Makoto Ôtake Movies

One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenichi Hagiwara

Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a...

Genre: History

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuya Bessho

In 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army confiscates this find, but during the war the remains...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Naoto Ogata

Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to...

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Cast: Kotaro Yoshida

1990 Original Video.

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Cast: Makoto Ôtake

Omnibus of six short films: Return; Ken-do star; Hana to oji-san; Adagietto Sehr, langsam; Nakayoki koto wa yoki koto ka na; Slow is Beautiful. Third...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kumiko Aso

Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

A young man finds out that his ex-lover has only one week left to live, and with the help of angels, he scrambles to change his fate. A love story in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Emi Wakui

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Cast: Kyōko Aizome

Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Masatoshi Nagase

A carnivorous monster lives on the island of Sipang. A group of office ladies band together to fight it.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Haruko Sagara

The Panorama Group, a group of young people who work together with an old professor who is passionate about making hot air balloons a reality, dream...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

Kako (Fumi Nikaido) is a female high school student. She lives at a restaurant run by her family in Kitashinagawa, Tokyo. Unexpectedly, Kako's aunt,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kyoko Koizumi

A young college student forms an unlikely friendship with the bartender at a "yakuza" bar.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takanori Jinnai

Set in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught up in a mysterious turn of events. A young tour guide,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yuki Saito

A romantic comedy, it comically depicts a great twist of fate between a young man who leads an attractive life and a girl who was unlucky in life.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Senri Oe

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...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

An omnibus comedy movie consisting of three short stories. The themes are "My Sweet Little Cancer," "Langerhans Connection" and "Hypertension Road,"...

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Cast: Isako Washio

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryuhei Matsuda

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

An ordinary man plays matchmaker to his friend only to realize the girl being pursued is being stalked.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Gaku Hamada