Kensuke Ashihara
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You Are Still in the Long Tunnel
2022-06-17
You Are Still in the Long Tunnel
Overview: Based on the manga "So Dangerous!?", which was released in 2019 and became an internet sensation, this coming-of-age film follows a group of high school students as they question the future of Japan. Asami Takahashi, a high school senior, has her own ideology about politics, influenced by her father, a former Ministry of Finance official. In her political economy class, she questions her teacher about her doubts, and ends up debunking him. Eventually, Asami, along with her classmates Abe and Nakatani, stand up to revitalize the declining shopping arcade, hoping to make the future a little brighter with their own power. On her way home, Asami visits a young local reporter, Mr. Arahata, to ask him to write a newspaper article about a festival in the shopping arcade, and on her way home she meets a talented councilor, Mr. Muto, who used to be a Sentai hero.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-06-17
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Moonless Dawn
2019-07-20
Moonless Dawn
Overview: Kou created songs and uploads them to the Internet, and Yuka and Saki enjoy his music as fans, always listening with deep interest and admiration. Their final summer vacation has begun as junior high school students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-20
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Death Tube: Broadcast Murder Show
2010-06-02
Death Tube: Broadcast Murder Show
Overview: Tragedy begins with curiosity. The on-line killer website broadcasts scenes of death in real time. Viewers are drawn to the website through curiosity, and then are shocked by what they see. Against their will, random viewers are selected to enter the killing game. It is literally a life and death situation to survive in this cruelest of spectator sports.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-02
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The Charm of Others
2012-10-23
The Charm of Others
Overview: Hyper-realistic, comic drama about a group of workers in a small Japanese vending-machine factory. The young men gossip in their grubby canteen about women and each other. In order to drive out the boredom, they play soccer on the colourless industrial site. The relationships do not entirely run smoothly: ‘senior’ employee Takahashi enjoys making his colleague Yoda feel every day that he is at the bottom of the ladder. Yoda barely reacts. In the meantime, Sakata, a cheerful kid, tries in vain to make friends with the taciturn Yoda. This ensemble film shows in a dryly comic way the everyday lives of these so very normal Japanese kids, who still have one foot in childhood, but need to make choices as adults. The director himself plays the lead of the charming Sakata, who closely observes his colleagues. As he does in the role of filmmaker: his clear gaze soon reveals how it all fits together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-10-23
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Qualia
2023-11-18
Qualia
Overview: Yuko Tanaka, who "married into" the Tanaka family, a family running a poultry farm, led a modest life despite being mistreated by her sister-in-law, Satomi Tanaka. One day, Saki Watanabe, the mistress of Yuko's husband, Ryosuke Tanaka, applies for a live-in employee position at the poultry farm. Unaware that Saki is her husband's mistress, Yuko, who conducts the interview, decides to hire her. Thus begins a strange cohabitation, including the husband's mistress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-18
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Homo Amicus
2023-09-12
Homo Amicus
Overview: Homo Amicus, an experimental organism with genes that are "just a little" different from humans and the same appearance as humans, can only say the word "Stop." Tashiro becomes a caretaker for these Homo Amicus. Over time, he begins to develop an attachment to one individual that exudes a unique aura unlike the other Homo Amicus.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-12
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Snowdrop
2024-03-05
Snowdrop
Overview: In a story told straight and with restraint we watch Naoko Hanami. She quit her job to look after her dementia-stricken mother Kiyo while the health of her father, Eiji, worsens with age. Struggling alone, she presents a stoic face to the world, too quiet and maybe too scared to speak up for herself. Finally, she turns to the city office to apply for welfare which is where caseworker Munemura, a genuine and sympathetic person, starts to investigate Naoko to see if she qualifies for help.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-05
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Watashi no Makyou
2023-04-05
Watashi no Makyou
Overview: Hana Yukawa is an ordinary office lady who can be found anywhere. She is tricked into joining a multi-level marketing company that hires people while hiding her true identity, and receives an unreasonable reprimand from her boss. She was deeply traumatized by a certain incident, but there was no one around her that she could talk to about it. Meanwhile, after seeing a popular YouTuber's introduction video, she becomes obsessed with the cult religion "Nirvana" in search of salvation for her soul.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-04-05
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Shinjuku Inko
2024-08-10
Shinjuku Inko
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-08-10
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Meatball Machine Kodoku
2017-08-19
Meatball Machine Kodoku
Overview: Nobody knows where they came from. They parasitize in human beings, take control of them and change their bodies into hideous monsters (Necro-borg). The Necro-borg fight each other until the other dies. Where did they come from? To what end? Yuji and Kaoru, whom both have dark secrets within themselves, get caught up in the horrific battles of Necro-borg. What will their fate be?
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-19
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After the Storm
2016-05-21
After the Storm
Overview: Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-21
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Astral Abnormal Suzuki
2019-01-15
Astral Abnormal Suzuki
Overview: Suzuki Rara is left behind in the countryside due to mischief. She becomes a YouTuber, goes both crazy and offbeat. Wearing an eye-patch, loose track pants and often holding a sledgehammer she begins interacting with the locals, families and visitors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-15
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