Chunichi Shimbun Popular Movie

The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated...

Genre: War

Cast: Junichi Okada

A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Ken Watanabe

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region...

Genre: History

Cast: Ken Watanabe

Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji...

Genre: History

Cast: Junichi Okada

A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they...

Genre: War

Cast: Junichi Okada

During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct of his leader. Years after, his dying wife wish...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Junichi Okada

Nobumasa Tsuboi (Yo Oizumi) runs a small factory in a small town. He has a daughter Yoshimi Tsuboi (Riko Fukumoto) who suffers from a congenital...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yo Oizumi

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazunari Ninomiya

A detective in Toyama is forced to confront his painful past when he takes on a murder case involving his two estranged childhood friends.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Junichi Okada

In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Makino clan of Nagaoka, dreamt of independence from...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yakusho

High school student Naoki Tomura grew up in a remote area in Hokkaido. He meets piano tuner Soichiro Itadori in school and eventually decides to work...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kento Yamazaki

Azusa and Kanami have been best friends since high school. After Kanami dies in an unexpected accident, Azusa despairs yet finds comfort in sending...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Haru Kuroki

Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mayu Matsuoka

A retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yakusho

Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power...

Genre: War

Cast: Satoshi Ohno

Baian Fujieda, an assassin for hire, got an unusual job from his usual fixer to end up with an unexpected twist of destiny from the past.

Genre: History

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

Kotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, is watching Omine, who lives with him, from...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Baijaku Nakamura

The main character, Baian Fujieda, is a dark hero who has two faces: one as a skilled acupuncturist who saves lives, and the other as a criminal who...

Genre: Action

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

16-year-old Haruka lost the people she loved the most in a fire. Haruka is also physically and emotionally wounded from the fire, but she still...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ai Hashimoto