Japanese watchlist
by max-sv | created - 16 Oct 2018 | updated - 25 Jul 2019 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Mai bakku pêji (2011)
141 min | Drama
in 1969, Sawada (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journalist for a weekly magazine. Two years later, Sawada interviews ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Shioli Kutsuna, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Munetaka Aoki
Votes: 190
2. Cannonball Wedlock (2011)
107 min | Comedy
A slapstick comedy about a woman who has led a life of noncommittal romance, and ends up scrambling to find someone to marry.
Director: Kôji Maeda | Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ryô Kase, Kenta Hamano, Takaaki Enoki
Votes: 135
3. Someday (2011)
93 min | Drama
In a rural mountain village, they have the tradition of acting amateur Kabuki performance. All troubles come out as the villagers try to make success with the performance.
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Michiyo Yasuda, Ittoku Kishibe, Kôichi Satô
Votes: 82
4. Love Strikes! (2011)
118 min | Comedy, Romance
31 years old, broke, single and lonely Yukio encounters four beautiful women suddenly appearing in his life. Will he be able to escape his "Moteki" status?
Director: Hitoshi Ône | Stars: Mirai Moriyama, Masami Nagasawa, Kumiko Asô, Riisa Naka
Votes: 1,192
5. The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2012)
141 min | Drama
A married woman has an affair with a high school student. A video of their exploits soon turns up on the internet affecting the lives of both couples.
Director: Yuki Tanada | Stars: Kento Nagayama, Tomoko Tabata, Mieko Harada, Masataka Kubota
Votes: 236
6. Dreams for Sale (2012)
134 min | Crime, Drama
After losing their restaurant in a fire, a husband and wife come up with a strange plan to rebuild their shattered finances: marrying the husband off to a series of lonely women and defrauding them.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Yûsuke Iseya, Rena Tanaka, Takako Matsu, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 526
7. Key of Life (2012)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.
Director: Kenji Uchida | Stars: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Votes: 2,902
8. The Drudgery Train (2012)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
Kitamichi is a 19-year-old labor worker. He develops feelings for Yasuko who works in a used used bookstore, but he has never had a girlfriend. He also befriends Kusakabe, but jealousy soon threatens their friendship.
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Mirai Moriyama, Kengo Kôra, Atsuko Maeda, Makita Sports
Votes: 452
9. I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012)
115 min | Drama, Romance
Freelance writer Aoi Teshigahara lives in Paris, France; photographer Sen Yagami came to Paris at his younger sister Suzume's insistence. Over the next three days, Aoi Teshigahara and Sen ... See full summary »
Director: Eriko Kitagawa | Stars: Miho Nakayama, Osamu Mukai, Mirei Kiritani, Gô Ayano
Votes: 369
10. The Terminal Trust (2012)
144 min | Drama
Shinzo Egi is an asthma sufferer who does not want to be place on life support. As a last request, Shinzo Egi asks his doctor Ayano Orii if she could follow his wish. Doctor Ayano Orii is ... See full summary »
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Tamiyo Kusakari, Koji Yakusho, Takao Osawa, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 147
11. Seventh Code (2013)
60 min | Mystery, Thriller
Akiko travels to Vladivostok Russia to meet Matsunaga who she first met in Tokyo and is unable to forget. Even though Akiko meets Matsunaga again, Matsunaga does not remember her. Matsunaga... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Atsuko Maeda, Ryohei Suzuki, Aissy, Hiroshi Yamamoto
Votes: 607
12. Moratoriamu Tamako (2013)
78 min | Comedy, Drama
Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year.
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Atsuko Maeda, Suon Kan, Shôko Fujimura, Rie Hagiwara
Votes: 795
13. The Devil's Path (2013)
128 min | Thriller
Journalist Shuichi Fujii receives a letter from convicted killer Junji Sudo. Writing from death row, Sudo wants to confess to crimes unknown to the police. On visiting Sudo in prison, Fujii... See full summary »
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi | Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Pierre Taki, Lily Franky, Chizuru Ikewaki
Votes: 1,245
14. The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
A child's horrific murder brings to light the haunted truth of an affair between her mother and a neighbor. As a magazine reporter investigates the case, he finds that nothing is as it seems.
Director: Tatsushi Ômori | Stars: Hirofumi Arai, Joe Hyûga, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Arata Iura
Votes: 504
15. The Backwater (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
Cannes Film Festival winner Shinji Aoyama creates a chilling atmosphere in this adaptation of an award-winning novel. A young man tries to fight the deadly influence of his violent, abusive... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Masaki Suda, Ken Mitsuishi, Yukiko Shinohara, Misaki Kinoshita
Votes: 370
16. The Tale of Iya (2013)
169 min | Drama
As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched regions, an old man and his granddaughter Haruna's humble lifestyle begins to influence the outlook of a man from Tokyo.
Director: Tetsuichirô Tsuta | Stars: Rina Takeda, Shima Ônishi, Min Tanaka, Hitoshi Murakami
Votes: 373
17. A Story of Yonosuke (2012)
160 min | Drama
Were people's lives changed by having known Yonosuke?
Director: Shûichi Okita | Stars: Ayumi Ito, Kengo Kôra, Gô Ayano, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 2,312
18. The Light Shines Only There (2014)
120 min | Drama
Two troubled souls living on the fringes of a port town fall in love, but their trials are far from over.
Director: Mipo Oh | Stars: Gô Ayano, Chizuru Ikewaki, Masaki Suda, Kazuya Takahashi
Votes: 668
19. Pale Moon (2014)
126 min | Drama
A mellow drama following the moral decline of a housewife turned bank employee who embezzles a fortune from her customers and indulges in an affair with a younger man. Set in 1994, shortly after the burst of Japan's economic bubble.
Director: Daihachi Yoshida | Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yûko Ôshima, Seiichi Tanabe
Votes: 949
20. Cape Nostalgia (2014)
117 min | Drama
A story set in a café situated along a small cape and run by an elderly woman named Etsuko and aided her nephew Koji.
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yûko Takeuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Kyûsaku Shimada
Votes: 205
21. 0.5 mm (2014)
198 min | Drama
Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him.
Director: Momoko Andô | Stars: Sakura Andô, Miyoko Asada, Bengal, Akira Emoto
Votes: 915
22. Wood Job! (2014)
116 min | Adventure, Comedy
After failing to get into university, a soft city boy randomly picks a job in forestry.
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Hideaki Itô, Masami Nagasawa, Shôta Sometani, Nana Seino
Votes: 3,792
23. My Man (2014)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After losing everything in a tsunami, 10-year-old Hana is taken in by 26-year-old distant relative Jungo Kusarino. They live as father and daughter but share a profound sense of loss. Jungo... See full summary »
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Tadanobu Asano, Aoba Kawai, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 711
24. Our Family (2014)
117 min | Drama
A family drama about a family's struggles as their mother's impending death when she is diagnosed with a brain tumor brings to light financial burdens that need to be shouldered by her sons.
Director: Yûya Ishii | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Mieko Harada
Votes: 307
25. Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
111 min | Drama
Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Director: Jun'ichi Mori | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima
Votes: 3,475
26. Chronicle of My Mother (2011)
108 min | Drama
Based on an autobiographical novel by Inoue Yasushi, the film chronicles the passage of fifteen years within a family struggling with abandonment, resentment and decline with old age. As ... See full summary »
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Kaho Minami, Aoi Miyazaki, Kirin Kiki
Votes: 496
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