Shirō Sano
Biography: Shiro Sano (佐野 史郎, Sano Shirō, born 4 March 1955) is a Japanese actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 04, 1955
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Roupeiro's Melancholy
2018-01-13
Roupeiro's Melancholy
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-13
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Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999-12-11
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Overview: An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track Godzilla as he makes landfall in Nemuro. Matters are further complicated when a giant meteor is discovered in the Ibaragi Prefecture. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as it's true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-12-11
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Kamaitachi no Yoru
2002-07-03
Kamaitachi no Yoru
Overview: Fans of Kamaitachi no Yoru gather to shoot a film based on the game until one of the cast members is killed.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-03
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Karaoke
1999-06-12
Karaoke
Overview: Kodama learns that his old classmate Hayashi is getting married to an idol, and organizes a junior high school reunion.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-06-12
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Infection
2004-10-02
Infection
Overview: Infection takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where one doctors mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient. In a hospital death is just a breath away.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-02
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Intimate Stranger
2022-03-05
Intimate Stranger
Overview: A psychological thriller set in the post-COVID Tokyo. The film follows a woman looking for her missing son, and a shady young man who approaches her, claiming to know her son.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-05
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Spring and Chaos
1996-12-14
Spring and Chaos
Overview: Set in the beginning of the 20th century Japan, the film follows the bright and eccentric Kenji from his late student years through his adulthood. Kenji suffers the tragedy of being an artist whose art isn't recognized during his lifetime. Based on the life of the author Kenji Miyazawa, the film depicts his brief but intense existence.
Genres: Animation Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-12-14
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Violent Cop
1989-08-12
Violent Cop
Overview: A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-08-12
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Rampo - Bewitching Women
1994-01-01
Rampo - Bewitching Women
Overview: A short drama that depicts the world of Edogawa Rampo's popular novels filled with the bizarre and fantastic in an omnibus format. This omnibus drama includes "The Kiss," "The Human Chair," "The Girl in the Locked Room," and "The Cliff," all based on Rampo's original stories, as well as the program's original "Contemporary Arc".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The Trap
1996-05-25
The Trap
Overview: When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a string of bizarre serial murders that have Yokohama's police baffled and the city terrified.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-25
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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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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001-12-15
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Overview: Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
Genres: Action Adventure Horror Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-15
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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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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
2008-08-19
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Overview: In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-19
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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
2008-08-19
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Overview: In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-19
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
2006-03-28
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
Overview: ***Replay A man sees his dead girlfriend through his digital camcorder. ***Inochibi (Life Force) A nurse is able to save dying patients with her 'life force'. ***Ame no Houmonsha (The Visitor in the Rain) A woman visits her sister on a rainy night to celebrate her birthday, but finds a stranger in her house who may be a murderer at large... ***Okusanya-san (The Wife Seller) A man stumbles upon a shop selling perfect wives. ***Imakiyo-san (Mr. Imakiyo) A student finds a spirit called Imakiyo in his apartment, and he has to obey three rules or suffer the consequences...
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Horror Fantasy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-03-28
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Can You Collect It?
1992-10-09
Can You Collect It?
Overview: Two scammers who cross the world without being caught by Satsu and killed
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-09
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King's Playing With Fire
1991-07-12
King's Playing With Fire
Overview: A former detective stands up and gets revenge for his murdered wife!
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-12
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Discontinuous Bombing Incident
1991-05-13
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
Overview: What is the clue that connects the police dormitory bombing case & Keihin canal murder case with the corporate bombing case 17 years ago? Detective Tamori chases a mystery!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-13
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Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
1992-07-11
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Overview: A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy while a killer prowls the city. The projectionist's relationship with her attractive and successful reporter friend drives the plot deeper into insanity.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-07-11
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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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Shangri-La
2002-08-03
Shangri-La
Overview: Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-03
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Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
2009-07-18
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Overview: A man arrives in the city upon news of a potential terrorist strike in Italy. He is Japanese foreign diplomat, Kosaku Kuroda, and he’s here under orders of his supervisor at the Foreign Ministry, Hiroshi Kataoka (Kiichi Nakai), to aid in the safeguarding of Japanese citizens. Kuroda’s main contacts at the Japanese embassy consist of Ambassador Kikuhara, Counselor Nishino, and fellow diplomatic envoys Haba and Tanimoto. All are busy preparing for the visit of Japanese Foreign Minister Kawagoe due to arrive for the high-profile G8 foreign minister’s meeting. Meanwhile, somewhere on the festively-lit streets of the city, a young Japanese girl has suddenly gone missing. Is it an abduction simply for ransom? Or could it be a prelude to terror?
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-18
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The Princess Blade
2001-12-15
The Princess Blade
Overview: Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother and joins forces with a mysterious rebel leader.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-15
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Seven Days War
1988-08-13
Seven Days War
Overview: A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers. They're sick of heavy-handed teachers and iron-fisted parents. And now they're going to do something about it.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-08-13
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Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988-01-30
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Overview: The reincarnation of a 10th century Japanese general haunts 1920's Tokyo.
Genres: Mystery Fantasy Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-01-30
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Railways
2010-05-29
Railways
Overview: A heartwarming tale about the turning point in the life of an elite business man in his fifties and a local train that has been running since 1911. Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over his work and has no time for his family. But one day, his mother in Shimane falls ill, and his best friend dies in an accident. Grief-stricken, Hajime returns home, where memories of his childhood dream come back to him. He had always wanted to be a train conductor and drive the local "bataden" Ichibata Electric Railway.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-29
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Garo Video 3: Hisago
1992-12-20
Garo Video 3: Hisago
Overview: Takashi Nemoto Presents Garo Special Song Festival '92
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-12-20
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The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994-03-05
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Overview: Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of double-crosses Hama gets embroiled in a gang war and a revenge plot between the two brothers
Genres: Drama Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-03-05
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The Defender
1997-02-01
The Defender
Overview: Computer engineer Takashi notices that a microchip is protruding fro his head. He contacts a notorious hacker for help. Meanwhile, Takashi's world is turning upside down. He's robbed at knifepoint & then chased through the crowded Tokyo streets by a giant. Or maybe not. Perhaps the microchip is only making him think these things are happening. Soon he realizes there's a connection between all the bizarre traumas and a girl named Masami. Seemingly, all his troubles started when she visited his repair shop and asked him to fix her cd rom-unit. Eventually Takashi finds himself psychically linked to the girl. As it turns out, they are secret government-made humanoids, programmed to live undetected within society an then - when the need should arise - they are activated as professional fighters; The action of the movie itself plays like the Defender arcade game.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-02-01
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Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
2004-01-04
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
Overview: A pro wrestler is forced to participate on a wrestling reality show to win a new home and restore his wife, who is infected with a mermaid virus.
Genres: Horror Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-04
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Cat's Eye
1997-08-30
Cat's Eye
Overview: Three cat burgling sisters have to go up against the police and a Chinese crime syndicate in order to rescue their kidnapped father.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-08-30
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Hayabusa
2011-10-01
Hayabusa
Overview: May 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa into orbit. Its mission is to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa. Hayabusa is scheduled to make contact with the asteroid in November 2005. As the spacecraft approaches its rendezvous date with the asteroid problems arise for the JAXA staff back on Earth.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-01
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The Sun
2005-02-17
The Sun
Overview: A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2005-02-17
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Wasao
2011-03-05
Wasao
Overview: Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself turns part of the life of this former stray into an original story. Setsuko, who runs a grilled-squid shop in a fishing village at the foot of the Shirakami mountains, decides to take in a large dog with a long, unruly fur that has shown up in town. She names the dog Wasao and showers it with affection, but Wasao at that time doesn't take to Setsuko.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-05
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The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995-03-18
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Overview: Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-18
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My Little Monster
2018-04-27
My Little Monster
Overview: Problem student Haru Yoshida sits next to the cold and studious Shizuku Mizutani in class. Without any other friends to turn to, both of them start to get to know each other and grow closer. Haru eventually develop feelings for Shizuku and confesses his feelings to her. Will Haru and Shizuku get their happily ever after?
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-04-27
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波の塔
2012-06-23
波の塔
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Genres: Mystery Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-06-23
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Natsu no pēji
1990-03-17
Natsu no pēji
Overview: Three young country boys are beginning to drift apart as friends. In the summer, they set off to have an adventure in the mountains.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-03-17
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Between the White Key and the Black Key
2023-10-06
Between the White Key and the Black Key
Overview: In an audacious reworking of the biopic, this ensemble drama sees jazz pianist Minami Hiroshi’s memoir cleverly reinterpreted into a surreal and playful story about chasing dreams, disillusionment and the inner lives of professional artists. Closer to playing two sides of the same coin than tackling a dual role, Ikematsu Sosuke embodies two versions of Minami – the naïve upstart and the jaded pro – who magically cross paths as they become entangled with a cast of colourful characters in the seedy alleyways and jazz clubs of Ginza over a single night.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-06
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Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015-09-18
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
Overview: Despite working as a matchmaker, Sosuke is an awkward person. He works with Shion and they bicker over their different beliefs of love and marriage.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-18
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Gensen-Kan Inn
1993-07-24
Gensen-Kan Inn
Overview: An anthology film based on the works of manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge. The main character in all four segments is a fledgling cartoonist named Tsube . In the first segment, Tsube encounters a dotty old man named Ri after renting a tumble-down cottage in the country. The following day, Ri, his equally weird wife, and his two squalid children move into his house. Soon the wife is stealing the cucumbers in his garden while the two kids devour all the food in the house.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-07-24
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Persona
2008-01-26
Persona
Overview: Physician Koichiro Kiby loses interest in work and begins drinking in a local park after the death of his wife. One day he encounters a girl who knows intimate details about his life. Now, he must unlock her mystery in this fantasy drama.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-26
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Lucky Sky Diamond
1989-03-11
Lucky Sky Diamond
Overview: Japanese gore horror film, often sold as an unofficial "Guinea Pig" sequel.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-03-11
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Reunion
2013-02-23
Reunion
Overview: The Movie depicts 10 days after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. At a morgue house in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, the workers treat the dead with dignity as they hand over the bodies to their families. Retired funeral worker (Toshiyuki Nishida), finds himself volunteering at the morgue house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-23
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Dear Kaita Ablaze
2023-12-23
Dear Kaita Ablaze
Overview: This avant-garde entertainment film depicts a group of young people today who are fascinated by the works of Keita Murayama (a Taisho era painter who died prematurely at the age of 22) and who revive Keita's works with their own unique interpretations.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-12-23
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Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
1990-04-14
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Overview: A series of serial murders occurred in a historic ruins where a TV crew is shooting a documentary.
Genres: Adventure Horror Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-04-14
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Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
1992-06-25
Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-25
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The Legend of Zipang
1990-01-27
The Legend of Zipang
Overview: Jigoku-gokuraku-maru is a samurai on the run. One bounty hunter hoping to collect the sizeable reward is Teppo Oyuri, a comely lass who is an ace shot with her pearl-laden pistol. Before she can set her sights on Jigoku-gokuraku-maru, he is attacked by a hoard of sword-wielding thugs also hoping to collect the reward. He dispatches them with bloody aplomb. Later, Jigoku-gokuraku- maru and Teppo Oyuri -- who has fallen for the master swordsman in spite of herself -- ventures to Zipingu -- the Land of Gold -- in search of a magical gold sword.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-27
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Seven Days War 2
1991-07-06
Seven Days War 2
Overview:
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-06
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The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
2014-03-08
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
Overview: Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other after a silly mistake. Meanwhile, the local high school principal has mysterious powers of his own that trump those of the two rival clans. How did this civilian acquire them? Or perhaps a better question, who or what is using him?
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-08
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Oh! Father
2014-05-24
Oh! Father
Overview: Yukio is a typical high school student in every way except that he's an only child in a family of five. This is because he has four fathers, each with their own unique personalities and interests. The only thing they share in common is their love of their son. When Yukio witnesses a robbery, he becomes involved in a bizarre string of incidents involving his fathers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-24
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The Brutal Insanity of Love
1993-06-26
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Overview: A policewoman (Megumi Yokoyama) investigates the apparent suicide of a college coed. The prime suspects include the girl's professor, who may have been having an affair with her, and the professor's wife, who frequents lesbian bars. Gruesome axe murders and mutilations ensue, leading Yokoyama to a shocking discovery.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-06-26
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Aiki
2002-11-29
Aiki
Overview: When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and depression. No boxing ring or martial arts club will take him on -- that is, until an aiki jujitsu master helps the young man develop techniques uniquely tailored to a wheelchair. What starts off as a sad film revs up into an exciting and fun series of epiphanies in which the young man realizes his situation isn't as hopeless as it seems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-29
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Miroku
2013-10-26
Miroku
Overview: Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage years to adult life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-26
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Circus Boys
1989-11-23
Circus Boys
Overview: Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside working as a con-man. After a run-in with a local gang of yakuza, he is invited to join their ranks, where he makes the mistake of falling for a boss's mistress. Wataru stays with the circus and works hard to regain its former glory
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-11-23
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The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
2009-03-07
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Overview: A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital once again finds itself embroiled in a web of intrigue and scandal.The scandal occurs this time in the ER when a mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguichi. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” An unimaginable truth then awaits.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-07
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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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The Millennial Rapture
2012-09-04
The Millennial Rapture
Overview: Sennen no yuraku is set in a small community called “Roji” where Kenji Nakagami—one of the most famous novelists in Japan—drew the absurdity and passion of life since its inhabitants have been living and dying. There were beautiful men in “Roji” who struggled to live with the blood of the Nakamato Clan, blood called “noble yet unholy.” Oryu, a midwife, has watched all those men growing up, living and dying... She is now aging old and starts to talk with the dead men souls of the Nakamoto Clan...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-04
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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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Kewaishi
2002-02-09
Kewaishi
Overview: Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival and won the award for Best Screenplay at the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-09
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The Mystery of Rampo
1995-05-27
The Mystery of Rampo
Overview: Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of events just like his forbidden story. As the film progresses, fantasy and reality intermingle in a tale that draws heavily on influences from Poe and Stoker's Dracula. The film's strongly Expressionistic direction skillfully combines a variety of media (animation, computer-generated imagery, grainy black-and-white fast film stock, color negatives) for artistic effect.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-05-27
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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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HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
2011-05-22
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
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Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-22
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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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Oshorin
2023-11-03
Oshorin
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
1993-11-13
The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
Overview: A man must overcome many obstacles as he works his way through the dangerous crime world to the level of yakuza.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-11-13
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Rock'n'Roll Housewives
2012-02-18
Rock'n'Roll Housewives
Overview: Mieko is a housewife with some problems. Her husband is indifferent to her and her daughter Sayako refuses to go to school. One day, Mieko meets Kaori who is divorced. Mieko and Kaori worked at a same company years ago. Kaori tells Mieko that how she was swindled out of money by a man and, because of this, Mieko loans money to Kaori. Due to the loan, Mieko, herself, begins to do part-time work at a convenience store. While at work, Mieko catches a shoplifter Yukimi in the convenience store. It turns out, Mieko and Yukimi get along great. Mieko, Yukimi and Kaori decide to go to a karaoke room together. At the karaoke bar, the women hear the song "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple and decide to form a rock band!
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-18
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
2008-09-23
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-23
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I Alone
2015-01-31
I Alone
Overview: A common horoscope brings a timid middle-aged salaryman and high school delinquent to the center of a political scandal, in which a corrupt incumbent mayor seeks to crush the candidacy of his reformer opponent. This anti-establishment tale blends a punk ethos with absurdist comedy as the unlikely pair finds their existence given new meaning when they work to return a kidnapped baby. Along the way they must fight not only the assault of the mayor’s neoliberal redevelopment of the town, but his bribed police force and yakuza. Under director Sho Tsukikawa’s taut direction, "I Alone"’s mad roller coaster ride plot and outraged self-determination all ring emotionally true, making this one of the year’s biggest discoveries.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-31
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Sharaku
1995-06-02
Sharaku
Overview: A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-02
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Tojin Kit
2008-02-15
Tojin Kit
Overview: An everyday life pleasantly disturbed by industrial noise covering everything. A little girl had embedded a mysterious being inside a puppet, and brought it to life...
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-02-15
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暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2022-04-04
暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-04
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Brush of the God
2024-07-26
Brush of the God
Overview: His story follows a schoolgirl named Akari Tokimiya and the fantastical adventure which occurs when she visits the memorial service of her grandfather Kenzo, a master special effects man. She has unhappy memories of the old man and his passion projects, the last of which he died during the making of. At the memorial service, she meets classmate Takuya, a tokusatsu superfan, and a strange person named Hozumi, the star of the movie Kenzo was making when he died. Hozumi has with him a prop from the film, the titular “Brush of the God,” which transports Akari and Takuya into the world of the movie where they face fearsome Kaiju, including the legendary Yamata-no-orochi who is attempting to destroy everything. If they are to survive and get back to their homes, Akari and Takuya must find out the secret of the movie.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-07-26
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安楽椅子探偵の聖夜
2000-12-21
安楽椅子探偵の聖夜
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-21
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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014-01-19
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Overview: In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-19
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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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Tenohira no memo
2010-10-23
Tenohira no memo
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-23
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Endless Waltz
1995-10-07
Endless Waltz
Overview: Biopic about jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe and his wife, noted writer Izumi Suzuki.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-10-07
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Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992-04-23
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Overview: A bizarre mystery created under the direction of director Jissoji. The mysterious and strange world of Jissoji is brought back to life here!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-23
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The Battling Angel
2003-08-23
The Battling Angel
Overview: Police struggle to uncover Klein, a powerful criminal organization. Asuka, a young detective, is assigned to contact and escort Hatsumi, a mistress of the drug lord Kimikuni, but they are ambushed, leaving Hatsumi brain-dead and Asuka near to death. However, the police concoct a top-secret plan to infiltrate Klein by transplanting Asuka's brain into Hatsumi's body.
Genres: Action Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-23
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Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
2009-02-24
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Overview: A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The announcement leads reporter Hideo Akihara (Ken Osawa) to a forest shrine dedicated to the Keukegen Geharha, where he finds several worshipers and learns that an ancient seal containing the monster has been broken.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Horror Action Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-02-24
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Silence of the Sea
2024-11-22
Silence of the Sea
Overview: The day before his exhibition, world-renowned painter Tamura discovers that his own work contains a forgery. Meanwhile, the body of a woman with countless ukiyo-e tattoos is discovered at the sea. From the two incidents, the name of Ryuji emerges.
Genres: Romance Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-22
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The Great Buddha Arrival
2018-12-15
The Great Buddha Arrival
Overview: An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro Edamasa's grandson. From Japan, a modern kaiju story based on what may be the first kaiju film.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-12-15
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The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
2005-08-27
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Overview: One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is arrested to take responsibility for a botched murder case he headed. His faithful colleagues, including Arashiro (Toshio Kakei) and Okita (Miki Maya), only exacerbate the situation when they try to help clear his name. Is Muroi guilty as charged or merely taking the fall? What is the truth behind the murder? Two lawyers, one determined to get Muroi, the other resolved to save him, a feud between two police departments, political power plays and legal trappings, all combine to orchestrate Muroi’s downfall.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-27
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Shimane Multiverse Den
2024-03-01
Shimane Multiverse Den
Overview: A shout-out to all those who live in rural areas.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-01
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Tatara Samurai
2017-05-20
Tatara Samurai
Overview: In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-20
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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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It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
1994-06-11
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
Overview: The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, works in an elite corporation, which gives his wife Yoshiko status in their suburban neighborhood. But the daughter Sugina, who herself has secretly stopped going to school because she is being bullied. One day, they discover that Nariyuki has quit his job. As Nariyuki decides to find a new job along with Sugina, Yoshiko, a firm believer in a life based on the company, soon finds her world falling apart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-11
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Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker
2024-11-01
Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker
Overview: Genius hacker and murderer Urano escaped from prison and fled to South Korea. Urano was hired by a South Korean anti-government organization to set a trap targeted for the Korea-Japan summit meeting. Sumin is assigned to watch over Urano but is intimidated by his frantic behavior. Urano distrusts her, but gradually their feelings begin to change a little.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-01
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Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
2008-08-03
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Overview: A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is Yasuyuki Inoue along with various crew members who crafted meticulously detailed miniatures and risked life and limb as suit actors. All done to bring to life some of film's most iconic monsters through a distinct Japanese artform.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-03
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Happyend
2024-10-04
Happyend
Overview: A near-future Tokyo awaits destruction as the city is rocked by a series of foreshocks that predict a larger, more disastrous quake on the horizon. With the anxiety looming over them, a group of teenage best friends and musicians get into typical teenager trouble that tests the strength of their relationships.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-04
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Lady Battle Cop
1990-11-09
Lady Battle Cop
Overview: When a four-man terrorist group known as Team Phantom begins raising havoc in downtown Tokyo, the city is in desperate need of a hero. An unexpected champion appears in the form of Lady Battle Cop, a former female tennis champion who has been transformed into a seemingly unstoppable cyborg.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-09
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Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
2016-12-10
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
Overview: As a computer virus based on Pac-Man invades Japan, a group of doctors attack Genm Corp and begin a wave of terror using stolen Proto Gashats. Ghost and Ex-Aid find themselves at the center of the fight in an effort to protect those most important to them. But they aren’t alone, as Heisei Riders from the past join them to stop Dr. Pac-Man!
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-10
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Parks
2017-04-22
Parks
Overview: Jun is a university student. She meets high school student Haru. Haru is looking for Sachiko, the ex-girlfriend of her now deceased father. Jun and Haru meet Tokio. Tokio is the grandson of Sachiko and they learn that Sachiko is now deceased. They find an open-reel tape from Sachiko's articles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-22
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All About My Dog
2005-03-19
All About My Dog
Overview: A series of short stories all about dogs.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-19
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Random Lives
2017-01-28
Random Lives
Overview: Questioning the meaning of people's lives, the multiple stories include the work of a manga artist, old men get involved in a fight and a murder, a bus incident which affects those who survive it, fishing, cherry-blossom viewing and more
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-28
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Tomorrow
1988-08-13
Tomorrow
Overview: On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-08-13
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The Locked Room Murders SP
2014-01-03
The Locked Room Murders SP
Overview: Erika Toda joins a law firm headed by Serizawa-san, on the first case she meets Enomoto Kei of Tokyo total security who unlocks Serizawa who has accidentally been trapped in a vault. Form thereon the trio solve 10 cases related to the locked room. Enomoto always makes a small scale model and thinks technically in terms of security and locks to solve cases, while Serizawa assists by hinting some circumstantial evidences. Serizawa is always ready to take credit of new found fame.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-03
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The Dancer
1989-10-12
The Dancer
Overview: Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with a German ballet dancer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-10-12
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989-06-17
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Overview: Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-06-17
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My Way
2011-12-21
My Way
Overview: During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.
Genres: Drama Action History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-12-21
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The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2016-03-12
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
Overview: A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-12
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My Little Monster
2018-04-27
My Little Monster
Overview: Problem student Haru Yoshida sits next to the cold and studious Shizuku Mizutani in class. Without any other friends to turn to, both of them start to get to know each other and grow closer. Haru eventually develop feelings for Shizuku and confesses his feelings to her. Will Haru and Shizuku get their happily ever after?
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-04-27
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I Will Never Forgive
2018-04-07
I Will Never Forgive
Overview: A psychological drama about the consequences of a 15 year old girl's gang rape.
Genres: Drama Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-04-07
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Zen and Bones
2016-08-26
Zen and Bones
Overview: The story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his own life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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Piano in a Storeroom
2014-02-09
Piano in a Storeroom
Overview: Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba Miyamoto and hates being compared to her. She finds comfort in playing a piano in a barn. A year after the Great East Japan Earthquake, she decides she wants to be a pianist. Akiba, for her part, moved to Tokyo to attend college. When she moves back to Koori, Haruka is unsettled and memories connected to the disaster she has tried to forget resurface.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-02-09
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Police Precinct Soul
2015-09-20
Police Precinct Soul
Overview: A young woman is discovered strangled to death at the boat pier in Tokyo. There are no signs of disturbed clothing and assault, and because the body was abandoned at a prominent spot, it shows that this was a premeditated crime by a criminal with the presence of mind. Joto Chuo Police Precinct’s detective Kunihiko Katsuragi rushed to the scene, and the fact that the body is barefoot weighs on his mind. The next morning he finds out the commander assigned this case is his son Toshifumi.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-20
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Sosuke Loses His Lover
1992-10-02
Sosuke Loses His Lover
Overview: Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-02
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Villain Field
1995-05-29
Villain Field
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-05-29
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Housekeeper the Peeper
2014-03-02
Housekeeper the Peeper
Overview: Nobuko Sawaguchi is a surly, unattractive housekeeper in her mid-thirties. However, in actuality, she is a beautiful woman, but she hides this fact using her makeup because of a traumatic past experience. One day Nobuko is sent to housekeep for the Uehara family, known for its tremendous wealth. In the Uehara family, there is a massive quarrel over each member’s future succession and inheritance. In the middle of this hectic situation, Nobuko is asked by the daughter called Akemi to protect her.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-02
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Phantom Limb
2014-09-27
Phantom Limb
Overview: Masato sustains serious injuries in a car accident. He regains consciousness but loses all memories of the accident and fellow passenger Haruka. Masato, who is a medical student, tries to recover his lost memories with the help of his friend Ken, but soon strange things start happening around him…
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-27
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To Sleep So as to Dream
1986-05-18
To Sleep So as to Dream
Overview: An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a succession of bizarre, obscure clues, until they track down the location of the kidnappers and the daughter.
Genres: Fantasy Mystery Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-05-18
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TVO
1991-08-03
TVO
Overview: Satsuki, a high school student living in the countryside, travels to Tokyo to find out the truth about the death of her sister Kiyomi, who has apparently been murdered by her own boyfriend.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-08-03
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Miyoko
2009-07-04
Miyoko
Overview: Based on the life of pioneering manga artist Shinichi Abe, "Miyoko asagaya kibun" starts from the 1970's in Asagaya District of Tokyo where Shinichi Abe began his career with then model girlfriend Miyoko.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-04
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Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!
2019-07-26
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!
Overview: This is the 2019 summer movie for Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger. It is twin-billed with the summer movie for Kamen Rider Zi-Oi: Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer!. It will feature the debut of Ryusoul Gattai Kishiryuzin.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-26
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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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Kinki
2014-12-06
Kinki
Overview: A teacher is sexually involved with an underage student. She visits her father's home and discovers a boy who's been kept as a sex slave. The teacher continues harboring the boy out of fear and begins to feel sexually attracted to him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-12-06
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Swimming with Tears
1992-03-28
Swimming with Tears
Overview: In the sparsely populated rural areas of Japan, the female population is far smaller than the male. An attempt is made to counter this imbalance by arranging marriages with Filipino women. Fey, a young Filipina, came as a mail-order bride. Although she tries hard, she cannot get on with her husband, either verbally or emotionally. After a year, she flees her snow-country husband with only the clothes on her back and sets out in search of work in Toyko. She wanders through Toyko asking for help in churches and at the Philippine Embassy. She needs to find work to earn enough money for a flight home. She finally finds a job and a place to stay with a Chinese man who is sympathetic to her situation. He introduces her to two of his Japanese neighbors who, when they hear Fey's life story, immediately decide to help her find her Japanese father whom she has never met.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-03-28
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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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The Room
1992-04-22
The Room
Overview: A quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through Tokyo, towards the ruins the decadent economy has left behind, in hopes of finding The Room.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-22
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Pokémon 4Ever
2001-07-06
Pokémon 4Ever
Overview: In order to escape a greedy Pokémon hunter, Celebi must use the last of its energy to travel through time to the present day. Celebi brings along Sammy, a boy who had been trying to protect it. Along with Ash, Pikachu, and the rest of the gang, Sammy and Celebi must encounter an enemy far more advanced than the hunter, with the fate of the forest hanging in the balance.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Animation Science Fiction Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-06
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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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Life Improvement Club
2008-11-08
Life Improvement Club
Overview: Arata Furuta plays a disgruntled saleryman fed up with being stepped on at home and at work, decides to get revenge on those who do bad things by killing them, only to gain a group of followers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-08
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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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Yuriko's Picture Book
2016-07-30
Yuriko's Picture Book
Overview: Onodera Yuriko sets off for Sweden where her husband, Major General Onodera Makoto, is stationed as a military attache in Stockholm during World War II. Called the "god of intelligence", Makoto is an intelligence officer of the Russian service of the Japanese Army General Staff. Fluent in Russian and German and trusted by the spies of many countries because of his integrity, his office would eventually become the most important Japanese intelligence post in Europe. From the day of her arrival in Stockholm, Yuriko helps her husband's intelligence activities. She encrypts the highly classified information obtained by Makoto and sends it in coded telegrams to the General Staff Headquarters in Japan every day. Husband and wife have jointly undertaken this intelligence work for confidentiality.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-30
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The Taste of Fish
2008-06-07
The Taste of Fish
Overview: It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is where you're most likely to find them. It's the home of Japan's biggest daily fish auction, and it's a place of fierce competition between fish merchants that have been in the business for generations. Based on a comic series, The Taste of Fish follows businessman Shuntaro, who has a successful career in a trading company and is in a steady relationship with girlfriend Asuka. One day, Shuntaro has to help out at the fish wholesaler store run by Asuka's father, and he immediately falls in love with the world of Tsukiji Fish Market. Soon, Shuntaro quits his job and devotes all of his time to running the business while learning about the market's fascinating set of long-standing traditions. However, he must first also learn to distinguish the tastes of different fishes before he can survive in the competitive world of Tsukiji.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
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Bikuu: The Movie
2015-11-14
Bikuu: The Movie
Overview: Bikuu is a Dark Slasher that receives an order from the Senate to take out a rogue priest that has fallen to the darkness, claiming souls using the Soul Insertion technique.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-14
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Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
2021-03-19
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
Overview: At the end of the TV series of the same name, it is revealed that the husband works for the Public Security Bureau, and their marriage is a cover to keep her under surveillance. In spite of his mission, he falls in love with Nami and tries to convince her not to get involved in other people’s affairs. She is being monitored as a state-level security risk, and the bureau is unwilling to tolerate any more trouble from her. However, to save a friend, Nami runs out of the house and risks everything she has to confront the enemy. When she comes home, she finds her husband pointing a gun at her! A gunshot echoes through the quiet, upscale neighborhood…The movie picks up where the controversial ending of the drama series left off!!
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-19
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Fukushima 50
2020-03-06
Fukushima 50
Overview: Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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Magnet Man
2014-06-13
Magnet Man
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-13
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We Are Little Zombies
2019-03-24
We Are Little Zombies
Overview: Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-24
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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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Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
2020-08-08
Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
Overview: "Okasan no Hibaku Piano" features a protagonist modeled after Mitsunori Yagawa, 67, a piano tuner who lives in Hiroshima's Asa-Minami Ward. (http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13318060)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-08-08
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Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
2021-03-26
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Overview: Hayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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Arthouse Ultraman
2005-07-02
Arthouse Ultraman
Overview: In the 21st century, multiple mysterious phenomenon began to occur as monsters who were initially thought to be a part of mythology had come to life. These phenomenons had also resulted from human activities that disrupted the nature of the ecosystem. Ultraman Max is the titular giant of his series. Originally a civilization observer sent from Nebula M78, the sacrifice of Kaito Touma changed his mind into bonding with with the youth and actively defending Earth from monsters and alien attacks. Arthouse Ultraman is a movie with four episodes edited together, theatrically released at Fantasia Festival 2006.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-02
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
2018-11-10
Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
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Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-10
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BOLT
2019-06-16
BOLT
Overview: Scene one: March 11th, 2011. An earthquake and a tsunami strike the East coast of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. A man and five other brave power plant workers are sent to fasten a bolt to prevent radiation leaks. Scene two: 2013. The man is now cleaning the empty houses surrounding the nuclear plant. But the strange atmosphere starts giving him hallucination... Scene three: Christmas, 2014. A woman in a red car crashes by the garage where the man is working. The woman looks just like his wife, who died in the tsunami.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-16
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Godzilla's Leading Ladies
2020-12-19
Godzilla's Leading Ladies
Overview: An NHK documentary about the talented actresses who have portrayed the beautiful, intelligent and resourceful heroines of the long running series. Features interviews with Kumi Mizuno, Keiko Mari, Yumiko Shaku, and Megumi Odaka. Also featured are never before seen 8mm home movies shot by producer Tomoyuki Tanaka on the sets of classic Toho films.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-19
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Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
2017-07-01
Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
Overview: Kitazawa Haku had watched a movie and dreamed he was in a parallel universe. Meanwhile, Ryū, the older brother of Haku's friend Takeru, is facing down boys' bar owner Rokujō. Then Ryū becomes fascinated with Kikiyō standing behind Rokujō. On the day of the yearly festival, Haku suddenly disappears. Takeru disappears while in search of Haku. Ryū disappears while following Kikiyō. And then Rokujō also disappears.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-01
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The Intermission
2013-02-23
The Intermission
Overview: A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie fans with its retro appearance and unique lineup. Unique guests visiting the theater draw a human pattern during breaks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-23
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Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
2012-01-21
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
Overview: The legendary Space Sheriff Gavan is hired to capture the Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. However, Gavan himself is captured by Ashurada, a Zangyack prison chief and descendant of his old enemy Don Horror, and jailed in the worst prison in the universe. The Gokaigers resolve to rescue the sheriff from the prison and join forces with him to fight Ashurada.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-21
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Snow Woman
2016-10-28
Snow Woman
Overview: One snowy night, in a mountain hut, Minokichi, a hunter, sees a snow woman killing his mentor Mosaku. “Should you tell anyone, I will take your life” she says, then drifts off. A year later, Minokichi meets and marries a beauty named Yuki. She bears him a daughter, Ume. 14 years pass and Ume blossoms into a radiant lady who befriends the sickly Mikio, the village leader’s son and Mosaku’s distant relative. Mikio soon dies in the same hut as Mosaku, with his body showing the same frostbite scars. Minokichi is reminded of that horrid night, and wonders what it was that he saw, and who Yuki really is.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-28
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Festival of Dreams
1989-06-24
Festival of Dreams
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-06-24
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The Yagyu Conspiracy
2008-09-28
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Overview: The classic tale retold. This is one of Japan’s most popular stories in a brand new version starring the great Matsukata Hiroki following in the footsteps of Yorozuya Kinnosuke as Yagyu Tajima, the grandmaster swordsman whose plot to maintain the succession of Iemitsu as shogun encounters obstacles on all sides. Loaded with action and featuring many of Japan’s new up and coming sword stars this exciting movie brings back the feelings of the golden age of motion pictures. Stunning cinematography brings 17th Century Japan to life in this exciting tale of loyalty and betrayal, leading up to an ending that won’t be found in any history book.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-28
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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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Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
2020-01-10
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-10
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An Artist of the Floating World
2019-03-30
An Artist of the Floating World
Overview: In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into WWII.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-30
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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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If Blessed
2010-01-09
If Blessed
Overview: Poet Okachimachi Kaito makes his directing debut. Featuring lead actress Ono Machiko, who starred in The Mourning Forest (Mogari no Mori) and is also a regular in director Kawase Naomi's other works, this film portrays the pure love between a prisoner sentenced to death and the fiance of the man he killed, and was nominated to be in the section "Japanese Eyes" in the Tokyo International Film Festival. Jun (Kubota Masashi) receives the death penalty for a botched robbery that turned into murder and while in prison, he is visited by Kaoru (Ono), a Christian and the fiance of the man he killed. However, when her fiance was killed, he was secretly with another woman. Jun and Kaoru soon become attracted to one another and, using a bible, they start to communicate in secret.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-09
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Black Lizard
2019-12-29
Black Lizard
Overview: Set in the future where it is commonplace for high tech crimes to get through cyber defense, Iwase Shobei, a wealthy man and well-known collector of gems, asks private investigator Akechi Kogoro to provide personal protection for his daughter Sanae. Iwase has been warned that she will be kidnapped. The mysterious phantom thief Kurotokage, who deftly replaces precious gems with imitations, stands in Akechi's way. However, Kogoro catches on that Madam Midorikawa, the owner of an exclusive hotel who has give shelter to Sanae, is actually Kurotokage, and prevents Sanae's abduction. However, he is hampered by a trick laid in the entire hotel and fails to catch her. At that moment, the thief and famous investigator secretly fall in love. Akechi chases Kurotokage and eventually learns about her tragic past and surprising identity. Although swayed by forbidden love, both have a final showdown at Kurotokage's secret museum which houses her collection. Who will be the victor?—Jdrama Weblog
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-12-29
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The Glorious Team Batista
2008-02-09
The Glorious Team Batista
Overview: Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon that specializes in the highly risky "Batista" procedure to shrink the size of enlarged hearts. Normally this procedure has only a 60% success rate, but "Team Batista" has achieved a run of 26 straight successes....when suddenly 3 patients in a row die on the operating table. Very disturbed, the lead surgeon requests an independent investigation. The hospital turns to Dr. Taguchi who is a specialist in psychosomatic disorders who is shocked to at the assignment because she knows nothing in particular about surgery. Assured, however, that this very lack of insider specialized knowledge is in fact the "objectivity" required, she diligently begins to investigate in her own polite, but persistent manner.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-02-09
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Red Foliage
1992-06-13
Red Foliage
Overview: Horror director Toshiharu Ikeda adapts a story by Baku Akae about a high-school student who falls in love with a woman on a school trip.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-13
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Vanished
2006-08-26
Vanished
Overview: Eight school friends innocently join together to play a game that, if played well, promised to make their greatest dreams come true. But, they soon discover that mistakes may cost them more than even their dreams could tell.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-26
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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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Nezura 1964
2020-12-19
Nezura 1964
Overview: A biopic based on the production of Daiei's Giant Horde Beast Nezura, the scrapped precursor to Gamera.
Genres: Drama Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-19
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The Passed Scene
2005-04-17
The Passed Scene
Overview: At the end of October, Sueko Yamane, a widow living alone, is strangled to death in her home in the Togura district on the outskirts of Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture. Money had been stolen, and it appeared to be a robbery and murder. Kaharu Ginsaku (Tomokazu Miura), head of the First Investigative Division at the Ehime Prefectural Police Headquarters, who was in charge of the investigation, did not anticipate that this case would turn out to be an unexpectedly difficult case. At the end of that year, in a forest overlooking the Genkai Sea in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Kazuo Shimosaka (Shiro Sano) puts his hands around the neck of his girlfriend, Nobuko Mano (Saki Takaoka), and strangles her to death.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-04-17
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レベル7
2012-05-28
レベル7
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-28
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疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2023-01-04
疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-04
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警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－
2024-04-01
警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-04-01
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黒の斜面
2016-01-24
黒の斜面
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Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-24
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