Hiroshi Sato
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OL sei-hakusho kusare-en
2000-06-30
OL sei-hakusho kusare-en
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-06-30
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Is This Heaven?
2023-08-26
Is This Heaven?
Overview: An alcoholic and his wife explore a beach site in a strange afterlife. Here they meet a number of odd characters who remind them of their past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-26
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Uncle's Paradise
2006-09-18
Uncle's Paradise
Overview: This surrealistic comedy follows the life of Haruo Maekawa, a young man who makes a living catching squid. Haruo is obsessed with catching a legendary giant squid rumored to live in Tokyo Bay. Haruo's uncle Takashi, fallen on hard times, comes to stay with his nephew until he can get back on his feet. Uncle Takashi is addicted to energy drinks, and seduces any woman in sight, including Haruo's girlfriend Rika. While praying at a Shintō shrine, Uncle Takashi is bitten in the scrotum by a poisonous snake and dies. The uncle is destined to spend the afterlife in Hell unless his nephew and girlfriend can rescue him from the King of Hell.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-18
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One Way Love
2023-08-04
One Way Love
Overview: A housewife who has been married for 20 years, she arrives in downtown Tokyo eager to start over to straighten out her life.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-04
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Lunch Box
2004-11-20
Lunch Box
Overview: The film tells the story of Aiko, a 35-year-old mute woman who works in a bowling alley, and her brief romance with Yoshioka, a younger man who works as a postal carrier. The two meet when Aiko accidentally knocks Yoshioka off his bicycle, and they have a sexual encounter soon after. Aiko begins preparing lunchboxes and giving them to Yoshioka at his workplace as a way of expressing affection, which she cannot do verbally.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-20
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Underwater Love
2011-04-22
Underwater Love
Overview: 35-year-old Asuka works in a lakeside fish factory. She’s about to be married to her boss, Taki, but one day, she encounters a kappa – a water sprite found in Japanese folklore – and learns that the creature is in fact the reborn form of Aoki, an old crush who’d drowned when they were 17.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-22
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Boys Hitting the Road
2017-08-09
Boys Hitting the Road
Overview: A bar in Shinjuku 2-chome. Toru is the manager of this bar, but one day, the owner, Ishii, suddenly passes away. The bar is to close, and Toru receives a list of regulars from Takano, the accountant, and decides to start a journey to collect retirement benefits. Together with Kenichi, the bar's number one, they borrow Ishii's old car and set off to northern Kanto. First up is Sato, a company president with a foot fetish. Although married, he can't stop playing around with men, and whenever he comes to Tokyo, he requests Kenichi. In order not to let the people around him know, he gives Kenichi more money than the tab. Next is Yamamoto, a city council member in the local assembly. A born sadist, he likes to tie Kenichi himself or have a young bondage artist tie him up, and then watch it happen. Kenichi continues on his journey, but he has another goal: to meet Shouji, a man he used to date...
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-09
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Kanjirutsu chinko: Yari-hōdai!
2017-01-27
Kanjirutsu chinko: Yari-hōdai!
Overview: Shinji Imaoka, the director of “Waiting for you,” starred Ayane Suzukawa, a popular sexy idol, and a unique sensual drama depicting the struggle of a woman whose husband was kidnapped by a giant Tsuchinoko. The couple, Ichiro and Sonoko, are attacked by a human-sized Tsuchinoko in the mountains, and only Ichiro is taken away. Sonoko rescued by Tsuchinoko Hunter Kurikoma descends alone, but Ichiro's colleague Segawa cannot believe Sonoko's story. Eventually Sonoko goes to find the giant Tsuchinoko's den again to meet Ichiro.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-27
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The Drudgery Train
2012-07-14
The Drudgery Train
Overview: In this offbeat coming-of-age tale, a charming, rebellious high school dropout named Kanta befriends the kind, provincial Shoji. The two bring out the best in each other, each gaining confidence from their friendship - especially regarding pursuit of the opposite sex. The working class Kanta becomes a sort of unruly anti-hero, maintaining his pride, defiance, and self-assurance even as his prospects seem increasingly grim.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-14
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Waiting for You
2016-09-24
Waiting for You
Overview: Anata wo matteimasu is a feature-film comedy directed by Shinji Imaoka (Underwater Love, Uncle’s Paradise, Frog Song, Lunchbox, The Woman of Shinjuku).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-24
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