Movies: Koji Yakusho

  • 2023
    Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

    Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2023)

    Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

    7.92023HD

    This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – i...

    Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    Under the Open Sky

    Under the Open Sky (2021)

    Under the Open Sky

    7.72021HD

    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 his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies for a TV show and meets a young TV...

    Under the Open Sky
  • 2024
    Hakkenden

    Hakkenden (2024)

    Hakkenden

    7.72024HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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!
  • 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
  • 1999
    License to Live

    License to Live (1999)

    License to Live

    61999HD

    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
  • 1981
    Willful Murder

    Willful Murder (1981)

    Willful Murder

    7.31981HD

    The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quiz...

    Willful Murder
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1999
    Charisma

    Charisma (1999)

    Charisma

    6.51999HD

    A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering...

    Charisma
  • 2013
    The Kiyosu Conference

    The Kiyosu Conference (2013)

    The Kiyosu Conference

    6.82013HD

    After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political...

    The Kiyosu Conference
  • 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
  • 2000
    Dora-heita

    Dora-heita (2000)

    Dora-heita

    5.12000HD

    A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption....

    Dora-heita