Mitsuru Hirata Movies

Shouldn't gangsters love stubborn people? To protect true love, the Shinsen-gumi gather at night in Tokyo!

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a...

Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater...

Kenzo was behind bars for killing a gangster. Upon his release, he goes to live with his son, whose marriage is on the rocks. His 14-year-old...

Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried...

Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.

The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on....

Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.

A 100-year-old resident of a Lake Biwa nursing home dies mysteriously. Did a respirator keeping him alive suddenly malfunction, or was he murdered? A...

After his father figure - a yakuza boss, is murdered, Azusa Moribe goes on a killing spree to exact revenge.

This is the continuation and final part of Double Face SP, the Japanese remake of the highly successful 2002 Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs. This...

To reward himself for his new teaching gig in Sapporo, 29-year-old Manabu decides to celebrate New Year's Eve with a little treat at a local sex...

Six young pilots who all volunteered to be Kami-kaze or suicide pilots.

In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a...

A man arrives in the city upon news of a potential terrorist strike in Italy. He is Japanese foreign diplomat, Kosaku Kuroda, and he’s here...

Barbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an area whose inhabitants are mainly from Okinawa. Upon...

An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.

Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.

Two men, a detective and a gang member, infiltrate each other's organization. Soon they find their fates intertwined.

An anthology drama starring Kie Kitano. It depicts romance, friendship, and family love that a 17-year-old girl encounters through her cell phone. It...