Shinji Higuchi
1965 (59 лет)メイキング・オブ・ガメラ～大怪獣空中決戦
Shusuke Kaneko
Shusuke Kaneko, Kazunori Ito
The production of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Includes interviews with director Shusuke Kaneko, screenwriter Kazunori Ito and lead actress Ayako Fujitani. Also includes behind the scenes footage from special effects director Shinji Higuchi and interviews with suit actors Jun Suzuki and Yumi Kameyama.
The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Los albores del kaiju eiga
Jonathan Bellés
Akira Takarada, Haruo Nakajima
Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film that tells its story is the first of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies.
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
さようなら全てのエヴァンゲリオン ～庵野秀明の1214日～
Aki Kubota
Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki
EVANGELION is coming to an end. NHK spent 4 years with exclusive access to director Hideaki Anno, documenting the creative process behind the final EVANGELION: 3.0+1.0 THRICE UPON A TIME. For the first time, the camera is allowed inside Anno's studio. The documentary attempts to capture why master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (STUDIO GHIBLI) describes him as one who sheds blood for his films.
Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
リリイ・シュシュのすべて
Shunji Iwai
Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of fictional pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
All About Lily Chou-Chou
インターミッション
Naofumi Higuchi
Kumiko Akiyoshi, Bin Furuya
A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie fans with its retro appearance and unique lineup. Unique guests visiting the theater draw a human pattern during breaks.
The Intermission
シン・ウルトラマン
Shinji Higuchi
Issey Takahashi, Ryō Iwamatsu
The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a space monster attacks!
Shin Ultraman
シン・ウルトラマン
Shinji Higuchi
Takumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa
The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a space monster attacks!
Shin Ultraman
のぼうの城
Isshin Inudô, Shinji Higuchi
Mansai Nomura, Nana Eikura
In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in the form of a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika, a frivolous hedonistic fellow and unlikely candidate for the position of rebel general, finds himself in charge of defending the castle. His odds? An army of 500 men to combat Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army of 20,000.
The Floating Castle
立喰師列伝
Mamoru Oshii
Kaito Kisshoji, Mako Hyoudou
Tachigui retells Japan's history from 1945 to 21st century through the feats of self-proclaimed dine and dash professionals - the Fast Food Grifters are the phantoms that rise and fall with the shifting diet-styles. They are the dissenting heroes who carved their names on the dark side of dietary culture with their glare. Now their legend revives, strong as ever...
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
GAMERA 1999
Hideaki Anno, Masayuki
Shusuke Kaneko, Shinji Higuchi
Hideaki Anno's documentary about the making of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. From concept to film, the documentary is a video diary of the film's production. Not included in the Arrow Video collection.
GAMERA 1999
隠し砦の三悪人
Shinji Higuchi
Jun Matsumoto, Hiroshi Abe
After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner Takezo (Matsumoto Jun) and his bumbling sidekick Shinhachi (Miyagawa Daiuske) hatch a daring plan to help transport the gold out of enemy terrain - in exchange for a share of the stash, of course. With assassins hot in pursuit, Yuki disguises as a male and ventures into the real world with Rukurota and her peasant companions, getting her first taste of danger, toil, and budding romance with the strong-minded and willful Takezo.
The Last Princess
ミニモニ。じゃムービー お菓子な大冒険！
Shinji Higuchi
Yaguchi Mari, Todd Mika
The movie takes place entirely in and around the Mini Moni Cafè. The Mini Moni Cafè is run by the first generation members of Mini Moni, who are lead by Mari Yaguchi. Mika Todd is the primary baker for the cafè and Ai Kago and Nozomi Tsuji are bumbling waitresses. One day Kago and Tsuji serve a particularly enthusiastic customer (played by Ai Takahashi) who says she has never had such a delicious cake before. When the waitress explain they do not know the secret ingredient that makes the cakes so good, Takahashi decides to sneak into the cafè later find out what it is and steal it.
MiniMoni The Movie: The Great Cake Adventure!
Japan Sinks
Shinji Higuchi
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki
In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.
Japan Sinks
