Tsuyoshi Ihara Movies

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Watanabe

A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored...

Genre: Action

Cast: Scott Adkins

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Koji Yakusho

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

Abandoned by his father as a boy, Yuta grows up as the foster son of a restaurant owner and takes over the restaurant at the owner's death. Cheery,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sadawo Abe

Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

In 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in...

Genre: History

Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Toshiaki Karasawa

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shigeru Muroi

It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Takao Osawa

Japanese film directed by Masahiro Honda.

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Cast: Misa Shimizu

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Cast: Kaori Momoi

When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will...

Genre: Action

Cast: Clive Owen

Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kuranosuke Sasaki

During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a...

Genre: History

Cast: Kuranosuke Sasaki

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Koji Yakusho

A genius sushi chef travels to New York to battle it out with the local competition there.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koichi Domoto

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira Terao

In the early 1990s, experiments were carried out secretly in Japan. Two different methods were used in the experiments. One method involved forcing...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Masaki Okada

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hoshi Ishida

When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scintillating game of strip...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada

Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yasuko Matsuyuki

A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yutaka Mizutani

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rena Tanaka

Genre: Action

Cast: Kyôhei Shibata

Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother's journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he takes it...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takumi Saitoh

Lewd, long-haired karate kid Kotaro Shindo spends his days causing amok at the prestigious Tsurugamine Academy, until the Disciplinary Committee...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hikaru Kurosaki

Based on the comic by Ayumi Tachihara

Genre: Action

Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

A gang of underground street fighters calling themselves "Guilty" think they've hit the mother load when they mug a thief and discover he's carrying...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shigeki Hosokawa

Set in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught up in a mysterious turn of events. A young tour guide,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yuki Saito

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira Emoto

The production of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Includes interviews with director Shusuke Kaneko, screenwriter Kazunori Ito and lead actress...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Shusuke Kaneko

The story continues from the Japanese SIGNAL drama series. In 2021, a limousine taxi driver causes an accident on a highway, and a high-level...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Kentaro Sakaguchi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuko Asano

In Brazil, Akemi finds out that she's the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Just after that, her destiny enters a spiral of violence and mystery, where a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Masumi

A recording of the 2003 production of the 1987 play. An evil nun known as Bizan wishes to bring back to life the demon monarch Ashura, so that the...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Matsumoto Kōshirō X

Twenty-year-old Kaori, an aspiring accessory designer, spends her days troubled by her mother's violence and excessive meddling. Meanwhile,...

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Cast: Hanae Kan

A female detective realises that the construction company corruption case was not guilty... there was an evil mastermind behind it!

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Cast: Masumi Miyazaki

Yakuza entertainment with shooting, battle and car action

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Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

A Japanese Anthology

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aaron Douglas

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao wo Nusumareta (My Face was Stolen) - starring...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tamori

Mika is a flight attendant on board an airplane scheduled to land at Haneda Airport. On the way to the airport the airplane's engine starts to burn....

Genre: Action

Cast: Hideaki Ito

Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Haruko Sagara

Sidonie Perceval, an established French writer, is mourning her deceased husband. Invited to Japan for the reedition of her first book, she is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isabelle Huppert

A Filipino transgender woman, Marie, who is drawn into the Yakuza gangster life after befriending Ai, the rebellious daughter of a powerful Yakuza...

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Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

What is the dark fate of a young up-and-coming artist who is on the verge of achieving glory? The story depicts the fate of a detective who...

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Cast: Koichi Sato