Ken Ogata

A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.

A woman with a body-writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.

In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.

Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.

A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.

The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world.

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.

Blind masseur Ichi, a defender of the innocent, gets entangled in a clash between rival Yakuza clans in a rural village, leading to bloody sword battles as he tries to maintain peace and shield villagers from the gang war.

Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.

After a married man stops providing for his mistress, she abandons their three young children with him and his wrathful wife.

A shrewd 16th Century samurai helps a daimyo expand his realm.

A small band of heroes goes on a journey to protect a five year old who is next in line to become the Shogun of Japan. The boy's father, the Mad Shogun, tries to remove his son from the line of succession by any means possible.

A Japanese immigrant in 1901 Hong Kong wishes to become a simple shopkeeper. Fate soon intervenes, allowing him to mix adventure and fervent patriotism with greed.

Two magically powerful monks are sent on a quest to fight the King of Hell.

The loves and tragedies of a geisha in 1933 Japan.

A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place between captors and captive, to the difficulty and eventu...

A man who is jailed for murdering his family after he confessed, escapes. His only chance at freedom is his new love interest, who tries to shield him from the authorities.

The journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean across Siberia to the court of Catherine the Great of Russia. It is based on a book of the same name by Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue.

A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.