Susumu Terajima

Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe

Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Hiroshi Abe, Yui Natsukawa, YOU

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi · With Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

Dir. Takashi Miike · With Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.

Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Arata Iura, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima

A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Claude Maki, Hiroko Oshima, Sabu Kawahara

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki

Rinko, a woman in a sexless marriage, is blackmailed by a stalker with intimate photos, forcing her into a series of erotic acts that disrupt her mundane life.

Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto · With Asuka Kurosawa, Shinya Tsukamoto, Susumu Terajima

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Masanobu Ando, Ken Kaneko, Leo Morimoto

Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.

Dir. Mika Ninagawa · With Erika Sawajiri, Nao Omori, Shinobu Terajima

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.

Dir. Nagisa Ōshima · With Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Tadanobu Asano

In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.

Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo · With Keiko Aizawa, Aiko Hibi, Manami Konishi