Arata Iura
Biography: Arata Iura (井浦 新 Iura Arata, born September 15, 1974 in Hino City, Tokyo), was previously known as Arata, is a Japanese actor, model and fashion designer. He is the Director of fashion brand Elnest Creative Activity. He helds also the position of Director at the Artisan Culture Organisation Institute. He belongs to Tencarat Entertainment Office.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 15, 1974
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
The World of You
2022-01-29
The World of You
Overview: High school student Yuki suffers from a chronic disease and has lost hope for living. One day she has a life-changing encounter with Aki, her destructive classmate with a beautiful singing voice. Together they decide to form a band with Yusuke who secretly has feelings for Yuki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-29
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Distance
2001-05-26
Distance
Overview: On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-05-26
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Air Doll
2009-09-26
Air Doll
Overview: A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-26
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Ping Pong
2002-07-20
Ping Pong
Overview: As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-20
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Bare Essence of Life
2009-06-06
Bare Essence of Life
Overview: Youjin is a quirky young man living in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Yojin has a difficult time sitting still and can't focus on extended conversations. His life revolves around farming his grandmother's vegetable garden. Yojin experiences a new kind of feeling when he meets a pretty young lady named Machiko. The feelings are strong enough that he feels the need to be with her and gain her affection.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-06
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A Band Rabbit and a Boy
2013-12-14
A Band Rabbit and a Boy
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-14
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HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky
2017-08-19
HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky
Overview: Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-19
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Undercurrent
2023-10-06
Undercurrent
Overview: Kanae's husband disappeared without a trace while on a union trip. Though usually headstrong and independent, the woman becomes plagued with worry over what happened to him, and is unable to move on with her life. Thus, Kanae decides to hire a private investigator, and keeps running the public bathhouse to the best of her abilities. As he tries to figure out the truth about her husband, Kanae must deal with the stress from a work-intensive job, meddlesome neighbors, and recurring nightmares in which she is drowning.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-06
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Snakes and Earrings
2008-09-20
Snakes and Earrings
Overview: While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.
Genres: Romance Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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Solanin
2010-04-03
Solanin
Overview: Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Taneda is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-04-03
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United Red Army
2007-08-26
United Red Army
Overview: Two of the most radical student groups form the United Red Army (URA) and head into the mountains to conduct a training camp. Ideology devolves into despotism, and the URA's leaders begin to arbitrarily persecute their followers, a harrowing ordeal that culminates in violence and murder.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-26
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20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
2009-08-19
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Overview: The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?
Genres: Adventure Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-08-19
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After Life
1999-04-17
After Life
Overview: On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-04-17
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From Me to You
2010-09-25
From Me to You
Overview: Sawako Kuronuma looks miserable on the outside, but is actually a positive-minded girl, who looks up to Shota Kazehaya, a sociable and friendly boy. Perceiving Sawako's good intentions, he secretly has feelings for her. Sawako meets Kazehaya and makes her first friends, Chizuru and Ayane but in comes Kurumi proclaiming her love for him... Will Sawako and Kazehaya ever find out about each other's feelings?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-25
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The Ex-idol, Stuck in Life, Decided to Live with a Complete Stranger
2023-11-03
The Ex-idol, Stuck in Life, Decided to Live with a Complete Stranger
Overview: Akiko (Mai Fukagawa) is a former idol, but now lives an ordinary life. She works at a company and keeps reminding herself that she is happy and to have a fulfilling day. One day, she walks to work and falls down. She becomes stuck and unable to move. Akiko breaks down mentally and decides to quit her job. Now, Akiko doesn't have a job, a boyfriend, and only 100,000 yen (~$700 USD) in her bank account. Her friend then tells her that she should move in with 56 year old salaryman Sasapon (Arata Iura), who lives alone in his house in Tokyo. When she visits Sasapon, he invites her to stay at his house on the condition that she can live there until his retirement. Their strange living arrangement begins.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art
2023-05-28
Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art
Overview: In 2018 Japan’s NHK television network was given unprecedented access to the Freer Gallery of Art’s collection of works by Katsushika Hokusai so they could film the details of paintings using a state-of-the-art 8K video camera. The resulting documentary is hosted by actor Iura Arata and features commentary from the James Ulak, former curator at the National Museum of Asian Art, and Tim Clark, former curator at the British Museum. The film’s intended premiere in April 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic. We are proud to finally screen it. Explore masterpieces at a never-before-seen level of detail and enjoy new insights into the artist’s genius.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-28
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11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate
2012-05-20
11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate
Overview: On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's greatest and most celebrated novelists. With four members of his own private army - the Tatenokai - Mishima had taken the commandant hostage and called upon the assembled military outside the Ministry to overthrow their society and restore the powers of the Emperor. When the soldiers mocked and jeered Mishima, he cut short his speech and withdrew to the commandant's office where he committed seppuku - the samurai warrior's death - tearing open his belly with a ceremonial knife before being beheaded by one of his colleagues. What was Mishima truly trying to express through his actions? And what did he witness during his final moments?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-20
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Murderous Intent's Journey the Movie
2021-02-05
Murderous Intent's Journey the Movie
Overview: Takaki runs a small cardboard processing company. One day, he killed himself. He did this because of Yoshiyuki. Yoshiyuki is the CEO of a company that works with Takaki's company. Due to Yoshiyuki, Takaki's company went bankrupt because of heavy debts. This caused Takaki to jump off of a rooftop building. Despite the appeals from Takaki's family, Yoshiyuki was unpunished by the law. Takaki ’s son Kazuma and Takaki ’s nephew Mitsuru decide to take revenge on Yoshiyuki.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-02-05
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Our Homeland
2012-07-01
Our Homeland
Overview: From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their number, who returns for just a short period. For the first time in 25 years, Sonho is reunited with his family in Tokyo after being allowed to undergo an operation there. Sonho’s younger sister Rie is at the centre of the film, and is not hard to recognise as the director’s alter-ego. In her documentaries DEAR PYONGYANG and SONA, THE OTHER MYSELF, Yang Yonghi told the story of her own life, and how, at age six, she experienced the departure of her three older brothers, who left their family for Pyongyang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-01
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September 1923
2023-09-01
September 1923
Overview: Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-01
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Prisoner/Terrorist
2007-02-02
Prisoner/Terrorist
Overview: During a suicide attack on an airport, the hand grenade of 'M', one of three terrorists, malfunctions, leaving him captured. Exposed to maltreatment in prison, he slowly loses his grip on reality as he is forced to confront his ideological convictions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-02
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Half & Half
2015-11-07
Half & Half
Overview: A lonely young girl who has lost her mother wears a blindfold all day and believes she has only half the world. Until one day she meets a middle-aged man who also claims to have only half the world in the graffiti world of her desk ......
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-07
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The Ravine of Goodbye
2013-06-22
The Ravine of Goodbye
Overview: In a valley, with a dense growth of trees, a baby is killed. The baby's mother Satomi is arrested as the prime suspect. The police also learn that Satomi is involved in a romantic relationship with her next door neighbor Ozaki. The information was provided by the neighbor's lover Kanako.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-22
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Rich Man, Poor Woman in New York
2013-04-01
Rich Man, Poor Woman in New York
Overview: Makoto who is working in Brazil is back in Japan for a short stay. However, not having a place for the week she stays over at Toru's house. Their lifestyles though are not exactly good matches and soon the tension begins to simmer
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-01
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Chicken Phoenix
2022-04-15
Chicken Phoenix
Overview: Childhood friends Sota, and Rakuto are on a journey to find the Phoenix, which shouldn't exist. As adults, there remains a dark shadow over each of them as their lives have progressed, thus they seek a bit of escapism in their travels. Parallel to their own story, is the mysterious bride. Not to mention a deserted youkai snack bar in the underworld, a gang from an SM Castle, an agricultural rapper, a young man on a bike trip, a monk peaching about enlightenment, the owner and operator of an empty movie theater, and more that the duo meet on their aimless journey. The hints of the true colors of life are within the journey, so what kind of Phoenix are they looking for?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-15
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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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The Last Supper Detective Tono Kazuyuki and the Seven Suspects
2011-05-14
The Last Supper Detective Tono Kazuyuki and the Seven Suspects
Overview: On the first day of opening, a small Italian restaurant is set on fire, killing three customers, and the unidentified survivor, who was injured and taken to hospital, somehow escapes. Detective Tono and his team, who are renowned for their interrogation skills, realise from evidence left at the scene that there are still survivors who have fled the scene. After obtaining information about the customers from the owner-chef, who was slightly injured, Tono visits the suspects, but they all seem to be acting strangely and are hiding something. The hidden relationship between the suspects, who seemed unrelated, is then revealed.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-14
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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 2: The Last Hope
2009-01-30
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Overview: Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of Prophecy.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-30
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Shady Grove
1999-07-03
Shady Grove
Overview: Rika, a bright, attractive, and driven young woman, is intent on marrying her dreamy boyfriend Seiichi Ono who is not only tall and handsome but also an up-and-coming executive. One day, Ono abruptly dumps her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-03
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Education and Nationalism
2022-05-13
Education and Nationalism
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-05-13
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Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
2013-03-02
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
Overview: Su-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san follows the lives of three women who are former co-workers. 34-year-old Su-chan works at a coffee shop and has feelings for the manager there. 34-year-old Mai-chan works at an OA machine maker. She is in a relationship with a married man. 39-year-old Sawako works as a web designer and also takes care of her grandmother. -san and her mother take care of her grandmother.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-02
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The Extreme Sukiyaki
2013-11-23
The Extreme Sukiyaki
Overview: Former college buddies Horaguchi and Okawa suddenly reunite on a whim after 15 years apart and try to resume their friendship by planning a trip together. Meanwhile, Okawa’s live-in girlfriend Kaede and the pair's old friend Kyoko get roped into joining them. Soon, the four head off on a trip together with the goal of sharing sukiyaki by the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-23
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John Rabe
2009-04-02
John Rabe
Overview: A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-04-02
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Like Father, Like Son
2013-09-24
Like Father, Like Son
Overview: Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-24
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シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ
2022-07-02
シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-02
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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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Blazing Famiglia
2012-09-08
Blazing Famiglia
Overview: "Blazing Famiglia" centers around a family of former teenage gangsters. Tetsu Hino (Yoshimi Tokui) was once the leader of the most feared motorcycle gang in the Kanto area. Now, Tetsu Hino is middle-aged man who is looked down upon by his rebellious son Shuhei (Kento Hayashi). One day, Tetsu and his old biker gang gather together again after the daughter of a member is assaulted. Tetsu, worried about his day to day life, nevertheless regains the passion from his biker days. Tetsu then finds out that Ken Igarashi (Jun Murakami) is the man behind the attack. Ken Igarashi has had a grudge against Tetsu for a long time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-08
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Strangers in the City
2010-11-20
Strangers in the City
Overview: Former high school teacher Kazuo Hatano (Toru Nakamura) reunites 12 years later with Masako Tezuka (Manami Konishi). Masako Tezuka was his former high school student whom he married after her graduation. Their marriage became a scandal & the couple divorced ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-20
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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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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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A Blue Automobile
2004-11-20
A Blue Automobile
Overview: Richio, a young DJ, is as emotionally non-existent as no other man on the planet. He uses his tough exterior to avoid attachments to people and society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-20
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Caterpillar
2010-08-14
Caterpillar
Overview: The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-14
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Gina K
2005-08-27
Gina K
Overview: "Gina K" tells the story of the daughter of a famous stripper, who reveals her family history so she can stand proud as a vocalist. On stage she's feverish, but when she comes down she's just another girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-27
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The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
2007-05-05
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
Overview: Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized meat, and viewers will get a delightful eyeful of food, food, and more food in this fabulously fulfilling gourmet comedy. Reveling in Japan's love for food-themed shows, the film revolves around a culinary battle of David and Goliath proportions, cheekily parodying Japanese cooking shows with Iron Chef-like editing, excited running commentary, and comedic how-to segments. The Yakiniku Movie also shines a light on the food culture of Japan's resident Korean population, proving that tasty food transcends all boundaries.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-05
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Petrel Hotel Blue
2012-03-24
Petrel Hotel Blue
Overview: Seeking to exact revenge upon Yoji, Yukio travels to an area surrounded by the sea, desert and lava topped mountains. There, Yukio meets mysterious Rika and becomes enchanted by her presence. While, Yukio can't get Rika out of his mind, he faces off against Masakazu, a former subordinate of Yoji, and a detective chasing Rika.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-24
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Shibuya
2010-01-09
Shibuya
Overview: Go Ayano plays Kazunari Mizusawa, a young photographer gathering pictures of girls in Shibuya for a documentary. Suddenly the constant noise of the bustling crowd is drowned out by a high school girl (Aimi Satsukawa) shrieking in anger. Mizusawa is startled, but also confused by the fact that nobody in the area but him seemed to care or even notice. His fascination with figuring out exactly what makes young girls want to come to Shibuya in the first place makes him determined to find out more about her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-09
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Tokyo Cowboy
2024-06-07
Tokyo Cowboy
Overview: Brash businessman Hideki (Arata Iura) convinces his Tokyo bosses he can turn a profitless Montana cattle ranch into a premiere-performing asset. However, when his Japanese Wagyu-beef expert fails him, Hideki is poised to fail unless he identifies a missing element that's key to the transformation: himself.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-07
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Torso
2009-11-13
Torso
Overview: Hiroko is a young, alienated woman "in love" with a blow-up male torso. Tension rises when her sister discovers her secret desire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-13
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Golden Kamuy
2024-01-19
Golden Kamuy
Overview: On the Hokkaido frontier, a war veteran and Ainu girl race against misfits and military renegades to find treasure mapped out on tattooed outlaws.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-01-19
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Asleep
2015-04-25
Asleep
Overview: Terako is a young woman without a job. She has an affair with Iwanaga who is married. His wife is in a coma. One day, Terako's friend kills herself. After that, Terako sleeps all day long and wakes up only when Iwanaga calls her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-25
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The Mourner
2015-02-14
The Mourner
Overview: Shizuto Sakatsuki (Kengo Kora) is a mourner. He goes to scenes of accidents and mourns for the victims. Yukiyo Nagi (Yuriko Ishida), who killed her husband and served prison time, goes to the scene of the murder and meets Shizuto. She follows him from that time. Other people that exists in their lives are Shizuto’s mother Junko who is terminally ill with cancer and waits for Shizuto’s return, his younger sister Mishio who is pregnant by her now ex-boyfriend and a magazine reporter who chases after Shizuto. The movie examines life and death, love and hate and sin and forgiveness through these characters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-14
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Adabana
2024-10-18
Adabana
Overview: In a not so distant future where lifespan extension has become a priority following the spread of a mysterious virus, a privileged man looks back upon his life as he is facing a dilemma: should he live if it means taking someone else's life?
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-10-18
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Dare to Stop Us 2
2024-03-15
Dare to Stop Us 2
Overview: Sequel to "Dare to Stop Us"
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-15
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ノンフィクションW 映画監督 若松孝二「17歳」の光と影
2011-10-20
ノンフィクションW 映画監督 若松孝二「17歳」の光と影
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-20
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CRANK
2023-02-11
CRANK
Overview: MARU runs around Tokyo.MARU hears from his fellow messenger HIDE that he might be leaving Tokyo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-11
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Last Mile
2024-08-23
Last Mile
Overview: On the night before ‘Black Friday,’ which is the one of the busiest commerce days, a cardboard box, that is delivered from the world's largest shopping site, explodes. Soon after, a series of mysterious explosion cases occurs. The entire nation becomes terrorized by the shocking events. Funado Erena has just began to work as the center director for a large distribution warehouse that covers three-quarters of the Kanto area. Erena must gain control over this unprecedented situation with team manager Nashimoto Ko.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-08-23
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Cape Nostalgia
2014-08-29
Cape Nostalgia
Overview: Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-29
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Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
2005-04-02
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Overview: Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.
Genres: Action Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-04-02
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A Story of Yonosuke
2013-02-23
A Story of Yonosuke
Overview: The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-23
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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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Cafune
2024-06-01
Cafune
Overview: Maye Sora, a 19-year-old university student living in Tokyo, receives news of her grandfather's death. Busy with moving with the help of her friends, she puts off confirming the news.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-01
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High & Low The Movie
2016-07-16
High & Low The Movie
Overview: Chiku is a devastated and dangerous town with 5 gangs fighting fiercely. Mugen and the Amamiya Brothers clashed, leading to Mugen disbanding.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-16
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And Then There Was Light
2017-11-23
And Then There Was Light
Overview: On Mihama, one of Tokyo's outlying islands, Shinji witnesses the rape of his girlfriend and middle-school classmate, Haruka, then commits an irreversible crime. But the following day, the island is besieged by a tidal wave which wipes out everything. Twenty-five years later, Shinji has a wife and daughter. A childhood friend, Tasuku, presents himself to Shinji and discloses the real truth of his hidden past. Shinji will have to try and protect Haruka again.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-23
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Koi
2013-12-16
Koi
Overview: The story is set in the 70s where Ishihara plays Fumiko, an university student, who gets involved romantically with her assistant professor Katase Shintaro (Iura Arata) and his wife Hinako (Tanaka Rena). However, on 28 February 1972, the police finds Shintaro seriously injured and a young man working in a electronics store (Saito Takumi) dead in a bungalow at Karuizawawhile Fumiko and Hinako are also present at the scene. The truth behind the case is not known and the case is quickly classified as a crime of passion which leads to Fumiko being sent to prison. 40 years later, a report writer Torigai Mitsuhiko (Watabe Atsuro) comes to know about this case and goes to interview the elderly Fumiko (Harada Mieko) in prison which leads him to find out what really happened at the bungalow.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-16
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Smokin' on the Moon
2018-03-17
Smokin' on the Moon
Overview: Two slackers work at a midnight bar while also selling marijuana; when they get dangerously close to some unhinged yakuza, they follow wildly divergent fates.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-17
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Shadow of Sand
2008-02-02
Shadow of Sand
Overview: "Shadow of Sand" - Set in Tokyo in the 1980's. Yukie, a young woman lives with the vision of the lover she has murdered. After his death he continues to appear in her room. Yukie maintains her usual life, trying to avoid discovery of her crime until a new lover turns up.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-02-02
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Dare to Stop Us
2018-10-13
Dare to Stop Us
Overview: In Spring 1969, 21-year-old Megumi Yoshizumi goes to Wakamatsu Production. The company makes films popular with young people. Pink film director Koji Wakamatsu gathers there with young talented people who are all fascinated with movie making. When they are not making movies, they spend their time smoking, drinking alcohol, scouting for actresses and looking for material for their next film. When filming begins, everybody immerses themselves into the production and will do everything on the filming set from running, shouting to acting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-13
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Amber Light
2019-06-21
Amber Light
Overview: Hironaga Ryota was a child when he was separated from his father due to his parents' divorce. He takes over the glasswork factory his father almost brought to bankrupty and manages to somehow get by. In the meantime, Ryota himself is also divorced with children he does not see. One day his older brother Shoichi says he saw their father out in the city. Thus begins the two brothers' effort to find their father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-21
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Randen: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram
2019-05-24
Randen: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram
Overview: A writer from Kamakura named Hiraoka Eisei is researching supernatural stories but finds himself revisiting memories from a previous visit to his wife’s home town. Ogura Kako,a shy local woman, is asked to help an actor from Tokyo practice speaking with Kyoto intonation and, after the lesson, he asks her to show him around Arashiyama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-05-24
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Les Misérables
2019-01-06
Les Misérables
Overview: This feature drama, produced to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fuji TV, is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic masterpiece Les Miserables set in the 1990s in Japan. In Kobe in 1993, Jun Baba gets taken to a juvenile prison due to a killing of a man who cheated his mother out of all her money in self-defense. One day, he hears that his younger brother, who has been desperately ill, is in a critical condition and breaks out. However, he finds out his brother is already dead. In the depth of despair, he tries to kill himself but is saved by a man who runs a self-support facility. He begins to live at the place, and befriends with Takumi Watanabe aspiring to be a lawyer. In 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake hits and their friendship comes to an end. Crushed under the debris, Takumi persuades Jun to live his life instead. Jun swears to live on assuming Takumi's identity.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-06
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Red Snow
2019-02-01
Red Snow
Overview: Thirty years after aboy's disappearance, a journalist revives interest in the case, which in turn compels the victim's brother to look for this woman's daughter in the snowy hinterlands of northern Japan. This sets off a series of events that causes the brother and the woman's daughter to glimpse the truth that has been concealed by their vague and painful memories.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-01
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Dragon Quest: Your Story
2019-08-02
Dragon Quest: Your Story
Overview: Luca follows in his father's footsteps to rescue his mother from evil Ladja. Finding the heavenly hero who wields the Zenithian sword is his only hope.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Fantasy Action Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-08-02
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From Miyamoto to You
2019-09-27
From Miyamoto to You
Overview: Following the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the same cast, a young and relatively inexperienced man comes across a woman during his working day and sparks fly.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-09-27
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Waiting for the Moon
2017-12-23
Waiting for the Moon
Overview: Yumi is a victim when the triple disaster of an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown occur in Japan of 2011. She is a guest of her aunt now. She finds a job at a local bar and works under the owner Sugiya, a man who has amnesia and barely recalls anything except his recipes. The two begin to develop feelings for one another.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-23
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The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
2018-07-07
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Overview: In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-07-07
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Zatoichi: The Last
2010-05-29
Zatoichi: The Last
Overview: A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-29
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True Mothers
2020-10-23
True Mothers
Overview: After suffering through a long and unsuccessful series of fertility treatments, Satoko and her husband Kiyokazu make the decision to adopt a child. Six years after adopting a boy they named Asato, Satoko has quit her job to concentrate fully on her husband and son. The family lives a peaceful existence until the arrival of a stranger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-23
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Stolen Identity 2
2020-02-21
Stolen Identity 2
Overview: A couple of months have passed since the serial murder case. A new dead body is found in the same area. Detective Manabu Kagaya tries to find the truth. He goes to see serial killer Yoshiharu Urano in prison.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-02-21
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Hanamizuki
2010-08-21
Hanamizuki
Overview: A young girl tries to maintain a long-distance relationship with an aspiring fisherman.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-21
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Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
2000-10-21
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
Overview: A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-10-21
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Amiko
2022-07-08
Amiko
Overview: Amiko isn't like other children. Her endless energy makes her an outcast at school and gets her in trouble at home. When a painful family loss disrupts her seemingly idyllic seaside life, her sense of isolation intensifies, yet it doesn't stop Amiko from inviting people into her world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-08
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Parasite in Love
2021-11-12
Parasite in Love
Overview: A man named Kengo Kosaka is germaphobe, Due to his disorder, he is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has Ommatophobia. Both Kengo Kosaka and Hijiri Sanagi do not expect to find love with another person.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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Skeleton Flowers
2021-10-15
Skeleton Flowers
Overview: High school student, Yo, lived with her father, Nao, after her mother, Sachiyo, left the family when she was very young. However, their life together came to an end and they started a new life as a family of four with her father's second marriage partner, Miko, and her stepdaughter, four-year-old Hinata. She confides in Riku, who belongs to the same art club as Yo, about her confusion about this new life. Yo, who has been developing curiosity for her biological mother, Sachiyo, promises to go with Riku to Sachiyo's art exhibition.
Genres: Drama Romance Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-10-15
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Child of Kamiari Month
2021-10-08
Child of Kamiari Month
Overview: A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo.
Genres: Animation Drama Fantasy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-10-08
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Ninja Girl
2021-08-21
Ninja Girl
Overview: The story unfolds with the main character, 25-year-old Miu Komaru, who lives on the outskirts of Fukuya City. Miu, who is single and cares for her grandfather Goro, works at the city hall but is isolated, and the only person who can snuggle up is Koji Mano, who works at the same office. One day, Mano commits suicide from the roof of the city hall, but it was the death after being ordered to "falsify documents" unreasonably. Goro gives a shocking mission to Miu, who returns home in grief, to "take away the data of the falsification instruction in order to take a lie," and Miu secretly stands up with "things that are not usually noticeable" as a weapon. —HateHoollywoodNetflix
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-21
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Photograph of Memories
2021-01-29
Photograph of Memories
Overview: A frustrated young woman returns from Tokyo to her hometown in Toyama where she meets an old woman who lives alone. There she slowly finds purpose in life by taking "photographs" that spin memories instead of ghosts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-29
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Brahman
2015-07-04
Brahman
Overview: A documentary of the 4-man, hard rock band, BRAHMAN, as they celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2015. Rooted in "stillness and motion," the four members channel human beings' unlimited depth of thought, anger, and sadness into sound. It is also said there is a divine perfection to their overwhelming performances. This is the first time the members of such a band display their human side.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-04
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Taro Okamoto's Okinawa
2022-01-01
Taro Okamoto's Okinawa
Overview: Taro Okamoto (1911-1996), one of Japan's most famous artists, traveled to Okinawa in 1959 and 1966. The reason for these trips was his journey to rediscover Japan, in search of his identity as a Japanese person. More than 60 years ago, Okamoto captured the "poignant tenderness of life" of the people, and concluded: "It is in Okinawa that we can find the lost. In Okinawa, I rediscovered myself for the first time." This documentary goes on a journey through Okinawa led by Okamoto himself, 50 years after Okinawa's reversion to Japan.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-01
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Giving Up World Domination
2025-02-07
Giving Up World Domination
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-02-07
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Slow Train
2025-01-02
Slow Train
Overview: Set in Kamakura and Busan. The Shibuyas who live in Kamakura lost their grandmother and parents in an accident. On the 23rd anniversary of the death, Tsuko suddenly reveals her plan of moving to Busan to Yoko and Ushio, so the three siblings find themselves at the crossroads of their lives.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-01-02
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Golden Kamuy 2
Golden Kamuy 2
Overview: The second part is in the works!
Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: ja
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Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional
2025-05-23
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional
Overview: While on vacation in Venice, author Rohan Kishibe is mistaken for a priest and hears the confession of a horrific crime.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-23
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