Takeshi Ōbayashi Movies

Many years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the survivors (called hibakusha in Japanese) are still physically and emotionally devastated by the...

In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are...

The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89...

A young lady who lives in a villa, drives a luxury car, plays tennis, throws garden parties and lives a comfortable life. However, she was actually a...

Popular TV screenwriter Mayumi Taniyama suffers from the dreaded writer's block. When producer Masaya Mukai asks for a screenplay written for him,...

Based on the life of Japanese serial killer and thief Kiyotaka Katsuta.

Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi.

Yama, a bloodthirsty demon full of hatred and anger. He who confronts it is selected to have a few supernatural powers. Maria, wages a supernatural...

An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is...

Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her.

Kotiyama is a swindler and extortionist, the head of a whole gang of crooks, usually posing as a poor monk; once he really took vows, but he was...

It's been a year since the fierce battle with the incarnation of hatred, "Yama". Peace returned to the city, and Maria was in her second year of high...

After appearing on a TV program a young woman is recruited to be an advertising idol much to the dismay of her boyfriend.

Satomi breaks her lover Takao out of jail, who was falsely accused of killing her parents.

Toru Emori leads the cast as Hirate Musashi while a Hiroshi Fujioka competes with him as Okamoto Musashi. They must not only contend with the...