Hajime Hana Movies

A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to win her heart, but rivals abound. Debut...

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....

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because...

Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.

A drifting gambler named Tamegorō befriends a weary salesman and helps connect him with a nightclub hostess whose father has just been released...

A Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sparking a bloody turf war with local gangs.

A con man defrauds a small rural town, sparking an international manhunt.

Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the...

A lighthearted satire of Japan’s postwar corporate elite, The Executive Gentleman’s Register blends farce, romance, and boardroom comedy...

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful...

Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.

Seven employees rise up in rebellion against an irresponsible company.

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

A cop, Katayama, gains the trust of a mother and daughter whose father, Nishina, is missing after being accused of killing a gang boss.

The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was fired but decided to try his luck in the...

Daisuke Hamamura (Hiroshi Inuzuka), a driving instructor, is rather unremarkable and doesn't attract the attention of the women around him; the only...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hitoshi Ueki) starts out as Nobunaga's "Sandal Keeper" but climbs the ranks to eventually become a trusted general.

A young Tokyo couple’s blissful newlywed life is turned upside down when an unexpected pregnancy arrives, sending them on a whirlwind quest for...