Lily Franky
Biography: Lily Franky (リリー・フランキー, born Masaya Nakagawa; 4 November 1963) is a Japanese illustrator, writer and actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 2001.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 04, 1963
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Bad City
2022-07-05
Bad City
Overview: Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force to arrest him.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-05
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Prior Convictions
2022-01-28
Prior Convictions
Overview: Kayo is a probation officer who forges ahead with her job. Continuing to work closely with ex-convicts, she is assigned to Kudo who had committed murder. As she endeavors to rehabilitate him, Kudo suddenly disappears and emerges as a suspect in a case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-28
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The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018-01-20
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Overview: A sequel to the 1980 movie The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. As well as being a rock musical comedy, it also borrows elements from other genres such as road movies, westerns, and meta fiction.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-20
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Undercurrent
2023-10-06
Undercurrent
Overview: Kanae's husband disappeared without a trace while on a union trip. Though usually headstrong and independent, the woman becomes plagued with worry over what happened to him, and is unable to move on with her life. Thus, Kanae decides to hire a private investigator, and keeps running the public bathhouse to the best of her abilities. As he tries to figure out the truth about her husband, Kanae must deal with the stress from a work-intensive job, meddlesome neighbors, and recurring nightmares in which she is drowning.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-06
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All Around Us
2008-06-07
All Around Us
Overview: Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
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The Boy and the Beast
2015-07-11
The Boy and the Beast
Overview: Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-11
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A Mother's Touch
2022-11-04
A Mother's Touch
Overview: Satoshi loses his eyesight completely at the age of 9 despite numerous surgeries, but grows up with cheerful spirit thanks to his mother Reiko’s unconditional love. Surrounded by affection and friendship at high school, Satoshi’s future seems bright until one day his family realizes that he is losing his hearing as well. Determined to never give up, Reiko tries everything she can to give him hope.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-11-04
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Boys on the Run
2010-01-30
Boys on the Run
Overview: A socially awkward salesman for a toy-capsule company tries to change his nerdy ways when a slick rival moves in on the beautiful co-worker he loves.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-30
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Helter Skelter
2012-07-14
Helter Skelter
Overview: Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-14
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Love Strikes!
2011-09-23
Love Strikes!
Overview: Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki, pure and naive office worker Rumiko, beautiful shop assistant Ai and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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The Last 10 Years
2022-03-04
The Last 10 Years
Overview: Twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love – until she meets a man named Kazuto Manabe at a school reunion.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-04
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Oh, My Buddha!
2009-08-15
Oh, My Buddha!
Overview: Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage angst, youthful dreams and that warm sense of folk zeitgeist of the 70s. The narrator is a first-year student at an all-boys Buddhist school. Jaded by his dull, ordinary life, he longs for the type of creative, liberal and forward life his idol Bob Dylan leads, writing rock songs alone in his room, imitating his hero's signature croon, until one day he got invited on an island trip of sexual liberation with his fellow liberal friend.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-08-15
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Yellow Elephant
2013-02-02
Yellow Elephant
Overview: Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-02
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Judge!
2014-01-11
Judge!
Overview: After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a judge at the world's biggest advertising competition in Los Angeles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-11
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Wheels and Axle
2023-08-03
Wheels and Axle
Overview: Manami was born into a wealthy family, but she hates her family lineage as fake. She meets Jun, a wealthy gay man. June took Manami to a night club and she gets interested in Seiya, a host guy who has had sex with Jun for business.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-03
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Like Father, Like Son
2013-09-24
Like Father, Like Son
Overview: Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-24
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The Devil's Path
2013-09-21
The Devil's Path
Overview: Death-row inmate Sudo sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii. In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura, also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While checking out the story, based on Sudo's tip, Fuji becomes convinced that the letter is correct. But, a lot of time has passed from the incidents and Sudo's testimony isn't clear. Due to the persistance of Sudo, who is a former yakuza, and Fuji, the police begin to move.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-21
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That Day, Until the Curry Rice Is Made
2021-09-03
That Day, Until the Curry Rice Is Made
Overview: On a rainy day, a tired man is standing in the kitchen. He is preparing a special curry to eat on his wife's birthday three days later. It is an important dish that has become an annual event. The radio program he loves to listen to is encouraging listeners to send in their "secret recipes." The man picks up his phone and starts writing an email him about his special home cooking. (Source: sonocurry.com)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-09-03
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analog
2023-10-06
analog
Overview: Satoru Mizushima is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to meet a mysterious woman, Miyuki Miharu, at the cafe named Piano. She seems to have similar values to him and he is attracted to her. Satoru asks for Miyuki's cellphone number, but she doesn't own a cellphone. They make a promise to meet at the cafe every Thursday. Since then, Satoru and Miyuki meet every Thursday and their relationship develops romantically. Satoru decides to propose Miyuki, but she doesn't show up at the cafe.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-06
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Fires on the Plain
2015-07-25
Fires on the Plain
Overview: In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-25
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Bungo: Stories of Desire
2012-09-29
Bungo: Stories of Desire
Overview: Omnibus film "Bungo Sasayakana Yokubo" features 6 different short stories set under 2 different themes ("Mitsumerareru Shukujotachi" & "Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi").
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-29
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As the Gods Will
2014-11-15
As the Gods Will
Overview: High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.
Genres: Thriller Horror Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-15
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The Parades
2024-02-28
The Parades
Overview: A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-02-28
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Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer
2001-06-24
Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer
Overview: A blind masseur kidnaps young women and kills them and then make sculptures of them, while a mysterious dwarf spreading severed body parts around. Detective Akechi Kogorô investigating crimes.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-06-24
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Our Little Sister
2015-06-13
Our Little Sister
Overview: Three sisters live together in a large house in the city of Kamakura. When their father – absent from the family home for the last 15 years – dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral, and meet their shy teenage half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-13
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Pieta in the Toilet
2015-06-06
Pieta in the Toilet
Overview: Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-06
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Call Me Chihiro
2023-02-23
Call Me Chihiro
Overview: An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-23
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Yakuza Apocalypse
2015-05-21
Yakuza Apocalypse
Overview: When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-21
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Diamonds in the Sand
2024-11-30
Diamonds in the Sand
Overview: Yoji, a divorced and demoted Japanese man, chooses to head to Manila, believing that nobody is lonely in the Philippines.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-30
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Afro Tanaka
2012-02-18
Afro Tanaka
Overview: Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that. For freedom, Hiroshi moves to Tokyo. He works hard there and, even though he turns 24, he still doesn't have a girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-18
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AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
2015-09-21
AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Overview: Friends grow apart after a tragic accident claims one of their number. Years later, the dead girl appears to them to ask for their help in crossing over to the afterlife.
Genres: Adventure Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-21
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Three Stories of Love
2015-10-02
Three Stories of Love
Overview: A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-02
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While the Women Are Sleeping
2016-02-27
While the Women Are Sleeping
Overview: Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest arouse the curiosity of the couple.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-02-27
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Bakuman
2015-10-03
Bakuman
Overview: Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi to publish their first manga.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-03
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The Shell Collector
2016-01-31
The Shell Collector
Overview: The latest discovery by a blind shell collector puts the relationship between man and nature on edge: a rare mollusc that is extremely poisonous, but has a healing and hallucinogenic effect on some people. Can people resist the creature’s temptation, or will they put their lives at risk for a heavenly trip?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-31
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Double Life
2016-06-25
Double Life
Overview: Tama is a graduate student. She lives with her boyfriend Takuya. She becomes influenced by lectures about French writer Sophie Calle and begins to follow her neighbor Ishizaka. Tama soon discovers that her neighbor Ishizaka is having an affair. She becomes excited about discovering his secret. Her relationship with her boyfriend Takuya and her professor Shinohara changes.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-25
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Scoop!
2016-10-01
Scoop!
Overview: Shizuoka Miyakonojo is a middle-aged paparazzi photographer. His skills as a cameraman are good, but he gambles and is in debt. When he worked in the editorial department for weekly picture magazine 'Scoop!,' he landed numerous scoops. He now works as a freelance photographer and chases after celebrity scandals. Shizuoka Miyakonojo works with Nobi Namekawa. She is a rookie reporter for 'Scoop!' and they land a scoop.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-01
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The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
2008-10-26
The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
Overview: When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-26
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We Can't Change the World, But We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia
2011-09-23
We Can't Change the World, But We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia
Overview: A young Japanese man named Kota Tanaka (Osamu Mukai) works to raise money and then build an elementary school in Cambodia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
2016-11-02
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
Overview: Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century, died of an intractable disease at age 29. Satoshi devoted his life to fighting not only the disease but also his rivals, feverishly pursuing the highest title, at risk to his life. Director Yoshitaka Mori (Hyakuhachi (2008), Space Brothers (2012)) depicts Murayama's true struggling life, full of love from his parents and teacher, based on the non-fiction novel written by Yoshio Osaki. Kenichi Matsuyama intensely portrays Satoshi and physically embodies the character.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-02
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My Dad and Mr. Ito
2016-10-08
My Dad and Mr. Ito
Overview: He is rejected by his sister when the brother floats the idea that their father move from his house to her apartment. The father has other ideas however and shows up unannounced at her doorstep with his belongings. She has little space, a boyfriend she lives with it and does not need a cranky father.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-08
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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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A Beautiful Star
2017-05-26
A Beautiful Star
Overview: A family believes they are aliens from other planets and tries to save Earth from impending calamity.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-26
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Tornado Girl
2017-09-16
Tornado Girl
Overview: Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first sight.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-16
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2018-02-03
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Overview: Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-03
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Perfect Revolution
2017-09-29
Perfect Revolution
Overview: Kuma is an author, a sex obsessive and a wheelchair user. Beautiful and volatile Ryoko is unlike anybody he’s ever met before. She barrages into one of his lectures, demanding to know why he only talks of sex, not love, before declaring her own affection. It’s the first of many inappropriate acts by Ryoko and the start of a relationship that is by turns sweet, strange and toxic. Ryoko hopes that she and Kuma’s love can change the world. What she fails to realise is that sometimes it’s the small gestures, not the grand ones, that feel most revolutionary.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-29
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The Last Shot in the Bar
2017-12-01
The Last Shot in the Bar
Overview: In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner of a modeling agency.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-01
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Flarella
2010-10-01
Flarella
Overview: The experiences of a woman as she passes through several life stages.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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Shoplifters
2018-06-02
Shoplifters
Overview: After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-02
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Sunny
2018-02-17
Sunny
Overview: It has been 14 years since the murder of an elementary school student by a classmate. At the time, Akari was deified by the name Sunny, "the cutest murderer in criminal history". Two men, abduct Akari. Holding her captive, they upload pictures and video of her on the internet. Meanwhile, Akari makes every effort to escape from her prison.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-17
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Laplace's Witch
2018-05-04
Laplace's Witch
Overview: An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.
Genres: Mystery Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-04
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Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
2018-08-31
Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
Overview: A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them dies from cancer.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-08-31
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The Gun
2018-11-17
The Gun
Overview: An aimless college student comes upon the aftermath of a murder scene one night, and without thinking, grabs the titular weapon. He takes it home and keeps it safely hidden away, but curiosity gradually begins to consume him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-17
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Miko Girl
2018-02-03
Miko Girl
Overview: Shiwasu's mother left their home when Shiwasu was a little girl. Shiwasu does not understand why. She is a woman now and working at a Shinto shrine as a shrine maiden under her father who is a priest. She is listless until she finds a little boy alone on the shrine's grounds. The boy's mother shows up and retrieves her son a couple of days later. That is not the end of it however. The boy is back soon and has marks and bruises on his body. In the meantime, there was petty theft going on.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-03
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Sea of Revival
2019-06-28
Sea of Revival
Overview: After a man gets fired from his work at a printing plant, he moves with his couple to her hometown in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. There, the woman opens up a beauty salon. They enjoy peaceful days, but small problems occur which leads to an irrevocable situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-28
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Kamoshirenai Joyûtachi - 2016 -
2016-10-10
Kamoshirenai Joyûtachi - 2016 -
Overview: If actresses Hirosue Ryoko, Igawa Haruka and Saito Yuki chose different paths at the turning point in their lives, what kind of life would they be leading?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-10
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Natsuyasumi no kyoshô
2005-07-11
Natsuyasumi no kyoshô
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Genres: Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-11
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Not Quite Dead Yet
2020-03-20
Not Quite Dead Yet
Overview: After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-20
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Town Without Sea
2020-12-04
Town Without Sea
Overview: It is a youth film about the boys in their late teens spend before they become adults. Sho and Tiaga, who grew up in the same neighborhood since they were little, are in their last year of high school. They are also the duo who beat the drums at town festivals. However, Taiga announces that he will not play drums this year to prepare to go to college. Sho, who has no plan of his future, cannot think straight. Like The Blue Bird by Maurice MAETERLINCK, the film tells the story of the youth realizing that happiness is not far away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-04
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The Gun 2020
2020-07-10
The Gun 2020
Overview: Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off and the trash is piling up. One late night, Toko enters a gloomy building in order to escape from a threatening stalker, Tomita. There she finds a handgun. She brings it back home and confirms it is loaded with four bullets. One day, the family living next door who have already been enduring poverty and violence end up murdering a man. Toko helps them bury the man's body, shooting it with the handgun. Toko becomes captivated by the gun itself. She is further entangled in the true circumstances of the incident due to the detective searching for the handgun and a suspicious man Kazunari who knows a secret about the handgun. Toko tries to throw herself into the whirlpool but then the lid is blown off her "past."
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-10
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Aka Medaka
2015-12-28
Aka Medaka
Overview: One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-28
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Planet Mizsa
2014-10-18
Planet Mizsa
Overview: Yoshisuke grew up in a small town and his father ran a paper lantern shop. The town itself has beautiful scenery, but Yoshisuke is bored. One day, he goes to a prostitution shop and meets Mizusa. She tells him that she is an alien. They meet each other continually and Yoshisuke asks Mizusa why she works as a prostitute. Mizusa tells him that she stops working as a prostitute, the world will go out of existence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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Ainu Mosir
2020-10-17
Ainu Mosir
Overview: Kanto, 14, a descendant of Japan's indigenous Ainu people, decides to visit a hole in the forest — a path to the other side of the world where dead people live, hoping to see his deceased father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-17
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Teruo Ishii Fan Club
2006-08-12
Teruo Ishii Fan Club
Overview: A documentary on Teruo Ishii, the Japanese "King of Cult".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-12
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Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
2021-03-26
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Overview: Hayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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Cottontail
2024-02-24
Cottontail
Overview: After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo receives an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. His late wife asks him to travel to Lake Windermere in England with their son to scatter her ashes. Plagued by sweet and painful memories of his wife, Kenzaburo travels to England from Tokyo to fulfill her final wish, but the father and son’s fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-24
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Ren'ai Aru Aru
2015-06-24
Ren'ai Aru Aru
Overview: A movie based on 3 stories and each woman struggling with their own romance problems. Story 1: Shanai Renai Aru Aru Michiyama Kiyomi (Kuroki Meisa) has lived with the belief that romance with a person who is close to her will devastate her life ever since her bitter memories of the past. She has vowed in her heart not to have an office romance. But after she is designated as a staff of some project with Tamaki Kenichi (Fuchikami Yasushi), the distance between the two of them quickly shrinks. Story 2: Single Mother Renai Aru Aru Ever since her divorce from her husband, Akai Hitoe (Sasaki Nozomi) has raised her 5-year-old son, Atsushi (Ebizuka Yukiyasu), on her own
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-24
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Suspect X
2008-10-04
Suspect X
Overview: A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-04
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Radio
2013-03-26
Radio
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-26
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It's a Flickering Life
2021-04-16
It's a Flickering Life
Overview: The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-16
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Every Trick In The Book
2021-08-27
Every Trick In The Book
Overview: Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in Toyama Prefecture, who comes across a mysterious counterfeit bill and has his life targeted by underworld kingpin Kurata. Is his story fact or fiction? His editor, Nahomi Torikai, decides to verify whether his latest work is mere fiction based on real-life experiences. She looks into a family that vanished, a post office worker who went missing, a shady load of cash, the whereabouts of the doves, and the fateful encounter from that night... A series of shocking facts are revealed from Tsuda’s stories. Why did the counterfeit money end up in Tsuda’s hands? What is the “ending” that Tsuda wished to portray?
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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1st Kiss
2025-02-07
1st Kiss
Overview: After losing her husband to death following a troubled marriage, a woman unexpectedly travels back to the moment before their first meeting, allowing them to reconnect and rekindle their romance.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-02-07
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I LOVE YOU
2013-07-18
I LOVE YOU
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-07-18
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Harbin
2024-12-24
Harbin
Overview: In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan’s prime minister during their quest for independence.
Genres: Action Thriller History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-12-24
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Slow Train
2025-01-02
Slow Train
Overview: Set in Kamakura and Busan. The Shibuyas who live in Kamakura lost their grandmother and parents in an accident. On the 23rd anniversary of the death, Tsuko suddenly reveals her plan of moving to Busan to Yoko and Ushio, so the three siblings find themselves at the crossroads of their lives.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-01-02
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