Shohei Uno
Also Known As: Shôhei Uno, Shohhei Uno, Shouhei Uno, Shōhei Uno, 宇野 祥平, うの しょうへい
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Adult: No
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Tomorrow's Dining Table
Overview: 3 women are happy and busy raising their boys named Yu. Due to some little thing, their lives fall apart. Their anger and anxiety unconsciously head towards their sons Yu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-05-28
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A Girl in My Room
Overview: A ghost of a girl Aisuke suddenly appears in the room of Yohei who was dumped by his lover. Aisuke, who has never experienced love during her lifetime, is very interested in "dating" and giving Yohei useless advice.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-11-11
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A Crowd of Three
Overview: A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as part of a demolition crew but become fed up with their jobs. The friends then decide to take a road trip up north to visit Kenta's brother at the Abashiri prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-12
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Prior Convictions
Overview: Kayo is a probation officer who forges ahead with her job. Continuing to work closely with ex-convicts, she is assigned to Kudo who had committed murder. As she endeavors to rehabilitate him, Kudo suddenly disappears and emerges as a suspect in a case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-28
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Living Rights
Overview: The fifth work of the "Kita-Shirakawa school movie" in which a student of Kyoto University of Art and Design, a professional film staff, and a cast team up to make a film. With a certain big disaster, people are struggling for love while holding their own circumstances, and as a result, they ask what it is to "live correctly" even in a vague and uneasy era. Ittoku Kishibe played Yanagida, the protagonist of the protagonist who created and exhibited objects that incorporate radioactive materials to create and display indiscriminate terrorism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-03-07
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A History of Love
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-19
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Haman
Overview: The tragedy of the girl who has become a monster. A fantasy story of life, eros and love.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-20
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Swan's Song
Overview: Mina and Mizuki sisters attended a ballet class in Tokyo. One day, the sisters return home separately, but younger sister, Mizuki, is kidnapped on the way home and discovered as a corpse. On that day, Mina blames herself for returning home, leaving her sister to practice ballet staying. Her mother, Teruko, is also very upset by the news of the discovery of her body, causing deep emotional wounds. The incident was featured on a variety show, and the mother and daughter, who couldn't stand the curiosity of the world, moved to a quiet country town far from the city. Although they started a new life, Teruko is bullied by a mysterious mad woman and Mina is bullied at school. And a mysterious murder case occurs again around them.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-09
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2 Women
Overview: Modeled on Setouchi Jakucho, Inoue Mitsuharu, and his wife, 2 women depicts the special relationship between a man and two women, based on the novel by Inoue Areno, the eldest daughter of Inoue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-11-11
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Overview: Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-29
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After School Angler Life
Overview: Mezashi, a high school student, has become distrustful of people after being the target of bullying by her classmates. After being transferred to a new school in the Kansai local region due to the parents' convenience, she then learns the basics of fishing when invited to join "The Girls Angler's Club". Little by little, she begins to feel at home in the fun atmosphere and begins to enjoy fishing and friendship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-04-29
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Whale Bones
Overview: Recently dumped by his fiancée, Mamiya meets a girl on a dating app. However, when he comes out of the shower, the girl is dead on his bed. Upset Mamiya decides to bury the body in the woods, however it mysteriously disappears from his car trunk... When he finds out that she is a popular influencer of the SNS called “Mimi”, he follows her footsteps which she left on Mimi, and slowly becomes attracted to the girl who turns out to be just as lonely as he is.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-13
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Hard-Core
Overview: The life story of a treasure hunter who lives in the countryside of Gunma in Japan. He is pure and kind, but has no communication skills and has a mind of his own. His sole friend is his co-worker. This man has never had sex. The friends find a robot one day. The robot wants to stay with the men. A bond is formed. The men resolve to change their lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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Tonbi
Overview: Yasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira (later played by Takumi Kitamura). Yasuo's life seemed great at the time, but his life totally changed after his wife died in accident. Since that time, Yasuo, who never experienced parents' love himself, has to raise his son Akira alone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-08
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Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots
Overview: Horigai spends her boring days waiting to graduate from college. As she hangs out with friends, she begins to realize the violence and sorrow behind their ordinary lives.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-09-17
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(Ab)normal Desire
Overview: Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic Wilderness—reunite to adapt Ryo Asai's prize-winning novel. A sensitive drama about the aberrant in a society without regard for diversity, the story unites characters trying to hide abnormalities: a prosecutor who is worried that his pubescent son is a shut-in, an introverted saleswoman with a peculiar habit, and a student tortured by feelings she can’t express. In a world fill with abnormalities, what if it’s actually normal to be abnormal?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-10
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In the Wake
Overview: Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down conclusive proof.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-10-01
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Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
Overview: Extended version of Koji Shiraishi's Ultra Violent People from 2011 that adds Kudo from the "Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi" series!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-02-04
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Scoop!
Overview: Shizuoka Miyakonojo is a middle-aged paparazzi photographer. His skills as a cameraman are good, but he gambles and is in debt. When he worked in the editorial department for weekly picture magazine 'Scoop!,' he landed numerous scoops. He now works as a freelance photographer and chases after celebrity scandals. Shizuoka Miyakonojo works with Nobi Namekawa. She is a rookie reporter for 'Scoop!' and they land a scoop.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-01
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Ichiko
Overview: On August 12, 2015, Hasegawa proposed to Ichiko. Ichiko is moved by Hasegawa's proposal and sheds tears, but the next day, she suddenly leaves home, seemingly shocked after seeing the TV news. Where did Ichiko go? Hasegawa reports the disappearance to the police, and the detective in charge of the investigation tells an unexpected story.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-12-08
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Akira and Akira
Overview: Akira Yamazaki and Akira Kaido are new employees at Industrial Central Bank. They are both outstanding at their jobs and fierce rivals, but they come from totally different backgrounds. When Akira Yamazaki was a child, his father's factory went bankrupt and his family ran away in the middle of the night. Because of that experience, Akira Yamazaki wants to work as a banker to save people. On the other hand, Akira Kaido was born into a family that runs a large company. He works with a calm demeanor. Due to a case, Akira Yamazaki receives a demotion. Akira Kaido continues to be successful at work, but his family's company is on the verge of bankruptcy due to their family-oriented management style. The employees there and their families are all in a crisis situation. With this desperate situation unfolding, the reversal of fate of these two men begin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-26
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Almost People
Overview: Four dramas about brothers and sisters, each of whom lacks a certain emotion.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-30
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Believers
Overview: On a small island somewhere near Japan, three cult members have devoted themselves to the "Deserted Island Program". Calling each other by rank, these people-two men and one women-have been chosen by their superiors to throw off the corrupt influence of modern society and "purify" themselves. But as time passes two of the members begin to give into human desire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-08
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The Granny Girl
Overview: A short film about a childlike wife and her husband's love. With mundane conversation and familiar scenery, each day passes without any changes. But, in fact, every day is full of small adventures and nothing is the same as yesterday.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-05
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Drive Into Night
Overview: A surprising and humanistic drama that questions the meaning of happiness through the strange fate of one man who caused an accident. One night, a taciturn and clumsy man working at a scrap iron factory in the suburbs of Tokyo, causes an irreparable accident with his colleague. The two try to hide the incident but the man’s fate takes a turn for the worse and his colleague and family are faced with threats to their survival. A psychologial thriller that reveals the ills of Japanese society along with the darknesses of the human heart based on a script full of surprises written by the director Dai Sakō. Tomomitsu Adachi, who plays the lead role, exudes an eerie charm, and is flanked by many of Japan's best supporting actors such as Yutaka Matsushige and Shohei Uno.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-05-13
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Scary True Stories: Night 3
Overview: 4th installment in Broadway's "Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi" series.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-04-08
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Remember to Breathe
Overview: One day, Hiroko accidentally starts a small fire while she is cooking. Although it does not lead to a serious incident, it does result in her going to stay with her eldest daughter, Yuko, for whom Hiroko has never been the mother she wanted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-11-11
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Lying to Mom
Overview: Suzuki Koichi, a 30-something hikikomori shut-in, allows his mother to dotingly tend to his needs. When she discovers that Koichi has killed himself, the shock is so great she loses consciousness and her memory of that day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-16
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Museum: Introduction
Overview: Hitoshi Kudo is a journalist who covers various murder cases. One day, his daughter is kidnapped by the frog man. In order to safely rescue her, Kudo is cornered by one unreasonable instruction after another.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-12
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Paradise Lost
Overview: Drama marking the sixth feature film from poet-cum-director Fukuma Kenji. The film uses both fantasy and realism in exploring how to live after your dreams have been lost, through the life of a woman who has been widowed.In a lonely spot in the Tokyo suburbs a guy dies of a heart attack. His name is Shinya (Eto Shuhei) and he sold used books online. His wife (Wada Misa) reads the notebook he left behind, and every so often she feels his presence at her side.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-20
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100 Yen Love
Overview: Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets boxer Kano who trains there in silence...
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-15
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くりいむレモン 旅のおわり
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
Overview: A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi and his assistant director named Miho Ichikawa visit a house deep in wooded mountains to film a movie. Once arrived, they meet a mentally deranged woman named Maria Miyoshi who proclaims she's a fan of Kuroishi's works. The woman pleads that she's experienced the same things as documented in Kuroishi's works. Unexplainable phenomena quickly begin to happen, so Kuroishi sets out to document these experiences and turn them into a film, together with the help of a 'super volunteer' named Shôhei Uno and a handsome psychic medium named Nanashi.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-27
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Life of Mariko in Kabukicho
Overview: A small bar in Tokyo's red-light district run by an undercover detective with a tragic past links together a group of eccentrics, a search for aliens, FBI investigators, bizarre love affairs and assassins.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-30
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Night, Birds Scream
Overview: Shinichi debuted as a novelist at a young age, but his career has been stagnant for many years. He also has broken up with his girlfriend. His day have now become gloomy. At this time, Yuko and her son moves into Shinichi's home. Yuko is the ex-wife of Shinichi's friend. Shinichi lets them stay at his house. Shinichi writes his novel every night, while Yuko goes out at night to date men. She is conflicted with her feelings to act as a strong parent and to deal with her unspeakable loneliness. Yuko's son, feeling the loss of his father's presence, begins to admire Shinichi. With their living arrangement, Shinichi and Yuko try keep their distance from each other. But one night.. Adapted from the short story "Yoru, Toritachi ga Naku"
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-09
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It's in the Woods
Overview: Set in an actual forest said to be rife with supernatural phenomena, this next-gen horror film is based on witness accounts of people who saw "It" and the protagonists’ encounter with the mysterious "It".
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-30
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The Fish Tale
Overview: A young child is obsessed with learning about and drawing fish. The child seems a little odd, but if you are understanding and supportive you will be cheering in the end.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-01
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Murder Workshop
Overview: A sage-like psycho holds a seminar for young people who want to kill their enemies.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-13
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アイドル誕生 輝け昭和歌謡
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-01-02
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The Ear Cleaner
Overview: A drama that presents a lively depiction of a woman plagued with unexplainable hearing problems who begins to look at herself in a new light when she starts working at an ear-cleaning parlor. Using ears as a motif, director Horiuchi Hiroshi delicately evokes emotional changes within young people. As the result of a disaster, Ena (Sakuragi Rina) ends up breaking up with her lover and even suffers the cancelation of a promise of work. As she begins to be troubled from ongoing hearing loss of unknown cause, she finds a job at an ear-cleaning parlor through an old friend. Then one day Ena is reunited with Yoshinobu (Nakata Akira), who is drawn to her beautiful ears.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-24
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Rock and Roll Strip
Overview: Yuta Kimura is the leader of an unsuccessful theater troupe. Yuta, who dreams of becoming a film director, runs a small bar in Osaka while running an unsuccessful theater troupe.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-08-14
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Villon's Wife
Overview: This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by Osamu Dazai, the story centers less on the womanizing, heavy-drinking, suicidal hero than on the wife who loves him. Written by Palm Springs International Film Festival
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
Overview: A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s chawan (procelain tea bowl) called Houou, that has been missing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-06
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Naked over8
Overview: "Over 8" is a joint project from a Shimokitazawa theater and young directors to create new wave films. Their latest is an omnibus film on the theme of "nakedness," directed by five up-and-coming directors. The producer is Shu Kageyama, who has worked with directors Shozin Fukui and Hideaki Anno on their films as one of the main crew members. Truth, emotional problems, trauma, desire, minority....some things can only be fully revealed through "nakedness." Come and witness the freshly-told stories of five vividly different colors and styles, all about "nakedness."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-29
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My Hawaiian Discovery
Overview: Minori Oyamada, a put-upon editor at a travel-guide publishing company, is asked by an old friend to plan her forthcoming wedding party in Hawaii. After persuading her boss that it will be a work trip, Minori departs for Hawaii with the intention to find and marry a rich man. But when Minori arrives, she encounters three different men who complicate her original goal...
Genres: Comedy Romance Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-14
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Invisible War
Overview: Kitahara Shuji, an ordinary business man turns into a spy for his town's war against a neighboring town in a Dystopian society.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-10
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Disconcerto
Overview: Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school classmate Haruhiko Gyoten. A big crisis then occurs for them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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Crazy Road of Love
Overview: A bus is driving along a straight road in the quiet countryside. At a stop, a creepy cross-dresser with a shovel gets on board. He immediately smashes the head of one of the passengers and tells the driver to not stop for anything. The murderous transvestite tries to force one of the passengers, Chu-ya, who has met him before, to marry him. The bus quickly becomes a hellish scene as the passengers start to get involved. What will happen on this crazy road of love?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-04-08
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Shibuya2036
Overview: Shibuya, the year is 2036. In contrast to the front face of the city with its huge skyscrapers, the backside of Shibuya is a home ground for WeTubers. Mitsuru (played by Daichi Kaneko) and Kakeru (played by Kotaro Daigo), who grew up together as orphans, live a life at the bottom of the ladder with no family, education, or money, but they dream of a great turnaround in their lives by becoming popular WeTubers. One day, they encounter a mannequin uncle (played by Shôhei Uno). When he releases a video of his encounter with the suspicious mannequin uncle, the number of views on their channel increase dramatically. Viewers begin asking him for advice, and they decide to help solve their problems. However, they soon find their selves caught up in a puzzling case.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-11-26
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Voice
Overview: Hokkaido, Japan: An old woman -- formerly a man -- lives by a lake in the northern reaches of Japan, gazing at Nakajima Island in its center where her daughter's body was found long ago. She hasn't been able to visit for almost 50 years. Tokyo: A middle-aged man lives on an island where criminals were once exiled in the past, earning a sparse living as a cattle herder. He is descended from such exiled criminals. He raised his only daughter by himself after losing his wife in an accident. One day, the daughter comes home from the mainland, seemingly pregnant but unwilling to explain.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-02-09
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A Far Shore
Overview: Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family’s responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi’s bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-09
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How to Find a Lover
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-27
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La La La at Rock Bottom
Overview: Shigeo is released from prison and immediately beaten up by some old associates, which results in him losing his memory. Kasumi, who just by chance happens to be the manager of a band, takes him in and discovers his talent for singing.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-14
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Tada's Do-It-All House
Overview: In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One day, former classmate Gyoten appears unannounced. Both men are over 30 years old and divorced. With no explanation, Gyoten suddenly asks to spend the night at Tada's home. Eventually, Tada accepts Gyoten as his assistant and together they become involved in various cases concerning an assortment of people from different walks of life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-23
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Twilight Cinema Blues
Overview: Kondo, a man with a reason for returning to his hometown of Ginpei-cho, where he spent his youth, unexpectedly meets Sato, a homeless man who loves movies, and Kajiwara, the manager of a movie theater. He starts working part-time at the theater. Surrounded by the theater staff and colorful regular customers, he gradually begins to find renewal, but...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-10
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Ultra Violent People
Overview: Nasu, who works for a magazine working on DVD supplemental's, begins interviewing a man who calls himself a "Violent Man". However, the man's words and actions quickly become insane, and eventually he tries to get Nasu and the cameraman to film him committing murder.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-03
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Kumo to Saru no Kazoku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-01
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Last Mile
Overview: On the night before ‘Black Friday,’ which is the one of the busiest commerce days, a cardboard box, that is delivered from the world's largest shopping site, explodes. Soon after, a series of mysterious explosion cases occurs. The entire nation becomes terrorized by the shocking events. Funado Erena has just began to work as the center director for a large distribution warehouse that covers three-quarters of the Kanto area. Erena must gain control over this unprecedented situation with team manager Nashimoto Ko.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-08-23
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Ghost Cat Anzu
Overview: Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant "ghost cat" and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her. Distrustful of her new guardian, Karin sabotages Anzu's odd jobs for the townsfolk and befriends the eccentric local forest spirits. In an effort to win Karin over, Anzu accidentally makes a deal with the devil, and all Hell breaks loose.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-07-19
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The Actor
Overview: Takuji Kameoka is a 37-year-old bachelor whose occupation is a “miscellaneous actor”. His only interest is drinking. One day he falls in love and his boring life begins to change. The film is based on the book “Actor, Takuji Kameoka” by Akito Inui, a five-time nominee for Japan’s most prestigious literary prize, the Akutagawa Prize. Satoko Yokohama, a much-admired up-and-coming newcomer, directs the film and we can immediately tell that she is a special talent, with a unique understanding that flows through to her actors and crew.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-30
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Seto and Utsumi
Overview: Utsumi and Seto's daily routine is to spend their afterschool hours just jabbering with one another along a riverbed. Getting excited over trivial word play, agonizing over the content of an email to be sent to a girl, and, at times, talking about a serious problem, the two endlessly engage in meaningless idle talk as if it were meaningful.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-02
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
Overview: Izumi Hoshi is senior in high school, but she led a small yakuza group in her past. After killing her uncle's murderer with a machine gun, her yakuza group disbanded. Izumi now lives an ordinary life as a high school student and works as a manager at a cafe. A dangerous situation soon awaits for Izumi.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-05
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Till Death Do Us What?
Overview: Kota and Yoko have known each other for 17 years. They finally get married and Yoko becomes pregnant. During her pregnancy, Yoko feels ill and gets a checkup. She learns that she has terminal cancer. Yoko is able to give birth and they try to smile everyday until her very last day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-30
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Black Jack
Overview: Adapted from the manga series "Black Jack"
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-30
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Double Life
Overview: Tama is a graduate student. She lives with her boyfriend Takuya. She becomes influenced by lectures about French writer Sophie Calle and begins to follow her neighbor Ishizaka. Tama soon discovers that her neighbor Ishizaka is having an affair. She becomes excited about discovering his secret. Her relationship with her boyfriend Takuya and her professor Shinohara changes.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-25
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Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Overview: About 150,000 illegal entrants live in Tokyo. They are not recognised as refugees and live in poor conditions. To protect themselves, the illegals create a secret organisation. The organisation has a bank which Japanese Financial Services Agency is not involved with, a hospital that is not authorized by Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare and an illegals police force called "Dias Police." The only police officer in the organisation is Saki Kubozuka (Shota Matsuda). His age and nationality is unknown. Saki Kubozuka does not speak much, but he has a warm heart and strong sense of justice. He takes care of the weak and tries to maintain public order.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-03
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Midnight Diner 2
Overview: The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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64: Part 1
Overview: 1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-07
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64: Part 2
Overview: 1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-01
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14 That Night
Overview: In 1987, frustrated junior high student Takashi hates his uncool father hanging around their suburban home all the time, and is pestered by the area’s wannabe gangsters. But he’s interested in the girl next door, the bounteously-breasted Megumi. One day, Takashi hears a rumor that porn actress Kyoko Yokushimaru is coming to town for an autograph session at the only video store in town where Takashi and his judo friends always hang out. Their ridiculous but serious adventure begins. What will Takashi find after all the surprises and chaos? Recalling youth classics like Stand By Me, this is the debut feature of Shin Adachi, Japan Academy Prize-winning screenwriter of 100 Yen Love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-24
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Bujinaru Sanbiki Plus One Corona Shito-hen
Overview: Ten years have passed since the disaster. The men are back. The new enemy they face is the new coronavirus. What comes before the four men, who have never met anyone new...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-01
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Capturing Dad
Overview: Part-time worker Hazuki lives with her younger sister, high school student Koharu, and their mother Sawa. One day they receive word that their estranged father is on his deathbed, so Sawa asks Hazuki and Koharu to visit him and take one last photo to remember him by.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-16
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Amen, Somen and Rugger Men!
Overview: The second collection of "Rabu cinema" which the expectant six directors took in full digital video. Spoofed comedy by Director Koshi Mihara of "Heroine! Naniwa Bombers" "Burning Ping Pong". Heroine is "I can not live" Nanako Okochi. Osaka comes to a boys school in Minami Kawachi, a young female teacher from Tokyo comes Eri Morinaga. Elegi who took a hot feeling in my heart and took office in the mid-powerful coach of the rugby club. But the key members are obsessed with Eri rather than rugby! What? Eri nevertheless skillfully utilizes her eccentricity and planting passion for rugby for its members ....
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-04
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Kamen Rider Ex-Aid the Movie: True Ending
Overview: An evil ninja Rider, Kamen Rider Fuma, appears from the virtual reality world in an effort to conquer Earth! It is up to the CR Riders to use the power of virtual reality gaming to save a young girl’s life and stop the evil plans of Machina Vision CEO Johnny Maxima before the Bugster Virus infects all of humanity!
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-05
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Cinema Capriccio
Overview: Documentary about the crazy cinephile Atsushi Tsuboi, vice president of the Nagoya art theatre "cinemaskhole".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-14
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Bozo
Overview: Set in Nagano Prefecture, the movie stars Shingo Mizusawa (8000 Miles) as an awkward 28-year-old temporary factory worker named Kaji; a character partially modeled after the perpetrator of the 2008 Akihabara massacre. His social interactions are limited to his postings on internet message boards until he starts hanging out with a co-worker named Tanaka (Shohei Uno) who suffers from the debilitating sleep disorder narcolepsy. The pair become involved in a predicament when they attempt to protect a girl named named Yuri (Ai Tamura) from their other co-worker Okada (Yasushi Fuchikami).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-16
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Yakiniku Dragon
Overview: Set in the 1970's in the Kansai region of Japan.. Yong-Gil is Korean, but he moved to Japan and settled down. He runs a small restaurant named Yakiniku Dragon. He is married and has three daughters: oldest daughter Jung-Hwa, middle daughter Yi-Hwa and youngest daughter Mi-Hwa. Oldest daughter Jung-Hwa is dating Tetsuo, but they break up. Middle daughter Yi-Hwa loves Tetsuo and marries him, but Tetsuo still loves her older sister and they divorce. Youngest daughter Mi-Hwa wants to become a singer, but she is in love with a married man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-22
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Invisible Monster
Overview: Random street attacks have been occurring in a local industrial city. No similarities among the victims, no clues for a motive or the culprit's next move except for sightings of a large figure in a raincoat. On her way home, Nami encounters an attack in progess. She sees the killer eye to eye and is attacked. Tsukishima saves her in a nick of time which brings them closer. In the same city, Detective Shintaro Matsuyama is after the killer responsible for the attacks. He sees a similarity to an unsolved street attack in which his daughter was killer 15 years ago. The city becomes depressed as people are afraid of the attacks and those who try to bring justice. Nami's life grows gloomy along with her symptoms of PTSD, despite falling for Tsukishima. Then she discovers his past. Shintaro becomes emotional with revenge and begins to derail from his police work. The killer is on the loose again.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-07-01
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TSUMUGU
Overview: Echizen Washi artisan Takeo has lived in emotional isolation since the death of his wife, but he collapses due to a brain tumor and is in need of care. Yona, a Korean woman in Japan on a working holiday, comes to his aid. Stubborn Takeo and pushy Yona butt heads repeatedly, but gradually Takeo opens up under Yona's care.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-19
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Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Trilogy: Another Ending - Kamen Rider Para-DX with Poppy
Overview: Second installment of the V-Cinema Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Trilogy: Another Ending will focus on the characters of Parado (Kamen Rider Para-DX) and Poppy Pipopapo (Kamen Rider Poppy). Saiko Yaotome is a doctor dedicated to recovery treatments and heads “Let's Make Bugsters”, a new training game created for the recovery of people that disappeared. The test run has Emu raising Parado and Saiko raising Poppy. There is something different about the Parado in the game, though. The “real” Parado has been trapped and he faces his mysterious double, with the strength of the bond with Emu.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-17
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A Banana? At This Time of Night?
Overview: Hisashi Tanaka is a medical student in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. He does volunteer work and gets to know Yasuaki Kano at the hospital. Yasuaki Kano has suffered from muscular dystrophy since he was 12-years-old. Yasuaki Kano has his eccentric ways like running out of the hospital and saying that he wants to eat a banana late at night. Hisashi Tanaka thinks Yasuaki Kano is a lovely person. Yasuaki Kano develops a crush on rookie volunteer Misaki Ando. He asks Hisashi Tanaka to write a love letter for him, but Misaki Ando is Hisashi Tanaka’s girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-12-28
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The Great Passage
Overview: Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage. In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed with problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-13
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A Story of Yonosuke
Overview: The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-23
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Tokyo Taxi
Overview: Ryo (Yamada Masasi), the lead singer of an amateur rock band at night, owns a Ramen noodle shop. He cannot fly on airplanes because he has a fear of them. Ironically, he finds himself attracted to a stewardess who comes to eat very often at his shop. One day, an opportunity comes knocking on their doors - they are to perform in Seoul. The performance day approaches, but their dream of performing in Seoul is about to be shattered because of Ryo, who cannot fly on an airplane. As a last resort, Ryo decides to take a taxi in Tokyo and fly to Seoul, leaving behind the charming stewardess who makes his heart flutter.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-10-09
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A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic
Overview: Saki's father is an alcoholic and her mother is a follower of a new religion. She sees her father's strange behavior and her mother's loneliness. Her family is collapsing, but Saki struggles to look for her future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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Stories of Apparitions
Overview: A horror anthology focusing on various groups of people who encounter haunted photographs.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-28
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Journey of the Sky Goddess
Overview: Takako Kojima works as an announcer in Tokyo, Japan. She is tired of living in Tokyo and she doesn't see a bright future for herself. One day, she is assigned to cover a festival in Minamiosumi, Kagoshima Prefecture. Takako spent her childhood in the town of Minamiosumi and this will be her first time going there in many years. Takako reluctantly covers the festival, but she is changed by the people there.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-09
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Room Laundering
Overview: Yakumo Miko's father died when she was 5 years old. The next year, Miko mother went missing. Miko then moved in with her grandmother, but, at the age of 18, Miko's grandmother passes away. She shuts herself away from others. One day, her uncle from her mother's side, Ikazuzi Goro appears. He sets up a place for Miko to live and also a place for her to do part-time work. Her part-time job is "room laundering." After starting her job, Miko sees ghosts. She struggles to solve the worries of the ghosts who are staying in rooms. Ikazuzi Goro tells Miko that her mother was able to see ghosts which affected her. Miko asks him to find her mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-07-07
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Kiyamachi Daruma
Overview: Shigeo Katsuura once led the yakuza that dominated the town of Kiya. Due to an accident, he lost both his arms and legs. 5 years later, to make a living, he goes to debtors' homes and collects money from the debtors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-03
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Prison 13
Overview: Mari is a female university student. She takes part in an experiment held by popular VTuber Sophia. When Mari arrives at the place where the experiment is to be held, she notices the place looks like a prison. 12 people participate in the experiment and they are assigned roles of prisoners and prison officers. The experiment takes place over 7 days. Mari is assigned the role of a prison officer. The experiment turns violent.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-08-30
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The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Overview: In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-07-07
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Yuria 100 Shiki
Overview: Dr. Akiba, a rather perverted scientist, developed a series of sex robots, and Type 100 is his newest creation. She has highly advanced artificial intelligence — so advanced that she refuses to become Dr. Akiba's sex slave as he had designed and escapes from his lab. She meets college student Shunsuke Kubo and decides to stay at his apartment. However, as she is designed to be a sex robot, she interprets everything Shunsuke says in a sexual manner.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-20
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My Friend "A"
Overview: Masuda, an aspiring journalist, plans to write an article in order to expose his co-worker Suzuki, who is a psychopathic murderer according to Masuda.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-25
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37 Seconds
Overview: 23-year-old comic book artist Yuma, physically disabled due to profound cerebral palsy and emotionally stunted by her well-meaning but overly protective mother, forges her own unusual path to sexual awakening and independence while at the same time discovering love and forgiveness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-09
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Tokyo Zombie
Overview: Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-10
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Helpless and Reckless
Overview: Narumi, who has an aggressive personality, stabbed her colleague and went to prison. After serving her time, Narumi is released and goes back to her hometown where she grew up. Narumi goes to her younger brother Kei's home. At a young age, their parents died in a accident and Kei is the only one left Narumi can rely on. After Narumi sees Kei and his girlfriend Kana living together happily, Narumi decides to take her brother back. Narumi reveals a secret between her and Kei.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-01
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Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle
Overview: Members of a group of idols "Houkago Puritei Seitokai" are abducted in Akihabara and are entered to participate in a webcast game where the talents of the Idols are determined by a general election of the spectators. Each round the winner advances, but the loser will be subjected to rape, humiliation and death. Who will reign the title of Number one?
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-08-03
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After the Sunset
Overview: Little Towa lives with his parents Satsuki and Yuichi in a coastal town on Nagashima. Yuichi is a fisherman, Satsuki runs a restaurant. What Towa doesn’t know is that he is adopted. As a baby, he was abandoned in an internet café, completely emaciated. While his new parents are secretly fighting for custody of him and want to protect him from his past, the family’s happiness begins to falter. Satsuki and Yuichi aren’t the only ones who are worried about Towa’s future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-08
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Gift of Fire
Overview: Towards the end of WWII, the Navy gave the Kyoto University's physics lab the secret of a bomb that makes use of nuclear fission energy. While doing research to save Japan, the researchers there wonder if they should promote the development of weapons as scientists. Research enthusiast Ishimura Osamu tries to experiment purely but is at the mercy of the time period. His brother, Hiroyuki, also has to face the truth of the war. Asakura Setsu wants only to talk about the future. A story based on historical facts about youth during the tragedy of war.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-06
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We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
Overview: The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is the master of the ceremony. Enter a mysterious new woman named Shino about whom the two have a feeling.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-31
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Planet Mizsa
Overview: Yoshisuke grew up in a small town and his father ran a paper lantern shop. The town itself has beautiful scenery, but Yoshisuke is bored. One day, he goes to a prostitution shop and meets Mizusa. She tells him that she is an alien. They meet each other continually and Yoshisuke asks Mizusa why she works as a prostitute. Mizusa tells him that she stops working as a prostitute, the world will go out of existence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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Tadaima
Overview: Sumire, a high school student who lost her parents and had to move to Nagano Prefecture, decides to go to the place where she grew up with her family in order to organize her mind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-28
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Villain
Overview: A criminal gossip magazine receives a video tape from Japan's most notorious criminal rapist, the "Hyper Villain" Shouhei Eno. On the tape, Eno reveals himself and proclaims he has raped 107 girls in 10 years. He also offers the magazine a chance to interview him and film his upcoming 108th rape.
Genres: Drama Crime Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-14
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A Beast in Love
Overview: On the bus passing through a quiet countryside, picks up a weird woman dressed man who turns out to be a cutthroat starting to kill the passengers one by one aiming to achieve the love from the guy on board whom he had a crush on.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-09-07
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The Real Thing
Overview: Kazumichi Tsuji is a bored office worker in questionable relationships with two women at work. One day he meets the intriguing Ukiyo Hayama at a convenience store. However, having her in his life brings nothing but trouble.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-09
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Occult
Overview: Koji Shiraishi interviews the survivors of an indiscriminate attack at a sightseeing resort and starts investigating the strange events that have been happening to them.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-21
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Ito
Overview: A shy country girl chooses a part-time job at a maid cafe where she serves customers while dressed up as a maid.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-06-25
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Midnight Diner
Overview: A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-01
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Child of the Stars
Overview: When Chihiro was a baby, she suffered from eczema. Her parents tried to find a cure, but nothing worked. Her father's co-worker then gave him some water from a strange religious group. Chihiro was miraculously cured by the water. Her parents began to follow the strange religion and became fervent followers. Chihiro is now in the 3rd grade of middle school and she faces changes in her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-09
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Stigmatized Properties
Overview: Yamano Yamame, an entertainer who can't sell, is unreasonably told by his seniors that he should live in the accident property because he will put it on TV, and he moves to the property where the murder occurred due to his appearance on TV and the low rent. At first glance, the room was a normal room, but a mysterious white object was reflected in the image of the room, and the sound was disturbed. The program in which Yamame appeared became lively, and Yamame moved around the accident property in search of new material. Yamame, who encounters various mysterious phenomena in the room where he lives, makes a big break as an "entertainer who lives in the accident property".
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-08-28
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The Drudgery Train
Overview: In this offbeat coming-of-age tale, a charming, rebellious high school dropout named Kanta befriends the kind, provincial Shoji. The two bring out the best in each other, each gaining confidence from their friendship - especially regarding pursuit of the opposite sex. The working class Kanta becomes a sort of unruly anti-hero, maintaining his pride, defiance, and self-assurance even as his prospects seem increasingly grim.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-14
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A Beloved Wife
Overview: A comedic portrait of an unhappy marriage between an unemployed screenwriter and his wife who's supported him for 10 years, based on the writer/director's own autobiography.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-28
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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Overview: In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-09
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We Make Antiques!
Overview: Sakai is a city near Osaka by the bay famous for its swords in the old days and kitchen knives today. Norio is an antique dealer in the city. Sasuke is a potter in the city. Seventeenth century tea master Sen No Rikyu appears before them one day.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-05
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The First Train Runs in Hiroshima
Overview: Only 3 days after A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a streetcar started running through the town burned to the ground. The drivers were teenage girls working for the train company in place of men. The drama is based on a true story of people who strived for the restoration.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-10
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Garden of Camellias
Overview: Kinuko was married to her husband for many years, but her husband passed away. Since then, Kinuko has lived in the same home with her granddaughter Nagisa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-09
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The Gun 2020
Overview: Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off and the trash is piling up. One late night, Toko enters a gloomy building in order to escape from a threatening stalker, Tomita. There she finds a handgun. She brings it back home and confirms it is loaded with four bullets. One day, the family living next door who have already been enduring poverty and violence end up murdering a man. Toko helps them bury the man's body, shooting it with the handgun. Toko becomes captivated by the gun itself. She is further entangled in the true circumstances of the incident due to the detective searching for the handgun and a suspicious man Kazunari who knows a secret about the handgun. Toko tries to throw herself into the whirlpool but then the lid is blown off her "past."
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-10
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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
Overview: Eighteen months have gone by and Kudo and Ichikawa are still lost in a parallel universe. When they vanished, a giant appeared in the sky above Shinjuku.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-11
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The House of the Lost on the Cape
Overview: A strange old woman allows a teenage runaway and a young orphan to stay in an abandoned house that overlooks the sea. However, when a menacing entity threatens their new home, they must band together and face their fears to save it.
Genres: Animation Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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Ninja Girl
Overview: The story unfolds with the main character, 25-year-old Miu Komaru, who lives on the outskirts of Fukuya City. Miu, who is single and cares for her grandfather Goro, works at the city hall but is isolated, and the only person who can snuggle up is Koji Mano, who works at the same office. One day, Mano commits suicide from the roof of the city hall, but it was the death after being ordered to "falsify documents" unreasonably. Goro gives a shocking mission to Miu, who returns home in grief, to "take away the data of the falsification instruction in order to take a lie," and Miu secretly stands up with "things that are not usually noticeable" as a weapon. —HateHoollywoodNetflix
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-21
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Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
Overview: A touching true story which portrays a doctor who selflessly dedicated his personal fortune to spreading the smallpox vaccination for saving people's lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-01-24
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Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou Movie
Overview: Movie adaptation of the TV series 'Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou'. To be released in 2025.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
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まんが島
Overview: The girl asked, "Where is Manga Island?" Only manga artists can set foot on the island. Idle people are not allowed to enter, but Manga Island is also like a besieged city. People outside want to enter, while those inside want to come out. A few manga artists trapped on a small island, accompanied by snakes and insects, perform the horror of a deserted island, and even rush to draft day and night, pouring their emotions and desires onto paper. When it comes to brain block, I finally come up with the legend of mermaid monster Tan and dungboat, and I'm afraid of being taken by someone. Everyone was hungry, afraid of both starvation and exhaustion of inspiration. Struggling with the barren environment, but also entangled with one's own demons. Shouwu Wenxiong initially made a long film, wrote and acted by himself, cleverly transforming the desire, pain, confusion, and joy of creation into a fantasy drift of a group of cartoonists.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-25
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Broken Rage
Overview: A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates a drug ring, and arranges a fake deal, but an unexpected turn of events occurs.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-06
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Faceless
Overview: Kaburagi was arrested as a suspect in a brutal murder case, but he escapes. He continues to hide and move all around Japan. During this time, he meets Sayaka, Kazuya and Mai. Detective Matanuki is on the trail to capture Kaburagi. He interrogates the people who met Kaburagi, but they all describe Kaburagi differently from each other. Kaburagi has been missing for 488 days. Who really is Kaburagi? What is his plan?
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-29
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The Alien Next Door
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Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-06-27
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Slow Train
Overview: Set in Kamakura and Busan. The Shibuyas who live in Kamakura lost their grandmother and parents in an accident. On the 23rd anniversary of the death, Tsuko suddenly reveals her plan of moving to Busan to Yoko and Ushio, so the three siblings find themselves at the crossroads of their lives.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-01-02
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Nameless Life
Overview: The anime film follows a man's 100-year journey, from a lonely, bullied boy to an aspiring idol. Told in 10 chapters, it explores social issues like the dark side of entertainment, war, and unidentified youth deaths.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-05-16
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