Joe Odagiri
Biography: Jō Odagiri (小田切 譲 Odagiri Jō, born February 16, 1976), better known by his stage name Joe Odagiri (オダギリ ジョー Odagiri Jō), is a Japanese actor and musician. South China Morning Post described him as "a rebel, something made evident by his grungy, gothic style" Odagiri Joe was born in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture, a small town in central Japan renowned for its beautiful cherry blossoms in the spring. Though he was accepted by Kochi University, he turned it down for an opportunity to study in the United States. He had originally intended to study movie directing at California State University in Fresno, but mistakes in the application process landed him in acting classes. It may have been a blessing in disguise, for two years after studying in Fresno and later starring in a few stage performances in Japan, Odagiri would find himself catapulted to fame in his role in the Kamen Rider series, playing the central character of Kamen Rider Kuuga, Yusuke Godai. He became the predecessor of the "Ikemen Hero" craze (literally, "good-looking actors playing hero roles in popular TV series"). Since then, Odagiri has appeared in many movies and dramas. He won the Best New Actor Award at the 2003 Japan Academy Awards for his role as the uniquely bisexual nemesis in the film "Azumi", and in the following year, was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Award for his electrifying performance in internationally acclaimed director Kitano Takeshi's 2004 film, "Blood and Bones". Odagiri's creative acting skills and strong presence in films have secured him a place in stardom. He is slated to appear in numerous more films in 2005, including "Maison de Himiko", where he portrays a homosexual man in a relationship with the protagonist (played by Shibasaki Kou's father).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 16, 1976
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic
2020-03-06
A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic
Overview: Saki's father is an alcoholic and her mother is a follower of a new religion. She sees her father's strange behavior and her mother's loneliness. Her family is collapsing, but Saki struggles to look for her future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
2005-09-17
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Overview: Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-17
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Harbour
Harbour
Overview: A short film that merges footage from Hazard [2005] with music video aesthetics to create a strange visual experiment that challenges the medium of film and music video.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
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Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007-09-20
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Overview: Mushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living things. Most humans are incapable of perceiving Mushi and are oblivious to their existence, but there are a few who possess the ability to see and interact with Mushi. One such person is Ginko who travels from place to place to research Mushi and aid people suffering from problems caused by them.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-20
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Blood and Bones
2004-11-06
Blood and Bones
Overview: In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-06
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In the Pool
2005-05-21
In the Pool
Overview: A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-05-21
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Dream
2008-09-26
Dream
Overview: In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger's sleepwalking.
Genres: Drama Mystery Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-09-26
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Air Doll
2009-09-26
Air Doll
Overview: A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-26
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Bright Future
2003-01-18
Bright Future
Overview: Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-01-18
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Plastic City
2009-03-14
Plastic City
Overview: Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods operation that brings in both money and influence. But their empire is crumbling, as corrupt politicians and rival gangs seek to end their power in the city. Yuda is soon got arrested and his dedicated son tries his best to save not just the family business, but his father's reputation.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-14
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007-04-14
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Overview: Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-04-14
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Adrift in Tokyo
2007-11-10
Adrift in Tokyo
Overview: A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-10
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Yoko
2023-07-28
Yoko
Overview: A road movie about Yoko, a frustrated part-time worker who hitchhikes to her hometown of Hirosaki, Aomori, where she has not returned for 24 years, after hearing the news of her father's death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-07-28
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Princess Raccoon
2005-05-28
Princess Raccoon
Overview: Amechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised as human). This is an operetta which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love story.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-05-28
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Sway
2006-07-08
Sway
Overview: A psychologically thrilling portrait of the severe dysfunction behind a family clinging to decorum and pride.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-08
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Retribution
2007-02-24
Retribution
Overview: A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he begins to question his identity. His realization of what seems to have really happened results in something much more sinister and larger in scope, and it leaves his psyche scarred.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-24
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Platonic Sex
2001-10-20
Platonic Sex
Overview: When Aoi is gang-raped by her classmates and kicked out of her home by her own parents she sees no reason to continue living. Before she commits suicide, however, she receives an email on her cellphone from a man named Toshi addressed to a girl named Ai. The message simply thanks the girl for being alive, but this specific message has an effect on Aoi and she decides to keep on living. Without many options, Aoi resorts to everything from paid dating to porn to earn money and meets a lot of less than reputable characters. Throughout it all though she looks toward Toshi as her hope for happiness and the two form a relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-20
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Then Summer Came
2008-07-19
Then Summer Came
Overview: A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.” The father Nobuo, and his son Tamio, are unable to mature, unable to break the parent-child roles, have no sense of responsibility, and keep holding on to the past. The pair is overwhelmed by all the colorful characters around them telling them what to do. They go to strenuous and humorous efforts to make Tamio’s wedding an event to remember.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-19
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I Wish
2011-06-11
I Wish
Overview: Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-11
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Scrap Heaven
2005-10-08
Scrap Heaven
Overview: The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, then cross paths again months later.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-08
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Making of Hazard
2005-03-03
Making of Hazard
Overview: The Making of Hazard
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-03
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House of Himiko
2005-08-27
House of Himiko
Overview: Saori is a young woman struggling to make her way in life. Her gay father, Himiko, had abandoned Saori and her mother years before. Now her father's young lover Haruhiko shows up to tell Saori that her father is dying of cancer. Still angry with her father but in need of money, Saori travels to the House of Himiko, a nursing home established by her father for gay men. Over time, a tenuous relationship begins to develop between Saori, her father, and Haruhiko.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-27
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Suite Dreams
2006-01-14
Suite Dreams
Overview: New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a prostitute to handle, a bellhop to focus and a few things more.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-14
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Real
2013-06-01
Real
Overview: Koichi and Atsumi are lovers who have known each other all their lives. A year ago, however, a suicide attempt by Atsumi left her in a coma. Through 'sensing', a type of neurosurgical procedure allowing contact with the intentional aspect of a comatose patient's mind, Koishi tries to find out why Atsumi tried to kill herself, and to bring her back to consciousness. He enters her subconscious, and is told to find a picture of a plesiosaur she drew when she was a child. It turns out that a childhood incident buried in their past will bring their minds together.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-01
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Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019-09-29
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-09-29
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The Great Passage
2013-04-13
The Great Passage
Overview: Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage. In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed with problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-13
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A School Behind Bars
2010-10-11
A School Behind Bars
Overview: "A School Behind Bars" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano Matsumoto Boy's prison in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture - the only public school in Japan that is located inside a prison. The school's students are all prisoners ranging in age from 20-70. The students are carefully selected after taking an entrance exam and being selected by the school's admission board.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-11
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The Pavillion Salamandre
2006-09-16
The Pavillion Salamandre
Overview: Four beautiful sisters are entrusted with taking care of Kinjiro, a giant salamander and national treasure. Rumors spread that Kinjiro is an impostor, so a genius x-ray technician is sent to run some tests.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-16
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The Moon
2023-10-13
The Moon
Overview: Yoko, who gets a job at a nursing home, witnesses the elderly and disabled people there having their human dignity threatened.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-13
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What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2022-02-04
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
Overview: A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat. If it explodes, the nation will be destroyed.
Genres: Comedy Drama Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-02-04
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The World of Kanako
2014-07-04
The World of Kanako
Overview: When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-07-04
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All Because of Me
2022-08-11
All Because of Me
Overview: Yuta lives in an orphanage while waiting for her mother to pick her up. One day, Yuta, who happened to know his mother's whereabouts, escaped from the facility with all his heart. However, there was a mother who depended on her cohabiting man and lived a self-deprecating life. Despaired, Yuta meets Sakamoto, a homeless man who lives in a light tiger while walking along the beach. Sakamoto accepts Yuta without asking anything. The two sleep and eat together while earning a small amount of money. Eventually, he became acquainted with Shiori, a girl who grew up in a wealthy family but had no place to live at home or school. Yuta is attracted to Shiori, who has the same loneliness as himself but is kind to him. However, the calm days end with an incident.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-11
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The Warrior and the Wolf
2009-10-02
The Warrior and the Wolf
Overview: Set during China's the Warring States Period (476-221 BC), benevolent warrior Chenkang Lu (Joe Odagiri) enters into a torrid love affair with a woman (Maggie Q) from the nomadic Harran tribe. Their relationship sends the warrior to a place where humans were once wolves...
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-10-02
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My Way
2011-12-21
My Way
Overview: During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.
Genres: Drama Action History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-12-21
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Shigure's Choice
2022-06-26
Shigure's Choice
Overview: Shigure makes a living as a transporter with his young buddy, Haruki. One day, Haruki disappears with the counterfeit bills they bring. Shigure makes every effort to find them, trying to assume ignorance of his BOSS. As all his efforts are getting in vain, he gets a call. It is from Haruki and he says “these bills are genuine.”
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-06-26
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Hazard
2005-11-05
Hazard
Overview: Shin is a Japanese university student living a boring and meaningless life. One day, he spots a book titled Dangerous Ways to Walk the World, in which he finds a page written about hazards in New-York. Eager to get out, he jets off to New-York to find this inspiration.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-11-05
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Kamen Rider Kuuga: Good Job
2001-01-20
Kamen Rider Kuuga: Good Job
Overview: Kamen Rider Kuuga final TV special. Jokingly labelled as the "50th episode" of the series.
Genres: Action Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-20
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Mr. Go
2013-07-17
Mr. Go
Overview: A 15-year-old circus ringmaster Wei-wei is left all alone with gorilla Ling-ling after grandfather passes away. Thanks to her grandfather's love for baseball, Ling-ling was trained to play baseball and has developed remarkable hitting skills.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-07-17
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Black Kiss
2004-10-01
Black Kiss
Overview: Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After this, a string of murders start happening all around the two girls, as if some crazed serial killer was following them. At the scene of each crime, the perpetrator leaves a black lip print, and is subsequently dubbed "The Black Kiss.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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Into a Dream
2005-06-11
Into a Dream
Overview: Low-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of infecting him with a STD.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-11
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Out of This World
2004-02-07
Out of This World
Overview: Five young musicians, each harboring painful memories, are assembled to entertain American soldiers at an Enlisted Men's Club. Tensions emerge between the tenor saxophonist, a disillusioned ex-soldier, and a bitter GI whose brother was killed in the war. And when the band plays the prohibited "Danny Boy" during a birthday bash for a sergeant whose son Danny had died a year ago, everyone must confront a past they'd rather forget.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-07
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Azumi
2003-05-10
Azumi
Overview: In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-05-10
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Pacchigi!
2005-01-22
Pacchigi!
Overview: Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a rampaging crowd of Korean boys, outraged by insults perpetrated by several of his idiotic class-mates on two Korean girls. He makes a narrow escape, but soon after, he and his best bud Yoshio are sent by their home-room teacher to invite the Korean students to a friendly soccer game as a way of restoring the peace.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-22
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Big River
2006-01-20
Big River
Overview: Soon after he lands in America, Ali, a Muslim man from Pakistan, begins his search for his estranged wife, Nadia. On his journey, Ali meets with Teppei, a Japanese traveller hitchhiking his way across America, and Sarah, a local trailer park girl, who help him in his search. The three travellers succeed in finding Nadia, who, to Ali’s dismay, is living a new life in Phoenix with another man. Ali spends the rest of his stay in America with Teppei and Sarah, anxiously wondering where his life is leading. In the brief time they are together, the three companions commit to helping one another. Ali, Teppei and Sarah begin a new journey, to find their own individual identities and in the process they find each other. Big River is a road movie, a tale about the borderless realm of friendship and its ability to transcend culture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-20
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Poongsan
2011-06-23
Poongsan
Overview: Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean defector, into the South, the damsel and rescuer fall in love instead.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-06-23
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Sad Vacation
2007-09-08
Sad Vacation
Overview: Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this he takes care of the sister of an old friend in jail and a young illegal immigrant. Eventually his life reaches a turning point.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-08
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The Human Trust
2013-10-19
The Human Trust
Overview: A professional scammer is hired by a wealthy young businessman to find a hidden treasure looted from the Bank of Japan and supposedly stashed away by a group of men after WWII in various locations around the globe. Eventually an assassin is put on their trail.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-19
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Mokka No Koibito
2002-11-30
Mokka No Koibito
Overview: Japanese film directed by Jinsei Tsuji
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-30
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Looking For Cherry Blossoms
2009-01-21
Looking For Cherry Blossoms
Overview: Three strangers gather in search of an elusive cherry blossom. The tree hardly matters after a while, though, as they stumble into one funny and revealing episode after another.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-21
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Present for You
2013-10-04
Present for You
Overview: Shigeru Kajiwara (Joe Odagiri) works part-time at a company that sells mysterious health food. One day, the other employees run off with the company's money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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Midnight Diner
2014-11-01
Midnight Diner
Overview: A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-01
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Foujita
2015-11-24
Foujita
Overview: A biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and Modigliani, who was famous for mixing up European and Japanese styles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-24
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Invisible
2018-08-24
Invisible
Overview: An invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-08-24
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Gassoh
2015-09-26
Gassoh
Overview: In the year 1868, three young men join the elite Shogitai division of the Shogunate. The Shogitai fights to the end and opposes the dismantling of the feudal military dictatorship known as the Bakufu system.
Genres: Drama History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-26
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SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009-11-06
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
Overview: Documentary on the life of actor Yusaku Matsuda. This is a documentary film produced on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the birth of actor Yusaku Matsuda and the 20th anniversary of his death . It is composed of newly shot interviews as well as real voice interviews and treasured videos that were not officially revealed until now.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-06
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Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003-02-08
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Overview: Initially, Ambivalent Future was intended as a film about the production of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Bright Future". But director Fujii has taken the "behind the scenes"-concept to unprecedented heights with this unique documentary offering a close look into the world of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the auteur. Scenes from the surprisingly low key and relaxed production of "Bright Future" are of course sprinkled liberally throughout the documentary, but between these we are treated to interesting and revealing interviews with actors, producers and Kurosawa's many other collaborators. And perhaps the most surprising thing of all is how much of Kurosawa there is, talking candidly about his working methods and the philosophy behind it all.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-08
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90 Years Old - So What?
2024-06-21
90 Years Old - So What?
Overview: Sato Aiko, who has won many literary awards, retired from her life as a writer and had no guests. She spent a gloomy time, but then a middle-aged editor named Tachibana came with a commission for a story. The story begins with a series of essays that are initially unpleasant, writing out her anger towards society. Aiko's life will undergo significant changes by the time she is 90 years old.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-21
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S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future
2015-08-29
S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future
Overview: The NPS (National Police Safety Rescue), whose purpose is to catch extreme criminals alive, becomes the center of attention. A sit-in demonstration takes place. Members of the NPS, including Ichigo Kamikura (Osamu Mukai) go to the protest site. Meanwhile, a transport ship is hijacked in the Pacific Ocean.
Genres: Drama Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-29
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Her Love Boils Bathwater
2016-10-29
Her Love Boils Bathwater
Overview: A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-29
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Airport 2013
2014-05-02
Airport 2013
Overview: When there's a transfer flight delay, a put-upon ground staff worker at a small town airport has to deal with a family that has plenty of problems of their own. Shot in a single take, "Airport" focuses on familial and romantic relationships and the secrets that often hold them together.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-02
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Over the Fence
2016-09-17
Over the Fence
Overview: A recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college to learn carpentry along with several other students who are in the same boat as he. When a couple of the guys go to a hostess club the man meets an unconventional girl who likes him and a relationship is born.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-17
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Midnight Diner 2
2016-11-05
Midnight Diner 2
Overview: The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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Ernesto
2017-10-06
Ernesto
Overview: Freddy Maemura Hurtado, a second-generation Japanese-Bolivian, heads to Cuba to study medicine. He meets revolutionist Che Guevara. When civil war breaks out in Bolivia, he decides to join Guevara’s revolutionary army under the name of “Ernesto Medico”.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-06
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The White Girl
2017-12-14
The White Girl
Overview: A noir fairytale revolving around three outsiders: a mysterious artist on the run from the real world, a street kid who dreams of getting rich and a girl who is allergic to the sun.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2017-12-14
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Prayer Beads
2004-05-08
Prayer Beads
Overview: This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are revolving around bad karma and terror.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-08
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Human, Space, Time and Human
2018-02-01
Human, Space, Time and Human
Overview: A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, a group of sex workers and a gang of violent criminals. At first the aggressive behaviour of the thugs and their leader is directed at the first class passengers, but then more and more indiscriminately against the rest of those on board. Rape is followed by murder and it’s not long before the first of numerous and increasingly brutal mutinies takes place.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-02-01
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Pumpkin and Mayonnaise
2017-11-11
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise
Overview: A struggling, unemployed musician living with his girlfriend looks to improve his life after he discovers how she's been paying the rent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-11
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Saturday Fiction
2021-10-15
Saturday Fiction
Overview: Iconic actress Jean Yu returns to Japanese-occupied China to star in a play directed by her former lover. However, her undercover work for the Allies soon places her life in grave danger.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-10-15
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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005-07-02
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Overview: Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-02
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Room Laundering
2018-07-07
Room Laundering
Overview: Yakumo Miko's father died when she was 5 years old. The next year, Miko mother went missing. Miko then moved in with her grandmother, but, at the age of 18, Miko's grandmother passes away. She shuts herself away from others. One day, her uncle from her mother's side, Ikazuzi Goro appears. He sets up a place for Miko to live and also a place for her to do part-time work. Her part-time job is "room laundering." After starting her job, Miko sees ghosts. She struggles to solve the worries of the ghosts who are staying in rooms. Ikazuzi Goro tells Miko that her mother was able to see ghosts which affected her. Miko asks him to find her mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-07-07
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Kamen Rider Kuuga: New Year's Dream
2001-01-02
Kamen Rider Kuuga: New Year's Dream
Overview: On January 2nd, Yusuke Godai prepares the Pole Pole cafe for opening, reflecting on the events of the prior year's battles he's had as Kamen Rider Kuuga against the Grongi. This special serves as a clip show and is also referred to as episode 46.5
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-02
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Kamen Rider Kuuga: Special Edition
2001-10-21
Kamen Rider Kuuga: Special Edition
Overview: A group of archaeologists open a tomb that awakens horrible monsters, while journeyman Yusuke Godai is compelled to access a strange belt from the tomb to fight back against them. Also, a drunkard witnesses a murder by an unidentified lifeform near a church. Meanwhile, Yusuke is bothered by the idea of fighting and is unsure if it was right until he saw the daughter of one of the slain archeologists crying, making his reason to fight "to protect the smiles of people". This is the director's cut version of the first two episodes of the Kamen Rider Kuuga TV series.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-21
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Kamen Rider Kuuga Super Secret Video: Kuuga vs. the Strong Monster Go-Jiino-Da
2000-08-27
Kamen Rider Kuuga Super Secret Video: Kuuga vs. the Strong Monster Go-Jiino-Da
Overview: Yusuke Godai awakens from a nap at the Pore Pore Tea Cafe and finds a scrapbook with newspaper clippings about his battles as Kuuga. As he reminisces about each fight, gaining each of his forms and the Gouram attachment for the TryChaser, Godai gets a call about a new Gurongi. Godai heads over and transforms into Kuuga to face off against the beast who introduces himself as Go-Jiino-Da!
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-27
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Modest Heroes
2018-08-24
Modest Heroes
Overview: Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-08-24
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Himokawa Rhapsody
2014-06-04
Himokawa Rhapsody
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-04
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The Asian Angel
2021-07-02
The Asian Angel
Overview: Aoki is a failing novelist, and Sol is a failing pop singer. Encountering each other in South Korea, speaking different languages, they and their families somehow end up in a truck heading off into the Korean countryside.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-07-02
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021-01-29
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Overview: Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-29
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A Madder Red
2021-05-21
A Madder Red
Overview: 7 years ago, Yoichi died in a traffic accident. His wife Ryoko did not receive compensation from her husband's death. She has since raised her son Junpei by herself. Junpei is now a middle school student. Ryoko also cares for her father-in-law, who lives in a nursing home and she also runs a cafe. Her care is in a difficult situation due to Covid-19, while Junpei experiences bullying at school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-05-21
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Namonaihi: A Day with No Name
2021-06-11
Namonaihi: A Day with No Name
Overview: A human drama about the strange fate of the three brothers, played by Masatoshi Nagase, Joe Odagiri, and Nobuaki Kaneko, set in Nagoya.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-06-11
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Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou Movie
Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou Movie
Overview: Movie adaptation of the TV series 'Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou'. To be released in 2025.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
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The Solitary Gourmet
2025-01-10
The Solitary Gourmet
Overview: Upon receiving a message from an old friend’s daughter, Goro arrives in Paris and learns of the elderly man’s wish to taste a particular soup he had in his childhood before he dies. Deciding to help, Goro sets out on a quest to find this mysterious soup, traveling through Japan, braving a storm, and even ending up in South Korea.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-01-10
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