Toshie Negishi
Biography: Toshie Negishi (born 3 February 1954 in Tokyo, Japan) is an actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Toshie Negishi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 03, 1954
Deathday: N/A
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Kanashiki Tenshi
2006-10-27
Kanashiki Tenshi
Overview: The body of a 59-year-old male is found on the banks of a river. The stepson, Kazuo, confesses to his involvement but also implicates his estranged sister Nami. Two detectives, Okishima Keisuke and Kono Kaoru, then travel to the resort district of Beppu to stake out the house of Nami's ex-lover. They feel he may also be implicated in the murder and are certain that Nami will make contact. The detectives now wait.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-27
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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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Rhapsody in August
1991-05-25
Rhapsody in August
Overview: The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-25
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Azumi 2: Death or Love
2005-03-12
Azumi 2: Death or Love
Overview: Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-12
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Farewell Family
2018-01-01
Farewell Family
Overview: During the one-year memorial of his late beloved father, a soon-to-be father (Hoshi Ishida) struggles to reconcile his feelings of loss and receives support from his mother, sister and wife. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-01
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Cat Taxi
2010-06-02
Cat Taxi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-02
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Dreams
1990-05-11
Dreams
Overview: A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-05-11
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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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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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Call Girl
1982-09-18
Call Girl
Overview: A High Class Call Girl is revisited by her ex lover who she thought died 5 years prior.
Genres: Romance Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-09-18
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Like Grains of Sand
1995-12-16
Like Grains of Sand
Overview: A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-16
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Home Sweet Home
2023-09-01
Home Sweet Home
Overview: Kenji and Hitomi Kiyosawa decide to have a smart home built for their family, one which is able to regulate the temperature of the entire house with a single air conditioner unit located in the basement. But shortly after, gruesome incidents start happening in and around the house…
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-01
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Cop Festival: New Beginning
2003-05-24
Cop Festival: New Beginning
Overview: Fourth installment in Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 8 films.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-05-24
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Sleeping Bride
2000-01-29
Sleeping Bride
Overview: Sleeping Bride is the story of a girl, Yumi, who since birth, has never been awake. A boy called Yuuichi finds the girl in the hospital while he is a patient there. A nurse remarks that the girl is 'Sleeping Beauty', and Yuuichi believes that a kiss from a prince will wake her, just like the story. Yuuichi returns to see Yumi every day, says 'Wake up, I'm the prince' and kisses her. Ten years later he restarts his daily ritual to see Yumi, one day she wakes up.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-29
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The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
1983-07-16
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
Overview: Yoshiyama Kazuko is a third-year junior high school student. One day while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has the power to travel through time.
Genres: Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-16
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Drive
2002-08-24
Drive
Overview: Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h speed limit even under the extreme situation.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-24
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Turning Point
1994-06-18
Turning Point
Overview: A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-18
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Captive Files
2002-11-30
Captive Files
Overview: An intense, middle-aged postal worker kidnaps an university student and confines her long enough that he may have successfully be-petted her... a thrilling criminal-drama with a surprise twist that will satisfy all audiences.
Genres: Horror Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-30
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Captive Files II
2003-10-04
Captive Files II
Overview: A train station worker just recently released on charges of kidnapping and confinement repeats his crime and attempts to gain the trust of a young girl. Living together in the back room of a train station, they eventually come face to face with their own evils.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-10-04
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Shikoku
1999-01-23
Shikoku
Overview: Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayori, died several years ago and that Sayori's mother, who used to perform seances and exorcisms, has gone almost insane with grief. After seeing Sayori's ghost several times during the night, Hinako consults with some local experts on the paranormal and discovers that Sayori's mother has something planned for her daughter...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-01-23
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クソみたいな映画
2020-07-03
クソみたいな映画
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-03
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Making of 'Dreams'
1990-11-02
Making of 'Dreams'
Overview: This 150-minute documentary, directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi on the set of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with cast and crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-02
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Cursed Songs: Chi-Manako
2008-03-22
Cursed Songs: Chi-Manako
Overview: Misaki is a popular bar hostess whose policy is to 'live on presents'. She is haughty and wants nothing but the most expensive and exclusive. One night, she finds a rabbit and takes it home, setting off the story of an unimaginable tragedy. It is an 'animal panic horror' film with a new edge presenting an allegory of the worst in the modern materialistic world. This is the first full-length feature film for Yuichi Kanemaru, who has worked as assistant director to Kaneto Shindo, Yasuo Furuhata and Takashi Miike. And Tomoko Tabata's dynamic performance in her first horror movie is a definite highlight.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-03-22
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Princess in an Iron Helmet
2006-02-04
Princess in an Iron Helmet
Overview: Tamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother, and simply refuses to grow up. Ever since her father left the family, she's stopped trusting people, and now lounges around in her own small, claustrophobic world. Wearing an iron helmet whenever she steps outside, she ventures only to her mom's beauty salon, the mechanic shop, and the bakery - the source of her greatest joy in life, sweet buns. Her world is static, insular, and safe, and there's no need to change - that is until her cat runs away, the bakery closes, and her mom falls in love with another man.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-04
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Captive Files III
2004-05-31
Captive Files III
Overview: The third and final film in the social erotic suspense series about a lonely man with a traumatic experience who is driven by the urge to abduct and confine.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-31
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The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983-07-12
The Undercover Ninja Organization
Overview: Oniwaban is an organization that is composed of two ninja groups… Iga and Koga. This is a story of a secret spy who settled in Okazaki Joka town during the Seitoku period of General Ietsugu and his son who trained to be a Ninja.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-12
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The Many Faces of Chika
2005-01-05
The Many Faces of Chika
Overview: When her husband is hospitalized with tuberculosis, Chika has a series of three relationships: with a teacher in her hometown, with a student in Tokyo, and with an aging gangster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-05
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The Deserted City
1984-01-02
The Deserted City
Overview: After noticing in the news there was a fire in an old canal town, Eguchi recalls visiting there a decade ago as a university student.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-01-02
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Imprint
2006-02-25
Imprint
Overview: An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-25
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Barber Mukoda
2022-10-07
Barber Mukoda
Overview: A story about the lives of people in a small town dealing with an aging, shrinking population, centered around a family that runs a barbershop.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-07
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Family
2023-11-03
Family
Overview: Based on the comic by Tsuchida Seiki, inspired by the artist's own life experience, this film portrays the loss and regeneration of the life of four men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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The Washing Machine
1999-04-24
The Washing Machine
Overview: Kizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work at a used electrical appliance store where he works part-time as a store keeper and repairman. One day, a woman comes to the store drenched from the rain. She is Setsuko, the only daughter of the store's president and a returnee. Since then, Setsuko often comes to the store. Kizaki becomes concerned about Setsuko, but Setsuko has something to do with Oshi, a senior who used to work at the store...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-04-24
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When Marnie Was There
2014-07-19
When Marnie Was There
Overview: Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Genres: Animation Drama Family Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-07-19
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Scary Fairy Tales: Rapunzel
1999-10-22
Scary Fairy Tales: Rapunzel
Overview: This is a horror film for adults that takes as its subject matter fairy tales from the East and West, and brings to life their brutality, bizarre nature, and obscenity.
Genres: Horror Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-10-22
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The Look
2015-01-01
The Look
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Over Your Dead Body
2014-08-23
Over Your Dead Body
Overview: An actor named Kosuke plays the role of Iemon in a stage version of Yotsuya Kaiden and his new lover Miyuki plays Oiwa. However, as they delve deeper into their respective performances, the line between fantasy and reality becomes obscured until the murderous, vengeful themes of the play bleed into their own relationship.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-23
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Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo Karukatta
2008-07-08
Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo Karukatta
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-08
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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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Eau de Vie
2003-02-15
Eau de Vie
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Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-15
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The Egoists
2011-06-04
The Egoists
Overview: Kazu attacks a bar in Kabukicho, a Tokyo red-light district, and flees to his hometown with abducts Machiko, a pole dancer he's been stuck on. They begin living together, but their happiness is short lived as their pasts torment them both.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-04
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Nobody's Perfect
2013-03-23
Nobody's Perfect
Overview: "Daijobu 3 Kumi" depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born without arms and legs, and the 28 students in his 5th grade class, told from the vantage point of school board member Yusaku Shiraishi
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-23
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Sunflower
2000-10-07
Sunflower
Overview: Reunited by the death of a friend, a group of former schoolmates reassess themselves and their earlier times together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-10-07
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The Pierrot Prays to the Moon
2013-10-05
The Pierrot Prays to the Moon
Overview: Shizuru Tamai (Takako Tokiwa) lives in a small mountain town in rural Japan with her mother and grandmother. Her grandmother is partially unable to move, and Shizuru has to care for her with her mother, who tries to keep Shizuru shackled at every opportunity. Shizuru’s days are filled with endless monotony. She works as a receptionist at her former classmate’s hospital, and one day goes to buy picture books for the waiting room. It’s then that she recalls a book from her childhood ‘The Pierrot Prays to the Moon’. Wanting to read the book again, Shizuru finds it on an online auction site. Once it finally arrives and she begins to read it, a small slip of paper gently falls from its pages. On the paper are what appear to be instructions for a recipe. The recipe prompts Shizuru to contact Tobuse (Shosuke Tanihara), the man who sent her the book.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-05
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Kamikaze Taxi
1995-04-29
Kamikaze Taxi
Overview: A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a 'kamikaze' mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-04-29
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Moonlight Mask
2011-03-26
Moonlight Mask
Overview: The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright future ahead of him as the proficient and popular rakugoka (comedic story-teller), Usagi Morinoya. However, because of an injury sustained during the war, his face is covered in bandages, and he suffers from total amnesia. As if trying to recover his memory, the man only keeps mumbling in a hollow voice his trademark rakugo, "Sokotsunagaya".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-26
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Break in the Clouds
2022-10-21
Break in the Clouds
Overview: Maika, a pregnant woman, is running along a farm road at night with nothing but her clothes on her back. Her beaten face is discolored, one eye is swollen, and she is bleeding from the edge of her mouth. The headlights of a car approaching from behind frightens Maika, and she loses her balance and falls. Just as she is about to get up, her cell phone rings. It's a call from Masayoshi, her abusive husband. Out of fear, Maika knocks the phone to the ground and breaks it. Slowly, she picks herself up and continues walking down the street at night. She arrives at a love hotel hidden in the suburbs of a provincial city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-21
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River
2011-03-09
River
Overview: Hikari's boyfriend is one of those killed in the Akihabara massacre incident. Suffering from the shock of her loss and unable to accept this reality, she cuts herself off from the outside world. She eventually manages to muster enough courage to visit Akihabara, the scene of the incident. There, she encounters many people who are still coming to terms with the aftermath of the incident and are still suffering from the aftereffects.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-09
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Drawing Days
2015-08-08
Drawing Days
Overview: A strange life together of a man and a woman united by paintings. A film starring Yuya Ozeki, shot in honor of his 20th birthday!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-08
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Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
2005-08-15
Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
Overview: Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as they seem.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-15
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Cream Lemon
2004-09-25
Cream Lemon
Overview: Based on the classic adult manga of the same title, this film depicts the love between a stepbrother and sister discovered one weekend when their parents go away. The relationship must come to an end, but not before it changes their lives forever.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-25
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Inochi
2002-09-14
Inochi
Overview: Yu Miri is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep the baby without his help, her ex-boyfriend Yutaka, decides to help raise him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-09-14
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The Sea and Poison
1986-10-17
The Sea and Poison
Overview: Two interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity during the war: the vivisections of a downed American air crew.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-10-17
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O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama
1996-02-24
O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama
Overview: While Kazuo Tanaka eagerly practices his greetings for the big wedding the next day, his first as a matchmaker, his second daughter Hitomi prepares for her travels with her secret lover. The eldest daughter Reiko, nine months pregnant, has left her cheating husband to enter a frenzied Tanaka household. On the wedding day, Kazuo learns his father has passed away. Afraid of ruining the wedding, he asks Reiko and Hitomi to deal with the crisis. Rushing home after the ceremony, Kazuo and Kanako are faced with various problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-02-24
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Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya
2005-03-14
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya
Overview: Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not normal here. The landlord warns Aimi and her father of the curfew. First, all residents must cross the rope in front of the property by midnight. Second, no one can move out until a new tenant arrives. Those brave enough to break the rules are unmercifully killed by a mysterious force.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-14
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Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986-10-04
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Overview: During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
Genres: Drama Comedy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-10-04
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Heaven's Story
2010-10-02
Heaven's Story
Overview: A young girl named Sato watches on television as a man named Tomoki states brazenly at a press conference that he hopes convicted murderer Mitsuo is eventually placed back into society so that he can kill him with his bare hands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-02
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Call Me Chihiro
2023-02-23
Call Me Chihiro
Overview: An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-23
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The Drifting Classroom
1987-07-11
The Drifting Classroom
Overview: An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story unfolds, the diminishing student body weathers this apocalyptic crisis while searching for clues about their surroundings, and dealing with psychological breakdown and dangerous exterior forces.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-07-11
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Okoge
1992-05-26
Okoge
Overview: A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-05-26
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Mugonkan
2022-08-27
Mugonkan
Overview: A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, featuring artworks by students before they were sent to fight in WWII.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-27
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A Strange House
2024-03-15
A Strange House
Overview: Amemiya is an unpopular Youtuber who specializes in the occult. One day, his manager brings him a home floor plan. His manager tells him that the layout looks like an ordinary home floor plan, but the layout contains an inscrutable point. Amemiya begins to look carefully at the floor plan and Kurihara, who is an architect and a fan of mysteries, joins him. They try to reveal the mystery behind the house. Meanwhile, Yuzuki contacts Amemiya and tells him that she knows something about the house he posted on his YouTube channel. She joins Amemiya and Kurihara to reveal the mystery of the house, but she also seems to have a secret.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-15
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Ekiro
2009-04-11
Ekiro
Overview: An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-04-11
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Seven Weeks
2014-05-17
Seven Weeks
Overview: Relatives gather from afar in wintery Ashibetsu upon the death of patriarch Mitsuo. A mysterious woman named Nobuko suddenly shows up. Her appearance gradually exposes wartime secrets and Mitsuo's unknown past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-17
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The Women in the Lakes
2024-05-17
The Women in the Lakes
Overview: A 100-year-old resident of a Lake Biwa nursing home dies mysteriously. Did a respirator keeping him alive suddenly malfunction, or was he murdered? A young detective on the case meets a female caregiver. The investigation runs into a dead end, but the two fall into a passionate but forbidden relationship. Terrifying memories emerge from the vast, deep lake to ensnare the detectives on the case, the caregivers, and a reporter trying to uncover a hidden past.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-17
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No Place to Go
2022-10-08
No Place to Go
Overview: Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at the same time due to COVID-19 pandemic. There are no new jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and diners and internet cafes are closed. Michiko is at her wits' end, but there in front of her is a bus stop that stands slightly brightly in the darkness, illuminated only by the streetlights.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-08
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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001-11-03
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Overview: A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-03
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Misty
1997-05-03
Misty
Overview: Witnesses of a murder. Remake of Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-05-03
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Her Granddaughter
2015-02-14
Her Granddaughter
Overview: Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother’s house in the countryside. When her grandmother dies, Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in the house full-time, and to work from there as well. However, one day she encounters a middle-aged man in the house, who tells Tsugumi that her grandmother gave him a key to the annex house when he was her student. The two share the property, although Tsugumi still does not know the exact relationship that her grandmother had with this man.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-14
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Moriyamachu Driving School
2016-07-09
Moriyamachu Driving School
Overview: Kiyotaka Sato (Shuhei Nomura) is a university student. He is sociable, but he looks like he doesn't have interest in those around him. During his summer vacation, Kiyotaka Sato plans to get his driver's license to impress schoolmate Matsuda (Yukino Kishii). At this time, a yakuza boss (Ken Mitsuishi) orders Todoroki (Kento Kaku) to get his driver’s license. Todoroki doesn't show his feelings outwardly. Later, Todoroki drives a car without a driver’s license and he hits Kiyotaka Sato. To cover up the accident, Kiyotaka Sato is placed in a car and taken to away. He arrives at an unofficial driving school. The driving school is run by the Uehara family. There, Kiyotaka Sato and Todoroki learn that they graduated from the same high school. They spend their summer at the driving school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-09
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Fantastic Girls
2015-02-21
Fantastic Girls
Overview: In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi who is now a teacher.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-21
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The Rocking Horsemen
1992-10-31
The Rocking Horsemen
Overview: It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-31
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Miss Lonely
1985-04-12
Miss Lonely
Overview: Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche, or is she real?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-04-12
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Friendship
1998-05-16
Friendship
Overview: Fourteen-year old student Ayumi has leukemia and starts losing hair. She becomes depressed but receives overwhelming support from her classmates when they all shave their heads for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-05-16
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Kidan Piece of Darkness
2016-01-23
Kidan Piece of Darkness
Overview: Based on Fuyumi Ono's best-selling books, these 10 tales of spookiness by six Japanese horror directors are designed to chill viewers to the bone.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-23
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Platonic Sex
2001-10-20
Platonic Sex
Overview: When Aoi is gang-raped by her classmates and kicked out of her home by her own parents she sees no reason to continue living. Before she commits suicide, however, she receives an email on her cellphone from a man named Toshi addressed to a girl named Ai. The message simply thanks the girl for being alive, but this specific message has an effect on Aoi and she decides to keep on living. Without many options, Aoi resorts to everything from paid dating to porn to earn money and meets a lot of less than reputable characters. Throughout it all though she looks toward Toshi as her hope for happiness and the two form a relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-20
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Hanagatami
2017-12-16
Hanagatami
Overview: Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-16
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The Days of No Return
1978-08-09
The Days of No Return
Overview: The story of a high school boy (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-09
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The Lowlife
2017-11-25
The Lowlife
Overview: Based on a 2016 novel by Mana Sakura, “The Lowlife” shows the stories of three women who work in Japan’s adult video industry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-25
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Yakiniku Dragon
2018-06-22
Yakiniku Dragon
Overview: Set in the 1970's in the Kansai region of Japan.. Yong-Gil is Korean, but he moved to Japan and settled down. He runs a small restaurant named Yakiniku Dragon. He is married and has three daughters: oldest daughter Jung-Hwa, middle daughter Yi-Hwa and youngest daughter Mi-Hwa. Oldest daughter Jung-Hwa is dating Tetsuo, but they break up. Middle daughter Yi-Hwa loves Tetsuo and marries him, but Tetsuo still loves her older sister and they divorce. Youngest daughter Mi-Hwa wants to become a singer, but she is in love with a married man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-22
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Man Gataro Show: Babaa Zone
2004-03-19
Man Gataro Show: Babaa Zone
Overview: Based on the manga by Man Gataro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-19
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Bunny Drop
2011-08-20
Bunny Drop
Overview: Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin and she is just 6 years old. Everybody in Daikichi's family looks at the girl as an embarrassment and wants no part of her. Daikichi, annoyed by his family's attitude, decides to raise Rin by himself. Even though Daikichi himself has no experience raising a child and is still single.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-08-20
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The Ice Ruts
2016-11-05
The Ice Ruts
Overview: Mayu Daimon is a woman who does not remember her mother's face, and her father is the only person she has blood relationship in this world, but he is going to die soon. Mayu has just started a new life as a detective at the Criminal Investigation Division which deals mainly with murder cases soon, and has to handle with two corpses of old men continuously. One corpse found frozen buried in the snow and the freezing sea. Soon with a detailed investigation she finds out a connection between the two cases which seemed to be completely different at first glance. It was just the breach to open a history of an incident which had origin back to the 1960s in Aomori Prefecture. Growing more and more as a detective, Mayu has to unravel the mystery of a case which goes beyond time and space and which ends in Hokkaido with a result that no one expected.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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His Motorbike, Her Island
1986-04-26
His Motorbike, Her Island
Overview: After a series of chance meetings a shiftless motorbike enthusiast Ko begins a romance with a carefree girl Miyo, after teaching her to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy Ko begins to fear that she is destined to crash.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-26
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Makuko
2019-03-15
Makuko
Overview: A 5th grade elementary school student meets a transfer student who has a mysterious charm about her. He then learns her big secret.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-15
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The Beast to Die
1980-10-04
The Beast to Die
Overview: A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings “walks like a dead man”. Kashiwagi runs into Date, a former correspondent in the Vietnam War. There, Date discovered hell and something snapped in his mind.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-10-04
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Enokida Trading Co.
2018-06-09
Enokida Trading Co.
Overview: Enokida Trading Post is a second-hand shop run by Yojiro Enokida , whose personal mantra is, "Anything but garbage. We take it all." The shop serves as a gathering place for employees and regular customers, who come with troubles in hand. One summer day, part of the shop's sign falls down. Yojiro thinks this is a sign that something spectacular is about to happen, and indeed their problems take on lives of their own from that day onward.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-09
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The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer
2019-04-12
The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer
Overview: Sexually abused as a child by her step-father, Kyoko is now an adult who lives with three other roommates, one of them a lesbian who's attracted to her. Amidst misunderstandings and more abuse at the hands of her mother, Kyoko is faced with a wave of murders, her mental state worsening.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-04-12
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May Love Be Restored
1980-04-29
May Love Be Restored
Overview: A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-29
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God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand
2006-06-22
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand
Overview: What's scary is being a human being, and what's scary is being myself. Truly horrifying things reside inside oneself. The work asks if you can stand the inescapable terror.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-06-22
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Get Up!
2003-10-05
Get Up!
Overview: A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-10-05
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A Sower of Seeds 2
2015-05-30
A Sower of Seeds 2
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-30
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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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My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1988-11-30
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Overview: A young woman moves in with her estranged father after her mother passes away.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-30
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The Promised Land
2019-10-18
The Promised Land
Overview: A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road and in similar circumstances a suspect is identified leading to the accused running away and going into hiding.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-18
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Family of Strangers
2019-11-01
Family of Strangers
Overview: Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That should be that, but soon matters take a darker turn when a corpse turns up and a murder has occurred. The culprit fingered is one of the patients.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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Rise of the Machine Girls
2019-08-17
Rise of the Machine Girls
Overview: Living in the lawless Ishinari District in a future Japan, sisters Ami (Hina Nagimiya) and Yoshie (Hanakage Kanon) who sold their bodies to help their parents, try to earn a living performing as an idol group in the area. When their performance causes stranger Matsukata (Tak Sakaguchi) a notorious hitman, to notice their condition, the three realize their worth to each other in the fight against Aoyama Dharma (Kimono Negishi), the female boss of a notorious organ harvesting ring in the area. Realizing that even their skills are no match for her army of goons and henchmen, the two are outfitted with special homemade weaponry to their bodies and become the ultimate killers.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-08-17
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Heaven's Bookstore
2004-06-05
Heaven's Bookstore
Overview: Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-06-05
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Berna
2006-09-30
Berna
Overview: A blind woman acquires a guide dog, and faces prejudice in 1980s Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-30
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Shadowfall
2019-11-15
Shadowfall
Overview: Typically thieves enter a house, steal things and get out. This time an unsuspecting thief enters a home to steal as much as he can and instead is faced with an occupant inside the house. There is a woman within who is going to commit a murder. She is also about to set the place ablaze. The thief stops her and in the process the criminal becomes the one stopping a crime. The situation is connected to a case from some twenty years go.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-15
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Song of Goodbye
2007-08-18
Song of Goodbye
Overview: It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter "Farewell of 22 years old " as a motif and draws a story of love that spans two generations of mother and daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-18
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Partners
2010-11-06
Partners
Overview: 19-year-old freeter (a Japanese expression for people between the ages of 15 and 34 who lack full time employment or are unemployed, excluding housewives and students.) Tsuyoshi Osanai enters a school for guide dog trainers. After 2 years of training, Tsuyoshi becomes an assistant trainer. His first dog to train is Chie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-06
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Nurse Call
1993-01-30
Nurse Call
Overview: A drama about a nurse starring Hiroko Yakushimaru
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-30
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012-05-12
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Overview: In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, to report on the disaster; there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabitants and stumbles upon a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend.
Genres: Fantasy Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-12
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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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The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999-11-07
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Overview: Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-07
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September Sky
1978-12-02
September Sky
Overview: Kobayashi Isamu, a first-year high school student, lives in a family of four with his father, an artist, his mother, an insurance agent, and his sister, an office worker. To make ends meet, he works as a milkman. At school, he is a member of the kendo club and spends his days working out with his seniors. Over time, he has various encounters with a series of girls.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-12-02
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Kakera: A Piece of Our Life
2009-10-07
Kakera: A Piece of Our Life
Overview: The story of the relationship between a college student whose relationship with her boyfriend is going nowhere and a bisexual medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts. Haru is a college student ignored by her boyfriend yet believes she is still in love with him. One day at a café, Haru meets Riko, a medical artist (prosthetist) who creates body parts in order to disguise clients’ missing pieces, lost due to accident or disease. Both were alone, but struck up an immediate friendship and closeness. Riko doesn't care about gender when it comes to relationships, and believes that love itself is the most important thing a human can achieve. Haru struggles in her life between friendship and a deeper relationship with Riko.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-07
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Unlucky Monkey
1998-07-18
Unlucky Monkey
Overview: A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his life is any easier. In fact, it gets much more complicated when Yamazaki stabs a hairdresser by mistake and instantly becomes a hunted fugitive. He's just one unlucky monkey but can he turn his luck around?
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-18
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The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder
1998-03-14
The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder
Overview: Akane is the young mistress of Notoraku Inn in Ishikawa Prefecture. She is trained by her mother-in-law, Takako, daily. One day, as Yohei, Akane's husband, and Takako are on their way to a friend's wedding, Rekiko, Yohei's childhood friend, confesses her feelings for Yohei in front of everyone at the hotel. The next day, Reiko's body is found and Akane and Yohei become murder suspects.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-03-14
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New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1976-11-17
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
Overview: Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcome. Her fellow inmates torture, humiliate and try to kill her; but the Scorpion prevails long enough to get some justice.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-11-17
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Don't Look Up
1996-03-22
Don't Look Up
Overview: On the set of a dark war time drama at an old movie studio, a young director, Toshio Murai, is trying to complete his debut film. The two starring actresses, Hitomi Kurokawa and Saori Murakami, play sisters in his film. Murai has a crush on Hitomi, the seasoned leading actress, and keeps a photo of her by his bed. The younger and less experienced actress, Saori, is annoying and likes to have recess on the set. The production of the movie is consistently interrupted by strange occurrences and the cast and crew begin to get spooked.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-03-22
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Case of the Disjointed Murder
1977-03-14
Case of the Disjointed Murder
Overview: In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after another. The incident seemed to have no continuity...
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-14
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Labyrinth of Cinema
2020-07-31
Labyrinth of Cinema
Overview: When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.
Genres: History Fantasy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-31
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Vengeance Is Mine
1979-04-21
Vengeance Is Mine
Overview: A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-04-21
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Midnight Swan
2020-09-25
Midnight Swan
Overview: Nagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika has been neglected by her mother Saori. From living in solitude by herself, to now living with Ichika, Nagisa develops maternal instincts for the first time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-09-25
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Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
2013-01-01
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Overview: Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
1999-03-06
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Overview: With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-06
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Goodbye for Tomorrow
1995-09-23
Goodbye for Tomorrow
Overview: People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier in a shipwreck. They are instructed to go to a small island in the Inland Sea that evening.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-23
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The Deep Red
2005-09-17
The Deep Red
Overview: Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two people who find their lives irrevocably changed as a result of a horrible multiple homicide. The first person traumatized is the lone survivor of the terrible family bloodbath, a girl who grows up to be a pretty college student. The second person affected by this heinous crime is the daughter of the murderer, a young girl who ends up becoming a tattooed bartender. A full decade after the crime, the killer is finally going to be executed, and the surviving member of the massacre decides to reach out and befriend the murderer's daughter. A tentative, odd sort of friendship blossoms between these two people, both of whom seem to have little in common personally, and every reason in the world for not wanting to meet. Yet they do, but not without reservations. And really, is this friendship quite what it seems? Or is it all part of some twisted plan for vengeance?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-17
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Haunted School 4
1999-07-10
Haunted School 4
Overview: Taking advantage of their summer holiday, Kō and his little sister Yae visit their cousin at Nozaki located at the sea-side. However, on the day they arrive, a typhoon hits the town for the first time in many years. At this time, their cousin tells them: When the storm hits, the spirits of those who perished at sea... will return.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-10
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Leave It to the Nurses
2002-05-11
Leave It to the Nurses
Overview: Flighty young nurse Izumi Asakura longs to have her honeymoon in a far off tropical paradise but her doctor husband feels that he cannot afford to take time off from developing his career. To Izumi's dismay, Wakabakai General Hospital is fast becoming a far less pleasant place to work, thanks to the appointment of a militaristic chief nurse who demands steadfast adherence to protocol. Things get much worse, however, via the arrival of Saruwatari, a hypochondriac desperate to be re-admitted so that he can enjoy the attentions of nurse Shoko Ozaki. When the chief nurse has him ejected by security, Saruwatari comes back armed and takes everyone on the floor hostage. Shoko happened to be on her lunch break at the time and has trouble getting back into the building when the police swarm around it en masse. The authorities are not sure just how to deal with the situation, though, since the "victims" seem to be taking things far less seriously than they are.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-11
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Tuff Part III - Business Killing
1991-06-28
Tuff Part III - Business Killing
Overview: Jiro has avenged the murder of his mentor and stands alone as an assassin. He finds a new agent and makes a contract with him. However, the ghost of someone whom he once killed, appears...
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-06-28
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Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood
1991-08-30
Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood
Overview: Jiro's only target is a mysterious assassin. Faced with an enemy whose true identity is unknown, Yuki decides to become a decoy herself. The assassin relentlessly pursues Yuki, and Jiro also pursues the assassin. Killing after killing, they end up at the destination, where an unexpected person is waiting for them.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-08-30
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Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
2016-01-31
Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
Overview: Maki Iizuka (Nozomi Sasaki) works as an editor for a wedding magazine in Tokyo. She is set to marry Kazunori Nakamura (Yuta Hiraoka) next month, when her grandmother dies. Her grandmother was like a mom to Maki. While Maki arranges items left by her grandmother, she discovers a box made from empress tree. The box contains a white bridal Kimono and marriage registration forms. The marriage registration forms are mostly empty, except for the name "Soichi Akiguni" filled into a blank. Maki becomes curious about Soichi Akiguni and decides to go to her hometown Izumo in Shimane Prefecture. There, she meets a young fisherman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-31
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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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Double Trouble
2008-02-02
Double Trouble
Overview: Chief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar names and double-books the concert hall on New Year's Eve. Although they talk to each other, neither of them gives up a step and develops into a big problem. Iizuka, who has lived his life with a "no-nonsense" attitude, finds himself in the middle of two groups and at a loss for words.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-02-02
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His
2020-01-24
His
Overview: Shun and Nagisa first meet and fall in love during their first year of high school. While Shun is graduating from university, Nagisa tells him that he doesn't see a future for them. Despite Shun's strong feelings, they go their separate ways. Years later, Shun is now a store owner, living alone in a rural area. Out of the blue, Nagisa arrives with his six-year-old daughter, Sora. Spending time together, Shun realizes he still harbors feelings for Nagisa. Can Nagisa reconcile with his feelings for Shun, which have been there all along?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-24
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Last Scene
2001-11-09
Last Scene
Overview: Young film star Ken Mihara is about to fall from stardom. His rise as a celebrity is solely credited to his onscreen counterpart, Keiko, who recently announced her retirement from acting in order to get married. Feeling frustrated and helpless, Ken turns to alcohol as he begins to provoke fights, attempts to lure a girl into bed, and argues with his wife, who came to visit him at the studio. All she says is thank you and leaves Ken puzzled. Ken Mihara, once a budding young star, takes a job as an extra. Although he's past his prime, he still manages to infuse a young filmmaker with the motivation to pursue her dreams as a director.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-09
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100 Yen Love
2014-11-15
100 Yen Love
Overview: Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets boxer Kano who trains there in silence...
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-15
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Haruka, Nostalgia
1993-02-20
Haruka, Nostalgia
Overview: Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author's real name.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-02-20
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Samurai Kids
1993-07-17
Samurai Kids
Overview: A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8-year-old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-07-17
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The Third Murder
2017-09-09
The Third Murder
Overview: A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-09
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Hotoke
2001-08-25
Hotoke
Overview: Rai pedals his bike and trailer about town, collecting old iron and sowing flower seeds. Because his face never seems to show emotion, everybody calls him Hotoke - meaning Buddha. His elder brother Shiba, however, is tough as nails and works the black market. Rai is building a gigantic statue of Buddha from the scrap metal he has gathered over the years. He prays the Buddha he is creating will come to life and rid the world of its cruelty.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-08-25
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River Returns
2025-03-22
River Returns
Overview: In 1958, as a deadly typhoon approaches, a young boy embarks on a perilous journey to a haunted mountain pool, determined to calm a sorrowful spirit whose grief has cursed the village with devastating floods.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-03-22
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Tōchō suru onna
1986-12-16
Tōchō suru onna
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-12-16
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One Summer's Day
1999-07-03
One Summer's Day
Overview: Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding relationship between a young lad and an eccentric old man. Fifth-grader Yuta (Takuro Atsugi) is a typical city child looking forward to a summer of reading comic books and playing video games. Instead, he is bundled off to his grandparent's house on the Inland Sea. His grandfather, Yuta's parents explain, has been acting strangely as of late -- he eats the offerings in the family altar and once tried to lead attendants at a funeral in a rousing round of calisthenics. Since his mother and father are swamped with work, and his elder sister (Nana Sano) is studying for college entrance exams, Yuta has been asked to look after Grandpa. The old man takes Yuta on a tour of Onomichi, regaling him with 70 years of its history. Along the way, Grandpa slips in and out of the past, increasingly unable to discern between the two.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-03
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House of Sayuri
2024-08-23
House of Sayuri
Overview: A family moves into a house, but discover that it is haunted by a murdered girl.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-08-23
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