Akira Emoto

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar exist...

An American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. He rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the beauty of human connection.

Something has surfaced in Tokyo Bay. As the Prime Minister of Japan pleads with the public to remain calm, a horrific creature of tremendous size makes landfall in the city, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Then it evolves.

The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.

A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.

When Matsuko is murdered, her nephew, Sho, gets to progressively unveil the many details of her mysterious past, discovering she wasn't just a forgotten outcast and had led an intriguing yet bizarre life.

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

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.

Godzilla is threatened by two new forces: Mogera - another UN built machine; and Space Godzilla - a beast spawned from Godzilla's particles in space.

The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world.

After failing to get into university, a soft city boy randomly picks a job in forestry.

A down-and-out school teacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman.

After a sudden worldwide power cut, a Tokyo family are caught up in the chaos as millions traverse the country in search of electricity.

Following the murder of his mentor, rookie Defense Attorney Phoenix Wright must find the truth behind not only her death, but that of an unsolved case from 15 years prior.

The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.

A young boy is chosen as the defender of good and must team up with Japan's ancient spirits and creatures of lore to attempt to destroy the forces of evil.

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.

Japan will sink down to the deep sea. The governments only hope is evacuate all Japanese to some other countries.

Aoyagi meets an old friend and ends up framed for the murder of the prime minister.

The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.

An assistant director and film fan gets his wish come true when his favourite heroine, a princess from an old film, appears in the real world.

Detective Yuji Kudo drives his car to see his mother, who is hospitalized with a serious health condition. Yuji then accidentally hits a man with his car and that man dies. At the hospital, Yuji tries to cover up the death of the ...

Ikigami takes place in a dystopian society where the government has implemented the "Prosperity Law". This law dictates 1 in 1000 random citizens ages 18~24 will die for the state in a mandatory lottery. Death occurs at a preset d...

Kenji returns to Akita to attend his old squeeze's wedding and Naoko proposes they have sex again, marking a new beginning.

Chronicling the turmoil and pandemonium that ensues at a derelict university sumo club, and the rise of some unlikely heroes.

Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him.

A teenage delinquent schoolgirl named Izumi Hoshi inherits her father's Yakuza clan.

In 1993 Kanao and Shoko are a Tokyo couple awaiting the arrival of their first child. Although both have studied art, Kanao works as a shoe repairman, which doesn't stretch his rather laid-back style, and Shoko works in a small pu...

Kosuke, gay male who lost his mother at 14, suppressed feelings in rural village. Now adult fashion editor in Tokyo, meets Ryuta. Film explores his journey from repressed adolescence to embracing identity.

A rainy evening, a student aids a soaked girl who avoids home. He lets her stay, forming a bond until his arrest for kidnapping. Years later, they reunite, battling societal stigma as victim and perpetrator.

A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew. As they try to track down the killer, they discover that, quite litera...

A Chinese man becomes an expert player of the traditional game of Go.

The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, then cross paths again months later.

About the adventures of Rantaro and other ninja apprentices at an elite ninjutsu academy.

Yuko is 35 years old, single, out of work, and on medication from her psychiatrist to combat her manic depression. Living in Kamata Town, Yuko divides her time between a variety of men friends, each with his own peculiarities. Her...