Renji Ishibashi
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 09, 1941
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
The Bear Storm
1980-11-27
The Bear Storm
Overview: An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in search of agricultural land to the land of the pioneers in Hokkaido led a peaceful life. One day, one of the pioneers, Mikio Shimakawa's wife Yura, and her child Taichi are attacked and killed by a bear that cannot hibernate. To resolve the situation, Shimakawa goes against all odds and turns to Ginshiro, the most hated hunter in the village, for help. While Shimakawa was away from the village, Yura and his friends were holding a funeral, the bear attacked again...
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-11-27
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The New Virgin Story
1992-11-25
The New Virgin Story
Overview: A love triange arises between a virgin, a stripper, and a mysterious girl
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-11-25
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風車の浜吉捕物綴
1992-01-01
風車の浜吉捕物綴
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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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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Magino Village: A Tale
1987-12-01
Magino Village: A Tale
Overview: The movie compiles footage taken by Ogawa Production for a period of more than ten years after the collective moved to Magino village. Unique to this film are fictional reenactments of the history of the village in the sections titled "The Tale of Horikiri Goddess" and "The Origins of Itsutsudomoe Shrine". Ogawa combines all the techniques that were developed in his previous films to simultaneously express multiple layers of time—the temporality of rice growing and of human life, personal life histories, the history of the village, the time of the Gods, and new time created through theatrical reenactment—bring them into a unified whole. The faces of the Magino villagers appear in numerous roles transcending time and space—sometimes as individuals, sometimes as people who carry the history of the village in their memories, sometimes as storytellers reciting myths, and even as members of the crowd in the fictional sequences.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-01
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Hana
2006-06-03
Hana
Overview: In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
Genres: Action Drama History Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-06-03
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Audition
2000-03-03
Audition
Overview: Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-03
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Into the Faraway Sky
2007-08-18
Into the Faraway Sky
Overview: A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this is a town in the country where time comfortably passes by. But this former paradise is now being stirred up by a fight amongst its people over constructing an airport. This is a tale of three young people exploring youth and friendship as they reach out into the sky.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-18
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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001-09-01
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Overview: The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet and Ed, take the case with hopes of cashing in the bounty. However, the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they aren't the only ones hunting him.
Genres: Action Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-01
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Dead or Alive
1999-11-27
Dead or Alive
Overview: Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-27
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Vermin
1965-08-12
Vermin
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-08-12
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Life of Don Matsugoro
1986-03-21
Life of Don Matsugoro
Overview: Children's movie about a dog that can type messages into a word processor. When his owner is kidnapped, the canine summons his fellow dogs to help in the rescue effort.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-21
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47 Ronin
1994-10-22
47 Ronin
Overview: Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-22
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Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993-02-06
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Overview: A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and replace him with a member of their own family. When his wife is murdered and evidence is produced that he was plotting against the Shogun the Code of Bushido calls for him and his son to commit sepuku. Instead he defies the Shogun's orders and takes up arms against his enemies, becoming an assassin for hire.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-02-06
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Gozu
2003-07-11
Gozu
Overview: Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
Genres: Crime Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-11
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Spring Snow
2005-10-09
Spring Snow
Overview: Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two youngsters amongst the aristocracy and rich of early twentieth century Japan.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-09
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Nemuremitsu
1976-12-05
Nemuremitsu
Overview: Omnibus about three actresses from different generations
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-12-05
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Gemini
1999-09-15
Gemini
Overview: When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-15
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Sukiyaki Western Django
2007-09-15
Sukiyaki Western Django
Overview: A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Western Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-15
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Tales of the Unusual
2000-11-03
Tales of the Unusual
Overview: A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by guilt over a death they inadvertantly caused, an emotionally broken chessmaster pressed into playing a real-life game for an eccentric millionaire, a wandering medieval samurai who finds a modern-day cell phone on the ground and a person on the other end asking questions about the past, and a young couple who agree to try a computer simulation of what their future as husband and wife would be like.
Genres: Horror Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-03
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The Bird People in China
1998-06-10
The Bird People in China
Overview: Wada, a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet sentimental, yakuza, who takes the liberty of joining his adventure through China. Led on their long and disastrous journey to the mine by Shen, the three men come across something even more magical and enticing.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-06-10
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1989-07-01
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Overview: A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-07-01
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Flower & Snake
2004-03-13
Flower & Snake
Overview: The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to escape punishment he sells his famous dancer wife to the lecherous old man figuring a 90 year old can’t do too much bad with her. Perhaps not, but others can while he watches. She’s put on stage in an underground BDSM sex show and begins a spiraling decent from strongly independent woman to submissive sex slave
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-13
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One Missed Call 2
2005-02-05
One Missed Call 2
Overview: A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it's a ghost?
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-05
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Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
2002-09-21
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Overview: After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-09-21
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The Great Yokai War
2005-08-06
The Great Yokai War
Overview: A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-06
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チンピラ仁義 極楽とんぼ2
1995-05-12
チンピラ仁義 極楽とんぼ2
Overview: The follow up to the very popular first instalment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-05-12
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The Shootist: Final Episode
1994-01-14
The Shootist: Final Episode
Overview: Matsushita decides to make a new journey by meeting a fateful woman, Askako, while being chased by a hitman and the police. What awaits him at the end?
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-14
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Outrage
2010-05-17
Outrage
Overview: When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-17
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Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
2018-06-30
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Overview: In 2010, while covering the issue of the "secret agreement" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the author came across diplomatic documents relating to the reversion of Okinawa and was particularly impressed by the handwritten documents of Kazuo Chiba, then Director of the North American First Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which, unlike ordinary bureaucrats, "stood out from the crowd and seemed unique". The name of Chiba subsequently appeared in a number of documents left by former Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's secretary, and the author became interested in finding out what kind of person he was.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-30
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Crossfire
2000-06-10
Crossfire
Overview: Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with Kazuki, a young man who works with her. His sister is killed and a boy named Masaki suspected but the police don't arrest him. Junko tells Kazuki about her powers and takes revenge.
Genres: Thriller Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-06-10
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Yakuza Demon
2003-06-25
Yakuza Demon
Overview: Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the three share a firm bond. But their fate is sealed when the Family is involved in a conflict. Muto is unable to pay his share of funds for the oncoming battle but tells executives of the Family that he would fight at the front line instead. In the wish to protect Muto, Seiji has him arrested by the police. Ignoring the Family executives' mocks of "Muto escaped to prison", Seiji prepares for the battle and attacks like a demon on behalf of his boss...
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-25
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The Watcher in the Attic
1976-06-12
The Watcher in the Attic
Overview: A shiftless resident in a boarding house spends his days crawling in the attic and spying on the renters below. One day he spies an elegant lady enter a room where a clown awaited her and watched as he pleasured her. But she spotted him watching and it aroused her more. Thus begins a story of two people who find they share similar desires and deadly passions.
Genres: Romance Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-06-12
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20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
2009-08-19
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Overview: The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?
Genres: Adventure Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-08-19
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Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972-12-30
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Overview: Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-30
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Okiku and the World
2023-04-28
Okiku and the World
Overview: Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen samurai, and amongst the overflowing piles of excrement, a well-nourished love story unfolds.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-04-28
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The Ramen Girl
2008-02-08
The Ramen Girl
Overview: An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-08
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Railroad Man
1999-06-05
Railroad Man
Overview: A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-06-05
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Die Silbermaske
2006-12-23
Die Silbermaske
Overview: Sabine is able to transform into a silver superhero through the power of the Ring of Nibelungen. She travels to Japan where she searches for her father and battles the forces of Dr. Caligari.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-23
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Dupe
1965-10-01
Dupe
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-01
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Fruits of Passion
1981-06-03
Fruits of Passion
Overview: A girl named O loves a rich, and much older man. She is subjected to a variety of humiliating experiences to prove her unconditional obedience to him in a Chinese brothel. A poor boy sees her and falls in love with her. To get the money needed to sleep with her, he takes part in rebellious acts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-06-03
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I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985-03-02
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Overview: On the night of August 19, 1980, a bus was set on fire by the vagrant Hirofumi Maruyama at the Shinjuku West Exit Bus Terminal. In the burning flames, Mitsuko, who was exhausted by her affair, suddenly thought of suicide. As a result, she escaped too late from the bus and suffered a serious injury. From there, she was hospitalized for a long time. As she gradually recovered, the wife of her affair partner, Soroku Sugihara, died of cancer. Soroku proposed to Mitsuko again, and they lived together. Due to Soroku's mounting debt, they decided to flee to Tojinbo. With the desperate persuasion of her acquaintances, Mitsuko regained her desire to "live again."
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-03-02
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Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4
1998-04-16
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4
Overview: The fourth 'Kizu' film.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-04-16
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Kunoichi Financial Road
1999-07-21
Kunoichi Financial Road
Overview: 1999 financial movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-21
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Shura's Barbarian King
2001-01-01
Shura's Barbarian King
Overview: Fumihiko Saizonoji , a man who lost everything in the plot of a bank and a general contractor when he was a child . Now , as Fumihiko Kanzaki , a man with two faces , a bank clerk and a fraudster , he goes on a revenge path for Shura alone against a huge organization !
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Oshûkatsu
2021-05-21
Oshûkatsu
Overview: Shinichi and Chikako Ohara have been married for 50 years. After Shinichi retired from his job, he has stayed at home, which Chikako stresses over. They are on the verge of having a divorce. Meanwihle, their daughter, Aya runs a food truck. She meets Ryota Kanno who is her customer. Ryota recently began working as a funeral undertaker and invites Aya to attend the Oshukatsu Fair. Aya also recommends to her mother Chikako to attend the Oshukatsu Fair. Chikako gets the latest information on preparing for death at the fair, but Shinichi doesn't like that. Their relationship gets even worse.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-05-21
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Phone Call to the Bar
2011-09-10
Phone Call to the Bar
Overview: In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellent sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-10
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Two Magical Nights
1991-05-17
Two Magical Nights
Overview: This 'Young V-Cinema' film was created for young people, turning from the action of Toei V-cinema. A pop love story featuring a veteran actor and a unique female talent / model.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-17
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Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
2009-12-12
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
Overview: Serving as the true ending to Kamen Rider Decade and revealing the origins of Kamen Rider W, this movie is split into three parts. In "Kamen Rider Decade: Final Chapter", Tsukasa Kadoya fully embraces his title as the Destroyer of Worlds. In "Kamen Rider W: Begins Night", Shotaro and Philip recount the night on when it all began. Elements of both parts converge in the movie's final part, "Movie War 2010" as our heroes fight the forces of Super Shocker.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-12-12
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Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
2009-08-08
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
Overview: Tsukasa travels to his home world of the World of Decade, where he discovers the origin of his powers and his true heritage as the leader of Dai-Shocker. The film features all ten of the lead Heisei Kamen Riders, as well as all of the Shōwa period Kamen Riders, leading to a total of 25 Riders.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-08-08
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Jusei: Last Drop of Blood
2003-06-14
Jusei: Last Drop of Blood
Overview: After serving a jail sentence, a former leading yakuza (Takaaki Ishibashi) has gone straight. He has married and is now holding a regular job. However, he is continually harrassed by a police inspector who cannot forgive his past. Meanwhile a major gang war erupts. With his former gang in danger of being exterminated, will his loyalties draw him back in?
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-14
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Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
1988-08-27
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
Overview: A decadent count in 1920′s Japan becomes obsessed with the life and works of the Marquis de Sade. He creates a theatre to show plays adapted from the notorious writer’s novels and recruits thieves, prostitutes and low lives to act out his fantasies on stage for the delectation of his rich, jaded friends. In search of new sensations the nobleman orders one of the actors, on pain of death, to make love to the nobleman’s wife while he watches. Unfortunately, this incursion of real life into his fantasy world will have dire consequences for the count and his divinely decadent coterie.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-08-27
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White-Collar Worker Kintaro
1999-11-13
White-Collar Worker Kintaro
Overview: Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working at a construction company, his unorthodox tactics cause trouble with his colleagues. He is transferred to a tiny countryside branch, where he butts heads with his lazy superior until the two men discover a plot by the competition to put the construction company out of bussiness. With the help of his old biker friends, Kintaro prepares to confront the masterminds behind the scheme.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-13
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The Young Blood Typhoon
1995-05-13
The Young Blood Typhoon
Overview: On the way home from a small assault incident at a love hotel in Tokyo, Shuntaro Katagiri playfully entered the love hotel with his friend Iwanaka. When I fell asleep, I screamed and screamed from the room. Katagiri, who was full of blood, jumped out of the room after hearing the noise. A running girl, a bloody man, and a muscle man, a yakuza, a mysterious woman. The corridor of the hotel turned into a shambles for a moment, but Katagiri, a karate master, he slammed the place and he broke it. A strange space-This was his first encounter with the girl
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-05-13
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Baian Fujieda the Assassin
2006-11-04
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Overview: An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-04
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The Woman with Red Hair
1979-02-17
The Woman with Red Hair
Overview: Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and cramped apartment in a not so good part of town. Claiming that she is running away from an abusive husband, she shacks up with him. In a futile attempt to escape the bleak working class surroundings, the pair engage in an obsessive erotic relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-02-17
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Sorrowful Hitman
2008-03-07
Sorrowful Hitman
Overview: A Hitman must protect a 15-year-old girl
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-03-07
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The Machine Gun Dragon
1976-02-28
The Machine Gun Dragon
Overview: Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-02-28
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The Assassination of Ryoma
1974-08-02
The Assassination of Ryoma
Overview: Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-02
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The Triple Cross
1992-09-12
The Triple Cross
Overview: Following the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice, who is then tracked down amid escalating carnage and spectacular car chases.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-09-12
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A Chorus of Angels
2012-11-03
A Chorus of Angels
Overview: Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she takes charge of six students. However, she is later forced to leave after an accident occurs. 20 years later, Haru learns that one of her former students has committed a crime, and eventually returns to the island once more.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-03
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983-01-21
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
Overview: Samon Kamiyama, a yoriki of the Minami-machi magistrate infiltrates the Denzū-machi prison disguised as Mushuku Sahēji. Samon is mistaken for a snitch and about to be beaten up when he was saved by the quick thinking of a ferryman Sanji. The infiltration is the plan of Samon and chief elder Abe Isenokami, who has asked Samon to obtain smuggling evidence against shipping whole retailers Kawachiya Senemon and his son Sennosuke.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-21
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Ronin-gai
1990-08-18
Ronin-gai
Overview: Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-08-18
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Detective Office 5
2005-11-26
Detective Office 5
Overview: In a small nook of Kawasaki Private investigator 591 and adultry specialist investigator 522 embark on separate investigations that leads them both to the same beautifician.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-11-26
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Raijingu Jakuchu
2021-01-02
Raijingu Jakuchu
Overview:
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-02
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The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009-06-20
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Overview: In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-20
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Castle Under Fiery Skies
2009-09-12
Castle Under Fiery Skies
Overview: The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-12
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An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka
2012-02-04
An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka
Overview: In-depth look at the twilight years, spent training apprentices, of temple builder Nishioka Tsunekazu, who was called the "devil" as he devoted his life to temple architecture. His insistence on the gargantuan timescale of linking life to the next millennium emerges from people who knew him. Remarkable as well for showing the unknown backstage of temple architecture. Nishioka, known as "the last temple carpenter," handled the major Showa-era repairs of Horyuji temple, and in 1990 was at the scene of the reconstruction work for Yakushi temple.
Genres: Drama History Family Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-04
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The Code
2009-05-09
The Code
Overview: For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack his most difficult programming code yet, the detective embarks for Shanghai where he crosses paths with a sniper, an informant, the head of the Blue-Dragon Mafia, and beautiful singer on the run, Meilan. As 507 stumbles deeper into a twisted quagmire of intrigue he discovers the sad truth behind the mystery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-09
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Revolver LILY
2023-08-11
Revolver LILY
Overview: In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was murdered and holds the key to finding a large sum of money reported missing by the Imperial Japanese Army. But with an army of soldiers after them, they must fight to survive.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-11
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Red Colored Elegy
2007-06-21
Red Colored Elegy
Overview: Uninvolved with the political movements of the time, Ichiro and Sachiko hope for something better, but they’re no revolutionaries; their spare time is spent drinking, smoking, daydreaming, and sleeping—together and at times with others.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-21
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Kumamoto Stories
2002-07-20
Kumamoto Stories
Overview: Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu island in 1996 and filmed over a period of three years. Kumamoto Monogatari is a 2002 omnibus which includes the three short films: Zuiketsu Genso: Tonkararin Yume Densetsu, Kikuchi-jo Monogatari: Sakimori-tachi no Uta, Onna Kunishuu Ikki.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-20
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Lost Lovers
1971-11-05
Lost Lovers
Overview: A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru must take action.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-11-05
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The Oil-Hell Murder
1992-05-23
The Oil-Hell Murder
Overview: The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-05-23
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99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie
2021-12-30
99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie
Overview: Hiroto Miyama works with rookie lawyer Honoka Kono on a team that specializes with criminal cases for Madarame Law Firm. Atsuhiro Sada has become the director of the law firm. One day, the law firm receives a request about a case that took place 15 years ago. The case was about a poisonous wine incident.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-12-30
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The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
1981-09-12
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Overview: A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-09-12
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Strawberry Night
2013-01-25
Strawberry Night
Overview: Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry Night" due to the mysterious use of those words surrounding the case ...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-25
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The Law of Hell
1982-08-30
The Law of Hell
Overview: At a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The owner Ikuzo manages the restaurant with his daughter. It’s customers who have a dark past have utmost respect for Ikuzo. One day, a half-dead man Tomijiro comes to the restaurant. This is the beginning of Ikuzo’s terrible fight.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-30
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Kikaider REBOOT
2014-05-24
Kikaider REBOOT
Overview: In the near future, the “ARK Project” has initiated a program to increase the quality of human life through the peaceful use of robots. Dr. Komyoji, the chief scientist on the project, has developed a process to create a robot with a figurative human “heart” through the installation of a “conscience circuit”, but his plans are violently opposed by researcher Gilbert Kanzaki. When Dr. Komyoji is killed in an apparent accident, his children Masaru and Mitsuko are targeted by mysterious forces within the ARK Project looking to gain control of the scientist’s research data. But the villains are opposed by Jiro, the android with a human conscience who fights for justice as the hero Kikaider.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-24
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Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988-09-15
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Overview: Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy. "Get Ready to Drive!" Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home. "What Is English?" Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-09-15
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The Enchantment
1989-10-29
The Enchantment
Overview: A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an attractive but very troubled tourist guide comes to him for consultation...
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-10-29
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Winter Rose
2022-06-03
Winter Rose
Overview: Jun Wataguchi lives a lazy, half-hearted life, not going to school, hanging out with half-witted delinquents, and begging money from his friends. His parents, who run a shipping business transporting earth and sand for reclamation by boat, manage to get by, despite the dwindling number of jobs and lack of successors over time. Jun showed no interest in his parents' business, and the father and son hardly ever spoke to each other. One day, one of Jun's friends is attacked by someone and an unexpected person emerges as the culprit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-06-03
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Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993-11-20
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Overview:
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-11-20
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Darkness in the Light
2001-02-17
Darkness in the Light
Overview: A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture), wakes up one morning in the summer of 1994 to find himself the prime suspect in the biggest mass-murder case of the decade.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-02-17
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Shadow Hunters
1992-04-08
Shadow Hunters
Overview: In the middle of the Edo period, when the finances of the shogunate were in a desperate situation, the shogunate sent its shadow spies to each clan, who secretly planned the abolition of the clans and the seizure of their territories. The Inami clan has mastered the essence of making weapons, thus breaking the law. To protect the clan, its elders hire three "Shadow Hunters"... TV movie based on the popular manga by Takao Saito.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-08
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99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP
2021-12-29
99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP
Overview: The super unconventional lawyer is back! Our new friends are comic book girls! And the biggest enemy of all! The strongest lawyer who manipulates the prosecution behind the scenes sets out to prove the devil... Take on a case that is 100% impossible to prove!
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-12-29
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP
2003-03-28
Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP
Overview: This special takes place three years after the end of the original series. Makoto is homeless as a result of his mom selling out their shop and soon becomes involved in a ‘bone smasher’ case, in which someone puts homeless people to sleep and breaks their bones.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-28
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The Inferno
1979-06-03
The Inferno
Overview: Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-03
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Making of Gemini
2000-05-12
Making of Gemini
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shin'ya Tsukamoto's film "Gemini".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-12
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Homeland
2014-03-01
Homeland
Overview: Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but Jiro returns there to live. Before long, members of his family come and join him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-01
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Mourning Recipe
2013-11-09
Mourning Recipe
Overview: A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-09
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Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 - Director's Cut
2010-09-21
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 - Director's Cut
Overview: Director's cut of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-21
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Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995-09-02
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Overview: Asian Blue focuses on Koreans brought to Japan to work in forced-labor brigades during World War II
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-02
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Izakaya Choji
2020-03-28
Izakaya Choji
Overview:
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-28
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Kamen Rider: The First
2005-12-05
Kamen Rider: The First
Overview: Takeshi Hongo is a man of extraordinary intellect, but his promising future is about to be maliciously snuffed out by and evil secret society known as Shocker. Reinvented against his will and transformed into a powerful experimental cyborg, Hongo will forever be known as Kamen Rider The First.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-05
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History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995-03-03
History of Jirocho Shimizu
Overview: A historical chivalric drama with tears and laughter, telling the story of Jirocho Shimizu's family, his confrontation with Katsuzo Kurokoma's family, right up to the final battle on the Tenryu River to avenge Ishimatsu Mori.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-03
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Ohaka ga nai!
1998-02-07
Ohaka ga nai!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-02-07
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Ginji - The Slasher
2003-03-29
Ginji - The Slasher
Overview: In prison for 50 years after massacring his corrupt workmates with a samurai sword in 1945, Ginji Sonesaki (Riki Takeuchi) is given the nickname of Ginji the Slasher. On his release he finds himself on the streets living with the homeless hiding from a man whose life he tried to end. His former boss and the object of Ginji's hatred is now a highly-regarded figure in politics but Ginji plans to remind him of his past transgressions and make him pay for ruining his life.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-29
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Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
2008-07-16
Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
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Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-16
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Cape Nostalgia
2014-08-29
Cape Nostalgia
Overview: Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-29
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Someday
2011-07-16
Someday
Overview: The annual kabuki show is the main attraction in a rural Japanese mountain town. However, Yoshi's life is thrown into disarray days before the performance when his estranged wife and former best friend arrive back in town...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-07-16
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Alive
2003-06-21
Alive
Overview: Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-21
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Silver Spoon
2014-03-07
Silver Spoon
Overview: Ooejo Agricultural High School is located in Hokkaido. Most students are from families involved in agriculture and their dreams are to continue working in agriculture. Meanwhile, Yuugo (Kento Nakajima), who graduated from a prestigious middle school, applied to the Ooejo Agricultural High School just because the school has a dormitory. Yuugo, who grew up in the city, finds himself in an unfamiliar environment at Ooejo Agricultural High School, surrounded by nature and animals. Yuugo is also the only one who doesn't know what type of career he wants to pursue. Yuugo becomes impatient. He goes through struggles everyday, but he also gets to know the other students and rural life in general. He begins to grow as a person.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-07
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How to Find Happiness
2022-10-14
How to Find Happiness
Overview: Toshihide works as a doctor at a clinic located by the sea. One day, he meets Ako. She looks exactly like the woman he admires. Due to her, his heart flutters. Soon, Toshihide realizes that Ako is not his ideal woman. A case leads to Ako to begin living with Toshihide and his family. Living with the warm-hearted family, Ako slowly regains herself and becomes a person with a truthful and honest mind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-14
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Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998-02-21
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
Overview: The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-02-21
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Valley of Dreams
2011-11-12
Valley of Dreams
Overview: A laid-off designer returns to her home town after five years away.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-12
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Pale Moon
2014-11-15
Pale Moon
Overview: Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-15
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Haw
2022-08-19
Haw
Overview: Tamio Akanishi works at a public office in Yokohama. He is going through one of the worst periods of his life, having been left by his fiancée. One day, his boss tells him to take care of a big, white dog, abandoned by its previous owner. Tamio begins to live with the dog, who doesn't bark and only makes a sound that sounds like "haw", and thus he names it Haw. While living together, the connection between the two deepens.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-19
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War and Flowers
1989-05-11
War and Flowers
Overview: Japanese Drama film about the female experience during the war years.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-05-11
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The Fallen Angel
2010-02-19
The Fallen Angel
Overview: The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide his alienation. He feels incapable of belonging to the human society, especially so by society's refusal to take him seriously. He then follows a descent into alcohol, drugs, & suicide ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-02-19
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Sakuran
2006-12-07
Sakuran
Overview: Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-07
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Strangers in the City
2010-11-20
Strangers in the City
Overview: Former high school teacher Kazuo Hatano (Toru Nakamura) reunites 12 years later with Masako Tezuka (Manami Konishi). Masako Tezuka was his former high school student whom he married after her graduation. Their marriage became a scandal & the couple divorced ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-20
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The Brain Man
2013-02-09
The Brain Man
Overview: A seemingly random series of bombings in a provincial city. The latest target is a public bus route. Detective Chaya chased terrorists and arrested a mysterious man with keen intelligence and physical power. The psychologist in charge of evaluating him is Dr. Mariko. After the psychiatric examination, she puts toward a hypothesis – “Is it possible he was born without emotions?”
Genres: Crime Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-09
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A Good Husband
2009-10-14
A Good Husband
Overview: The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip to get pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-14
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Climbing to Spring
2014-06-14
Climbing to Spring
Overview: Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-14
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Eight Ranger
2012-07-28
Eight Ranger
Overview: Set within the devastated city of Eight City, the Eight Rangers protect the city and go against the evil Dark Kuruseido.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-28
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Dora-heita
2000-05-13
Dora-heita
Overview: A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-13
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Ninja Kids!!!
2011-07-23
Ninja Kids!!!
Overview: The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group of rival ninjas culminating in a race to ring a bell on top of a mountain.
Genres: Action Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-07-23
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Angel's Share
1995-06-10
Angel's Share
Overview: A strange duo, Minko and Hiroto, who believe themselves to be angels, throw out fashion massage leaflets called “Angel Dispatch” from the roof of a building on Christmas Day in order to save unfortunate people. The flyers were blown by the wind and fell into the city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-10
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Half a Confession
2004-01-10
Half a Confession
Overview: Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-10
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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002-06-16
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Overview: A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their jobs by increasing sales. They do this by developing the VHS standard. They battle with Sony and their standard and ultimately prevail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-16
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Miracle in Four Days
2005-06-04
Miracle in Four Days
Overview: Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Keisuke Kisaragi whose career was abruptly cut short when he jumped in front of a bullet fired by a crazed gunman. The nerves in one hand were severed but he saved the life of Chiori. The tragic incident takes the lives of Chiori's parents, however, and Keisuke becomes her guardian. Not long after their return to Japan, Keisuke discovers Chiori's musical gift.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-04
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Ready to Shoot
1990-11-17
Ready to Shoot
Overview: A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his hands when he learns she is hiding from the yakuza.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-17
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Hero
2007-09-08
Hero
Overview: After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in time for a brewing storm. Kohei's first case starts out simple enough. The suspect, a blonde-haired security guard, had already confessed to manslaughter, but he suddenly retracts his confession and takes things to court with big-shot defense attorney Gamo (Matsumoto Koshiro). It turns out that the security guard is a key alibi witness in a high-profile political corruption case, and the results of his case will directly affect the next. With the media, politicians, and a special investigative team breathing down his back, Kohei must handle the case with care (and flair) to find out the truth.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-08
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Pickpocket
2000-11-03
Pickpocket
Overview: Kaido is a professional pickpocket who works the Tokyo subway with his young foster-daughter, Rei: She lets herself be groped while Kaido relieves the groper of his wallet. More often than not they're observed by a middle-aged cop, who generally lets Kaido go free. Rei is unsettled when Kaido takes on a young street punk, Kazuki, as an apprentice -- with instructions to make Kaido stop drinking. Kazuki, however, would like to go into business with Rei.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-03
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Tokyo!
2008-08-16
Tokyo!
Overview: Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-16
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Parade
2010-02-20
Parade
Overview: The story of a strange living situation in a 2LDK apartment in suburban Tokyo. There are five residents ranging in age from eighteen to twenty-eight. They are not in any way romantically involved with one another, but one can see subtle hints of affection and friendship among them. In the end, however, none of them really know each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-02-20
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Where The Legend Lives
2008-11-01
Where The Legend Lives
Overview: Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the ancient country of Yamatai. His obsession sprouted from a day when he discovered ancient ceramics while repairing railroad tracks. Now completely blind, Kohei relies on his wife (Sayuri Yoshinaga) to guide him through the country and read the maps in their pursuit of Yamatai.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-01
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I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow
2013-06-15
I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow
Overview: 41-year-old Shizuo Daikoku (Shinichi Tsutsumi) suddenly quits his job at a company to become a mangaka. His family and friends become involved in his new pursuit...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-15
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Graveyard of Honor
2002-06-22
Graveyard of Honor
Overview: A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-22
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East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
1998-01-01
East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
Overview: Fukano, an elderly novelist who grew up in the mountains of Tokyo, met a young woman, Kana, for the first time in Fukagawa. Overcoming the age difference, they are strongly attracted to each other. However, in Fukano, in addition to the problem of downtown and uptown, there was a deep “river” that separated women and men. However, Kana, on the other hand, easily crossed that "river" due to her sexual love with Fukano. "I never thought I'd live west of the Sumida River," Kana said. However, behind this lies the conspiracy of Fukano's old lover, Junko. The two get married, but Kana's behavior is gradually haunted by a mystery, and the shadow of her detective and old man flickers. The core of the mystery involved a strange sex shop
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Why Do I Choose?
1989-08-26
Why Do I Choose?
Overview: Who Do I Choose? is a Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-08-26
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Perfect Education 6
2004-09-18
Perfect Education 6
Overview: Fumiya owes 5 million yen to a female load shark for a gambling debt, while having affair an with Mrs. Hosoi who offers him 5 million to murder her husband. Fumiya has no choice but to kill Mr. Hosoi. Unfortunately he's see by a neighbor. In the escape, he meets a girl named Akiko. He hides in her house. Later on, Fumiya and Akiko fall in love and have sex. After that, he finds that the house owner Shin kidnapped Akiko whem she was a little girl and has kept her in the house for over a decade. Fumiya is determined to take her away from Shin's brutal confinement. A battle of wills between jailer, prisoner and accidental savior begins….
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-18
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Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
1993-03-03
Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
Overview: During the Sengoku period, an army relentlessly lays siege to a castle, but they will need the head of the opposing lord to declare victory.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-03-03
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Time Trip App
2014-07-26
Time Trip App
Overview: In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo. Katsu Kaishu wants to avoid useless bloodshed and sends a peace envoy to Takamori Saigō, but Katsu Kaishu is unable to get a response from Takamori Saigō. One day, Katsu Kaishu meets high school teacher Mikako and her student Masaya who is captivated by the shogunate. Mikako and her student Masaya tells Katsu Kaishu that they are from the future. Katsu Kaishu takes care of Mikako and her student Masaya, while Mikako hopes to go back to the future where she came from.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-07-26
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A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight
2019-03-23
A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight
Overview: This is a “Movie in a Movie” like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Modeled on Toei), is asked by NHK to make a new samurai era program using the most advanced technology. While the elderly filmmakers at Kyoei are struggling with the high-tech equipment, their skills at creating choreographed sword battles are undiminished. The NHK project will dramatize the Ikedaya incident, which was a raid launched by the Shinsengumi against Imperial loyalists gathered at an inn called Ikedaya in Kyoto during the twilight years of the Tokugawa shogunate. A series of problems occur and the climax they reach after overcoming difficulties is an unprecedented attempt at a 360° one-cut scene involving the world’s most advanced high-speed camera and wire action for a scene where Kondo Isami will fall down the stairs at Ikedaya. Can they succeed in filming the single greatest swordfight scene in samurai movie history?!?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-23
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The Whispering of the Gods
2005-12-17
The Whispering of the Gods
Overview: Rou has returned to the monastery he was raised in. As he listens to the whispering of the Gods through his germanium radio, Rou defies God in every which way and puts religion to the test.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
1995-07-11
Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
Overview: A vicious plot that would change the course of Japanese history is set in motion when assassins conspire to kill Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty. Things heats up as Iemitsu plans a journey across Japan where assassins lie in wait. Working with elder statesman Okubo Hikozaemon is Musashi Miyamoto who wants to unravel the mystery of who is behind this plot and things heat up further when some of them are the greatest swordsmen in the land!
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-07-11
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Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992-01-03
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Overview: The life story of Japan’s greatest leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose shogunate ruled the nation for almost 300 years has never been told like this before. From the early days as a supporter of Imagawa Yoshimoto, then on to his days with Oda Nobunaga, leading to his wars against and ultimate victory over the Toyotomi to become shogun is a fascinating tale of his military genius coupled with a native intelligence that allowed him to become the last of the great warlords and ultimately the leader of the nation. With great performances from an all-star cast featuring names like Kitaoji Kinya and Takahashi Hideki this is history come to life on the screen.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-03
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Torso
2009-11-13
Torso
Overview: Hiroko is a young, alienated woman "in love" with a blow-up male torso. Tension rises when her sister discovers her secret desire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-13
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Year One in the North
2005-01-14
Year One in the North
Overview: In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-14
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Closed Note
2007-09-09
Closed Note
Overview: Kae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, she discovers a hidden compartment behind a inconspicuous mirror. In that compartment, Kae finds a notebook, that turns out to be a diary belonging to the previous tenant. Later that evening Kae starts to read the diary. The writer of the diary is Ibuki Mano, a young lady about to embark on her first year as an elementary school teacher. Ibuki is also in love with a man named Takashi, who may or may not hold similar feelings for Ibuki.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-09
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A Story of Modern Chivalry
1997-10-08
A Story of Modern Chivalry
Overview: A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of revenge for his great friend.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-08
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The Firefly
2001-05-01
The Firefly
Overview: Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance. Hideji Yamaoka (Takakura) was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto, a provincial seaside city in southern Kyushu, Yamaoka remains reluctant to discuss his wartime experiences with anyone, much less an intrusive reporter looking for a feature story. Then a series of events shake Yamaoka to the core, forcing him to re-evaluate his past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-05-01
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Moment of Demon
1985-01-26
Moment of Demon
Overview: Filled with guilt over his forbidden desires, a young man leaves home and his studies. He finds a new smaller place to stay, a low-paying but satisfying job and a girlfriend. Then his mother, unable to fight her forbidden desires, shows up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-01-26
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The Homeless
1974-10-09
The Homeless
Overview: Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute. They help her escape and decide to guide her on her quest for sunken contraband somewhere off the coast.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-10-09
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Agitator
2001-10-28
Agitator
Overview: When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-28
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Samurai Hustle
2014-06-21
Samurai Hustle
Overview: During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within 5 days. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Unfortunately, the time needed to visit the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito also learns he received the order because a high ranking government official wants the gold mine. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain is such a small han that it seems impossible to complete. Nevertheless, Masaatsu Naito begins an unexpected operation to complete Sankin-kotai in 5 days.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-21
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Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto
2009-04-18
Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto
Overview: The story is about a group of university students who inevitably gets involved in playing a game of "Horumo" - a combat match where each person manipulates 100 spirits (referred to as "oni") to fight the opponent. Akira Abe, a freshman at Kyoto University student falls for his classmate Kyoko, and soon ends up at a mysterious club called “Kyoto University Azure Dragon” which turns out to be one of the Horumo teams, playing the mysterious (and somewhat absurd) game which started over 1,000 years ago in the Heian period.The heat rises as you see the 2,000 CGI created spirits wage fierce battles against the backdrop of breathtaking beautiful city of Kyoto. Let the battle begin!
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-04-18
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The Broken Commandment
2022-07-08
The Broken Commandment
Overview: At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-08
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森の石松
1992-01-07
森の石松
Overview: One day, Mori no Ishimatsu (Kankuro Nakamura
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-07
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My Happy Marriage
2023-03-17
My Happy Marriage
Overview: An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander. But the two learn more about each other, love may have a chance.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-17
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Farewell to the Ark
1984-09-08
Farewell to the Ark
Overview: A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers.
Genres: Fantasy Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-08
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Kanei Chronicles
1991-07-19
Kanei Chronicles
Overview: From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of swords. But behind the match a bloodthirsty plot is born. Tokugawa Yorinobu, a corrupt shogunate official plans to assassinate Shogun Iemitsu and take his place. With scheming samurai Yui Shosetsu and ruthless Negoro ninja leader Genyusai, he plans to incite a ronin uprising and cut a bloody trail across Japan, with terrifying Chinese gunboats to back his play. Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, councilor and friend to the shogun, along with master swordsman Yagyu Jubei and ninja master Hanzo Hattori must stop Yui Shosetsu and his army of ronin and ninja assassins from tearing the country in half and taking over the government!
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-19
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Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
1977-12-17
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
Overview: This biopic is centered on New Year's Day of 1894, when Kitamura is recovering from a suicide attempt. Japan is then under the spell of fervent patriotism because the government wants to build up public support for a war with China. Kitamura's literary friends and militant comrades come to visit. They wonder why Kitamura wants to kill himself. Kitamura at first refuses to receive them, then he sits down with them and looks back on his days as a civil rights militant, his stormy love life and his ardent but destructive desire to live literature to the full.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-12-17
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This Country’s Sky
2015-08-01
This Country’s Sky
Overview: Set in Tokyo, Japan near the end of World War II. 19-year-old Satoko (Fumi Nikaido) lives with her mother (Youki Kudoh) and her aunt. The war is turning more grave. Even though Satoko is near the age to get married, she can't even think of marriage due to the unstable situation. Satoko then begins to communicate with her neighbor, Ichikawa (Hiroki Hasegawa). He has avoided military service due to failing his physical test. As Satoko communicates with Ichikawa, she begins to awake as a woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-01
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No Grave for Us
1979-05-26
No Grave for Us
Overview: A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-05-26
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The Lion Standing in the Wind
2015-03-14
The Lion Standing in the Wind
Overview: Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles with nurses and colleagues at the hospital. Koichiro Shimada then encounters a boy soldier severely wounded mentally. This changes Koichiro Shimada’s fate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-03-14
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Eros Eterna
1977-06-25
Eros Eterna
Overview: Eros Eterna tells the story of a legendary immortal nun who wanders around encountering several people of various conditions.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-06-25
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The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
2001-03-09
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
Overview: The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, slaughtering the samurai who sought to bring down the shogunate and restore Japan’s emperor to power. By chance, Murao Mayumi and his sister Shiho, meet samurai Kurata. Murao, seeking his fortune with his sword-arm, will join Shinsengumi, never suspecting his friend Kurata is secretly Kurama Tengu, who hides his face in a black hood, and who will tear a bloody swath through Shinsengumi’s massed blades, to aid the samurai who had taken up the emperor’s cause. Will friend kill friend in a time of war?
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-09
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Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
2012-02-11
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
Overview: In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of their own development to retrieve samples from an asteroid. Seven long years later, Hayabusa achieved its goal and was the first of any kind of craft launched from Earth to safely return samples of this kind to home base. The story was one of such great national pride for Japan, and in the wake of the tsunami and resulting tragedies in Japan it’s strong nationalistic message became the subject of no less than three rival films. Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s high-profile effort, simply titled Hayabusa (2011) starred the incomparable Toshiyuki Nishida. Most recently, Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012) was released to Japanese audiences. Slipping in between those two was Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home, concentrating on the people on the ground who helped return the probe safely.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-11
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Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 4
1982-12-10
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 4
Overview: During a gathering of detectives, Satake is the only one not indulging in the hospitality of a wealthy money exchanger. His senior, Yasuke, leaves the gathering and warns Satake they will soon be targeted by a powerful figure. Yasuke is later tortured and killed by an unknown assailant. Satake learns from Yasuke's wife, Osaki, that Sagamiya was targeting him. A female pickpocket, Oyu, reveals Sagamiya's malevolent nature. When Oyu steals from Sagamiya and gives the wallet to Satake, he finds a promissory note for 10,000 ryo borrowed by a young magistrate from Sagamiya. Realizing his colleague, Constable Tanabe Seiichiro, is being manipulated by Sagamiya, Satake faces a dire situation. Midori suspects Satake of having a relationship with Oyu, and Ichi is of no help. Leaving the island for Edo, he is pursued by three ruthless individuals and Sagamiya's sinister bodyguard.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-12-10
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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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Strayer's Chronicle
2015-06-27
Strayer's Chronicle
Overview: In the early 1990s, experiments were carried out secretly in Japan. Two different methods were used in the experiments. One method involved forcing stress upon expecting parents and when the baby was born, provoke the baby into mutations and develop their special abilities. The other method involved birth to babies having abilities of animals and insects. The special abilities were derived from gene manipulation. Subaru, Saya and others were born from those experiments.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-27
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The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988-12-29
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
Overview: The Satsuma clan conspires with key figures in the shogunate to overthrow the government. However, the head inspector, Naito Yamashiro no Kami, cannot find the sworn statement of rebellion and takes responsibility by ending his own life. This deeply affects Mondonosuke Saotome, who was close to Yamashiro no Kami and who is known for his restless nature. Seeking an audience with Shogun Tsunayoshi to request a view of the sworn statement, Mondonosuke Saotome is granted permission to go to Satsuma. He sets off on this journey accompanied by Sasao Kinai and Yamashiro no Kami's sister, Shizue . However, on the way, they are attacked by a group of mountain monks. Mondonosuke Saotome manages to repel the monks in a brawl but becomes separated from Kinai and Shizue. Afterward, he encounters a mysterious woman named Oren, and with her guidance, he finally arrives in Satsuma.
Genres: Drama History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-29
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965-10-31
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Overview: Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoin the Asahi gang family in order to pay back a past debt. Trouble brews when the rival gang that was responsible for sending him to prison learns of his return. Left with no alternative to their constant harassment and threats, Tachibana decides to take them on.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-31
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Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981-04-07
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Overview: A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic relationships.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-04-07
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Onihei's Detective Records
1995-11-18
Onihei's Detective Records
Overview: A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-11-18
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Village of Doom
1983-01-15
Village of Doom
Overview: An emotionally distraught young man goes on a violent killing spree after his tuberculosis keeps him from serving in World War II and is frowned upon by his fellow villagers.
Genres: Horror Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-15
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Grasshopper
2015-11-07
Grasshopper
Overview: Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on her murderer. To do so, Suzuki has to infiltrate the underground world of criminals. Kujira is a contract killer for hire. He makes his targets fall into confusion and eventually commit suicide. Semi is a contract killer who uses the knife to take out his targets.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-07
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The 8-Tomb Village
1996-10-26
The 8-Tomb Village
Overview: A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-26
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Love in the Mud
1977-07-30
Love in the Mud
Overview: This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being with her friends and studying. Her biggest interest is ladies hats. She is rather well off, as her father is the ambassador of Japan in Spain. One day when she is out driving, she is attacked by a group of yakuza, but is saved by the honorable yakuza Jiro. This will change her life forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-07-30
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The Projects
2016-06-04
The Projects
Overview: Whether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat, there's always something occupying the residents of a housing project in the suburbs of Osaka. However Hinako (Naomi Fujiyama) and Seiji (Ittoku Kishibe) couldn't care less. Having moved in just six months ago after the closure of their herbal medicine shop, the old couple is reluctantly putting their life back together. But when Seiji disappears, the apartment rumor mill churns: divorce, murder, dismemberment? As the story spins out of control, and a mysterious man with a parasol puts in a tall order of natural remedies, the truth turns out to be even more fantastic than gossip. Ranging from incisive comedy of errors to absurdist adventure to moving late life romance, "The Projects" is one of the biggest surprises of the year.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-04
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Moonlight Jellyfish
2004-08-07
Moonlight Jellyfish
Overview: Seiji (played by Battle Royale’s Tatsuya Fujiwara) struggles to look after his younger brother Michio, who suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum – a rare disease that is fatal if exposed to sunlight. Matters are even more complicated due to Michio’s state of mind, which is equivalent to that of a six year old child. In order to support his younger brother, Seiji is forced to join the local Yakuza and work through the ranks to become a respected member. One night, Seiji saves a woman named Keiko (Aya Okamoto) from a drunken pervert. By sheer coincidence, she is also Michio’s nurse and falls in love with Seiji thanks to his courageous act. Whilst Seiji continues to see his new girlfriend, the activities of the Yakuza begin to affect their lives…
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-08-07
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We're Broke, My Lord!
2023-06-23
We're Broke, My Lord!
Overview: Koshiro Matsudaira lives in Tanjousan Bun in Echigo as a commoner and surrounded by people that love him, including his father Sakubei, who works for the Tanjousan Bun. One day, many officials working for Tanjousan Bun come to Koshiro's house and Sakubei tells his son the shocking truth about his birth. Koshiro learns that he is the son of Daimyo Ikkosai of the Tanjousan Bun. Even more shocking to Koshiro, is that Daimyo Ikkosai has suddenly handed over his feudal lord position to Koshiro and has gone into retirement. Koshiro thinks that he has come across good fortune, but he soon learns that the Tanjousan Bun has a huge debt that needs to be payed off soon.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-23
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Glorious Fights
1966-10-29
Glorious Fights
Overview: A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan like there is no tomorrow.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-29
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Slaughter in the Snow
1973-06-08
Slaughter in the Snow
Overview: In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-06-08
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Bullying is Costly
1986-09-22
Bullying is Costly
Overview: An office worker who releases his frustrations by maliciously bullying his good-natured boss has a bizarre experience in a mountain hut.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-09-22
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Cats on Park Avenue
1989-12-23
Cats on Park Avenue
Overview: A story about the lives of young aspiring dancers who strive to create their own musical about stray cats.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-12-23
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Tokyo Blackout
1987-01-16
Tokyo Blackout
Overview: Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-01-16
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Goodbye, Flickmania
1979-05-26
Goodbye, Flickmania
Overview: Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a fortyish film maniac who spends nearly all his time at the movies and a 19-year-old going through the final rites of passage from adolescence to adulthood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-05-26
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She's In Love With Picasso
She's In Love With Picasso
Overview: Kiriko is a curator at the Hakone Open-Air Museum. She gets caught up in a computer virus incident and fights for her life. This drama was produced by Fuji Television to promote its affiliated museums. At the time, it was notable for being directed by the cutting-edge director Koji Enomoto.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
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Yamagata Scream
2009-08-01
Yamagata Scream
Overview: High school seniors Mikayo, Chuko and Kei are forced to join a historical research club to fulfill a graduation requirement. Their teacher, Mr. Kachi, plans a mandatory club trip to a small village called Oshakabe in Yamagata prefecture to study remnants of an ancient clan of warriors called the ochimusha who displayed legendary cowardice in battle. When they arrive, the local villagers hold a special ceremony and construct a "super shrine". As a result, an 800-year seal is broken, unleashing a curse that causes the ochimusha to rise from the grave.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-08-01
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Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex
1976-10-01
Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex
Overview: Ando on the run, stopping in to service all the women in his life, with a bit of the old ultra-violence.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-01
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The Black House
1999-11-13
The Black House
Overview: A meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says that she's planning to commit suicide and wants to know if her policy will pay out. Concerned about her safety, the agent visits her house only to find that her young son has hanged himself. As he investigates further, more and more people connected with this family start having "accidents," and if he's not careful, he might be next.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-13
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Be Free!
1986-08-09
Be Free!
Overview: Adventures of a young high school teacher and his oddball students.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-09
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Ichigo Chips
2005-02-19
Ichigo Chips
Overview: Ichigo no kakera deals with a female manga artist Ichigo Nekoda (Miyazawa), whose career is heading into a downward spiral as she can't reinvent the success of her 12 year old hit the Cherry Road. Now in her early 30's she's become quite fond of alcohol and egoism to some annoyance of her loyal manager Tomoko (Kajiwara), who isn't willing to leave her side even though the financial strains of her client are also becoming her personal burdens. Ichigo still gets greeted by her female fans and willingly signs autographs, but getting praised for work that she's done over a decade ago doesn't digest as smoothly as one would assume. Her on and off man, who happens to also be her editor steers toward the off days more than usual as he also grows tired of Ichigo's uninspired ways. But when the going gets tough, Ichigo heads down to a transvestite bar where she's more than welcomed with words of wisdom and a few hard drinks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-19
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25
2014-11-01
25
Overview: Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are also corrupt and often blackmail criminal groups and seize their money. One day, the Chief of Police becomes aware that 2.5 million yen in seized money is missing. He orders Shintarou and Koichi to bring the money in by tomorrow morning. Shintarou and Koichi are in big trouble. They then read an article about a pension fund embezzlement case involving 6 billion yen. The prime suspect of the pension fund embezzlement case spent most of that money, but he has 2.5 billion yen left.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-01
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Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984-10-10
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
Overview: While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya (Noriko Watanabe) meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-10-10
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Chateau de la Reine
2015-04-25
Chateau de la Reine
Overview: The hotel Chateau de la Reine is located in Paris, France and it is considered the finest hotel there. The hotel has been in existence for 300 years. Tourists from all around the world want to stay at the Chateau de la Reine. A travel agency, which is teetering on bankruptcy, devises a plan to revive their company. They want to offer suite rooms at the Chateau de la Reine for night and day periods. The plan appears perfect, but the tourists who made reservations have tempers.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-25
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The Man in White
2003-03-29
The Man in White
Overview: After his father figure - a yakuza boss, is murdered, Azusa Moribe goes on a killing spree to exact revenge.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-29
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A Homance
1986-10-10
A Homance
Overview: A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-10-10
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The Abe Clan
1995-11-24
The Abe Clan
Overview: A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of an individual? In the spring of the 18th year of Kanei, Hosokawa Tadatoshi, feudal lord of the Higo area, died. Although Tadatoshi forbade his vassals to follow him in death before he died, they still committed seppuku one after the other. The new feudal lord, Mitsunao, Tadatoshi's son, also gave the order forbidding seppuku. Abe Yaichiemon obeyed his former lord's last wish but is now being called a coward by his comrades and finally decided to follow Tadatoshi in death in order to save his family's honor. Mitsunao, upset by Yaichiemon actions, punished the Abe family unfairly. Objected to this, the Abe family shut themselves up in their manor as the lords troops moved in. This is the true story of what happened within the Hosokawa clan in early Edo era.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-11-24
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Nirvana Island: The Last 47 Days
2016-10-15
Nirvana Island: The Last 47 Days
Overview: The movie depicts the confrontation between younger brother Akira Miyamoto (Shunya Shiraishi) and older brother Atsushi Miyamoto (Ryohei Suzuki) on Higanjima.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-15
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Samurai Hustle Returns
2016-09-10
Samurai Hustle Returns
Overview: Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He returns to Yunagaya, but finds that his castle is gone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-10
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Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle
1993-09-30
Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle
Overview: Sakai Nobunari an Elder in 'Honmaru' (or the main enclosure) and Mizuno Tadakuni an Elder in 'Nishinomaru' (or the south-east enclosure) have been at odds behind the scenes over the marriage of Tokugawa Ieyoshi, heir to the Shogunate. Kyoshiro, who has come back in Edo after 3 years is involved in it against his will. It's because he gets to know Lady Mihoyo who is a spy for Sakai and looks exactly like his late mother. As she couldn't complete her mission she has nowhere to go. Kyoshiro shelters her from both parties that seek her life. The original story is from "Nemuri Kyoshiro Burai Hikae" written by Shibata Renzaburo. Not only is one of Japan's greatest legends kept alive, but some secrets of Kyoshiro's past are finally revealed for the first time.
Genres: Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-09-30
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The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986-12-13
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Overview: Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-12-13
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Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994-06-11
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
Overview: Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki” healing power.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-11
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The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion
2003-04-21
The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion
Overview: A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-04-21
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Falling Camellia
2018-09-28
Falling Camellia
Overview: During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct of his leader. Years after, his dying wife wish was for him to go back to his clan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-28
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Amagi Pass
1983-02-19
Amagi Pass
Overview: Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.
Genres: Crime Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-02-19
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So What
1988-07-16
So What
Overview: In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also playing together in a rock band.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-16
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Nejirin bou
2004-11-27
Nejirin bou
Overview: A woman as the main character, love and friendship, and one of the
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-27
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The International Gang of Kobe
1975-10-14
The International Gang of Kobe
Overview: In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international gangs.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-10-14
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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974-04-24
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Overview: In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Fantasy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-04-24
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The New Morning of Billy the Kid
1986-08-01
The New Morning of Billy the Kid
Overview: All the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a black-and-white reproduction of a photo of Monument Valley. The action starts as Billy the Kid, in full living color, walks out of the photo and gets a job as a waiter. Along with him on the working staff are a samurai straight out of the history books, a G.I. from World War II, and several other anachronistic characters. The plot (as such) revolves around keeping away the brutal mobsters and thugs who dominate the city streets outside of the bar, making the tavern safe for its easily recognized facsimiles of well-known characters.
Genres: Crime Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-01
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Yakuza Ladies Neo
2013-06-08
Yakuza Ladies Neo
Overview: Kotone (Tomoka Kurotani) is the wife of Mitsuru Kiba (Kazushige Nagashima), boss of the Kiba gang in the Saikyo Alliance. She hides a girl named Sakura Nishizawa (Rina Koike), who is chased by Azami (Natsuki Harada). Azami is the wife of Kato (Masayuki Imai), boss of the Kato gang in the Saikyo Alliance. Years ago, Azami's lover was murdered by Mitsuru Kiba. To get revenge, she married Kato. Through the girl Sakura Nishizawa, Kotone and Azami unexpectedly meet and become involved in a large conspiracy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-08
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Star Sand
2017-08-04
Star Sand
Overview: In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. The two men are deserters from their armies; yet both vow never to harm another human being again. Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. It leads to the death of three of them and a fascinating mystery that isn't solved until the present day.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-04
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Summer of Demon
1981-05-23
Summer of Demon
Overview: A former retainer to a noble family kills his wife's father when he tries to expose his past crimes. When he begins an affair with the daughter of another clan's retainer, her father tries to poison him but the substance instead claims an innocent victim...
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-05-23
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Internal Sleuth
1973-04-21
Internal Sleuth
Overview: When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-04-21
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Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations: The Onigashima Warship
2009-05-01
Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations: The Onigashima Warship
Overview: Under the impression that they saved the World of Den-O, Tsukasa Kadoya (Kamen Rider Decade) and company begin their journey to the World of Kabuto when they are halted by Sieg who presents them a manuscript that detailed the legendary Oni Conquest with Momotaros' image on it. As this occurred, the Tarōs mysteriously vanish from the DenLiner as they are about to help Kotaro Nogami (Kamen Rider New Den‑O) out with the true threat to their world.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-01
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Crest of Betrayal
1994-10-22
Crest of Betrayal
Overview: Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil.
Genres: Horror Drama Action History Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-22
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Sure Death 4
1987-06-06
Sure Death 4
Overview: Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in turn by an unseen force. He begins to suspect the work of assassins, but whose side are they on?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-06-06
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A Chaos of Flowers
1988-10-01
A Chaos of Flowers
Overview: Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer, the real-life poet Akiko Yosano, and her experiences among the literati of early 20th century Japan. Because of her independent, anti-war and often erotic poetry, she was a lightning rod for revolutionaries and other extremists, many of whom were destined to glamorous, yet ultimately pointless, deaths. The closest parallels might be the Byron/Shelley group or the people drawn to the Beat Generation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-10-01
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House on Fire
1986-04-12
House on Fire
Overview: In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-12
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Yakuza Law
1969-06-27
Yakuza Law
Overview: A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-27
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Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2012-12-12
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
Overview: When three bounty hunters accidentally meet in a bar, their stark personalities begin to clash, turning into a three way gun fight.
Genres: Action Crime Western
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-12-12
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Family Court Probation Officer, Akira Yamanobo
2016-05-07
Family Court Probation Officer, Akira Yamanobo
Overview: Tokyo Family Court judicial research official Akira Yamanobo is in charge of Tetsuo and Ayano Katase's divorce arbitration. Ayano, the wife, who works for a boutique company, insists her husband is involved with another woman. Supported by her employer Kotomi Saegusa, the company president, she demands a divorce as soon as possible. On the other hand, her husband Tetsuo, a trading professional, denies having a relationship with a woman. He says he will not agree to the divorce and does not plan to let his only son Kenta go, so the arbitration continues. According to Akira's investigation, Ayano gave birth to Kenta as a single mother five years ago when she was working as a hospital clerk, making him Tetsuo's stepson. Tetsuo loves Kenta as his own child, so Akira doesn't understand why Ayano is so insistent on getting a divorce. However, Tetsuo's insistence on not giving up custody of his stepson Kenta is also very unusual.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-07
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Raiden
1994-05-08
Raiden
Overview: Based on the comic book series by Tadashi Ichinose and Kyouta Kita.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-05-08
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Shooting Stars in the Twilight
2002-05-18
Shooting Stars in the Twilight
Overview: Hiromi works in a posh French restaurant. One day, he meets an ordinary-looking old man who has a discerning palate. He is no ordinary cook, and can pinpoint the exact problems with Hiromi's dishes. His name is Tatematsu Ippei, a legendary chef renowned for his work in France once upon a time. After a food poisoning mishap, his fiance Sophie had left him and he cut himself off from the culinary world. Hiromi is engrossed with Ippei's cuisine and asks for lessons. Meanwhile, Sophie, now the wife of the director of a top tableware manufacturer, comes to Japan. Ippei cooks a banquet for her using Hiromi's restaurant as a front. Sophie notices that the food is made by Ippei, her former lover. The two meet and enjoy a short-lived reunion, but go on to live their own separate lives.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-18
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Code of Wolves
1974-10-05
Code of Wolves
Overview: In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-10-05
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Death Note: L Change the WorLd
2008-02-07
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
Overview: "The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.
Genres: Fantasy Action Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-02-07
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Lost in Ramen
2018-03-03
Lost in Ramen
Overview: A suicidal high school student, a ramen shop owner closing shop after the passing of his wife, and a cuisine researcher stranded in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region get connected due to a bowl of ramen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-03
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Sweet Revenge
1977-12-17
Sweet Revenge
Overview: Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in Kitakyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-12-17
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Another World
2018-10-30
Another World
Overview: Ko, a man in his late 30s, lives in the countryside with his wife and teenage son. Mitsuhiko, who runs a local car dealership, also stayed in his hometown. One day, their mutual friend Eisuke returns from a long military operation and their reunification brings back both pleasant and painful memories.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-30
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Tale of Young Drifter 2
1960-08-16
Tale of Young Drifter 2
Overview: Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-16
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Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
2007-03-31
Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
Overview: A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the two ancient capitals including the favored taste of tofu itself, they eventually marry and become the owner of a tofu shop on a more respectable street. Behind the rock-solid business of Kyo-ya, their son, Eitaro bears the brunt of other tofu shops' animosity toward Kyo-ya's refusal to comply with Edo's way of running business and starts to frequent a gambling hall run by the mysterious "Boss", which throws the family into a critical situation that threaten to pull them apart...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-31
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The Sea of Genkai
1976-05-29
The Sea of Genkai
Overview: Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across the Genkai Sea.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-05-29
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Family Court Investigator Akira Yamanobou 2
2017-07-09
Family Court Investigator Akira Yamanobou 2
Overview:
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-09
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Pretenders
2018-10-20
Pretenders
Overview: In Osaka, Shiromiya will soon turn 40 years old and he is unemployed. He lives with his daughter Yoyoko who is 5-years-old. Yoyoko has a secret. One day, Shiromiya's childhood friend Machi appears in front of them. Machi is a police officer. She looks at Yoyoko with suspicion...
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-20
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Kingdom
2019-04-19
Kingdom
Overview: Set in Qin Dynasty during the warring states period in ancient China. Shin was a war orphan. He has a dream of becoming a great general Shin has a fateful encounter with young King Eisei. King Eisei aims to unify all of China.
Genres: Action Adventure War History Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-04-19
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Rolling on the Road
1981-10-23
Rolling on the Road
Overview: George is a washed-up middle-aged punk rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker. His life becomes even more of a mess when the nurse he raped moves in with them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-10-23
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Evil Doers
1975-12-06
Evil Doers
Overview: Hiroki Matsukata plays Ogata, an Osakan restaurant worker that gets sent to prison for murder. The film details his subsequent attempts to escape. It's the third and final entry in the "Hiroki Matsukata Toei Jailbreak Trilogy" following Escaped Murderer from Hiroshima Prison (1974) and Riot in Shimane Prison (1975), both directed by Sadao Nakajima.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-12-06
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Faraway Tomorrow
1979-11-03
Faraway Tomorrow
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-11-03
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Izo
2004-09-07
Izo
Overview: Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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A Sandcastle Model Family Home
1989-09-15
A Sandcastle Model Family Home
Overview: An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their home during business hours.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-09-15
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Memories of a Dog: Daido Moriyama's Journey to Photography
2010-08-13
Memories of a Dog: Daido Moriyama's Journey to Photography
Overview: NHK documentary about the renowned Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama, with special focus and interview of Takuma Nakahira - the founder of avant-garde magazine "Provoke" in the late 60s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-13
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The Sea Is Watching
2002-07-27
The Sea Is Watching
Overview: O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-27
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976-01-31
Operation Plazma in Osaka
Overview: Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-01-31
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Blade of the Immortal
2017-04-29
Blade of the Immortal
Overview: Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
Genres: Action Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-29
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Ignatius
1996-12-14
Ignatius
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-12-14
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Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl
1983-04-08
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl
Overview: When the 'Lowly Ronin' helps an orphaned teenage girl avoid being turned into a prostitute, she then claims he is her father and they start a farm as father and daughter until fate steps in and he must draw his sword.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-08
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The Boss' Wife
1988-11-19
The Boss' Wife
Overview: The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-19
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When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
2019-02-22
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
Overview: When Satoshi was little, his mother Akiko always took good care of him. She was gentle, but mentally strong. However, two years ago she was diagnosed with cancer and now it's Satoshi's turn to comfort and care for her. However, despite his best efforts, she passes away. A year after Akiko's passing, Satoshi, his father Toshiaki and his older brother Yuichi start new lives. Around that time, Satoshi receives a present from his mother.
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-22
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Woman's Trail: Wet Path
1980-04-12
Woman's Trail: Wet Path
Overview: A stripper reluctantly returns to her manager and husband with her new lover in tow. The lover tries to claim her but after escaping a beating he takes to the road alone meeting several women along the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-12
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Spanking Love
1995-05-06
Spanking Love
Overview: Ryo Masuda is a washed up adult video director without a leading actress. Now, he has to find someone to re-place her quick, so he can produce his latest low budget S&M video. When the young Yukie appears to turn the production into an unexpected hit, Ryo becomes drawn to the world of sadomasochism and his newfound star.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-05-06
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Another Side
1980-10-01
Another Side
Overview: This is Yamakawa's first feature film in 16mm. A group of university students who grew up in an era of rapid economic growth yearn for "another side" of life as they face romantic conflicts and the suicide of a fellow student.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-10-01
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Playtime Never Ends
1991-10-05
Playtime Never Ends
Overview: A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't catch him. TV networks begin to broadcast the operation nationwide. TV audiences are amused and root for the runaway robber and police grows desperate to arrest him to save their face. However the robber remains at large.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-10-05
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Until Evening
1980-09-20
Until Evening
Overview: Intellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin. Eventually, luring her to a love hotel.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-09-20
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The Blood of Wolves
2018-05-12
The Blood of Wolves
Overview: Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-12
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Designated Lawyer
2018-09-23
Designated Lawyer
Overview: Suspicions fall on politician Tagane Seizo over the sale of nationally owned land to a social welfare service corporation back in 2010. Seizo Tagane is then given immunity for his testimony, but people become furious that he was not going to be prosecuted. A committee of prosecutors meets and concludes that Seizo Tagane should be prosecuted. An outstanding lawyer Yui Hitotsugi takes the prosecutor's position in the case with the help of the prosecutor Tachibana.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-23
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It's Easier Than Kissing
1989-01-28
It's Easier Than Kissing
Overview: After the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-01-28
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
2007-07-07
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
Overview: A violent fire one evening kills a husband and wife couple and burns their Kazusaya rice shop to ashes. Their daughter Sachi manages to make it out alive, but she claims the fire was set by henchmen from the rival Harimaya shop who abducted her sister. After policeman Watanabe Shogoro hears her story, he begins investigating the case, but desperate to avenge her parents' deaths, Sachi later enlists the aid of a mysterious woman who offers to kill Harimaya for a price. Watanabe soon discovers that there is more to this case than meets the eye.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-07-07
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Threads of Our Hearts
2010-11-27
Threads of Our Hearts
Overview: Akito has been the ears and voice of his mother, Reiko, since he was a child. Reiko was born deaf and has long dreamed that her son would become a professional pianist. Akito is studying to enter a prestigious music college, but he begins to have doubts about his talent. One day, he meets Izumi, a deaf girl who plays in a street band. He is attracted to her positive nature, but his mother disapproves, fearing Izumi could hinder his success in "a world with sound." Reiko insists Akito focus on his piano, but her expectations burden him. Then Akito begins to question his mother's attitude towards life as well as his own when he discovers something new about her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-27
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Time Limit
2003-06-25
Time Limit
Overview: Mizusawa (Takenouchi Yutaka), an explosives expert, is arrested and charged with a string of bank robberies. Because he is a flight risk, Detective Kayama (Ogata Ken) is assigned to transport Mizusawa to Shizuoka for questioning. On the way, Kayama receives word that the hotel where his wife and daughter are attending a party has been rigged with a time bomb. Being a "by-the-book" kind of cop, Kayama refuses to abandon his job and return to help his family. Meanwhile, the hotel is swarming with police and the bomb squad who are searching for the bomb and the culprit. Time is almost up. Mizusawa claims that he is the only who who can deactivate the bomb.
Genres: Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-25
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Karate Cop 4
1985-10-10
Karate Cop 4
Overview:
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-10-10
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Jubaku: Spellbound
1999-09-18
Jubaku: Spellbound
Overview: When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favours scandal that threatens to rock the entire structure of business and government to its core. While the bank's top executives continue to vacillate, a quartet of middle-management reformers, led by straight-arrow Kitano (Koji Yakusho), decide to stage a boardroom coup and install a new, clean management team. With the aid of a hotshot news anchor (Miho Wada) and a hard-nosed prosecutor (Kenichi Endo), heads begin to roll.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-18
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Island of the Evil Spirits
1981-10-03
Island of the Evil Spirits
Overview: Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-10-03
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Break Out
1988-07-30
Break Out
Overview: An accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and professional life of a Japanese detective. Just as it seems he can't go any lower, he is suspended from the force for disregarding orders to halt his criminal investigation of a Congressman. However, even this setback won't stop the determined cop from getting to the bottom of the scandal.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-30
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Yakuza Ladies Revisited
1991-06-15
Yakuza Ladies Revisited
Overview: The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-06-15
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Walking Man
2019-10-11
Walking Man
Overview: Atomu (Shuhei Nomura) was raised by his mother in a poor environment. He is now a young adult, but he stutters and has timid personality. To support himself, Atomu works part-time for a used junk collecting company. Atomu finds inspiration in rap music and his life changes.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-11
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Kagerô 2
1996-02-10
Kagerô 2
Overview: An entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her sister's feud.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-10
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Tomato No Shizuku
2017-01-14
Tomato No Shizuku
Overview: With their hair salon business now on track, longtime couple Sakura and Makoto mull over inviting Sakura's estranged father to their upcoming wedding.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-14
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Yakuza Ladies 11
2001-07-28
Yakuza Ladies 11
Overview: When her husband is betrayed by his fellow yakuza and jailed, his wife takes over and fights to prevent his expulsion from the clan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-28
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Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964-08-26
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Overview: Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-08-26
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Shimanto River
1991-12-07
Shimanto River
Overview: A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He comes to grips with the unfairness of life and the emotional pain involved in the loss of innocence. The film is based on an autobiographical novel written by Kyuzo Sasayama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-07
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To the Bracken Fields
2003-02-01
To the Bracken Fields
Overview: A poor village in the Tohoku area has a law that states when a resident becomes sixty years old, they must move to the place called Warabino, far away from home.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-01
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Business Trip
1989-09-30
Business Trip
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-09-30
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Sada
1998-04-11
Sada
Overview: The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-04-11
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Trick: The Movie
2002-11-07
Trick: The Movie
Overview: Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko (Yukie Nakama) is summoned as a deity to rid the people of their anxiety. But there are many would-be deities there, each posing as a god. When a series of bizarre incidents occur, Naoko is cornered with a genius physicist (Hiroshi Abe) and Detective Yabe (Katsuhisa Namase). Do deities actually exist, or are they charlatans?
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-07
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The Negotiator
2003-08-17
The Negotiator
Overview: After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues, Lt. Ando, tries to find out why the men decided to take the hospital hostage. Through flashbacks, relevant information is revealed to the audience. When the negotiations are finished, most things seem to be fine until they lose track of the criminals. Then, the story unveils from a different perspective, its roots in feelings of love and vengeance.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-17
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Target
1996-06-20
Target
Overview: A business man visits his hometown to search for a missing employee
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-06-20
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Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006-02-11
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Overview: An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-11
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The Big Bee
2015-09-12
The Big Bee
Overview: Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline the helicopter will be dropped. 8 hours is given as the deadline. Making the situation even more dire, a young child is in the helicopter.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-12
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The Most Dangerous Game
1978-04-07
The Most Dangerous Game
Overview: The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-04-07
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The Black Hood
1981-12-03
The Black Hood
Overview: A horse-riding samurai fights villains.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-03
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Last Friends
1995-06-03
Last Friends
Overview: Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to benefit their loved ones back home, they are unprepared for the hardships of war. Through their shared trials and sacrifices, they grow closer as friends, and hope to return together to better days. This movie was released in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-03
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The Gentle Japanese
1971-03-05
The Gentle Japanese
Overview: A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-03-05
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Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
1989-01-28
Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
Overview: A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-01-28
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I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
1998-07-18
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
Overview: A heartwarming, based-on-true-story of how a hearing-impaired couple, Masahiro and Namiko, knew each other, got married and began participating in the Triathlon. The story is told in flashbacks as Namiko awaits childbirth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-18
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Zatoichi at Large
1972-01-15
Zatoichi at Large
Overview: Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-01-15
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Pretty Devil Yoko
1966-03-19
Pretty Devil Yoko
Overview: Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here (Hayato Tani) the first boyfriend. Director Yasuo Furuhata (his first picture) lets his camera roll in trendy clubs amongst partying youngsters in a way that could've been out of 60s England or a Nikkatsu film.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-19
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
2011-11-26
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-26
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Angry Rice Wives
2021-01-08
Angry Rice Wives
Overview: In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to catch, so her husband has been far away from home to catch fish. To support herself and her children, Ito carries goods from ships like the other women in the village. Meanwhile, the residents encounter rising prices for rice. The women are unable to feed their family due to the high prices of rice. The women ask a nearby rice store to sell rice at lower prices, but it fails. The price of rice continues to rise daily. Due to an incident, Ito and the other village women step up to the plate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-08
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The Shadow Over Innsmouth
1992-08-25
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Overview: An one hour made for TV special. Set in modern Japan, a journalist goes Insumasu to investigate people with deformation.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-08-25
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My Grandma
2008-12-06
My Grandma
Overview: Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves houses, it is his motto to take great care of the family who live in the house. However, he has been working so hard that he has forgotten to cherish his own family. When he looks after a client who wants to leave her father-in-law in a nursing home, it reminds him of his grandmother whom he loved so much. Father's death, grandmother's struggle with disease, and home care - those were grueling times, but the memories have become invaluable for Tomohiro. He realizes his family is the most precious thing of all. On a day off, he and his family decide to visit his mother who lives alone in their old hometown.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-06
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Under the Nagasaki Sky
2013-07-13
Under the Nagasaki Sky
Overview: Under the Nagasaki Sky
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-07-13
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Dangerous Stories
1989-07-08
Dangerous Stories
Overview: Three stories with horror and science fiction elements. 1st episode: "The Curse of Tutankhamen" (Tsutankâmen no noroï) by Kazuyuki Izutsu. With Naoto Takenaka. Two clans of Yakuza clash in a bar. 2nd episode: "They came back, tonight too" (Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. With Renji Ishibashi. A polar writer is pursued by two mysterious mountebanks. 3rd episode: "I want to come back to this day" (Ano hi ni kaeritai) by Banmei Takahashi. With Toshiyuki Nagashima. A couple who robbed a bank decides to separate to escape the police.
Genres: Crime Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-07-08
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Shinsengumi
2000-01-15
Shinsengumi
Overview: Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.
Genres: Action Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-15
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Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1
2002-03-01
Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1
Overview: MEINICHI Directed By Tomoyuki Akashi Cast: Sayaka Yamaguchi, Asami Mizukawa "Maybe father was right. Maybe we should not have moved into that house..." When Minako loses her boyfriend in an accident, her sister tries to cheer her up, though sinister forces would have it otherwise... CRUEL KIDNAPPING: Directed by Tomoyuki Akashi Cast: Toru Masuoka, Renji Ishibashi As Toshio struggles to make ends meet, his daughter is kidnapped and a ransom note arrives. Desperation leads him to a cruel plan designed to procure the money he needs. DESIRE TO KILL: Directed by Kenji Nakanishi Cast: Mayumi Wakamura, Sousuke Takaoka Alone in her house, Rie comes face-to-face with a murderer. Determined to protect her child, she makes a desperate attempt to convince the man to leave.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-03-01
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T.R.Y.
2003-01-11
T.R.Y.
Overview: At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shanghai plans to profit by selling weapons. He steals arms from the Japanese military and sells them to the rich Chinese.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-01-11
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SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3
2019-11-22
SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3
Overview: The third movie in Léona Hirota's 'Candy Boys' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-22
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Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
1993-01-03
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
Overview: Biopic of Date Masamune. Young Masamune upon learning of the death of Nobunaga decides that he is the man to fill those sainted clogs. The fastest way to do this is to subjugate the neighboring warlords. This is an action that results in the death of his father and younger brother and not the least brings him to the attention of Hideyoshi and not in a good way either but intervention by the regents nephew Hidetsugu and Maeda Toshiie save his neck although he is forced to move to a smaller fief and send his wife to Kyoto as hostage. Although curbed of his lofty ambitions his friendship with Hidetsugu again lands him in hot water when Ishida Mitsunari arranges the downfall of the unfortunate Hidetsugu, Toshiie and Ieyasu save his neck and the flamboyant young warlord is sent to Korea where he wins great honors. Upon his return Hideyoshi is dead and Masamune allies himself with Tokugawa Ieyasu thus assuring the survival of the Date family. An amazing story from beginning to the end!
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-03
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Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003-02-15
Another Battle/Conspiracy
Overview: Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film series, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, directed by Hajime Hashimoto.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-15
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The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021-07-01
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Overview: Kei Watanabe is a fifth grade elementary school student. He has inherited the hunter's blood to hunt yōkai. To save the world from being destroyed, Kei Watanabe challenges a war against the yōkai.
Genres: Fantasy Family Adventure Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-07-01
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Ryuukou Kanbou
2021-04-10
Ryuukou Kanbou
Overview: The novelist Shiga Naoya lives with his wife Haruko and their 4-year-old daughter Saeko. He is paranoid about Saeko’s health, making her wear heavy clothes even in summer in order to prevent her from catching a cold. Their child before Saeko died due to an epidemic, and he believes thorough enforcement is a natural consequence. In 1918, the Spanish flu reaches Japan. As the number of infected people grows, Shiga starts to suspect their servant Ishi might have gone to watch a travelling entertainment troupe’s performance which drew a great number of villagers. It is something Ishi is likely to do. But when Shiga questions her, she says that she did not go. However, she makes him have misgivings on a regular basis and he decides to take this opportunity to make her quit. An uproar ensues. Shiga feels that he has become a tyrant and refrains from kicking her out but he loses all reason and faith in humanity amid the pandemic…
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-10
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One Missed Call
2003-11-03
One Missed Call
Overview: People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot thickens as the surviving characters pursue the answers to this mystery which could save their lives.
Genres: Horror Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-03
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I Never Shot Anyone
2020-07-03
I Never Shot Anyone
Overview: Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu Ichikawa, an obsolete writer with no manuscript at all, had another face - a legendary hitman. But the truth of the matter is... he had never shot a person. One day, he receives a murder request from a friend. Seeing this as an opportunity to achieve the ideal hard-boiled novel, he decides to hire a real hitman and demands that he report to him the assassination situation as it was.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-03
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The Blue Danube
2021-03-26
The Blue Danube
Overview: The soldiers no longer know why they are at war, and when it even started. Daily and dutifully they march to the river and shoot at the opposite village from 9 to 5 – orders are orders after all. They’ve done so for decades. When private Tsuyuki is transferred to the marching band, people keep asking him what use music is in times of war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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The Motive
2004-12-18
The Motive
Overview: Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-18
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マルゴォの杯
1988-12-26
マルゴォの杯
Overview:
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-26
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Seraphim Night
1996-02-03
Seraphim Night
Overview: Directed by Banmei Takahashi of "New Love in Tokyo." A drama centered around identity, with a half Korean/Japanese man and a hermaphroditic woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-02-03
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Youth Peony Lantern
1993-08-21
Youth Peony Lantern
Overview: Based on "Kaidan Botan Dango" by Sanyutei Encho, a rakugo storyteller who was active from the late Edo period to the Meiji era, Kara Juro was in charge of the script. A feature-length historical drama depicting a fierce and painful love story between ghosts and humans. Impressive artistic and fantastic painting with depth as if you were watching the stage. In all, this work is a beautiful, love horror fantasy.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-08-21
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The Central Quicksand
1998-08-04
The Central Quicksand
Overview: A tremor struck the Information Industry Bureau of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. The prosecution arrested a local contractor on suspicion of bribery, and then the brunt was directed to the Information Industry Bureau. The interviewee was Akihiko Kurahashi (Shinobu Tsuruta), the leader of the non-carrier group. Previously, Kiichiro Yamada (Ken Ogata), a clerk who lived next door in the government building, couldn't help but sympathize with Kurahashi, who had succeeded in his career.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-04
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The Dog Bridegroom
2017-05-13
The Dog Bridegroom
Overview: Ninomiya Azusa is a depressed elementary school teacher in Tokyo, who has problems both at work and in her personal life. One day, she suddenly hears a voice saying "If you go to Imore Island, you will get what you want.", so she decides to give it a try.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-13
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Howling Village
2020-02-07
Howling Village
Overview: After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his disappearance and uncover her family’s dark history.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-02-07
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Onihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit
2011-01-03
Onihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit
Overview: Bandit leader "Night Rabbit" Kakuemon has always kept the rule to "never kill, never rape, never steal from the poor", passed down to him by the gang's previous leader. He has never been arrested, and for that, he always thought he would have a peaceful death. But one day, after talking to a young one-armed homeless girl, he decides to break up his gang and turn himself in.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-03
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Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita
1985-01-01
Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。
2005-06-04
いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-04
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The Killing Game
1973-01-22
The Killing Game
Overview:
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-01-22
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Night Terror Ward
1982-09-02
Night Terror Ward
Overview: Yoko Mizutani, a nurse at Kikumisaka Hospital, a general hospital, is frightened by a series of bizarre incidents that occur at the hospital. One night, a boy in the psychiatric department goes missing, and when the nurses on duty search the hospital, they find him standing in the mortuary holding a skull. The police investigate the skull and find that it is the skull of the former deputy director, who had gone missing with his mistress. The mistress of the former deputy director was Etsuko Mizutani, Yoko's older sister...
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-09-02
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Tale of Young Drifter
1960-07-26
Tale of Young Drifter
Overview: Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-26
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不法滞在
1996-08-10
不法滞在
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-08-10
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お終活 再春!人生ラプソディ
2024-05-31
お終活 再春!人生ラプソディ
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-31
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偽りの花嫁
1982-05-29
偽りの花嫁
Overview: A young wife is frightened that her husband and her father's second wife may be in cahoots with each other and are after her fortune. And then, finally, a murder occurs.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-05-29
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Eagle of the Decotora: Festival Music
2003-10-11
Eagle of the Decotora: Festival Music
Overview: First film in the 'Decotora no Eagle' series.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-11
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