Movies: Koji Yakusho

  • 2024
    Hakkenden

    Hakkenden (2024)

    Hakkenden

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    Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark...

    Hakkenden
  • 2010
    The Last Ronin

    The Last Ronin (2010)

    The Last Ronin

    6.32010HD

    16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses ...

    The Last Ronin
  • 2007
    Retribution

    Retribution (2007)

    Retribution

    6.42007HD

    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 same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows...

    Retribution
  • 1980
    Twelve Months

    Twelve Months (1980)

    Twelve Months

    6.71980HD

    A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her. ...

    Twelve Months
  • 2000
    Eureka

    Eureka (2000)

    Eureka

    7.72000HD

    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....

    Eureka
  • 1982
    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

    6.31982HD

    Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, ...

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
  • 2018
    The Blood of Wolves

    The Blood of Wolves (2018)

    The Blood of Wolves

    7.22018HD

    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 yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case invol...

    The Blood of Wolves
  • 2018
    Oh Lucy!

    Oh Lucy! (2018)

    Oh Lucy!

    6.72018HD

    A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out on a journey to find him....

    Oh Lucy!
  • 2015
    The Emperor in August

    The Emperor in August (2015)

    The Emperor in August

    6.32015HD

    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 nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasa...

    The Emperor in August
  • 2007
    I Just Didn't Do It

    I Just Didn't Do It (2007)

    I Just Didn't Do It

    7.32007HD

    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, all the while insisting that he is innocent....

    I Just Didn't Do It
  • 2017
    Sekigahara

    Sekigahara (2017)

    Sekigahara

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    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 the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of th...

    Sekigahara
  • 2007
    Walking My Life

    Walking My Life (2007)

    Walking My Life

    52007HD

    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 will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met ...

    Walking My Life
  • 2002
    The Choice of Hercules

    The Choice of Hercules (2002)

    The Choice of Hercules

    82002HD

    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 charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa...

    The Choice of Hercules
  • 2023
    Father of the Milky Way Railroad

    Father of the Milky Way Railroad (2023)

    Father of the Milky Way Railroad

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    Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and becomes obsessed with farming, jewelry and religion....

    Father of the Milky Way Railroad
  • 2001
    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

    6.62001HD

    A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers....

    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
  • 2007
    Silk

    Silk (2007)

    Silk

    5.72007HD

    French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy th...

    Silk
  • 1979
    Hunter in the Dark

    Hunter in the Dark (1979)

    Hunter in the Dark

    6.51979HD

    Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds...

    Hunter in the Dark
  • 2021
    The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

    The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)

    The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

    6.72021HD

    In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set....

    The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
  • 1999
    License to Live

    License to Live (1999)

    License to Live

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    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 is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the ...

    License to Live
  • 2022
    The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

    The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (2022)

    The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

    7.12022HD

    In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Makino clan of Nagaoka, dreamt of independence from the restraints of vassalship. Despite his progressive views and his desire for his estate to remain ne...

    The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai