Yoshiyuki Morishita
Biography: Yoshiyuki Morishita (森下 能幸, Morishita Yoshiyuki, born 4 December 1962) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than eighty films since 1996.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 04, 1962
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic
2020-03-06
A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic
Overview: Saki's father is an alcoholic and her mother is a follower of a new religion. She sees her father's strange behavior and her mother's loneliness. Her family is collapsing, but Saki struggles to look for her future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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The Taste of Tea
2004-07-17
The Taste of Tea
Overview: A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-17
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Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005-10-25
Funky Forest: The First Contact
Overview: An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-25
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Party 7
2000-09-27
Party 7
Overview: Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the briefcase, another mobster sent to kill them, master voyeur Captain Banana and his new apprentice, The Mister Yellow. Who will end up with the money?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-09-27
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Black Kiss
2004-10-01
Black Kiss
Overview: Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After this, a string of murders start happening all around the two girls, as if some crazed serial killer was following them. At the scene of each crime, the perpetrator leaves a black lip print, and is subsequently dubbed "The Black Kiss.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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Shrieking in the Rain
2021-11-12
Shrieking in the Rain
Overview: At a movie studio in 1988, rookie director Hanako Hayashi is making her directorial debut, the erotic As Far as Love Will Take Us. She's under pressure from her producer and crew. When she is about to shoot the climax of the film, numerous problems arise. To make matters worse, the set is visited by a censor from the Film Certification Committee, and the key scenes end up being cut out to avoid an R rating. Can Hanako realise her dream?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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Tokyo!
2008-08-16
Tokyo!
Overview: Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-16
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Bright Future
2003-01-18
Bright Future
Overview: Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-01-18
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Jam Films 2
2004-12-24
Jam Films 2
Overview: Jam Films 2 features 4 short films by different Japanese directors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-24
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Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri
2003-05-24
Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri
Overview: Third installment of the Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 11 films made under the conditions: "the main character must be a detective" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes" "at least five gags must be included"
Genres: Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-05-24
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Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri
2003-03-22
Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri
Overview: Second installment of omnibus series Deka Matsuri. 10 films made under the conditions "The main character must be a female detective" "the film must be less than 10 minutes long" "at least five gags must be included"
Genres: Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-22
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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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Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
1998-09-15
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Overview: In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.
Genres: Crime Comedy Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-15
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The Happiness of the Katakuris
2002-02-23
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Overview: The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.
Genres: Comedy Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-23
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Survive Style 5+
2004-09-25
Survive Style 5+
Overview: Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-25
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Messy
2017-10-27
Messy
Overview: A drama in which an office lady searches for her own way of life. Sayumi, a 26-year-old OL, thinks that she only wants to have sex with people she likes, but the girls around her have teased her about the idea. In front of her, men who are not normal appear because they are too straight in their thoughts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-27
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Wild Zero
1999-08-28
Wild Zero
Overview: Only legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-08-28
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Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka
2002-07-03
Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka
Overview: A middle-aged push-over has an argument with two friends at the hotel he reserved for their holiday. They pick on him until an unexpected protector starts defending him. / An alien homeroom teacher gives career advice to a student.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-03
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Instant Swamp
2009-05-23
Instant Swamp
Overview: A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her real father who happens to be an off-beat antique shopkeeper.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-23
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X-Cross
2007-10-11
X-Cross
Overview: Recovering from a failed love affair Shiyori heads to the country, in the company of best friend and bad girl Aiko. Having taken a long soak in the hot spring they retire to their respective cabins. They soon discover that the tranquil village is the home of a cult with a fetish for cutting off female legs. Trying to escape they are split up and keep in touch via their mobile phones. Multiple points of view and time frames keeps the viewer on their toes trying to discern the grisly fate of these "lost" girls.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-11
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Kakashi
2001-09-13
Kakashi
Overview: The search for her vanished brother Tsuyoshi leads Kaoru to the lonesome village Kozukata in the Japanese back-land. The locals react repelling to her, which the exception of the Chinese girl Sally. As her car breaks down Kaoru is trapped in the village; will she have to repay for something she has done in the past?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-13
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Dark Tales of Japan
2004-09-22
Dark Tales of Japan
Overview: Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-22
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Mechanical Race Queen
2006-05-11
Mechanical Race Queen
Overview: Race Queen Reiko Kageyama may refer to: Even today, he showed off his proud body to the men who crowded the race track. It was Reiko who responded to the flash that never stopped with various poses, The scorching sunlight and exhaust-laden air cause you to collapse on the asphalt. Before she knew it, Reiko was being held captive by a man she didn't know. Moreover, the man, who claimed to be a fan, was insulting her unconscious at will. Reiko's gears are starting to go crazy. in the car by the manager who rescued her, Raped by a father who attempted suicide in an abandoned forest, Eventually, he is picked up by a man who lives away from the mundane world, The man was a crazy scientist who had an unusual obsession with race queens and was trying to create an ideal goddess on the operating table... What is the end of the longing race queen who receives the desires of all men at once?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-11
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Redline
2010-05-27
Redline
Overview: The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that's tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In his vehicle, JP, the most daredevil driver on the circuit, is ready for the green light. Female driver Sonoshee, with whom he is secretly in love, is also on the starting line. She will stop at nothing to get on to that podium. In this race, not only is anything possible, but also anything is allowed. In fact, their adversaries have modified their vehicles to equip them with highly destructive weapons; with such participants, it is hardly surprising that Redline is forbidden by the authorities, who will try anything to halt the proceedings.
Genres: Animation Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-27
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Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie Wars Genesis
2015-12-12
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie Wars Genesis
Overview: Shortly after Shinnosuke Tomari (Ryoma Takeuchi), Kamen Rider Drive, eradicates the Earth of the 108 Roidmudes, he is put on a special assignment to investigate paranormal activity elsewhere in the city. He heads to the temple Daitenkū-ji to speak with witnesses Akari Tsukimura (Hikaru Ohsawa) and Onari (Takayuki Yanagi), but as he is interrogating them, a Gamma appears and steals an Eyecon from the temple, prompting Takeru Tenkūji (Shun Nishime), Kamen Rider Ghost, to fight it, even though to Shinnosuke it seems that Kamen Rider Ghost is fighting no one at all as he cannot see the Gamma
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-12
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Kamen Rider Ghost RE:BIRTH - Kamen Rider Specter
2017-04-19
Kamen Rider Ghost RE:BIRTH - Kamen Rider Specter
Overview: A continuation from the Kamen Rider Ghost TV series, this is the story of Makoto, Alain, and Kanon who have traveled back to the Ganma World. It will explain the connection between Makoto and the Makoto doppelganger. Kanon’s secret will be revealed as well.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-19
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Quirky Guys and Gals
2011-01-15
Quirky Guys and Gals
Overview: The movie consists of 4 stories each telling how people survive on life-death choice. The story titles are: Cheering Girls, Boy? meets girl., Claim Night! and The House Full Of 'Abandoned' Businessmen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-15
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The Warped Forest
2011-10-15
The Warped Forest
Overview: Settle into your chair and be transported to a place both familiar and alien; where a giant shop-girl can barely fit in her store, there's a weird green pod in every bedroom, and terrifying wood nymphs provide a heartbroken woman with the anatomically correct fruit everyone seems to covet. In the end we are left, like Alice, with the Red King's conundrum: are we dreaming them or are they dreaming us?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-15
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Dead Girl Walking
2004-10-02
Dead Girl Walking
Overview: Sayuru is an ordinary teenage girl. But one day everything changes when she learns that she apparently died. Even though she is dead, she is still in the mind and wandering around at home on days like a ghost. But her family is ready to do anything to get rid of the ghost.
Genres: Horror Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-02
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Doing Time
2002-05-14
Doing Time
Overview: A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-14
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Satsujinki
2016-11-25
Satsujinki
Overview: Almost all of the dialogue and narration is extracted from the original work, with only minor differences in the storyline as follows. Yashiro Ryusuke's own home is located on Y Koji. When he first accompanies Kanako on the road, Kagawa meets her in front of Yashiro's house, and Kamei also appears there. Dr Asano's wife did not show up. It is explained that Kagawa has two girls (in the original story, one is a student at a girls' school, but the gender of the other is unknown). The introduction of the 'one in 500 murderers' is told against the backdrop of Kindaichi excavating an air-raid shelter (which appears to have been made from a natural cave).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-25
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SHORT FILMS
2003-03-08
SHORT FILMS
Overview: Omnibus of six short films: Return; Ken-do star; Hana to oji-san; Adagietto Sehr, langsam; Nakayoki koto wa yoki koto ka na; Slow is Beautiful. Third installment of "SF" series produced by Hiroyuki Nakano.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-08
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Heibon Ponch
2008-11-22
Heibon Ponch
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-22
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Smap Short Films
2001-04-09
Smap Short Films
Overview: Short films by top CM directors and CG creators: MUSIC POWER GO! GO! ダモン君の巻; BUS PANIC!!!; GAME SHINGO; 治療; Good-bye, cruel world; ROLLING BOMBER SPECIAL; 菅原さん ・コンセント ・トイレ ・のれない ・脱出不可能. Produced for and aired together as TV special of SMAPxSMAP
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Drama Action Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-04-09
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SF Whipped Cream
2002-12-14
SF Whipped Cream
Overview: In the year 2060, KEN, a 25-year-old young man raised by aliens living illegally on Earth, makes a living by selling dubious drugs, idolizing Carl Gotch as a god. One day, he is caught cheating on his drug sales and becomes the target of a gang. However, it turns out that KEN's ID is forged and alien, and he is deported back to the planet where he was raised. There, KEN encounters many unusual phenomena.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-12-14
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Pistol Opera
2001-10-27
Pistol Opera
Overview: An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-27
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Bayside Shakedown 2
2003-07-19
Bayside Shakedown 2
Overview: The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima jumps at the opportunity to pursue something other than his current case, which he finds less than inspiring. However the powers that be have other ideas, and Wangan again plays host to a special investigation team from headquarters. Aoshima's friend Superintendent Shinji Muroi, assigned by headquarters to assist Okita, is again powerless to help the local officers as decisions are made by the higher ups.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-19
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Takeshis'
2005-09-02
Takeshis'
Overview: Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-02
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Hello! Junichi
2014-02-15
Hello! Junichi
Overview: An elementary student named Junichi is having trouble returning an eraser he borrowed from his secret crush, Maeda. With the support and encouragement of rookie teacher Anna, Junichi gets over his shyness and starts a band with his classmates.
Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-02-15
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Cutie Honey
2004-05-29
Cutie Honey
Overview: When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-29
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TATSUJIN THE MASTER
2021-09-10
TATSUJIN THE MASTER
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-09-10
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My Darling of the Mountains
2008-05-24
My Darling of the Mountains
Overview: In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing Tokyo, a handsome bachelor and a blind masseur cross.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-24
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BORDER LINE
2003-06-28
BORDER LINE
Overview: Three storylines interweave in Border Line. Kurosawa (Murakami Jun) finds himself driving a taciturn young man named Matsuda (Sawaki Tetsu) halfway to Hokkaido, after accidentally knocking him off his bike; their fragile bond can last only so long. The housewife Aikawa Misa (Aso Yumi) tries desperately to hold her family together when her husband gets laid off and her son is so frightened of bullies at school that he throws up in the car; she’s reduced to taking a McJob in a convenience store. And Miyaji (Mitsuishi Ken), who collects debts for a yakuza gang, gets into trouble when his partner Kitajima puts personal need above duty.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-28
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The Woodsman and the Rain
2012-02-11
The Woodsman and the Rain
Overview: A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-11
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Smuggler
2011-10-22
Smuggler
Overview: To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-22
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Our Tomorrow
2014-04-05
Our Tomorrow
Overview: At a pawn shop called "K" which is known for being a place where backroom deals are conducted, a professional burglar named Ryo Fudo puts together a team with the aim of stealing a legendary cache of gold. Ryo plans to wash his hands of thievery once and for all after this one final job, but conflicting intentions and betrayal soon complicate the situation.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-04-05
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Raining Blood
2014-05-10
Raining Blood
Overview: One day, Naoto receives a package. Inside he finds a book, ‘LIVE’. At the same time, he receives an image on mobile phone of his mother being kidnapped and a call from a mysterious man. “If you don’ t want us to inject the killer virus in your mother, find the hints hidden in the novel and head for the goal in the death race!” Naoto starts running to save his mother with the book in his hand.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-10
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The Dog won't Eat it, but Charlie Laughs
2022-09-23
The Dog won't Eat it, but Charlie Laughs
Overview: Tamura Yujiro and Hiyori have been married for four years. They look like a happily married couple, but, Hiyori secretly badmouths her husband on social media page "Husband Death Note."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-23
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Scrap Heaven
2005-10-08
Scrap Heaven
Overview: The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, then cross paths again months later.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-08
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It's Me It's Me
2013-05-24
It's Me It's Me
Overview: Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer and goes about a scam. He calls the person's mother and pretends to be her son. He then gets the mother to transfer money to his bank account. Soon, Hitoshi gets a lot more than he bargained for.
Genres: Comedy Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-24
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Survival Family
2016-12-12
Survival Family
Overview: A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-12
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Glory to the Filmmaker!
2007-06-02
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Overview: Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-02
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Zatoichi
2003-09-06
Zatoichi
Overview: Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-06
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Thermae Romae
2012-04-28
Thermae Romae
Overview: The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa that leads him to a modern Japanese bath house. Inspired by the innovations found there, he creates his own spa, Roma Thermae, bringing in the modern ideas to his time.
Genres: Drama Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-04-28
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Install
2004-12-25
Install
Overview: High school student Asako moves all of her belongings to the refuse area of her apartment complex and stops attending school. Kazuyoshi, a precocious young boy, invites her to join him in an online chatroom venture where she assumes the identity of a married temptress named "Miyabi".
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-25
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004-04-16
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Overview: The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-16
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2004-07-10
69
Overview: Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the attention of television stations and newspapers, and soon even the cops became involved in this teenage adventure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-10
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Tokyo Zombie
2005-12-10
Tokyo Zombie
Overview: Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-10
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003-10-10
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Overview: An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-10
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Heavenly Forest
2006-10-28
Heavenly Forest
Overview: The story begins with Makoto Segawa, a freshman at Meikei University. On the day of his university entrance ceremony, Makoto meets a fresh-faced, quirky girl named Shizuru. Makoto has a complex which causes him to shy away from contact with other people, but she succeeds in getting him to open up to her naturally. All Shizuru wants is to be with Makoto, so she takes up a camera too. The two spend their days together taking photos in the forest behind the campus. However, Makoto has feelings for another student named Miyuki. Shizuru decides that if Makoto likes Miyuki, she wants to like her too. She wants to like everything that he does. One day, she tells Makoto that she wants to take a photo of them kissing in the forest as a present for 'her birthday'. He obliges for her sake, and they kiss in the forest.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-28
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Yakuza Apocalypse
2015-05-21
Yakuza Apocalypse
Overview: When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-21
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Happy Together –All About My Dog–
2011-01-22
Happy Together –All About My Dog–
Overview: A series of short stories explore the connection of love between dogs and people.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-22
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Sonatine
1993-09-10
Sonatine
Overview: Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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Crickets
2006-11-23
Crickets
Overview: Kaoru, a wealthy woman whose youth is fading, abandons the hustle and bustle of the city to live a peaceful life in a house on the coast. There she takes care of an old deaf, dumb and blind man as if he were an insect, a child or a pet. He can’t do anything for himself, so she feeds him and accompanies him on his walks. This strong mutual dependency offers Kaoru an escape from society and allows her to free herself from restrictions imposed by common sense.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-23
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Yoshino's Barber Shop
2004-04-10
Yoshino's Barber Shop
Overview: In a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head haircut known as the "Yoshino-gari" hairstyle. Then one day, a drastic change occurs when a transfer student with bleached hair comes from Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-10
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增殖 世纪末的诅咒
2000-11-22
增殖 世纪末的诅咒
Overview: A female documentary writer approaches the case of a hikikomori boy's murder of a young girl and a high school girl's classmate.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-22
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Cloud
2024-09-27
Cloud
Overview: Ryosuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-27
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Oh My Zombie!
2016-11-05
Oh My Zombie!
Overview: Five years have passed since Japan's Great Zombie Panic. The confusion of those days is gone and people have finally regained their ordinary, peaceful lives. One day, out of nowhere, a zombie appears and becomes trapped in a house. Six people have spotted the zombie, including the home-owner couple, a cheeky high school boy, a boring small-factory owner, a suspicious young intern and a woman who insists she is the zombie's wife.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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Kamen Rider Ghost: Truth! The Secret of the Heroic Eyecons!
2016-10-01
Kamen Rider Ghost: Truth! The Secret of the Heroic Eyecons!
Overview: In the World of Ganma, Chikara Saionji is revived, his spiritual remains entering an empty Ganma Eyecon shell. He soon spots Alain and the Fukami siblings, Makota and Kanon, nearby. Unaware of what has happened since his death, he brings out an old photo of the original Ghost Hunters team, remembering what he is there to do. This story is set after the epilogue of Kamen Rider Ghost RE:BIRTH: Kamen Rider Specter, which itself is set 2 years after the events of Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-01
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
2003-12-13
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Overview: Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-13
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Golden Orchestra
2016-11-11
Golden Orchestra
Overview: When Chizuru joins as a teacher at Umega High School, she hears an amateur orchestra perform. Reminiscing her old days of playing the violin, she decides to enroll in one.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-11
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LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
2018-10-12
LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
Overview: Sin is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal cord doping. His voice is now teetering on the edge, due to side effects from the vocal cord doping. Around this time, Sin meets Fūka, who is a street musician. When Fūka sings, her voice is so small. Due to Fūka, Sin looks back upon his past.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-12
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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005-07-02
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Overview: Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-02
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Itsumo Tsukiyo ni Kome no Meshi
2018-09-08
Itsumo Tsukiyo ni Kome no Meshi
Overview: After the disappearance of her single mother, a Tokyo high school student goes to Niigata to begin work at her mother’s izakaya restaurant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-08
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Parco Fiction
2002-07-20
Parco Fiction
Overview: Witness a bizarre job interview and a dotty grandma in these five short surreal stories revolving around legendary Japanese department store Parco.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-20
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Kuinige Killer
2018-03-21
Kuinige Killer
Overview: A family restaurant faces hard times due to customers running out on their bills. In his past, Shogo Kawatani was a premiere athlete. Now, Shogo Kawatani works for the family restaurant. His job is to catch customers who run out on their bills.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-21
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Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo
2016-02-19
Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo
Overview: A prequel to the story of the legendary samurai and one cat. In Edo era, there was a legendary samurai named Kyutaro Madarame who are feared as a "Madara the Devil". He was somehow hired for killing a cat named Tamanojo. Just before Kyutaro slashes on Tamanojo, he realizes that Tamanojo looking into his eyes and said "meow". But why?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-02-19
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Robo-G
2012-01-14
Robo-G
Overview: Three engineers cannot make a robot work in time for a science show, and hire a man to inhabit the robot's shell to save their jobs. The robot's performance at the show attracts media attention and scrutiny from a science student.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-14
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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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Ghost Master
2019-12-06
Ghost Master
Overview: Akira Kurosawa is a nerdy movie buff who works on low budget romantic comedies while dreaming of becoming a horror master. After being abused by his mentor, “the master” he finally decides he’s had enough and opens a door allowing an evil spirit to wreak revenge on those who have been cruel to him. But much like the movies he loves, once a spirit is unleashed – it can’t be controlled and starts to kill everyone!
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-12-06
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special
2009-03-30
Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special
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Genres: Fantasy Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-30
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Ichi the Killer
2001-12-22
Ichi the Killer
Overview: As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Genres: Action Crime Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-22
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Swing Girls
2004-09-11
Swing Girls
Overview: A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-11
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Prayer Beads
2004-05-08
Prayer Beads
Overview: This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are revolving around bad karma and terror.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-08
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BraveStorm
2017-11-10
BraveStorm
Overview: In the year 2050, mankind is extinct. The last survivors travel back in time to stop the invader, Killgis, aided by roboticist Kenichiro Kurenai. When they arrive at the past, they start to build a giant robot, Red Baron, and the pilot of the Red Baron races against time aided by reinforced humans to identify the alien in a fierce battle which starts in Tokyo for the survival of Earth. This is a re-imagining of the 1970s TV series' "Silver Kamen" and "Super Robot Red Baron".
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-10
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Ring 0
2000-01-22
Ring 0
Overview: Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
Genres: Horror Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-22
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Innocent Curse
2017-06-17
Innocent Curse
Overview: A suburban town is faced with a series of bizarre incidents in which children disappear and three days later an adult in their life dies. A mysterious "child whisperer" phantom appears before journalist Shunya, who is investigating the incidents, and his girlfriend Naomi.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-06-17
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Piecing Me Back Together
2010-06-19
Piecing Me Back Together
Overview: A young woman named Izumi suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi, who died from a fatal motorcycle accident. The shock from her boyfriend's sudden death causes Izumi to lose her memory from the time of the accident. A lawyer named Makiko then helps Izumi to remember the final moments of her boyfriend's life.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-19
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The Grudge
2004-10-22
The Grudge
Overview: An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-22
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011-03-27
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Overview: An assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is a complete edit of the two-part martial arts action films Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2. The film was originally scheduled to be released as one part. However, due to the film's over 4 hour running time, it was split into two parts.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-27
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Ju-on: The Grudge
2002-10-18
Ju-on: The Grudge
Overview: When social worker Rika is sent to check on a traumatized old lady whose family have moved in at the site of the notorious Saeki family murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that is transmitted via its victims further and further from its original source.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-18
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Fireworks
1997-10-30
Fireworks
Overview: Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi leaves the police force to spend time with his wife at home, and must find a way to pay off his debts to the yakuza.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-30
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My Name is Yours
2020-07-31
My Name is Yours
Overview: At midnight, in a residential area of Osaka, a middle aged man is murdered. The person who killed the man is a high school student. En is a 2nd grade high school student. She spends her boring days with her friend Kotoko, who tends to change boyfriends frequently. Kotoko falls in love with Narihira at first sight. Narihira is a soccer player at their high school. Since then, the relationship between En and Kotoko changes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-31
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Kids Return
1996-07-27
Kids Return
Overview: Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-07-27
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GO
2001-10-20
GO
Overview: Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-20
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Happy Flight
2008-11-15
Happy Flight
Overview: A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-15
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Soup Opera
2010-10-02
Soup Opera
Overview: Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, she winds up becoming roommates with an aging ladies’ man named Tony and a timid younger man named Kosuke.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-02
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Household X
2010-07-29
Household X
Overview: The story takes place in a new residential area in the outskirts of Tokyo. A family photograph adorns the living room of the Hashimoto family. It is a heartwarming shot of the three family members from when they first moved here, finally having bought their own home that they had wanted for so long. Wife Michiko hangs the laundry everyday. Husband Ken-ichi leaves for work without a word. Son Hiroaki has a part-time job, returns home early and disappears into his room. The Hashimoto Family no longer eats meal together at the dining table or spends time together in the living room. Michiko yearns for a different relationship with her family and is gradually overcome by loneliness. While feeling pressured from the trifling matters that occur within the residential community, Michiko tries to fill the emptiness that she hides in her heart.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-29
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Angel's Egg
2006-10-21
Angel's Egg
Overview: The film follows a young aspiring art university student, who falls in love with the older sister of his girlfriend. The heartrending longing and the true love that the three characters pursue, is pure, but almost painful. Is the person who stands next to you, is the person that gives you true comfort and love? Can you say that you love him/her from the bottom of your heart?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-21
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Mori, The Artist's Habitat
2018-05-19
Mori, The Artist's Habitat
Overview: In 1974, Morikazu is 94 years old and his wife Hideko is 76 years old. They live at a house in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The garden at their home is full of trees, plants and insects. Morikazu paints pictures of the creatures in his garden and also observes them. This has been his daily routine for more than 30 years. Morikazu and Hideko entertain visitors every day including a photographer and the couple living next door.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-19
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Tomie: Beginning
2005-04-09
Tomie: Beginning
Overview: Within days after the mysterious new student Kawagami Tomie joins a high school classroom, all hell literally breaks loose. Simple in-fighting between boys and girls over Tomie's oppressive shadow soon gives way to mind-breaking violence, culminating in a grizzly dissection that ultimately leads to suicide, insanity, and even more violence.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-04-09
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Achilles and the Tortoise
2008-09-20
Achilles and the Tortoise
Overview: Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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Pieta in the Toilet
2015-06-06
Pieta in the Toilet
Overview: Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-06
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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021-04-09
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Overview: In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-09
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Hana & Alice
2004-03-13
Hana & Alice
Overview: Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-13
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The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2007-06-23
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
Overview: A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the elusive insect and along the way meets the mysterious Sayoko, a former dominatrix and habitual wrist-cutter who delights in rubbing wasabi into her wounds.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-23
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Hokuro Kyodai Full Throttle!!!!
2007-05-25
Hokuro Kyodai Full Throttle!!!!
Overview: One of the most wildly creative filmmakers working in Japan today, Ishii Katsuhito seems to take joy in dropping whimsical, unpredictable works onto unsuspecting audiences. His last film Nice no Mori (a.k.a. Funky Forest), an omnibus offering co-directed with Ishimine Hajime and Miki Shinichiro, was an ode to pure, unadulterated insanity. The Mole Brothers and their Beatles hairdos serve up plenty of chaos and laughter in this riotous seven-episode series that is just about required viewing for fans of the film. Ishii returns once again to his animation roots, and the results are as head-scratchingly brilliant as ever. This release comes with the seven animated shorts, Nice no Mori trailer, and Hokuro Brothers Full Throttle!!!! making of and filmography.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-25
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Every Trick In The Book
2021-08-27
Every Trick In The Book
Overview: Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in Toyama Prefecture, who comes across a mysterious counterfeit bill and has his life targeted by underworld kingpin Kurata. Is his story fact or fiction? His editor, Nahomi Torikai, decides to verify whether his latest work is mere fiction based on real-life experiences. She looks into a family that vanished, a post office worker who went missing, a shady load of cash, the whereabouts of the doves, and the fateful encounter from that night... A series of shocking facts are revealed from Tsuda’s stories. Why did the counterfeit money end up in Tsuda’s hands? What is the “ending” that Tsuda wished to portray?
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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Torihada 3~ Yofukashi no anata ni zokutto suru hanashi wo
2008-04-02
Torihada 3~ Yofukashi no anata ni zokutto suru hanashi wo
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-04-02
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月と嘘と殺人
2010-02-27
月と嘘と殺人
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-02-27
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Eagle of the Decotora: Festival Music
2003-10-11
Eagle of the Decotora: Festival Music
Overview: First film in the 'Decotora no Eagle' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-11
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