

overview : The cop Himuro is picked as scapegoat by his superiors because of their own involvement in sokaiya gangster practices.

overview : An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives …

overview : Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking …

overview : This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue …

overview : Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging …

overview : Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl …

overview : Lilja lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her …

overview : Okawa Family’s yakuza, Junji, is released from prison, and is told to take over a local radio station by his …

overview : This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point …

overview : Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing …

overview : A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a …

overview : When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky …

overview : Kinuko was married to her husband for many years, but her husband passed away. Since then, Kinuko has lived in …

overview : Nakadai Tatsuya, Japan’s greatest living actor, gives the performance of a lifetime as Shoji Sanosuke, and elderly samurai forced to …