Issey Ogata Movies

After the death of his grandfather, Koen Shirakawa (Atsushi Ito) quits his job at a bookstore and goes to a temple to become a monk.

A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away.

A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the...

This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and...

Too shy to speak out the word of appreciation, too busy to show that you care... Many excuses lie between each and every couple, when they look back...

With all the unrest and uncertainty in the world today, now feels as good a time as any for a movie portraying good will and love between people from...

Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that...

Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to...

Widow Chloe travels to Japan for work where she is welcomed by an old friend, Toshi. Sliding between the melancholy of loss and the awe of...

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Martin Scorsese's "Silence."

Kazunari Katsuki (Gaku Sano) lied to his classmate that Tokyo stinks. Because of his comment, he goes to Tokyo alone. On his way back, he misses his...

Two TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-'80s bubble economy.

Seven-year-old Rio visits her grandparents in Japan for the first time. She observes the beauty and unfamiliarity of the household, sensing a...

From time immemorial to the age of space colonization, there is one legend that has stayed unchanged in every history book—the tale of the...

Kin chan no Cinema Jack is an anthology film starring Yuen Biao and produced by Jackie Chan

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful...

Towards the end of WWII, the Navy gave the Kyoto University's physics lab the secret of a bomb that makes use of nuclear fission energy. While doing...

“Magic Kimono” tells the story of middle-aged Japanese woman Keiko, who has been living in a shell for decades due to a family tragedy in...