Mariko Kaga

'The inner workings of the human psyche are featured in this study of relationships between different leading characters. The action weaves around playwright Matsuzaki (Yusaku Matsuda) -- who is sleeping with Shinako (Michio Okusu), a married woman -- and his other "lover," Ine (Eriko Kasuda), a fairly corporeal spirit. The film is set in 1926, when cinema was silent -- and that era is evoked in Kagero-za.' - All Movies.com

Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, he meets Saeko, a striking young upper-class woman who is out seeking thrills, and whose presence adds spice to the staid masculine underworld rituals... (imdb)

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends. The two families' "businesses" are in fact dining and prostitution. (imdb)

Adrift and unable to be with the love of his life, a man spends two years spending a huge sum of cash that isn't his to spend on a series of mistresses.

Okhi is a married writer who seduced a girl, Otoko, when she was sixteen, causing her to become pregnant. However, she miscarries and after a period of emotional disturbance, she becomes an artist. Many years later, Okhi turns up in Kyoto to see her, and surprisingly not bitter. However, Otok's 16 year old student Keiko vows revenge on him. (imdb)

Set in the docks of Yokohama, a young dock worker tries to break up a waterfront strike out of a misguided sense of loyalty to his crooked boss, but accidentally kills the union leader. (sfs)

A boy from the island of Hokkaido, Japan gets a butterfly Nagasaki. His teacher thinks he bought the insect in a department store. Meanwhile, a butterfly larva of the same species embarks on a journey from South to North. On this trip the larva appears a series of failed love affairs, traumatic memories of war, smuggling operations and a share of political corruption.

During a military training exercise in snowy mountains, things go awry.

In this Japanese melodrama, a young painter struggles in all things to remain true to his art and to his friends, a difficult task in a society where such a quest can lead to a truly disastrous individualism. In his case, in late 19th-century Japan, repression and death surround and follow him as his culture painfully adjusts to the changes sweeping through it. (allmovie.com)

A young woman fends off a series of agressive marriage proposals from a man who comitted atrocities during World War II (Hulu)

In the streets of ultra-modern Shinjuku, Sosuke,a young would-be detective, all of a sudden attacked by a monster robot and falls unconscious. Determined to unravel the mystery, Sosuke joins forces with four members to fight against the robot. Will they be successful? (mydramalist.com)

A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aiming to become a high-calibre pastry chef, she is determined to overcome her past as well as the challenges ahead. Pastry critic Tomura is a frequent visitor. Moved by Natsume's persistence, he slowly begins to confront his own painful past - aided, of course, by mouthfuls of tasty pastries in between. (japanesefilmfestival.net)

A doctor (Sho Sakurai) ponders his future while caring for a terminally ill patient (Mariko Kaga).

Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon... (KG)

Love Letter illustrates a retrograde societal schema in which the recluse woman exists only through her man. Thus the dramatic turning point equates a flirtation of the abandoned lover with a betrayal of a man who does not bother with such considerations. The film portrait attempts to show the boredom and idleness of a cloistered and dependent woman.

Yuka is a "good-time girl" from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an important deal. Nakahira presents a shrewdly observed portrait of a modern, sexually assertive woman (MUBI)

Recently released from prison for a murder sentence, a yakuza boss's wife leaves Hong Kong for a fresh start, but a betrayal leads to her return. (themoviedb)

This drama is about a deaf woman and her struggles with love, family and everyday life.

A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man. (letterboxd.com)

A killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. He then seeks revenge against the people who employed him. (imdb)

An old house stands amongst newly built buildings as if it has been left behind. Tamako, a popular fortune teller, has been living there alone with her son, Tadao, for years. Because he has an intellectual disability and autism, their neighbors often complain about his unpredictable behaviors. One day, Tamako is informed that a room is available in a group home owned by a company that runs the community workshop Tadao works at. Residents there all have an intellectual disability ...

Aru Islands in resort development. Was a succession happening the abandoned corpses there are holes in the body. Ligia Exotica appeared on an isolated island of mutants, which caused panic and horror.

A middle-aged salaryman tries to revitalize his career.