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    Content from Daiei Film

    Poster for Cure
    Movie
    1997•
    7.5

    Cure

    A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.

    Poster for Dersu Uzala
    Movie
    1975•
    7.9

    Dersu Uzala

    A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.

    Poster for Rashomon
    Movie
    1950•
    8.0

    Rashomon

    Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

    Poster for Pulse
    Movie
    2001•
    6.7

    Pulse

    In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

    Poster for Dedication of the Great Buddha
    Movie
    1952

    Dedication of the Great Buddha

    The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of the Buddha. This work is based on a play by Hideo Osada, which was performed by the Shin Kyodo Theater Company in 1940.

    Poster for Chikamatsu Monogatari
    Movie
    1954•
    7.7

    Chikamatsu Monogatari

    When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.

    Poster for The Snow Woman
    Movie
    1968•
    6.9

    The Snow Woman

    Two woodcutters spend the night in a mountain lodge after being caught in a snowstorm. A female spirit appears and takes the life of one of the men. She spares the other man's life on the condition that he never tell anyone what happened that night.

    Poster for Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
    Movie
    1970•
    6.7

    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

    With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom with his employer's own money. This embarrasses Yojimbo who withdraws from a pact with Ichi to stir up trouble between father and son and their gangs. As the two sides fight, Ichi finds the gold and sets up a final set of confrontations.

    Poster for The White Road Across the River
    Movie
    1959

    The White Road Across the River

    Poster for Blind Beast
    Movie
    1969•
    6.4

    Blind Beast

    A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.

    Poster for Cheerleader Camp
    Movie
    1988•
    5.0

    Cheerleader Camp

    A cheerleader named Alison is plagued by nightmares about the upcoming all-state finals and attends a summer training camp with her teammates. When a number of deaths start occurring at the camp, Alison's nightmares turn twisted and brutal, and she begins to believe that she may be responsible for the mayhem.

    Poster for Odd Obsession
    Movie
    1959•
    6.2

    Odd Obsession

    A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.

    Poster for Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
    Movie
    1970•
    6.6

    Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

    The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration.

    Poster for Wrath of Daimajin
    Movie
    1966•
    6.3

    Wrath of Daimajin

    In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own.

    Poster for The Tale of Zatoichi
    Movie
    1962•
    7.3

    The Tale of Zatoichi

    The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.

    Poster for Madadayo
    Movie
    1993•
    7.3

    Madadayo

    In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.

    Poster for Zatoichi Challenged
    Movie
    1967•
    6.8

    Zatoichi Challenged

    Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save the man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.

    Poster for The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting
    Movie
    1994•
    6.1

    The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting

    The continuing adventures of Matsuzaki, a racing tipster for a sports paper. Matsuzaki befriends a mysterious old track bettor named Tokudaiji. The man turns out to be a well-connected millionaire and invites Matsuzaki to his home.

    Poster for Princess Yang Kwei-fei
    Movie
    1955•
    6.7

    Princess Yang Kwei-fei

    In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.

    Poster for An Actor's Revenge
    Movie
    1963•
    6.6

    An Actor's Revenge

    In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

    Poster for I'll Do Better Next Life
    TV
    2020•
    6.7

    I'll Do Better Next Life

    Omori Momoe is twenty-seven-years-old, single and works at Studio Delta. She is thin and attractive. She should be courting suitors and taking her pick of the crop. Well, actually she does. She is having sex despite being single. In fact, she is making herself available sexually to five different men. to her it is just a disposable and habitual object of pleasure. She is sensual, sexy and adds the pleasure of sex toys to her repertoire of pleasures.

    Poster for Yokomizo Seishi Series
    TV
    1977•
    7.0

    Yokomizo Seishi Series

    TV series starring Ikko Furuya, based on the Kosuke Kindaichi mystery novel series by Seishi Yokomizo.

    Poster for Kareinaru ichizoku
    TV
    2021•
    6.2

    Kareinaru ichizoku

    Daisuke Manpyō is the owner and president of the successful Hanshin Bank. He also owns several other companies and some real estate. His son-in-law is a bureaucrat at the Ministry of the Treasury, who tips him off that there is a move afoot to reorganize commercial banks. Manpyō is in for difficult times as he attempts to block the merger between his bank and another.

    Poster for Stepsisters
    TV
    1985

    Stepsisters

    A moving story of intense love, hate, and reconciliation born out of a fateful encounter between the only daughter of a conglomerate leader and a girl from a poor family.

    Poster for Can't Write! ~A Life Without Scenario~
    TV
    2021•
    7.2

    Can't Write! ~A Life Without Scenario~

    Keisuke Yoshimaru is a screenwriter, but instead of working, he is responsible for all household chores. On the other hand, Keisuke's wife, Nami, is a popular novel writer under the name "Ririko Kōsaka". Nami is the breadwinner with outstanding fame and income. Keisuke is somehow satisfied with his current life, but, one day, the main writer of a prime-time drama suddenly drops out, and Keisuke was given the opportunity to write again. Although Keisuke starts writing with full of expectations, he begins to be swayed by various problems.

    Poster for Love From a Lie
    TV
    2001

    Love From a Lie

    Poster for The Adventures of Kotetsu
    TV
    1996

    The Adventures of Kotetsu

    While walking through the streets of Tokyo, Linn Suzuki comes across a strange device sticking up from the sidewalk. Suddenly, she is set upon by thugs and is helped by a beautiful stranger who takes them all down. It seems young Linn has fled Deep Kyoto from her cruel mistress and has traveled to Edo where she hopes to find her long lost brother, who was last seen working for the Kuon Detective Agency. By chance, this stranger happens to be Miho Kuon and lets Linn stay with her (nicknaming her Kotetsu, or Little Tetsu after her brother, Tetsujin). However, a mysterious agency called the Syndicate are after Miho and Linn is now in the thick of things.

    Poster for M -beloved one-
    TV
    2020•
    6.5

    M -beloved one-

    Set in the 1990's, high school student Ayu lives with her mother and grandmother in Fukuoka. She works as a model, but, to pursue an acting career, she goes to Tokyo with her grandmother. While attending a high school, she picks up acting work, but only minor roles. One day, Ayu meets Masa, who is the executive director of record label A Victory. He decides to make Ayu into a singer. According to Masa, Ayu prepares to make her debut as a singer. Meanwhile, she encounters jealousy from rivals at her record label. Trusting Masa, Ayu endures her problems. She also develops feelings for Masa and Masa also holds feelings for her.

    Poster for Kaseifu wa mita!
    TV
    1983

    Kaseifu wa mita!

    The legendary suspense series that got one of the highest audience ratings. The main character, Akiko Ishizaki, is a housekeeper dispatched to an upstream family. Her pleasure was to peek into the hidden secrets and misfortunes of an ideal home that seemed to be happy at first glance...

    Poster for Red Maze
    TV
    1974

    Red Maze

    A psychiatrist whose wife is murdered tracks down the culprit. Psychiatrist Masato Yuki returns to Japan after three years in the United States, where his beloved wife, Taeko, and daughter, Akiko, are waiting for him. However, Masato becomes suspicious of his wife's behavior. At Masato's homecoming party, he receives a mysterious phone call and his wife, Taeko, disappears. The next day, Taeko's gruesomely mutilated body is discovered in a motel. Masato tracks down the murderer. However, the secret of his daughter, Akiko's birth, is hidden in convoluted web of lies and agony.