The Round Table

Jun 21, 2014

1h 53m

★ 7.2

Overview

Kokko is a third grade elementary school student. Even though she has a family who loves her, Kokko is full of dissatisfaction and she admires loneliness.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

TOHO

THEFOOL

Second Sight

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

MBS

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

TV Osaka

Kansai Television

Yomiuri Shimbun Company

dentsu

Pony Canyon

WOWOW

The Round Table Trailers

Cast

Kokko

Mana Ashida

Kanta

Norito Yashima

Shiori

Aki Hano

Riko / Mako / Tomomi

Misato Aoyama

Morikami

Jingi Irie

Jibiki

Ryuhei Maruyama

Ishita

Mikijiro Hira

Kamiko

Ayumi Ishida

Shu Ito

Po's Older Brother

Haruto Yoshida

Park's Mother

Yuri Nakamura

Keishi Park

Shota Furutani

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.

4.8

Love and Action in Osaka

Dec 10, 1988

Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. When his father’s battle against his rival group the Miike Family ignites, Toru becomes more involved in the turf war than he wished for.

7.8

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

Oct 13, 1939

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.

7.6

Repast

Nov 23, 1951

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

7.4

The Makioka Sisters

May 21, 1983

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.

7.2

The Pornographers

Mar 12, 1966

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession. Imamura’s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.

4.0

Blue Rain Osaka

Jul 8, 1983

A woman who runs a bar with her older sister has her life disrupted when she has a chance meeting with an old lover.

8.0

New World

Oct 29, 2011

Coco, a Beijing modern girl wants to spend a romantic and fancy Christmas vacation in Osaka. However the place where she gets in is Shinsekai ( "New World" in English, is an old neighbourhood located next to south Osaka city's downtown "Minami " area, as known as one of the most poorest and dangerous area in Osaka.)When she arrives there, she starts feeling regret and frustrated by the encounters and the landscapes which are far beyond her expectation. Suddenly she is involved in an incident surrounds a Chinese family there, meanwhile she starts fascinated by Shinsekai through her wondering. In this short and unusual Christmas vacation, Coco discovers a "Japan " she never knows and a "China" that she is not familiar with.

0.0

Haitoku no mesu

Aug 6, 1961

No overview available.

6.8

Asako I & II

Sep 1, 2018

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

6.5

Naniwa Kinyudo - Haibara knocks on the door of Imperial Finance!

Nov 25, 2022

No overview available.

6.8

ナニワ金融道 2発目〜銭と泪と権利と女〜

Dec 2, 2022

No overview available.

6.3

The Homeless Student

Oct 28, 2008

Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to abandon his family. Hiroshi and his older siblings do all what they can to withstand the trouble they encounter along their way.

7.1

Women of the Night

May 26, 1948

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.

7.0

King of Sha-kin

Oct 11, 1997

In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes.

6.3

The Drug King

Dec 19, 2018

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.

7.7

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

Jan 6, 2023

A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s chawan (procelain tea bowl) called Houou, that has been missing.

3.2

The Domain: The Naniwa Story

Jan 30, 1965

Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The Domain" Each a stand alone film in it's own, none are connected other than starring the famous Ken Takakura as the main Character. This story begins with Ken Takakura's character coming to Osaka after his brother's death. Another exciting yakuza story with superb yakuza action!!

7.1

Missing

Jan 21, 2022

Depressed and in debt, Santoshi tells his young daughter that he is going to find an infamous serial killer and collect a reward. However, when Santoshi disappears without a trace, she starts to fear the worst and begins searching for him.

0.0

The Lucky General

Aug 26, 1962

The action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who indulged in gambling with his henchmen all day, he was running his business and hitting him with a taxi turned out to be a trifle for him. A unique work, filled with tears and laughter, praising the beautiful human love that blooms at the bottom of life, focused on the genius “General” who lives in the troubled city of Kamagasaki.