Yoshihiko Hosoda Movies

In the 1970s, director Fukasaku Kinji’s Yakuza Papers films chronicled decades of gang warfare in post-war Hiroshima. Over three decades later,...

University students Ryoko and Akane get lost on a mountain road on their way home from a hike. They finally reach a bus stop, but there is no sign of...

Kei Omori is a caregiver who has left his previous job at a small-scale care service to come work at a large-scale nursing home. But he is unable to...

This human drama depicts the challenges of an ageing society and gives the limelight to some of the hardest working people in society, care workers...

Tamaki who becomes a surrogate mother for the sake of her elder brother, Satoshi, who is gay by going through artificial insemination using his...

The drama depicts the exploits of the “Ichigeki Hishikkitai”, a special combat unit formed by farmers to deal with the "Imperial Robbers"...

Sakura is a 20-year-old college student who has sex for money to fund her shopping addiction. After her customers leave her apartment, she spends her...

A coming of age story about a young woman who decides to follow the dream she had once abandoned.

The cow woman is believed to be the sign of a huge catastrophe that is about to occur. It is said that she dies when the catastrophe is over. In some...

Fifteen-year-old Masaharu lives on the small island of Aogashima, which has a population of 197. On the island, life is simple and facilities are...

Ei Daisuke always carrying an army knife and was good at peeling fruit. His friends heard stories that Sakae got married to the only daughter of a...

Case 3 tells the story of Mika, a young woman who after being cheated on gives up on falling in love ever again. However, Yuta, a coworker at her new...

A short film by Kana Yamada.

Shimada, a popular entertainer on TV, is at a young woman's apartment despite being married to an actress. There, he finds Kuwamoto, a burglar,...

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