Ryûhei Matsuda Movies

Taboo

69/100

The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.

Izo

62/100

An executed samurai takes an existential journey throughout time, space and eternity in search of bloody vengeance.

Blue Spring

74/100

A group of a run-down Tokyo high school students face the struggles of growing up, growing apart from their friends and worrying about their future, while living in a highly violent environment.

Nightmare Detective

62/100

Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. "O" intends suicide while talking on a cell-phone with a stranger he meets on line who plans a ... See full summary »

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

68/100

A visually stylish tale of two male prisoners bonded by emotion, love and murder.

9 Souls

73/100

Nine convicts escape from prison; most are convicted murders. They commandeer a van from a strip club. Their plan is to find a stash of counterfeit money that a deranged cell mate told them... See full summary »

The Great Passage

72/100

Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary...

Before We Vanish

60/100

Three aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies.

Nightmare Detective 2

62/100

Still haunted by his unwanted abilities, which allow him to enter other people's dreams, and memories of his mother dying when he was a child, Kyoichi Kagenuma (Ryuhei Matsuda) contemplates... See full summary »

Love Collage

65/100

(Japanese with English subtitles) Down-on-his-luck photographer Makoto (Ryuhei Matsuda) receives a letter from his old girlfriend...

Shôwa kayô daizenshû

67/100

One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer ..... and it escalates!

Boys on the Run

67/100

Toshiyuki Tanishi (Mr Tanishi) is a 29-year-old chronic masturbator and toy vending machine salesman - he is socially awkward and down on his luck...

The Suicide Song

52/100

A thriller centered on an urban legend about a song that fatally affects its listeners.

Nobody to Watch Over Me

69/100

Ryoichi Kimizuka's riveting exploration of the Japanese media's feeding frenzy focuses on a15-year-old...

The Magnificent Nine

65/100

It is eighteenth century Japan and the residents of a poor town lead a typically meagre life. Then nine residents, which include Juzaburo, hatch a scheme to improve their lots by running a ... See full summary »

Kanikôsen

58/100

(Japanese with English subtitles) Aboard the Japanese crab ship 'Kanikosen' equipped with a cannery facility, workers are forced to labor under pitiful conditions at minimum wages. Sick of ... See full summary »

Mt. Tsurugidake

66/100

In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.

My Uncle

65/100

What do part-time philosophy professors do other than loaf about, philosophize part-time, be dolts, stay in a spare room in the home of the brother and an annoyed sister-in-law? How ... See full summary »

My Little Sweet Pea

69/100

Since her father died, Mugiko lives with her older brother, Norio. Her mother Ayako left home when she was little and never come back. But one day,she suddenly appears. What will happen to this estranged family?

I'm Flash!

60/100

Tada's Do-It-All House

68/100

One of the handyman duo finds himself in a jam when he ends up being the caretaker of the other's daughter, and gets caught up in the dealings of a mysterious cult.

A Farewell to Jinu

56/100

Former bank clerk Takeharu thought he was strange when he moved to a remote village in Japan's northeastern...

Kurara: hokusai no musume

73/100

Dramatized telling of the story of Katsushika Oei, daughter of the great Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). A great artist in her own right, but never satisfied with her own ... See full summary »

Douki

34/100

Otakus in Love

70/100

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