Etsushi Toyokawa Movies

Love Letter

80/100

When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew.

20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End

67/100

In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world ... See full summary »

No Way Back

51/100

When F.B.I. Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafioso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only ... See full summary »

Hula Girls

72/100

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.

20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope

67/100

Childhood friends continue their battle against a dangerous cult.

Sinking of Japan

57/100

Japan will sink down to the deep sea. The governments only hope is evacuate all Japanese to some other countries.

Loft

57/100

Reiko, a prize-winning writer, moves to a quiet isolated house to finish up her new novel. One night she sees the man next door transporting an object wrapped in cloth. She finds out he is ... See full summary »

Angel Dust

69/100

Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist - Dr Rei Aku - who ... See full summary »

Sword of Desperation

73/100

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzawmon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, ... See full summary »

Platinum Data

58/100

When a new system for mapping DNA called the Platinum Data is developed for all the residents of Japan, everyone is convinced it will create a better, saver society, free from crime. But ... See full summary »

Face

68/100

With no parents left to keep the peace and order two sisters, who could not be any more different, allow their frustrations and animosity to come to a head. What ensues is funny, tragic and offbeat.

Judge!

64/100

After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant...

Postcard

71/100

Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife ... See full summary »

The Man Behind the Scissors

68/100

Kira kira hikaru

70/100

Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry...

School Mystery

61/100

There are two versions of "Toire No Hanako-san." The first version, released in 1995, was set in an elementary school and centered on a boy named Takuya and a new transfer student named ... See full summary »

Black Widow Business

63/100

A predatory middle-aged woman and her partner prey upon aging older men of a certain wealth. The idea is as old as the history of mankind itself: take the man's money in exchange for ... See full summary »

The 8-Tomb Village

64/100

In a remake of a well-known Japanese mystery, a man in Kobe does not have a family. He receives a visitor who is a researcher one day who has noticed that the man has a well-off family in ... See full summary »

South Bound

67/100

The Investigation Game

63/100

Movie adaptation of the Japanese novel "Hannin ni tsugu". Police superintendent Makishima (Etsushi) fails to capture the suspect of a kidnapped boy, who is killed afterwards. Six years ... See full summary »

It's Only Talk

72/100

Yuko is 35 years old, single, out of work, and on medication from her psychiatrist to combat her manic depression...

Lakeside Murder Case

62/100

Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One ... See full summary »

Year One in the North

70/100

In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe...

Dog Star

71/100

A seeing-eye dog name Shiro is granted one wish by his former, now dead owner. Shiro chooses to become...

Misty

50/100