Tensai Bakabon ~ Family Ties

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional

May 2025 •English

While on vacation in Venice, author Rohan Kishibe is mistaken for a priest and hears the confession of a horrific crime.

Kôkôsei burai hikae

November 1972 •Japanese

Based on manga by Kazuo Koike and Keiji Yoshitani.

The Man Who Knew Too Little

November 1997 •English

An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

June 2021 •Japanese

Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.

Down with Love

May 2003 •English

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

Bringing Up Baby

February 1938 •English

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

The Philadelphia Story

December 1940 •English

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal

January 1975 •Spanish

Madrid, Spain, early thirties. The charming playboy Sergio Hernán is an unscrupulous womanizer who over the years has seduced and abandoned hundreds of women with the complicity of Oshidori, his cynical butler. However, his brief encounter with Elena Fortún, blonde, posh and a bit cheesy, unexpectedly leaves an indelible mark on his soul.

Patalliro! The Movie

June 2019 •Japanese

Patalliro du Malyner VIII is the crown prince of Malynera, a kingdom that produces diamonds. Despite being ugly and mischievous, he is loyal and fair. Many enemies of the throne, including Malynera's Prime Minister, plan to get rid of him and take control of the rich nation. Patalliro, however, has the protection of Jack Barbarosa Bancoran, his haughty and extremely handsome bodyguard, who will protect him even from the latter's own lover, the beautiful bishonen hitman Maraich Juschenfe and other assassins.

Death Note: The Musical

October 2015 •Japanese

A high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone’s name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die.

High Society

July 1956 •English

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.

Intolerable Cruelty

October 2003 •English

A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

Harvey

December 1950 •English

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.

The Taste of Fish

June 2008 •Japanese

It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is where you're most likely to find them. It's the home of Japan's biggest daily fish auction, and it's a place of fierce competition between fish merchants that have been in the business for generations. Based on a comic series, The Taste of Fish follows businessman Shuntaro, who has a successful career in a trading company and is in a steady relationship with girlfriend Asuka. One day, Shuntaro has to help out at the fish wholesaler store run by Asuka's father, and he immediately falls in love with the world of Tsukiji Fish Market. Soon, Shuntaro quits his job and devotes all of his time to running the business while learning about the market's fascinating set of long-standing traditions. However, he must first also learn to distinguish the tastes of different fishes before he can survive in the competitive world of Tsukiji.

Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Storm Breaks

Invalid date •Japanese

Twittering Birds Never Fly: Don't Stay Gold

March 2021 •Japanese

Anime adaptation of the short story "Don't Stay Gold", to be included in volume 7 of the manga.

Sefure no Hinkaku: Ketsui

August 2023 •Japanese

Shoko Morimura (Aika Yukihira) is a 36-year-old single mother who has been in a "friendship" with Kazuki Kitada (Sho Aoyagi), whom she met again at a high school reunion. For some reason, a 17-year-old girl, Saki Yamada (Akari Takaishi), whom Kazuki was taking care of, grows jealous of Shoko and causes an incident. This leads to a break-up, and Shoko is disappointed in Kazuki's defense of the young Saki. Second part of a two-part film adaptation of the popular manga by Yoriko Minato. Directed by Hideo Jojo of On the Edge of Their Seats fame.

Lock-On Love

October 2018 •Japanese

An endearingly inept guy who has killer looks but zero experience with girls falls in love with a hard-to-get beauty.

Bell, Book and Candle

December 1958 •English

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.

Hanappe Bazooka

September 1992 •Japanese

When trickster demons give him the power to seduce any woman he wants, a high school pervert accidentally puts his family, the girl of his dreams, and his very soul on the line.