Koji Yakusho

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The Kiyosu Conference
6.4

The Kiyosu Conference

Nov. 09, 2013

The Kiyosu Conference

After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and ...
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
6.3

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

The last year of Ryotaro Shiba’s life, as he tried to achieve peace and independence without joining the armies of East and West.
Under the Open Sky
7.1

Under the Open Sky

Feb. 11, 2021

Under the Open Sky

Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find ...
Wings Over Everest
5.3

Wings Over Everest

Sep. 12, 2019

Wings Over Everest

An experienced mountain rescue team is tasked with recovering crucial documents from Everest’s notorious death zone
Mirai
7

Mirai

Jun. 16, 2018

Mirai

Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family’s history in their unique ...
The Blood of Wolves
6.9

The Blood of Wolves

May. 12, 2018

The Blood of Wolves

Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with ...
The Third Murder
6.7

The Third Murder

Sep. 09, 2017

The Third Murder

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.
Oh Lucy!
6.8

Oh Lucy!

Mar. 22, 2017

Oh Lucy!

A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she ...
Sekigahara
6.3

Sekigahara

Aug. 26, 2017

Sekigahara

The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu’s Army of the East ...
The Emperor in August
6.6

The Emperor in August

Aug. 08, 2015

The Emperor in August

In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and ...
The Woodsman and the Rain
7.1

The Woodsman and the Rain

A widowed lumberjack’s life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to ...
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
7.3

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion ...
13 Assassins
7.5

13 Assassins

Sep. 09, 2010

13 Assassins

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 ...
The Last Ronin
7.2

The Last Ronin

Dec. 18, 2010

The Last Ronin

16 years after the fateful „revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin,“ involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and ...
Walking My Life
6.5

Walking My Life

Oct. 27, 2007

Walking My Life

A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and ...
Tokyo Sonata
7.5

Tokyo Sonata

Sep. 27, 2008

Tokyo Sonata

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.
Retribution
6.3

Retribution

Feb. 24, 2007

Retribution

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 ...
I Just Didn’t Do It
7.6

I Just Didn’t Do It

Jan. 20, 2007

I Just Didn’t Do It

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, ...
Suite Dreams
7

Suite Dreams

Jan. 14, 2006

Suite Dreams

New Year’s Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment ...
The Lakeside Murder Case
6.2

The Lakeside Murder Case

Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school’s ...
Babel
7.5

Babel

Sep. 08, 2006

Babel

In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout ...
Memoirs of a Geisha
7.3

Memoirs of a Geisha

Dec. 06, 2005

Memoirs of a Geisha

A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a ...
The Choice of Hercules
6.1

The Choice of Hercules

When radicals from Japan’s Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in ...
Eureka
7.8

Eureka

May. 18, 2000

Eureka

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.
License to Live
6.9

License to Live

Nov. 07, 1998

License to Live

Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family ...
Cure
7.5

Cure

Dec. 27, 1997

Cure

A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the ...
Lost Paradise
6.6

Lost Paradise

May. 10, 1997

Lost Paradise

Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with ...
Shall We Dance?
7.7

Shall We Dance?

Jan. 27, 1996

Shall We Dance?

A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near ...