Yoshi Katō Filmes

A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers:...

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner,...

1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.

A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.

The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.

After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the...

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man...

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in...

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.

A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially...

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.