Kaizo Hayashi

One day, Chiho is asked to collect the rent from her grandmother, who has a bad leg. Chiho easily agrees and regrets it. The inhabitants of the flat...

Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre...

Winston Chen, a prominent businessman, goes missing after racking up $100 million in debts to the Taipei underworld. Two enforcers sent to find him,...

A sequel to the 1980 movie The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. As well as being a rock musical comedy, it also borrows elements from other genres...

During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to...

A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon...

In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a...

Haruo Sugimura is fresh from serving a two-year stint in prison for assaulting someone when he is recruited by a loan shark named Sakai to help...

Three cat burgling sisters have to go up against the police and a Chinese crime syndicate in order to rescue their kidnapped father.

Three cat burgling sisters have to go up against the police and a Chinese crime syndicate in order to rescue their kidnapped father.

In a small nook of Kawasaki Private investigator 591 and adultry specialist investigator 522 embark on separate investigations that leads them both...

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a...

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a...

The reincarnation of a 10th century Japanese general haunts 1920's Tokyo.

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing...

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing...

Set in the future where it is commonplace for high tech crimes to get through cyber defense, Iwase Shobei, a wealthy man and well-known collector of...

Set in the future where it is commonplace for high tech crimes to get through cyber defense, Iwase Shobei, a wealthy man and well-known collector of...

Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a...

Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a...

When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a...

Jigoku-gokuraku-maru is a samurai on the run. One bounty hunter hoping to collect the sizeable reward is Teppo Oyuri, a comely lass who is an ace...

Jigoku-gokuraku-maru is a samurai on the run. One bounty hunter hoping to collect the sizeable reward is Teppo Oyuri, a comely lass who is an ace...

An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a...

An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a...

Osaka Love & Soul (TV film) Drama 2010, 75 min

The rock band "Sunny Cruiser" leaves for America to pursue their dream. Although they are disillusioned very quickly, they hit the road and meet a...

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing...

When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a...

Masashi moves in with the family of a gangster, whose violent activities mask a kind personality. But soon a murderous ex-con comes to town.

Shunsaku was paralyzed from the neck down at the young age of 36 by a spinal injury suffered in a motorcycle accident. A blind woman named Hanae...

An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a...

Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage years to adult life.

In Osaka, three troubled young kids, Kanako, Atsushi and Kenji, are hanging out together all the time. One day Kenji who lives in an orphanage is...

"Atlanta Boogie" centers around a mock track meet between the "normal" and "good" citizens of Yokohama and those they want to expel from the...

The year is 1945. After the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government decides to consult spiritual...

Documentary featuring Nagisa Ōshima and Masuaki Kiyota, a Uri Geller-esque psychic medium

The rock band "Sunny Cruiser" leaves for America to pursue their dream. Although they are disillusioned very quickly, they hit the road and meet a...

The rock band "Sunny Cruiser" leaves for America to pursue their dream. Although they are disillusioned very quickly, they hit the road and meet a...

An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a...

Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside...

Documentary featuring Nagisa Ōshima and Masuaki Kiyota, a Uri Geller-esque psychic medium

A three-way battle of hoodlums vs yakuza vs gyoza factory manager! A fierce battleground in Osaka, where territories are fought over with impunity....

One day, Chiho is asked to collect the rent from her grandmother, who has a bad leg. Chiho easily agrees and regrets it. The inhabitants of the flat...

Haida, once a famous private detective, is now down and out and running out of reasons to live. One day, while engaging in a group volunteer project...

Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage years to adult life.

Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside...

In a small nook of Kawasaki Private investigator 591 and adultry specialist investigator 522 embark on separate investigations that leads them both...

A detective, a mysterious beauty Ekin and other characters appear in the film. It creates a mysterious visual world that takes us one step further...

A woman run a store in a tiny seaside hamlet near the cliffs where people come to commit suicide.

Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicist, an actor, a bar mom, and a chef. Maki has...

Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicist, an actor, a bar mom, and a chef. Maki has...

In a small nook of Kawasaki Private investigator 591 and adultry specialist investigator 522 embark on separate investigations that leads them both...

Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a...

The story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his own life.

An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.

Mizusawa (Takenouchi Yutaka), an explosives expert, is arrested and charged with a string of bank robberies. Because he is a flight risk, Detective...

Scene one: March 11th, 2011. An earthquake and a tsunami strike the East coast of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. A man and five...

Scene one: March 11th, 2011. An earthquake and a tsunami strike the East coast of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. A man and five...

When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a...

Mizusawa (Takenouchi Yutaka), an explosives expert, is arrested and charged with a string of bank robberies. Because he is a flight risk, Detective...

Commentary: The first work in the "Asian Beat" series, in which young directors from six Asian countries, including Japan, compete to create the same...

Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage years to adult life.