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Court of Zeus
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-08
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Heaven and Earth
Overview: Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-24
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Retribution
Overview: A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he begins to question his identity. His realization of what seems to have really happened results in something much more sinister and larger in scope, and it leaves his psyche scarred.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-24
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Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo
Overview: Upcoming comedy about a kaiju that takes advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-09
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Goryokaku
Overview: After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.
Genres: Action History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-30
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Executive Koala
Overview: Minoru Kawasaki directs this comedic psychological thriller that follows a large koala as he looks for help from several of his closest friends, which include a giant rabbit and frog. A hardworking executive at a pickle company, Mr. Tamura stands out from other employees because he's a koala bear who stands six feet tall. When his human girlfriend is found murdered, the blackout-prone Tamura goes on the run and tries to solve the mystery.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-14
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The Actor
Overview: 2017 V-Cinema film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-18
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The Actor 2
Overview: Sequel to 'The Actor'.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-02-23
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Damned Files 0
Overview: Takashi and his wife Misako, who lost their beloved son in a trapeze accident, have never recovered from the shock, and have kept the urn in their bedroom because they do not want to leave their son's ashes. One day, the couple hears that they can see their son if they go to the old Isejin Tunnel.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-23
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Threads of Blue
Overview: After a traffic accident on a mountain road, En, who had nightmares about losing her parents and younger brother, has an ominous premonition. A family trip was coming up in a few days, and they were planning a summer resort in the mountains. She persuaded her father, Kosuke , to stop traveling, but Kosuke did not listen. Meanwhile, a resident of the same apartment tells her that the traffic accident she dreamed of has already happened.
Genres: Horror Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-15
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Loved Gun
Overview: A story about a hitman named Hayamada who carries a distinctive red gun. As the film progresses we discover the reason for his work, and how he came to be alone. His aim right now is to reach a desitination, but he's late.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-13
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Hydra
Overview: An assassin for a secret organization keeping Japan safe from underworld threats finds himself targeted by evil forces aiming to unleash an unstoppable criminal syndicate upon Japan.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-05-24
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Broken Heart
Overview: Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-21
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The Tunnel
Overview: A modern Japanese family loses their youngest son in a tragedy. The mother, Misako, plunges into depression and the oldest son Akira starts blaming himself for the death of his brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-20
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The Go Master
Overview: The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the tumultuous conflicts between his homeland of China and his adopted nation of Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2007-05-24
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Main Theme
Overview: A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-07-14
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Manji
Overview: One day, Sonoko, a married woman having a husband, meets young, beautiful Mitsuko. Puzzled Sonoko is charmed by the beauty of Mitsuko, and two people fall into relations between women at the start.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-03-25
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Cabaret
Overview: A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.
Genres: Drama Crime Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-26
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コウイン ～光陰～
Overview: his is the sequel to "Second Security Team," in which director Kakizaki Yuji, known for "Usuke Boys" and "Signature: Making Japan a World-Famous Brewing Destination," portrays the lives of personal guards for a private security company based on his own experiences.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-04-12
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Yoko the Cherry Blossom
Overview: In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent, all of Masaaki’s students are drafted in a futile last-ditch effort. In an attempt to give the young men some hope, he makes everyone promise that they will all meet again under the cherry blossoms upon their safe return. Consumed by sadness over the fate of his students, Masaaki devotes the next 30 years of his life to develop a new species of cherry blossoms that could thrive in any climate in remembrance of his students.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-21
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Be Free!
Overview: Adventures of a young high school teacher and his oddball students.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-09
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Something Like, Something Like It
Overview: Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-16
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Overview: A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-11-08
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Haunted School 2
Overview: Sequel to the 1995 film Haunted School aka Gakkou no Kaidan. Similar to the first, in that it's about a group of youngsters that get stuck in a haunted school and have to deal with an assortment of ghosts.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-07-20
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Haunted School 3
Overview: Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school students as they wander into an alternate world that exists on the opposite side of a school mirror. Nishida Naomi (the hapless teacher in "Gakko No Kaidan 2") returns as the teacher who accompanies the children on their journey into the surreal universe.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-07-19
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Minamoto Yoshitsune
Overview: During the late Heian era in Japan a famous duel took place between the warrior monk Musashibo Benkei and a slender young man of high rank named Shanao. This was the battle at Gojo Bridge, and while Benkei had taken 999 sword from his vanquished opponents, he was soundly defeated by the young flute-playing samurai. Swearing allegiance to the superior swordsman, Benkei became his loyal vassal and accompanied the young man who went on to fame as Minamoto Yoshitsune, the general who defeated the Taira clan at the Battle of Dan no Ura thus leading the Genji over the Heike as the most powerful clan in the nation. With superb performances by some of Japan's greatest stars, including Satomi Kotaro and Tanba Tetsuro, history comes to life in this action-packed production.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-31
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Bobby's Girl
Overview: Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he decides to write her back.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-03-09
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Tsugaru
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-02
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Haunted School
Overview: A young girl wanders into a wing of her elementary school that has been abandoned for years and is rumored to be haunted. When she doesn't come back, a group of her classmates go looking for her, only to find that they, too, are trapped inside. They must somehow find their way to safety, and quickly, because the rumors of ghosts are turning out to be true.
Genres: Family Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-07-08
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Eko Eko Azarak: B-Page
Overview: Misa Kuroi continues her search for the demon Ezekiel and investigates a strange situation involving a wheelchair-bound doll maker named Ryo.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-30
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Kaikou The Encounter
Overview: A business man moves to the Philippines for work and brings his family along in a desperate attempt to heal their emotional detachment in the wake of his daughter's recent attempted suicide. But their idyllic new home comes with the supernatural appearance of lost WW2 Japanese soldiers forcing them to confront their definition of family, identity, and even history itself.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-19
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Lover's Time
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-14
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Yakuza Ladies 8
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-06
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Confessions of a Dog
Overview: Takeda is an honest police officer, father and husband, but after he’s promoted to detective he quickly becomes embroiled in dirty back room dealings, blackmail, and corruption that goes right to the top of the force. Meanwhile, renegade investigator Kusama must decide whether he should shake the foundations of Japanese law enforcement with the information that has come into his possession about the police.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-07
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The Rite of Loss
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Genres: Crime Adventure Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-30
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Mio's Cookbook
Overview: When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in cooking and eventually became a cook. Meanwhile, Noe has become an oiran (high-ranking courtesan).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-16
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Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
Overview: As a computer virus based on Pac-Man invades Japan, a group of doctors attack Genm Corp and begin a wave of terror using stolen Proto Gashats. Ghost and Ex-Aid find themselves at the center of the fight in an effort to protect those most important to them. But they aren’t alone, as Heisei Riders from the past join them to stop Dr. Pac-Man!
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-10
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Tange Sazen : The Jar Worth One Million Ryo
Overview: Tange Sazen: Hyakuman Ryo no Tsubo is a remake of a classic 1935 film of the same name by Yamanaka Sadao. Tange Sazen, the one-armd, one-eyed ex-samurai swordsman is the creation of Hayashi Fubo and was one of the most popular characters of the era. This remake is helmed by freshman director Tsuda Toshio, starring Toyokawa Etsushi as Sazen and Wakui Emi as Ofuji, his quick-witted wife. This marks the 34th film in the series of Tange Sazen, and involves an Urn that is worth a million Ryo!.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-17
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Takeda Shingen
Overview: During the 16th century, Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of civil wars and the powerful warlords who fought them. One of the earliest and strongest of these men was the Lord Takeda Shingen, a tremendous military genius.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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