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The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Summary: As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.

Release Date: November 02, 2002

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: Yôji Yamada

Writers: Shûhei Fujisawa

, Yôji Yamada

, Yoshitaka Asama

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

Production: Eisei Gekijo, Hakuhodo, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Nippon Television Network (NTV), Shochiku, Sumitomo Corporation

Distributor: Empire Pictures, Twilight Time

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 559,765

International: $ 6,813,004

The Hidden Blade (2004)

Summary: A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.

Release Date: October 30, 2004

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Director: Yôji Yamada

Writers: Yôji Yamada

, Yoshitaka Asama

, Shûhei Fujisawa

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: R

Production: Eisei Gekijo, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Sumitomo Corporation

Distributor: Palisades Tartan

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 38,147

International: $ 8,005,634

Taboo (1999)

Summary: The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.

Release Date: December 18, 1999

Genres: Drama, Thriller, History

Director: Nagisa Ôshima

Writers: Ryôtarô Shiba

, Nagisa Ôshima

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Oshima Productions, Shochiku, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Eisei Gekijo, Bac Films, Le Studio Canal+, Recorded Picture Company (RPC)

Distributor: New Yorker Films, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Japan, France, United Kingdom

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 114,425

International: $ 13,949

The Eel (1997)

Summary: A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.

Release Date: August 21, 1998

Genre: Drama

Director: Shôhei Imamura

Writers: Shôhei Imamura

, Daisuke Tengan

, Motofumi Tomikawa

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Eisei Gekijo, Groove Corporation, Imamura Productions, Satellite Cinema, Shochiku

Distributor: New Yorker Films

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 418,480

International: $ 6,203

Still Walking (2008)

Summary: A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

Release Date: June 28, 2008

Genre: Drama

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Cinequanon, Eisei Gekijo

Distributor: The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 167,047

International: $ 3,344,073

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

Summary: A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.

Release Date: November 03, 2001

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Shôhei Imamura

Writers: Yo Henmi

, Shôhei Imamura

, Daisuke Tengan

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

Production: BAP Inc., Catherine Dussart Productions (CDP), Comme des Cinémas, Eisei Gekijo, Imamura Productions, Maru Limited, Nikkatsu

Distributor: Cowboy Pictures, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE)

Countries: Japan, France

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 71,094

International: $ 382,660

Air Doll (2009)

Summary: A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.

Release Date: September 26, 2009

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

Writers: Yoshiie Goda

, Hirokazu Koreeda

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Engine Film, Bandai Visual Company, TV Man Union, Eisei Gekijo, Asmik Ace Entertainment

Distributor: Dekanalog, The Criterion Channel

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)

I Wish (2011)

Summary: Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

Release Date: June 11, 2011

Genre: Drama

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: PG

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 145,808

International: $ 2,225,740

Canary (2004)

Summary: Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system, CANARY tells the moving story of two children, each abandoned by their families, who come together in ...

Release Date: July 25, 2008

Genre: Drama

Director: Akihiko Shiota

Writer: Akihiko Shiota

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Canary Production Committee, Eisei Gekijo

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 504

Kabei: Our Mother (2008)

Summary: Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.

Release Date: January 26, 2008

Genre: Drama

Director: Yôji Yamada

Writers: Teruyo Nogami

, Yôji Yamada

, Emiko Hiramatsu

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Eisei Gekijo, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Nagoya Broadcasting Network (Nagoya TV), Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Shochiku, Sumitomo Corporation, TV Asahi, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Yahoo Japan

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 14,416

International: $ 18,371,548

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

Summary: A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.

Release Date: February 23, 2002

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Takashi Miike

Writers: Ai Kennedy

, Kikumi Yamagishi

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dentsu, Eisei Gekijo, Ganmo, Gentosha, Little Garage

Distributor: Discotek Media

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 1,500,000

Shiroi inu to warutsu wo (2002)

Summary: A white dog suddenly comes into the life of an aged man who recently lost his wife. Life with the dog gradually helps to heal the heart of the old man. It appears the dog may actually be a reincarnation of his wife.

Release Date: April 13, 2002

Director: Takashi Tsukinoki

Writers: Terry Kay

, Azuma Morisaki

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

Production: Amusement Media Academy, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Cinequanon, Culture Publishers (CP), Eisei Gekijo

Distributor: Shochiku International Sales & Licensing

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

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