Jiro Sato
Also Known As: Jirō Satō, Jirou Satou, Jiro Satoh, さとう じろう
Biography: Jiro Sato (佐藤 二朗 Satō Jirō, born 7 May 1969, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He grew up in Tōgō, Aichi District. He is represented with From First Production. He graduated from Shinshu University Faculty of Economics.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Aichi, Japan
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Missing
Overview: Depressed and in debt, Santoshi tells his young daughter that he is going to find an infamous serial killer and collect a reward. However, when Santoshi disappears without a trace, she starts to fear the worst and begins searching for him.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-21
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森村誠一女のサスペンス「マリッジ」
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-22
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Ikiru
Overview: In a Post-War Tokyo, when the bureaucratic chief of department of the City Hall Kanji Watanabe finds that he has a terminal cancer, he decides to intensively live his last months of life. While dying, he finds the meaning of life, and fights for the construction of a playground in a poor zone of the city and the legacy of his existence.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-09
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The Fable
Overview: The Fable is a legendary yakuza hitman equal to none—but his boss orders him and his sultry associate to lay low and learn how to live a "normal life" in Osaka.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-21
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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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An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women
Overview: This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who live true to themselves and their desires.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-30
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Revolver LILY
Overview: In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was murdered and holds the key to finding a large sum of money reported missing by the Imperial Japanese Army. But with an army of soldiers after them, they must fight to survive.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-11
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Yakuza-Busting Girls: Final Death-Ride Battle
Overview: The story is about a woman named Asami who is tortured and left for dead by a Yakuza group, only they failed to finish her off, and she staggers back from the grave, literally. Bruised and battered, Asami seeks refuge at her old gang until such time she is ready to take on the Yakuza and go face to face with Junko.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-02-27
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Hush!
Overview: Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric problems, abortions, and casual sex, asks Katsuhiro to conceive a child with her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-09
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Chasing My Girl
Overview: Six guys wacky guys, who worked together at a summer beach bar job, come across a letter from dream girl Eriko. The letter isn't addressed to anyone in particular, but asks if the recipient would meet her at the beach bar on Christmas Eve. Each of the men believe they are the one Eriko wants to meet and a heated battle between the lovelorn men begins. A seventh man, attorney Sekiguichi, then appears and also enters the competition!
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-07
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The Violence Action
Overview: Kei Kikuno attends a vocational school as a student. For her part-time job, she works as a contract killer. She is excellent at her job and never gets scared by anyone. One day, she receives the most challenging request.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-19
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Once Upon a Crime
Overview: While at the royal ball with Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood finds herself in the middle of a mystery. Can she solve the case before midnight strikes?
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-13
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HK: Forbidden Super Hero
Overview: High school student Kyosuke Shikijo is the most talented member of the school's martial arts of the fist club. His late father was detective and Kyosuke share his father's strong sense of justice. Kyosuke also has a secret. Kyosuke likes to wear female underwear and transforms himself into the alter ego "Hentai Kamen," wearing female underwear and gaining superhuman powers. This unusual interest also comes from his parents, with his father a masochist and his mother a sadist. By chance, Kyosuke gets the underwear of female high school student Aiko Himeno. With her underwear, he gains various pervert techniques and attempts to protect Aiko from a dirty and heinous teacher.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-13
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Help of God
Overview: "Kamisama Help!" takes place at an abandoned school where a mass murder occurred 25 years earlier... Several cars of people arrive at the abandoned school "Satogakuin". They are "horror planners" who will convert the school into the ghost house. To kill time staff members roam inside the school and feel a strange sense of familiarity. Atsuo walks around by himself. He becomes stunned when he finds an old picture frame in an office. In the picture, a man dressed in a white outfit looks just like Atsuo. At that moment a mysterious blue hits Atsuo and he loses consciences. He starts to have visions of bodies and ghosts covered with blood and suddenly he goes back in time to August 12, 1985. On that day a Japan Air Liner crashed and Satogakuin teacher Sato Takashi goes on a murdering rampage. Sato Takashi was known as a kind and generous person, but his mind was taken over by an evil entity. That evil entity now tries to take over Atsuo's mind...
Genres: Comedy Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-07
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Abashiri Family The Movie
Overview: "The Abashiri Family" are one of the most notorious mafia family members in the world. Even though their family consists of only five members, just the words "Abashiri Family" strikes fear in other gang members. The head of the mafia clan then decides to send to his cherished only daughter Kikunosuke to a boarding school. What the father doesn't know is that the boarding school are run by enemies of the Abashiri Family and they have no intentions of graduating their students
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-21
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A Strange House
Overview: Amemiya is an unpopular Youtuber who specializes in the occult. One day, his manager brings him a floor plan with an inscrutable point. With the help of Kurihara and Yuzuki, he begins to look into the plan and reveal the mystery behind.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-15
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Mameshiba Ichirô fûten no shibajirô
Overview: An unemployed middle-aged man, Shiba Jiro, who has been living at home for 38 years on his parents' back, breaks away from his NEET lifestyle through his mother's strategy. He works at a pet store and lives alone in an apartment with his partner, Ichiro Mameshiba, a dog.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-09
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翔べ!工業高校マーチングバンド部〜泣き虫先生が僕らに教えてくれたこと〜
Overview: This movie commemorating the 50th anniversary of Chukyo TV is based on the origin story of the marching band club of Komaki Technical High School in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-04-04
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Kid's Police
Overview: Detectives in the special investigation team in Kanagawa go after criminal organization "Red Venius," based out of Yokohama. While pursuing the gang, the detectives turn into children due to exposure to a special gas. Dekachou (Fuku Suzuki) and the other detectives continue their investigation via an order from the National Police Agency. "Red Venius" then gives notice that they will they will assassinate the President of Tadzhikistan in Japan.
Genres: Action Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-20
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Eiga Neko Neko Nihonshi: Ryouma no Hachamecha Time Travel ze yo!
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-29
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Super Juvenile Detective Team NEO Beginning
Overview: High school student Yoshiro Kobayashi (Mahiro Takasugi) is the great-grandchild of the first president of the Boy Detectives Club. He enjoys time with his friends Watari (Gaku Sano) and Saya (Mayu Hotta). One day, the Fiend with Twenty Faces appears in front of Yoshiro. Mysterious cases then takes place in sequence.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story
Overview: Because of the desolate landscape, Kobayashi chose snow-covered Hokkaido (the most northern island of Japan) as the setting for Amazing Story, a light-erotic drama about a lonely man, Kenji, who kidnaps the woman of his dreams. The woman is Harumi, a hairdresser in the deserted town where Kenji has just arrived. It's never really busy in her business. Harumi's husband is a gambling addict and spends all Harumi's money. Maybe that's why Harumi doesn't try very hard to escape when Kenji kidnaps her. His concern about her and his boundless worship probably help, too. Something strange and beautiful blossoms between the kidnapper and his victim, but can this be the basis of a long and happy encounter?
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-18
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Rock: Wanko no Shima
Overview: A boy, Shin, and his family are forced to evacuate the island of Miyakejima, when it erupts in 2000. Shin's dog, Rock, is mistakenly left behind.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-07-23
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All Around Us
Overview: Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
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Daily Lives of High School Boys
Overview: At an all boys high school, Tadakuni, Yoshitake and Hidenori are close friends and think usually all day about girls. Their high school then co-hosts a school festival with an all girls high school.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-12
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Be Sure to Share
Overview: Shiro's struggle with his father's cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it's too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble Shiro faced connecting to his strict father who was also his teacher and soccer coach. With a consuming secret of his own, Shiro, now in his late twenties and about to get engaged, must eventually learn how to share the pain of it with his loved ones.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-01
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Black Angels
Overview: Originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump between 1981 and 1985, -Black Angels- was an action manga about a group of vigilantes delivering justice to evil-doers who had escaped the law. Ochiai will play the primary role as Yukito, the leader of the group. Yajima has been cast as Reira, the captivating heroine of the story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Love Come
Overview: a japanese love comedy
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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Kyo Kara Hitman
Overview: An ordinary salaryman named Tokichi Inaba who inadvertently becomes involved in the death of a legendary hitman. Facing bankruptcy and saddled with a 35-year mortgage, Inaba is coerced into becoming a hitman himself by the mysterious and beautiful troublemaker Chinatsu, all while trying to keep his new wife Misako in the dark about his double life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-26
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I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow
Overview: 41-year-old Shizuo Daikoku (Shinichi Tsutsumi) suddenly quits his job at a company to become a mangaka. His family and friends become involved in his new pursuit...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-15
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GACHI-BAN
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-19
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-23
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From Today, It’s My Turn!!: The Movie
Overview: Three years after the event of the series, Takashi Mitsuhashi and Shinji Ito face the new enemies.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-17
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A Girl Named Ann
Overview: A drug-addicted girl from an abusive family finds hope through kind people but her grim reality strikes back just as she sees a glimmer of light.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-07
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Smile
Overview: Heartwarming human drama about a former tap dancer who trades in his tap shoes to woo a figure skating instructor. But by a twist of fate, he finds himself coaching a local ice hockey team of hapless youths and leading them to a championship
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-15
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Judge
Overview: Seven people who committed the seven deadly sins : lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride are locked up in a sealed space by someone. These seven people must play a game which is a matter of life or death.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-09
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Black Night Parade
Overview: Hino Miharu, a dull man who has been working part-time at the convenience store Pawson Nerima Kitaguchi for three years, suddenly kidnapped by a man wearing a black Santa suit, saying, "It's a job offer! I'll be counting on you from today". When he wake up, there is a mysterious company in the North Pole, Santa Claus House. Miharu starts working as a black Santa who distributes presents to children around the world with his colleague with a strong personality, but this company has a secret.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-23
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Welcome to Our Home
Overview: Kenta Kurata (Masaki Aiba) lives with his father, Taichi (Akira Terao), his mother, Keiko (Kaho Minami), and his younger sister, Nana (Kasumi Arimura) in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an unpopular commercial designer. Kenta Kurata possesses a timid personality, which he picked up from his father. Kenta doesn't like his father. One day, while waiting for the train, Kenta warns a man who pushed a woman and cut in line. Kenta is surprised that he spoke out with his normally timid personality. After that incident, Kenta's family home is targeted by an unknown person with flowers from their garden being pulled out and the seat of a bicycle being torn. Also, Kenta's younger sister Nana is stalked by her ex-boyfriend. Kenta and his family try to find out who is responsible.
Genres: Drama Mystery Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-13
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Justice is Blind: The Moving Tale of a Vision-Impaired Lawyer
Overview: Based on the writings of a true life, vision-impaired lawyer comes a story about a blind man who manages to pass the extremely difficult bar exam and earn his lawyer’s license. Long desiring to help the weak, Kensuke Okochi gets a job at an attorney’s office while he and his wife, also blind, look forward to their first child. When a plaintiff in a divorce case decides to withdraw from litigation, Kensuke worries at first that it has to do with his own perceived inadequacies as a lawyer, but a few days later, he is visited by the female plaintiff, Satomi, showing injuries to her body. While it appears an open and shut case of domestic violence with an audio recording as proof, Kensuke detects a “certain scent” coming from the plaintiff which gives him pause as to her real intentions.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-12-01
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Afro Tanaka
Overview: Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that. For freedom, Hiroshi moves to Tokyo. He works hard there and, even though he turns 24, he still doesn't have a girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-18
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Lingering Spirits
Overview: Gajirou Honda is a self-centered man who only cares about money and women. When he’s involved in a car accident, he encounters the ghosts of the deceased occupants of the other car, including the driver and three pole dancers. The four ghosts promise him a large sum of money in exchange for his help fulfilling their last wishes, thus allowing their spirits to pass over to the afterlife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-22
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Ikusa
Overview: Adult video store clerk, Issa, feels like a total loser after losing his job and being dumped by his girlfriend. He is blessed by a stroke of luck when his invention, a curry package squeezing tool, suddenly gains immense popularity. Not only does his invention attract buyers and money, it even attracts unwanted attention from the Yakuza.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-01
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Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog
Overview: Tamotsu Inukai is a married middle-aged man with a wife, daughter and son. Mr. Inukai has a strong dislike for dogs, but while he is working on the island his family takes in a Samoyed dog to fill in the father's absence, the family decides to raise the dog. At first Mr. Inukai opposes the family taking the dog in, but he can't persuade his family to abandon the dog. When Mr. Inukai arrives back in Tokyo, he now has to has to live with the Samoyed dog. Can he?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-25
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Akegarasu
Overview: Naoki works as a not so popular host at the host club Akegarasu in Shinagawa, Tokyo. His repayment day is coming soon and he has prepared 10 million yen to pay off his debt. Naoki has a party with his co-workers to celebrate this event, but, when he wakes up the next night, he finds that his money is all gone. Naoki asks his co-workers at the club about his money, but all of them say they didn't see it. Did Naoki dream he had 10 million yen? If He doesn't get the money soon, he will be thrown into the bottom of Tokyo Bay. Naoki can't trust anyone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-16
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Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
Overview: There are saints living in Tokyo, Japan: Buddha the Enlightened One, and Jesus, Son of God. After successfully bringing the previous century to a close, the two share an apartment in Tachikawa while enjoying some well-earned time off down on Earth. Buddha pinches pennies like a typical neighborhood housewife, while Jesus is prone to making impulse buys.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-12-20
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Jossy's
Overview: To battle a malicious monster, five women are gathered in front of Commander Charles against their will. The five women are selected because they each have a family name that represents a color. The five women are filled with doubts about what they are able to do collectively, but they go up against the monster using their lethal technique "Women Tornado". The five women can only use the "Women Tornado" when they are all gathered together.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-07
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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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Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
Overview: Stories depicting ordinary people revolving around ceremonial occasions. Without knowing that the funeral is for a yakuza member, an undertaker holds the funeral service. Relatives bicker over the deceased's last will. A son insists on wearing a long jacket normally worn by bousouzoku biker gang to a coming of age ceremony. His parents try to stop him. A husband heads over to his pregnant wife. She got pregnant before they got married and his father-in-law is angry at him. A freeter man challenges a professional baseball player over a woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-18
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Rose Color's Buko
Overview: Sachiko is an university student. Her nickname is Buko, because she has been negative about everything since she was young. Sachiko believes someday she will meet a man like in a romance manga. Her university life is boring and she spends her time reading romance manga in her room. One day, on Twitter, she meets a man who uses the user ID of Sparrow. He likes reading manga and looks like Johnny Depp. Sachiko makes a date to meet the man. She tries to change herself, but it's not so easy due to various unexpected incidents.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-30
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Tug of War!
Overview: The mayor of Oita wants to improve the image of his city, so he instructs Chiaki - a young woman working for the city's PR department - to form a female tug of war team. Nobuo MIZUTA mixes comedy, drama and a pinch of social criticism to tell a tale of eight women, their everyday struggles and their support for each other.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-22
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Ranmaru: The Man with the God Tongue
Overview: Ranmaru is a shy, dorky guy with a tongue that can analyze any element simply by licking an object, a skill that allows him to solve all manner of crimes. With his cute, but annoying sidekick Hikaru, plus the steadying hand of friend Kanji, Ranmaru solves a series of strange events at a failing hot spring resort deep in the mountains. Ranmaru falls in love with a doctor who saves his life. The loveable, endearing Ranmaru and his band of quirky pals team up to solve a nasty murder mystery that devastates the village.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-03
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Psychic Kusuo
Overview: Born a powerful psychic, high schooler Kusuo Saiki craves the simple life. But the weirdos in his class make it difficult to conceal his abilities.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-21
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blank 13
Overview: Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-03
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A Loving Husband
Overview: Schoolteacher Yohei is married to Miyoko. For the first time in 25 years they begin to live by themselves when their son marries and moves out. Then Yohei discovers that all’s not well in his marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-25
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Gintama
Overview: In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-14
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Sanada 10 Braves
Overview: Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-22
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Mary and The Witch's Flower
Overview: Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-08
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Shikei Kijun
Overview: Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Yusuke Mito, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a lawyer even though he passed the bar exam, the famous lawyer Kojiro Otomo who advocates the abolition of the death penalty, and the public prosecutor Mariko Nagase studied law together. Each have their own thoughts about the death penalty. One day, Otomo’s wife is murdered by someone. Shinzo Sabae who is resentful of a lawsuit that Otomo had been in charge of, is arrested as a suspect. Otomo reverses the stance he had had until now and seeks the death penalty against Sabae. This prompts Mito to make the decision to become a lawyer and stand in the court. However, the first case Mito takes charge of is the defence of Sabae, who murdered the wife of his good friend, Otomo…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-25
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COLOR? - THE Jailbreak Survival
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-09
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50 First Kisses
Overview: Daisuke Yuge works as a tour guide in Oahu, Hawaii and also studies astronomy. He meets Rui Fujishima at a cafe and falls in love with her at first sight, but Rui Fujishima suffers from memory loss due to a past accident.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-01
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Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken
Overview: The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis.
Genres: Comedy Action Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-08-04
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Dawn Wind in My Poncho
Overview: Three friends who will soon graduate from high school decide to take one last trip together.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-28
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Shiba Park
Overview: While walking their shiba dogs, 3 middle-aged men meet at the park everyday. They do not know each other's names. They keep their distance, but chat about whatever is on their minds.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-14
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Neck
Overview: Tomokazu Shudo has his first ever crush on Sugina Mayama, a senior student. Tomokazu has troubles confessing his feelings to the popular student, but one day, he is invited to the research lab where Sugina Mayama works. Tomokazu hopes to use this meeting to express his true feelings for her. To Tomokazu's surprise, when he arrives he first sees a big wooden box in the middle of the dark lab. Sugina tells Tomokazu that he looks scared and then proceeds to push Tomokazu into the box!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-21
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Egg
Overview: A woman sees an egg every time she closes her eyes.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Drama Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-06
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BECK
Overview: Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-04
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Kuroido Goroshi
Overview: March 1952, the only doctor in the village Shiba had found a dead body of Sanako. The cause of death is overdose of sleeping pills. Sanako had been suspected for killing her own husband so Dr. Shiba’s sister Kana is guessing that she has committed suicide due to being tormented by killing her husband. Everyone who was in Mr. Kuroido’s house is the suspect, including all the members of Kuroido family, butler, secretary, maids, etc. The Detective Suguro (Hercule Poirot) will investigate the case. Dr. Shiba will be assisting him. As things are searched by them, a shocking fact has been brought to light…
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-04-14
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私は屈しない〜特捜検察と戦った女性官僚と家族の465日
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-31
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Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Overview: A high school girl and boy are part of the student council at a pricey school. They have a crush on one another, but have kept it under wraps so far. With awareness and an inkling of what the other one feels for each the challenge becomes to make the opposite side profess his or her love first.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-09-06
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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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Brothers in Brothel
Overview: During some era, on an island that exists somewhere in Japan, there are people who exist there who feel confined. Idle days pass for men and women unable to connect, and women who can not grasp the importance of such connections.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-16
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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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Saint Young Men
Overview: What if Jesus and Buddha were living on Earth in modern times? What if they shared an apartment in Japan? Saint☆Oniisan is a humorous drama about daily lives of Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha who are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-12
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The Big Bee
Overview: Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline the helicopter will be dropped. 8 hours is given as the deadline. Making the situation even more dire, a young child is in the helicopter.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-12
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Saint Young Men 2nd Century
Overview: SAINT☆YOUNG MEN 2nd Century imagines a world where Jesus Christ (Kenichi Matsuyama; Death Note) and Gautama Buddha (Shōta Sometani; Himizu) take a vacation on earth and become roommates in an apartment in Tokyo. When the two attempt to hide their identities and partake in all that modern Japanese society has to offer, including cosplay in the otaku mecca that is Akihabara, hilarious antics are sure to ensue! From shopping for rice cookers to playing the lottery, not to mention an unexpected brush with the law—this film offers a refreshing and imaginative narrative of two supreme beings’ perspectives of the mundanity of everyday life in Japan. Based on the popular slice-of-life manga SAINT☆YOUNG MEN, serialised in Japan since 2006, this comedic series of vignettes featuring Jesus and Buddha are sure to put a smile on your face.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-06
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From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie
Overview: Taking place after the events of the TV series, Mitsuhashi and Ito face the new enemies.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-17
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Memo
Overview: Mayuko Motohashi is a high-school student in Tokyo. She suffers from an obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessively writing down everything that crosses her mind. The anxiety happens so often, that she has to buy large amounts of note pads every few days at a stationer. Mayuko’s life mostly consists of two things. Going to school and seeing her female counselor. One day, after a long period of time, Junpei who is the brother of Mayuko’s father reappears, surprising the family. By a coincidence, Junpei also suffers from an obsessive-compulsive disorder, making him and Mayuko begin to share a strange relationship, both of them fighting to overcome their disorders. But one day, Junpei didn’t seem like himself.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-03-22
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GACHI-BAN II
Overview: Takumi, the former boss of the Black Black Black Skull Gang, is about to graduate and he chooses Taiga as his successor. During the handover, a transfer student named Monji tries to usurp the throne of the Black Skull Gang.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-26
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Sayonara Midori-chan
Overview: Naive office girl Yuko supports her blithe big city lifestyle with a part-time job at a neighborhood cafe. Attracted to her manager there, the shallow but charming Yutaka, she willingly succumbs to his lascivious advances only to discover afterward that he already has a girlfriend by the name of Midori. Even so, Yuko's feelings for Yutaka continue to grow regardless of his aloofness. Before long she finds herself reluctantly cajoled into working as a hostess in a small karaoke bar. Fatalistically accepting his dalliances with flames old and new, she perseveres not so much in hope of a more substantial relationship, but rather out of fear of losing him. There are other men out there waiting for her -- kinder, more considerate and eagerly available. But for Yuko, there is only the non-committal, yet torridly magnetic Yutaka. Why him? Not even Yuko seems to know the answer.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-27
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Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
Overview: An effervescent musical about one of the most unlikely couples seen on screen: two Otaku intent on hiding their nerdiness from their colleagues!
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-02-07
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The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms
Overview: A new interpretation of "Records of the Three Kingdoms," which is historical text of the three states of Wei, Shu, and Wu in China.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-11
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THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
Overview: Akira is the legendary killer known as the Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner, Yoko, as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with CEO Takoda and employee Misaki. CEO Takoda and Misaki are unaware of Akira's background as an assassin. Meanwhile, Utsubo is a representative for an NPO. But, Utsubo works with contract killer Suzuki to set people up for extortion purposes. They target someone at design company Octopus.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-02-05
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The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians
Overview: The movie follows the life of an unpopular comedy duo. The duo, called "Boso Swimmers", have been working together for 12 years, but the duo sees little future in their comedy careers. They then begin to write their thoughts in a diary
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-22
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Collage of Our Lives
Overview: A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumors that she has died, he follows his curiosity to New York City.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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The Return
Overview: Tatsuya Nakadai, the world’s greatest living actor, returns to the screen in a brilliant adaptation of a story by novelist Shuhei Fujisawa. A traveling gambler known as “Funeral Uno” he is now 86 years old and returning to his hometown for the first time in 30 years. Partly told in flashbacks, he is forced to face his lifelong nemesis, Boss Kyuzo, a vile yakuza portrayed by another superstar of samurai cinema, Atsuo Nakamura! Before the two old gamblers can settle a 30-year-old score they must put their lives on the line in a game of dice that can only lead to a bloody sword duel the likes of which has never before been seen! Superb performances all around in a film loaded with surprises and exciting swordplay!
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-04
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Survive Girls
Overview: Experience two erotic tales of survival that will thrill you to the very core. In "The Hunger," a suicidal woman ventures into the woods intending to take her own life. After failing repeatedly, she wanders in a daze until she happens across an isolated house in the woods. Now, the fight for her life begins. The second story, entitled, "The Hidden," tells the tale of a young woman named Saki who is taking a shower while awaiting the return of her boyfriend Toshi. When a stranger who bears a striking resemblance to Toshi appears in her bedroom, Saki scrambles to find her missing contact lenses, and prepares to fight for her life.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-26
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Rinco's Restaurant
Overview: After a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant. A young woman in her mid 20's becomes so heart broken she loses her voice. To recover, the woman decides to go back to her hometown and stay with her free-spirited mother whom she has not been very close to in the past. The young woman then decides to open a restaurant which accepts only one customer a day, allowing for thoughtful preparation for that customer.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-02-06
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Overprotected Kahoko: 2018 Love & Dream
Overview: Set one year after drama series "Overprotected Kahoko." Kahoko is busy running her daycare center "Kahoko House" and also doing housework. Things at work and home are not going smoothly. "Kahoko House" is in financial difficulties and she isn't very good with housework. Her relationship with her husband Hajime is troubled and his career as a painter has been unsuccessful to date. Can Kahoko turn things around?
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-19
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Saikin rettō
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-04-04
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Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
Overview: Jiro (Jiro Sato) is a 32-year-old man who doesn't have a job. He lives at his parents' house and doesn't go outside or socialise with people. After the death of his father, Jiro's mother runs away and leaves behind a 6 month dog named Ichiro and some clues for Jiro. To find his mother, Jiro has to venture out into the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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眩しくて見えなかったから長い瞬きを繰り返した
Overview: Film inspired by the music of Country Yard.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-23
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truth: 1 Night, 1 Room, 3 Baddest Bitches
Overview: A Japan-set battle-royale comedy over a vial of sperm is centered around three women on the verge of a nervous breakdown from hearing their biological clock ticking away: a doctor and manager of a sperm bank, Sana Kobayashi, a single mother, Maron Kuribayashi, and an alluring receptionist, Mayumi Kujō. Unknowingly, the three shared a beloved partner and a sperm donor, Makoto, but lost him in a sudden accident. The night of Makoto's funeral they are shocked to discover each other in his room. In a rage of screaming, thrashing, and boasting about their own sexual prowess with Makoto, more fierce emotions erupt once Sana's plan to self-inseminate is exposed, but this leads to unexpected consequences. They affirm their real love for Makoto and reveal his true wishes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-07
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Death Come True
Overview: In a hotel room, there is a man lying on the bed. He wakes up to the piercing sound of the phone ringing. Picking up the phone, he hears a message from the hotel concierge, “If you have any trouble, please visit the front desk.” He doesn’t even know why he is in the hotel. In fact, he doesn’t remember anything at all. As he begins to look around, he suddenly finds a woman tied up and unconscious. The evening news on the TV shows the man himself, allegedly wanted as a serial killer. Then comes the sound of knocking on the door. "A new wave interactive movie game" where your actions, and the ending of the story, are determined by your choices.
Genres: Adventure Thriller Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-06-25
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Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War
Overview: After years of intense mental battle, the war between Kaguya and Shirogane heads towards its crashing end. Who will be the first to admit their love?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-20
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Under Ninja
Overview: The once-proud Japanese Ninja disappeared after the war when GHQ disbanded their organization.However, in reality ninjas still exist secretly and it is said that there are 200 thousand of them.And some elite ninjas are secretly operating behind the scenes in national-level struggles.On the other hand, grassroots ninjas often cannot find jobs, and one of them, Yun Yin Jiu Lang, also lives a life similar to that of the NEET generation.However, there is finally a major "endurance" around Ninomaru!
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-01-24
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The Brightest Sun
Overview: When a private detective is murdered, a former colleague and a trainee detective are sent to investigate. Along the way, they uncover a tragic truth that triggers memories from their own haunted pasts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-06-01
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Densha Otoko Deluxe: The Final Crusade
Overview: Set one year after the events of the original series, Densha Otoko has now become very popular and Akihabara, has become overrun with normal people getting in on the otaku craze. With Densha's popularity on the rise a corporation offers ten million yen to anyone who can find his real identity. Meanwhile, Tsuyoshi tries to keep his and Saori's identities from being discovered.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-23
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A Conviction of Marriage
Overview: Serial killer Shinju Shinagawa , called "Shinagawa Pierrot" for her clown makeup at arrest 3 years ago, remained silent during her first trial. Child consultation center worker Arata Natsume suddenly gets a request from Takuto Yamashita, the child of one of the serial killer's victims, who informs him that he's been corresponding with Shinagawa in his name in order to find out what she did with his father's missing head. Arata pretends to be an elite civil servant but finds that the Shinagawa he meets is different from the one he expected. When she realizes he isn't the sender of the letters, she goes to leave. In a panic, Arata, who never planned on getting married, blurts out "Let's get married!"
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-06
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True Beauty: After
Overview: Reina is bullied for her appearance and drops out. She encounters makeup and transforms into a "goddess," which changes her life. However, a classmate discovers her secret bare face, which leads to unexpected challenges.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-05-01
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True Beauty: Before
Overview: Reina is bullied for her appearance and drops out. She encounters makeup and transforms into a "goddess," which changes her life. However, a classmate discovers her secret bare face, which leads to unexpected challenges.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-03-20
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Bakudan
Overview: A drunk, mysterious middle-aged man assaults a clerk and is taken into police custody. He calls himself "Suzuki Tagosaku" and, claiming to have psychic powers, predicts the presence of bombs planted in Tokyo! Starting with the explosion in Akihabara, he predicts that there will be three more explosions every hour. Then, while dodging the detectives' questions, he gradually begins to ask mysterious "quizzes" about the bombs... Who is he? And what is the true identity of the planted "bomb"?
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-10-31
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New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
Overview: The end of the Tokugawa shogunate, a turbulent era that shook Japan. Were the men who created the new era really heroes?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-12-19
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