Denden

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Eriko Hatsune

Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....

Genre: Family

Cast: Mirai Shida

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ayako Fujitani

A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and claims to have had no control over their...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Koji Yakusho

Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mitsuru Fukikoshi

A socially awkward salesman for a toy-capsule company tries to change his nerdy ways when a slick rival moves in on the beautiful co-worker he loves.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kazunobu Mineta

Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kumiko Akiyoshi

The wife of a wealthy man hires memory erasing agents to erase the memory of the young lover with whom he is having an affair, but soon realizes that...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Shunsuke Daitoh

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shota Sometani

Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the animal is put to sleep. Himawari, is a female...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masato Sakai

Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Matsumoto

After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Fumiyo Kohinata

December 1999 The article in which the man was arrested was only small on the social side of the newspaper. It was a crime against abandonment and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomokazu Miura

On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryuhei Matsuda

A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Shinji Takeda

Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yutaka Mizutani

When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shinjuku, the big guns are called out to locate...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kippei Shiina

A psychotic executive triggers a journalist's dark side, and they begin to form a strange bond through the internet.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kazuki Kitamura

Teacher Akira Suzuki breaks away from long-held customs and norms at his school. He tries hard to have the ideal classroom by using his own "Suzuki...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroki Hasegawa

Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masato Sakai

One evening, Princess Sakura is attacked by a man. At that time, the Princess could not see his face. and only sees a tattoo on his body. Because of...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kyoko Hinami

Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao...

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Cast: Yasuo Daichi

Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Erika Toda

When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.

Genre: Action

Cast: Hayato Ichihara

Taira is a disaffected youth from a seaside town reveling in violence. Enamored by his strength, Yuya joins his crusade in attacking strangers. ...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yuya Yagira

An artist named Jiajia promised to show her girl friend Wei Ling around in Japan but eventually fails to show up for no reason. After Wei Ling goes...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Liu Yan

Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Kiichi Nakai

Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima

In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Naoki Kobayashi

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rin Takanashi

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is...

Genre: Music

Cast: Ryohei Suzuki

An illegal biological weapon K-55 is stolen from a university lab. The university lab can't even call the police because the secret nature of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Abe

Although Nobuyoshi and Saki just got married and moved into a new apartment, their relationship still lacks spark. Things start to change as they...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yutaka Takenouchi

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama

A story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex French Foreign Legion soldier and is now a cocaine...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Koji Yakusho

Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power...

Genre: War

Cast: Satoshi Ohno

A young, mentally retarded boy is wrongfully accused of murder, but his family lacks the means to hire an attorney to defend him. The boy’s...

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Cast: Maki Horikita

Detective Yoichiro arrives at a crime scene involving the brutal murder of three family members to find a young five-year-old boy hiding in the...

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Cast: Takashi Sorimachi

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masaki Suda

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masaki Suda

While investigating a murder case, Kamiki Kyoko finds out the truth behind the death of her father who was a police officer which leads her to the...

Genre:

Cast: Shihori Kanjiya

2004 film

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kimiko Yo

Trapped in her anemic career and love relationship, a 30-year-old TV commercial director returns to her countryside home in the company of a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kaho

When older man Tsukakoshi asks Unokichi to paint it is of his mistress, the geisha Fumiko. Tsukakoshi loves the feet and legs part of Fumiko's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Moemi Katayama

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinichi Tsutsumi

Detective Ryoko Kozuki receives a demotion after having an affair with a superior. She succeeds in arresting a rapist in an undercover operation that...

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Cast: Machiko Ono

The story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyōzō Nagatsuka

High school junior Hagi (17) quits school and is spending a lot of time at home when his father reveals that he has another house with a mistress....

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Cast: Mai Ohtani

A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kippei Shiina

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira

An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isao Natsuyagi

Hiromi works in a posh French restaurant. One day, he meets an ordinary-looking old man who has a discerning palate. He is no ordinary cook, and can...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Renji Ishibashi

Sōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya, who is an unpredictable character that often...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shori Sato

In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Kunimura

A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Taiga Nakano

Follows a group of female escorts who are living life as best they can.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sairi Ito

After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Suzu Hirose

When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Yûrei Yanagi

On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Yuko Daike

Pikanchi Half is a spin-off of the two previous movies in the Pikanchi series, showing the five friends, now in their 30s, having a reunion as they...

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Cast: Jun Matsumoto

Ai's mother sends her to live with a cult commune, where she remains for seven years. After the cult is broken up by the police, Ai struggles to fit...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sairi Ito

A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.

Genre: Music

Cast: Tetsuya Takeda

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Teruyuki Kagawa

Story of the struggling chorus group "Yamada Osamu and the Hello Nights", who gain an unexpected new member in the young Ai, who pursues her dream of...

Genre: Music

Cast: Non

A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shinichi Tsutsumi

An ambitious, young freelance journalist takes on the closed case of a famous fine arts photographer whose beautiful female subject died on set in a...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Takanori Iwata

Shogo (Kenichi Endo) and Yasuko (Yuka Hanabusa) are happily married. Until one evening when he slaps her in the face for reconsidering the promise...

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Cast: Ken'ichi Endô

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Cast: Nanako Matsushima

An office lady (Yasuko Tomita) who has a bitter memory of Christmas Eve breaks up with her affair partner (Shoji Sadaoka) and finds a new love.

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Cast: Yasuko Tomita

Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu" (jockied by Makie, a legendary jockey's daughter) in a...

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Cast: Yûsuke Iseya

High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has...

Genre: Action

Cast: Erika Toda

Chief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar names and double-books the concert hall on New Year's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi

Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the orchestra will be reformed. Only some of the members, who...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tori Matsuzaka

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from...

Genre: Action

Cast: Masato Sakai

On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinichi Tsutsumi

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...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tomorowo Taguchi

Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sol Kyung-gu

A woman is being attacked by the yakuza of the Mitsuyoshi group ... A man with a pistol appears dashingly and shoots the yakuza without question now...

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Cast: Hideki Saijo

Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yakusho

Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, Saba, which kept her company for over 15 years, as...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyoko Koizumi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yutaka Matsushige

Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge...

Genre: Action

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

Interview with actor Denden on Himizu

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Denden

The annual kabuki show is the main attraction in a rural Japanese mountain town. However, Yoshi's life is thrown into disarray days before the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshio Harada

Three years after Tozai Ikusa (mahjong tournament), Hiroyuki Igawa receives a letter that Shigeru Akagi’s funeral ceremony will be held....

Genre: Family

Cast: Goro Kishitani

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

Based on Satoshi Kawasaki's encyclopedia which illustrates what it would be like if the human body acquired the bodily mechanics of various animals.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Hayato Isomura

Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sadawo Abe

Different people and five different families are acting out various scenarios, scripts and what-ifs. First there is the four Suzuki family members,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Takumi Saitoh

~~ Adapted from the novel "Human Rental Shop" (人間レンタル屋) by Ishii Yuichi (石井裕一).

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shun Shioya

After Isao has reached retirement, he receives a phone call from an ex- elementary school classmate Norio inviting him to a reunion. During the...

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Cast: Masachika Ichimura

A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, featuring...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tadanobu Asano

Umi’s hearing is so sensitive that even notes played slightly out-of-tune give her a headache. Violinist Yuko arrives from Tokyo to play a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aoi Ito

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...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Fumiyo Kohinata

No one seems to understand Nakami. His nights are restless, his days sleepy, and his time at school is isolating. Yet all that seems to change when...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nana Mori

The second 'Gotoshi' film.

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Cast: Jinpachi Nezu

The third 'Gotoshi' film.

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Cast: Jinpachi Nezu

The fourth 'Gotoshi' film.

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Cast: Jinpachi Nezu

Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shun Oguri

Movie based on the Emergency Interrogation Room series.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yûki Amami

The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tadanobu Asano

1999 financial movie.

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Cast: Misa Shimizu

Based on the popular comic of the same name by Tetsumi Doko, who is known for drawing such as "Dochinpira", Tashiro, a man who swings between Katagi...

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Cast: Kaname Endo

Genre: Romance

Cast: Natsuna Watanabe

A 2006 film.

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Cast: Yôko Kamon

Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws strength from Mt. Hayachine, where the spirits of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Yamada

One day, a talkative college student with a natural perm, Totonou Kunou (Masaki Suda) visits Hiroshima for an art exhibition, and there meets a...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Masaki Suda

A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masami Nagasawa

Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Non

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kirato Wakayama

The second in the series about a former businessman who rises in the world of the yakuza. Monjiro Tashiro sets out on his path. As war with the...

Genre: Action

Cast: 大澄賢也

Based on the manga of the same name, this hard-boiled action drama depicts the life of a man torn between being a respectable civilian and a...

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Cast: 大澄賢也

The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Masanobu Ando

Futatsu No Sekai

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Cast: Ryo Yoshizawa