The Phoenix (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

火の鳥

director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Jun Fubuki / Tomisaburō Wakayama …

other title: Hi no Tori / 火の鳥 …

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.

The Lovelorn Geisha (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

夜の流れ

director: Mikio Naruse / Yūzō Kawashima actor: Yōko Tsukasa / Isuzu Yamada …

other title: Courant du soir / Corriente nocturna …

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.

The House of Hanging (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

病院坂の首縊りの家

director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Yoshiko Sakuma …

other title: 病院坂の首縊りの家 / La Maison du pendu

This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.

Samurai Pirate (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

大盗賊

director: Senkichi Taniguchi actor: Toshirō Mifune / Mie Hama …

other title: Der Löwe des gelben Meeres / Le Défi des géants …

An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.

The Thin Line (1966) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData

女の中にいる他人

director: Mikio Naruse actor: Keiju Kobayashi / Michiyo Aratama …

other title: Lo straniero dentro una donna / L'Étranger à l'intérieur d'une femme …

Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.

Two in the Shadow (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData

乱れ雲

director: Mikio Naruse actor: Yūzō Kayama / Yōko Tsukasa …

other title: Nuages épars / Nubes dispersas …

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.

奥林匹克的赎金 (2013) [TV] NeoDB Douban

オリンピックの身代金 ～1964年・夏～

director: 藤田明二 actor: 竹野内丰 / 松山研一 …

昭和39年 东京奥运会开幕在即。当全国上下如火如荼准备这场盛事的时候，一桩桩精心策划的犯罪悄然进行。距离开幕还有四十多天的时候，接连两起爆炸事件在东京发生。嫌犯假托之前甚嚣尘上的爆弹狂魔草加次郎之名，声言要破坏奥运会的举行。赌上日本国民和警察的尊严，警视厅搜查一课刑警落合昌夫（竹野内丰 饰）与后辈岩村杰（斋藤工 饰）合作展开调查。他们发现两起案件均针对着东奥最高警备总部的幕僚长须贺修一郎（岸部一德 饰）而来，因此怀疑是与父亲断绝了关系的花花公子须贺忠所为。谁知调查刚刚有所进展，上层却下达了让二人退出搜查的命令。执拗的落合持续追逐真凶，真相则慢慢浮出水面……
本片根据奥田英朗的同名原作改编。

A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb

放浪記

director: Mikio Naruse actor: Hideko Takamine / Akira Takarada …

other title: Hourou-ki / Chronique de mon vagabondage …

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.

The Devil's Bouncing Ball Song (1977) [Movie] NeoDB Douban

悪魔の手毬唄

director: 市川昆 actor: 石坂浩二 / 岸惠子 …

other title: 恶魔拍球之歌 / 悪魔の手毬唄 …

昭和6年，日本冈山县鬼首村，一名自称恩田几三的男子来到村中，推销他的圣诞树加工机器。时村中有仁礼和由良两大世家，仁礼家在战后专营葡萄酒业，风头正劲，而由良家则走向没落。为对抗仁礼一族，由良家接受恩田的推荐，进军圣诞树加工业，结果却被骗得血本无归。
自幼移居神户的青池源治郎回到村中，揭穿恩田的骗局，随后源志郎被杀。当年侦办此案的矶川警官（若山富三郎 饰）始终认为此案存有疑点，昭和27年，他从东京请来名侦探金田一耕助（石坂浩二 饰）调查。此时距惨案已有20年，各家的孩子均已长大成人。由良家的泰子（高橋洋子 饰）和仁礼家的文子（永野裕紀子 饰）同时爱上了源志郎的儿子歌名雄（北公次 饰）。但在某个夜晚，泰子被残忍杀害。这起凶案与20年前的悬案有着千丝万缕的关系，其背后隐藏着的感情纠葛也随着牺牲者的增加而渐渐浮出水面……

The Inugami Family (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

犬神家の一族

director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Yoko Shimada …

other title: 犬神家の一族 / The Inugamis …

When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.

The Clan of Dog-God Household (1976) [Movie] NeoDB

犬神家の一族

director: 市川昆 actor: 石坂浩二 / 岛田阳子 …

other title: 犬神家族 / 犬神家の一族 …

犬神制药创始人犬神佐兵卫（三国连太郎 饰）一生不曾娶妻，却有三个女儿松子（高峰三枝子 饰）、竹子（三条美纪 饰）、梅子（草笛光子 饰），另收养恩人野野宫大式孙女珠世（岛田阳子 饰）为义女。犬神生前留有遗书，规定三女只能继承遗产极少部分，多数遗产由珠世获得，然珠世需同犬神三 个孙子中的一个婚配方可继承。犬神家顾问律师嗅到遗产之争背后的血腥气息，从东京请来名侦探金田一耕助（石坂浩二）协助调查。
佐兵卫亲眷集结一起，等待遗嘱宣读。长孙佐清（あおい輝彦 饰）亦从前线战场退役归来，然其面目被毁，终日头戴面具，引起除其母松子之外其他亲人怀疑。佐武（地井武男 饰）与佐智（川口恒 饰）一面调查佐清真实身份，一面向珠世展开情感攻势，但最后皆离奇死亡。
随着死亡增加和调查深入，金田一逐渐发现犬神家辉煌背后诸多不为人知的秘密，真相渐渐浮出水面……

Aimitagai (2024) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb

アイミタガイ

director: Shogo Kusano actor: Haru Kuroki / Aoi Nakamura …

other title: アイミタガイ

Azusa and Kanami have been best friends since high school. After Kanami dies in an unexpected accident, Azusa despairs yet finds comfort in sending text messages to Kanami’s cellphone. Kanami’s parents wonder about Azusa’s identity, and upon visiting the orphanage that their dead daughter cared about, are moved by her good deeds.

0.5 mm (2014) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb

0.5ミリ

director: 安藤桃子 actor: 安藤樱 / 织本顺吉 …

other title: 0.5mm / 0.5ミリ …

Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she finds herself broke and out on the street. She survives her first night by striking up an ambiguous friendship with a kindly old man, gaining access to a portion of the immense wealth held by Japan's aging population. She continues with similar encounters, and while these begin as scams or revenge on rampant sexism, they ultimately become vulnerable intergenerational exchanges.

Yearning (1964) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData

乱れる

9.4 (5 ratings) director: Mikio Naruse actor: Hideko Takamine / Yūzō Kayama …

other title: Tormento / Midareru - Sehnsucht …

War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.

90 Years Old – So What? (2024) [Movie] IMDb Douban WikiData NeoDB

九十歳。何がめでたい

director: Tetsu Maeda actor: Mitsuko Kusabue / Toshiaki Karasawa …

other title: 九十歳。何がめでたい / 90 Years Old - So What?

Aiko Satō, who has won many literary awards, retired from her life as a writer and had no guests. She spent a gloomy time, but then a middle-aged editor named Tachibana came with a commission for a story. The story begins with a series of essays that are initially unpleasant, writing out her anger towards society. Aiko's life will undergo significant changes by the time she is 90 years old.

They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB

ある船頭の話

director: 小田切让 actor: 柄本明 / 村上虹郎 …

other title: They Say Nothing Stays The Same / ある船頭の話 …

Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he barely communicates with anyone except Genzo, a young neighbour. Upstream, a large bridge is being constructed. Everyone is excited, but Toichi has mixed feelings about it. One day, Toichi meets a mysterious girl. Having no family and no place to go, Toichi lets her stay with him, but this encounter starts to bring about changes to Toichi's life.

Chûshingura (1962) [Movie] TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb

忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻

director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Matsumoto Hakuō I / Toshirō Mifune …

other title: 47 Samurai / 47 Ronin …

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

Lonely Heart (1981) [Movie] TMDB

幸福

director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Toshiyuki Nagashima / Rie Nakahara …

other title: 幸福

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

Murder on the Orient Express (2015) [TV] Douban TMDB

オリエント急行殺人事件 Season 1 part of TV Series: Murder on the Orient Express

director: 河野圭太 actor: 野村万斋 / 松岛菜菜子 …

昭和初年，大侦探胜吕武尊（野村万斋 饰）乘东洋特快返回东京，谁知途中遭遇匪夷所思的事件。粗鲁蛮横的实业家藤堂（佐藤浩市 饰）在梦中惨遭杀害，而凶手可能就是该车厢中的一人。凭借现场的蛛丝马迹，胜吕对列车员三木（西田敏行 饰）、藤堂的秘书慕内（二宫和也 饰）、管家益田（小林隆 饰）、贵妇人羽鸟（富司纯子 饰）、侯爵夫人（草笛光子 饰）及其侍从昼出川（青木沙耶香 饰）、外交官安藤（玉木宏 饰）及其夫人（杏 饰）、陆军大佐能登（泽村一树 饰）、私家侦探羽佐间（池松壮亮 饰）、汽车销售员保土田（藤本隆宏 饰）、家庭教师马场（松岛菜菜子 饰）、教会人员吴田（八木亚希子 饰）等十数人展开问询。每个人都有确凿的不在场证明，众人的证词却又有离奇反常之处。在此期间，另一起沉疴数年的案件浮出水面，引出藤堂遇害背后的真相……
本片根据阿加莎·克里斯蒂的经典原作改编。

Toshiie and Matsu (2002) [TV] TMDB

利家とまつ

actor: Toshiaki Karasawa / Nanako Matsushima …

other title: 利家とまつ

The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's life and career intertwined with the three great generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. With political savvy and the support of his fiercely loyal wife, Maeda Toshiie rose to second in power in the shogunate and built up a fiefdom that encompassed Echizen, Noto and Kaga.