Yu Aoi
Biography: Yu Aoi (born August 17, 1985) is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in Hana and Alice (2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa in the hula dancing film Hula Girls and Hagumi Hanamoto in the 2006 live-action adaptation of the popular Honey and Clover manga series. She has won numerous awards for her performances on screen, including the prestigious Japan Academy Prize and Kinema Junpo Awards for best supporting actress in 2007 for Hula Girls and Rookie of the Year for continued performances in the field of Films in Media and Fine Arts by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan in 2009.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 17, 1985
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007-09-20
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Overview: Mushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living things. Most humans are incapable of perceiving Mushi and are oblivious to their existence, but there are a few who possess the ability to see and interact with Mushi. One such person is Ginko who travels from place to place to research Mushi and aid people suffering from problems caused by them.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-20
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Miyori's Forest
2009-11-14
Miyori's Forest
Overview: After being deserted by her parents, 11-year old Miyori shuts her heart from the rest of the world and denies any form of human relationships. She was entrusted in the care of her grandmother who lives near a forest. Miyori will take a walk in the forest where she felt a strong sense of loneliness in the forest which seems to have nothing. However, she soon encounters unbelievable things...
Genres: Animation Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-14
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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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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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Tekkonkinkreet
2006-10-21
Tekkonkinkreet
Overview: Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-21
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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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Flowers
2010-06-12
Flowers
Overview: Flowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the way through to the present day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-12
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Hula Girls
2006-09-09
Hula Girls
Overview: Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-09
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Rainbow Song
2006-10-28
Rainbow Song
Overview: Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. Though in love with each other, neither had the courage to confess their feelings before it was too late.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-28
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Worst by Chance
2003-09-13
Worst by Chance
Overview: Hidenori is a Japanese-Korean man with no sense of belonging, destination or education. He drifts around and meanders through life until a death reminds him of his heritage and so begins a journey to South Korea.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-13
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All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001-10-06
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Overview: Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-06
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Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007-10-20
Welcome to the Quiet Room
Overview: 28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in the single room because of her high risk of committing suicide. Sakura tried to talk to the nurses and doctors but they didn’t listen to her. Under the circumstances another patient Miki, who suffers from an eating disorder, leads her to understand the unknown world. But, Sakura is looking for the way to get back to the real world as soon as possible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-20
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Patisserie Coin De Rue
2011-02-11
Patisserie Coin De Rue
Overview: A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aiming to become a high-calibre pastry chef, she is determined to overcome both her past and the challenges ahead. Pastry critic Tomura is a frequent visitor to Coin de Rue. Moved by Natsume's persistence, he slowly begins to confront his own painful past aided, of course, by mouthfuls of tasty pastries.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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About Her Brother
2010-01-30
About Her Brother
Overview: Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death marks the beginning of love and toleration.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-30
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Yamato
2005-12-17
Yamato
Overview: Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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One Million Yen Girl
2008-07-19
One Million Yen Girl
Overview: A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-19
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Henshin
2005-11-19
Henshin
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-11-19
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Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
2010-04-17
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
Overview: Nodame and Chiaki mutually decide that it would be for the best if they parted ways for a while so Nodame can practice for an upcoming competition. However, when things don’t go her way, she gets impatient and depressed. While Nodame is away, Chiaki’s former pianist Rui Son returns to take her place. To make matters worse, Rui and Chiaki are set to play the song Nodame dreams of playing with Chiaki herself: Ravel’s “Concerto in G Minor”.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-04-17
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Fukushima Hula Girls
2011-10-29
Fukushima Hula Girls
Overview: The Hawaiian Spa Resort in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. This documentary accompanies their famous Hula dance troupe at their tour through Japan and shows the rebuilding of the resort. The film team also goes with one of the dancers to her former home in the evacuated zone near the Fukushima I nuclear power plant.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-29
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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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Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008-01-19
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
Overview: Mirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art teacher at his university. Yuri isn't your typical college professor, having a quirky sense of humor and unpredictable personality. When Yuri invites Murume to her studio, she playfully seduces the still naive 19 year old student. Things become more complicated when Mirume discovers that Yuri is married to a much older man....
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-19
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Honey and Clover
2006-07-22
Honey and Clover
Overview: Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-22
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
2004-09-20
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
Overview: ***Fushiawase wo Anata ni (We Bring You Misfortune) A woman sees a company called "Fushiawase wo Anata ni" (we bring you misfortune) promoting a new sales concept: giving its clients misfortune to motivate them to seek greater happiness. ***Kuuhaku no Hito (Blank Person) A woman wakes up in her bed every morning not remembering the events of the past night, and finding that someone has moved around the things in her room. ***Jigoku wa Manin (Hell Is Full) As there is no more room in hell, the evil/sinful find they cannot die. ***Kako kara no Nikki (Diary from the Past) A struggling author chances upon a diary which changes his life. ***Aketekure (Open Up!) A woman's husband dies in a car accident, but that same evening he is heard pounding on the door for someone to let him in.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Horror Science Fiction Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-20
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Harmful Insect
2001-03-16
Harmful Insect
Overview: 13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-16
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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012-08-25
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Overview: In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
Genres: Adventure Action Fantasy War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-25
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Vampire
2011-10-09
Vampire
Overview: An outwardly normal schoolteacher preys on suicidal women to slake his overwhelming thirst for human blood.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-09
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Mask de 41
2004-01-26
Mask de 41
Overview: Tadao Kuramochi, an ordinary salaryman, decides one day to reach for his dreams and start his own wrestling federation. Tadao must succeed to save his family on the verge of collapsing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-26
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Penance
2013-05-29
Penance
Overview: The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-29
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The Diary from the Past
2004-03-07
The Diary from the Past
Overview: A writer (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who has an artistic crisis purchases a stack of diaries written by a teenage girl (Yû Aoi) who is fatally ill. Living in different time lines both are able to communicate via writing diaries…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-07
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The Lightning Tree
2010-10-22
The Lightning Tree
Overview: Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-22
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013-09-07
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Overview: Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-07
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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014-08-01
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Overview: Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-01
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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014-09-13
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Overview: Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-13
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Sylvanian Families the Movie: A Gift from Freya
2023-11-23
Sylvanian Families the Movie: A Gift from Freya
Overview: The rabbit girl Freya is trying to make everyone happy, with the Sylvanian village's annual star festival serving as the backdrop.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-23
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呪戒-JUKAI-
2005-02-25
呪戒-JUKAI-
Overview: A horror suspense film to be released in February 2005, in which Reiko SUHO plays a college student who is drawn into a bizarre world. A dead woman is found on the roof of a university. Saya, who was watching the scene from the side, senses "something" invisible to others and notices a strange message.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-25
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Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
2001-12-01
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
Overview: Uchiyama Kaede and Shiina Kasumi used to be best friends. Now in high school, Kasumi grew more popular than Kaede, which has led her to continually bully her ex-best friend. One day after school, Kaede meets Kishida Takumi, a bike thief who's especially talented in picking locks. She asks him for a favour: if he could possibly open the key to the school roof. Meanwhile, the arrival of a new teacher seems to bring changes to the school.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-01
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Climbing to Spring
2014-06-14
Climbing to Spring
Overview: Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-14
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Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022-12-16
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Overview: In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more than six hours from the Japanese main islands, the young physician Kensuke Goto arrives at the island and has to deal with the island's inhabitants, not eager to accept him, at a clinic lacking sufficient medical equipment. Here's a human drama showing how Dr. Coto values the dignity of human life while unflinchingly facing disease with a serious attitude.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-16
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Journey to the Shore
2015-09-30
Journey to the Shore
Overview: Mizuki’s husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-30
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Letters from Kanai Nirai
2005-05-28
Letters from Kanai Nirai
Overview: Fuki who lives with her grandfather Shoei in Taketomi Island, Okinawa, dreams of becoming a photographer. In her childhood, her mother Masami left Fuki to live in Tokyo. Although Masami has not come back, Fuki receives birthday cards from Masami every year on her birthday. On Fuki's fourteenth birthday, Masami promises to confess everything when Fuki becomes 20 years old. After her graduation from high school, Fuki moves to Tokyo to work as a camera assistant. Fuki starts off her hectic life in Tokyo, and soon, her nineteenth birthday comes. As usual, she receives a birthday card from Masami. A year later...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-05-28
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The Case of Hana & Alice
2015-02-20
The Case of Hana & Alice
Overview: A Japanese girl struggling to fit in at her new school teams up with a reclusive neighbor to find out what happened to an upperclassman who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Genres: Animation Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-20
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四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
2014-03-16
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-16
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1980
2003-12-06
1980
Overview: A former idol becomes a teacher at the high school she graduated from, but her new career is threatened by an expose book her ex-manager is planning to publish.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-06
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Tokyo Family
2013-01-18
Tokyo Family
Overview: An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-18
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What a Wonderful Family!
2016-03-16
What a Wonderful Family!
Overview: A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-16
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Japanese Girls Never Die
2016-12-03
Japanese Girls Never Die
Overview: While a gang of high school girls randomly beats lone men at night, the photo of a young woman who has been declared missing is used to design a template which is painted on each wall of a small suburban town.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-03
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Sugar & Spice
2006-09-16
Sugar & Spice
Overview: Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of his decision, he has the support of his flower child grandmother who declares that a gas station is a romantic place for life's drifters. Surely enough, soon a new co-worker, college student Noriko, drifts into Shiro's life. He falls headfirst into a bittersweet first love that ushers him into the world of adulthood.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-16
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Over the Fence
2016-09-17
Over the Fence
Overview: A recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college to learn carpentry along with several other students who are in the same boat as he. When a couple of the guys go to a hostess club the man meets an unconventional girl who likes him and a relationship is born.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-17
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Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005-09-23
Shining Boy and Little Randy
Overview: Tetsumu, an introverted youth, realizes he has a natural ability of communicating with elephants. This prompts him to leave for Chiang Mai in Thailand to become Japan's first elephant trainer. Having found his place in the world, Tetsumu develops into a strong, confident young man. He returns to Japan with the dream of building a green "paradise" for his ivory-tusked friends. Meanwhile, he starts a career as an elephant trainer for touring shows. He meets Emi, a woman seven years his senior and falls in love.
Genres: Romance Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-23
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Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
2014-03-29
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
Overview: Goemon Ishikawa steals a golden statue from Yukari Kukai with female thief Neko no Me Ogin, but Private Detective Shinkuro Akechi chases after Goemon Ishikawa and Neko no Me Ogin. Detective Shinkuro Akechi discovers that there is a code hidden within the golden statue. The code reveals the location where gold is hidden. Meanwhile, outlaws gather under Goemon Ishikawa.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-29
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Tokyo Ghoul
2017-07-16
Tokyo Ghoul
Overview: A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-16
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Honokaa Boy
2009-03-14
Honokaa Boy
Overview: Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-14
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What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017-04-20
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Overview: Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-20
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Birds Without Names
2017-10-28
Birds Without Names
Overview: An unstable young woman pines for the ex-boyfriend who nearly beat her to death – and who has mysteriously disappeared.
Genres: Mystery Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-28
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Mixed Doubles
2017-10-21
Mixed Doubles
Overview: To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a table tennis prodigy decides to take part in a mixed doubles table tennis tournament.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-21
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By Chance
2011-10-15
By Chance
Overview: A young woman travels to Ireland. She comes across unexpected meetings, inspiration and even miracles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-15
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What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018-05-25
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Overview: At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-25
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Penguin Highway
2018-08-17
Penguin Highway
Overview: A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-08-17
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Killing
2018-10-08
Killing
Overview: In Edo period Japan, a lone ronin lives in a village helping the farmers tend to their land. One day, a group of outlaw swordsmen enter the village.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-08
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A Long Goodbye
2019-03-26
A Long Goodbye
Overview: Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-26
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Children of the Sea
2019-06-07
Children of the Sea
Overview: Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the same sort of supernatural connection to the ocean that they do. Umi and Sora's special power seems to be connected to strange events that have been occurring more and more frequently, such as the appearance of sea creatures far from their home territory and the disappearance of aquarium animals around the world. However, the exact nature of the boys' power and of the abnormal events is unknown, and Ruka gets drawn into investigating the mystery that surrounds her new friends.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Adventure Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-07
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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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Romance Doll
2020-01-24
Romance Doll
Overview: It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie. Sonoko does not know that Tetsuo makes sex dolls or Dutch wives. Sonoko has a secret too. She is about to tell Tetsuo what she has been hiding. Their marriage is already sexless. Will they make it?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-24
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021-04-23
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Overview: In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.
Genres: Action Adventure History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-23
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Wife of a Spy
2020-10-16
Wife of a Spy
Overview: It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.
Genres: Drama War Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-16
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Best Wishes for Tomorrow
2007-10-27
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
Overview: A Japanese Class B war criminal sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of American Airmen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-27
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Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2021-07-15
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Overview: In 1964, Momoko came by herself to Tokyo from her hometown. She met Shūzō and married him. They raised two children together, but Shūzō suddenly passes away. Momoko is dumbfounded by being alone again. She begins to go to the library and borrows books. This changes her life.
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-07-15
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They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019-09-13
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Overview: Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he barely communicates with anyone except Genzo, a young neighbour. Upstream, a large bridge is being constructed. Everyone is excited, but Toichi has mixed feelings about it. One day, Toichi meets a mysterious girl. Having no family and no place to go, Toichi lets her stay with him, but this encounter starts to bring about changes to Toichi's life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
2004-10-09
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
Overview: Nanako is an ordinary high school girl who lives with her mother, who is a taxi driver. One day, suddenly she has a younger brother - Nanao, the son of her late father's mistress. While Nanao's mother is being put in jail, Nanako's mother decides to take care of him. Nanako doesn't like it at all. Everything Nanao does irritates her. Shortly afterwards, Nanako's mother becomes very sick. In fact, she doesn't have much time left. Since she is in hospital, Nanako is forced to live with Nanao alone...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-09
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Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005-03-19
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Overview: One of the true classic's of anime's much-loved robot genre.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-19
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Umineko - Inseparable
2004-11-13
Umineko - Inseparable
Overview: The shock of her fiance's sudden dissolution of their relationship causes university student, Miki, to lose her voice. While recuperating in a hospital in her hometown of Hakodate, she learns of the tragic life of her deceased mother, Kaoru, from her grandmother.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-13
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Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012-10-27
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
Overview: This is the continuation and final part of Double Face SP, the Japanese remake of the highly successful 2002 Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs. This special focuses on Police Inspector Takayama Ryosuke (Kagawa Teruyuki) who had been secretly supplying police information to the organized crime group, the Oda-gumi. Once a young street thug, Takayama was taken under the wing of Oda Hironari (Kohinata Fumiyo), the leader of Oda-gumi. Dressed, fed, and educated, Takayama was instructed to become a police officer and work as a mole for the group. Now, he is tasked to get close to Suenaga Mari (Aoi Yu), a daughter of an influential politician.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-10-27
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Good Bye, My Secret Friend
2009-06-20
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
Overview: Based on Saibara Rieko's manga, Ike-chan to Boku (a.k.a. Good Bye My Secret Friend) tells the heartfelt story of a young boy named Toshio and his imaginary friend Ike-chan. Toshio's floating blob of a friend has two big eyes and a mouth, and changes colors and sizes depending on the mood. When Toshio is sad, she turns small. When Toshio makes friend with a girl, she turns bright red from anger. Ike-chan stays by Toshio's side as he grows older, but the day he finds his first love, Ike-chan disappears from his life. Child actor Fukasawa Arashi (Helen the Baby Fox) takes the leading role in this affecting fable about childhood, friendship, and growing up from director Ohoka Toshihiko. Popular actress Aoi Yu voices Ike-chan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-20
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Filming H&A
2005-02-01
Filming H&A
Overview: Behind the scenes documentary about the filming of "Hana & Alice", which began as a series of shorts promoting Kit Kat
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-01
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All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002-06-28
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
Overview: The making of 'All About Lily Chou-Chou' starting from its conception as an interactive story that played out on a BBS
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-28
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Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021-08-13
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Overview: An medical student unwillingly assists in human experiments on American POWs during WWII and gets sentenced to death in the Yokohama War Trials. His wife fights for a reduction of sentence.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-13
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