Yoshihiko Hosoda Movies

On May 2, 1998, Hide, a leading Japanese rock musician who had been active as a guitarist for X JAPAN and as a solo artist (hide with Spread...

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...

In the wake of a sexual assault, young actress Noel goes to Blue Imagine, a refuge for people who have experienced violence. With the help of her...

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

Making of Island Times

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,...

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

A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends...

Musashi returns Japan's legendary swordsman and philosopher to the screen once again. In an original period drama based on the historical facts of...

A short film by Kana Yamada.

Fifteen-year-old Masaharu (Yanagisawa Daisuke) lives on the small island of Aogashima, which has a population of 197. On the island, life is simple...

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...

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...