Japanese Film Festival
by devj89 | created - 17 Jan 2020 | updated - 08 Dec 2022 | Publicandheri
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1. Dance with Me (2019)
103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is treated by a hypnotist and left under the spell. Thereafter she cannot but sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever.... See full summary »
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Ayaka Miyoshi, Yû Yashiro, Chay, Takahiro Miura
Votes: 844
2. My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler (2018)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Pro wrestling champion Hiroshi makes his debut as the gentle dad to nine-year-old Shota, whose understanding of goodies versus baddies is challenged when he discovers his father is actually the despicable heel wrestler Cockroach Mask.
Director: Kyôhei Fujimura | Stars: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yoshino Kimura, Kokoro Terada, Yasushi Fuchikami
Votes: 256
3. The Crimes That Bind (2018)
119 min | Mystery, Thriller
Michiko came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi, but is instead found murdered. The renter of Michiko's place is missing. The police is having a hard time finding clues and solving the case. There ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Junpei Mizobata, Rena Tanaka, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 1,508
4. Lu Over the Wall (2017)
PG | 112 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.
Director: Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Kanon Tani, Shôta Shimoda, Minako Kotobuki, Sôma Saitô
Votes: 2,686 | Gross: $0.11M
5. Masquerade Hotel (2019)
133 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff - haircut, manners etc.
Director: Masayuki Suzuki | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Zen Kajihara
Votes: 2,260
6. Samurai Shifters (2019)
120 min | Comedy, History
The noble Katagiri Harunosuke is both a warrior and a scholar. He is a samurai in the employment of his lord or Daimyo and also a bookworm. His newest and somewhat surprising task is to ... See full summary »
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Gaku Hamada, Gen Hoshino, Yutaka Matsushige, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 291
7. Children of the Sea (2019)
Not Rated | 111 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.
Director: Ayumu Watanabe | Stars: Mana Ashida, Hiiro Ishibashi, Seishû Uragami, Win Morisaki
Votes: 3,678
8. A Banana? At This Time of Night? (2018)
120 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A man is immobile and incapacitated, but has professional and nonprofessional volunteers serve and help him. Though, he takes full advantage of the situation and uses and abuses the volunteer crew.
Director: Tetsu Maeda | Stars: Chie Ayado, Kotone Furukawa, Masato Hagiwara, Mieko Harada
Votes: 313
9. 12 Suicidal Teens (2019)
117 min | Mystery, Thriller
Twelve kids go into an abandoned hospital to give up on life. In the room where they meet, a boy is already lying dead, and no one knows who he is.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Hana Sugisaki, Mackenyu, Takumi Kitamura, Mahiro Takasugi
Votes: 1,093
10. The Fable (2019)
123 min | Action, Comedy
Trained as a ruthless assassin since childhood, a mob hitman is ordered to become a normal law-abiding citizen.
Director: Kan Eguchi | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Mizuki Yamamoto, Sôta Fukushi
Votes: 2,771
11. Little Love Song (2019)
123 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Inspired by a hit song by Mongol800, there is a small town in Okinawa where the US occupation forces are stationed and have fenced off their base. A popular high school band is scouted by a... See full summary »
Director: Kôjirô Hashimoto | Stars: Katrina Bourdo, Leigh Carmichael, Tomiko Claire, Kazuhiko Kanayama
Votes: 189
12. The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018)
120 min | Drama
Separated mother Kaoruko awaits the graduation of their daughter for the divorce proceedings to begin and subsequently be finalized. Tragedy strikes when the daughter will never graduate. She is comatose and brain dead due to an accident.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Ryôko Shinohara, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Rina Kawaei
Votes: 339
13. Parallel World Love Story (2019)
108 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
"A world" - After graduating from a university, close friends Takashi Tsurug and Tomohiko Miwa begin work at a company which does brain research. One day, Tomohiko introduces Mayuko Tsuno ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshitaka Mori | Stars: Yûta Tamamori, Riho Yoshioka, Shôta Sometani, Nicole Ishida
Votes: 253
14. The 8-Year Engagement (2017)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Hisashi and Mai are set to have their wedding ceremony in three months. Unfortunately, Mai falls ill and lapses into a coma.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Tao Tsuchiya, Tetta Sugimoto, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Votes: 1,101
15. Bento Harassment (2019)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Wishing to open up another line of communication with her rebellious teenage daughter, in the name of light-hearted revenge, single mother Kaori begins creating embarrassingly sweet messages in her child's lunchbox meals. Will it work?
Director: Renpei Tsukamoto | Stars: Ryôko Shinohara, Kyôko Yoshine, Rena Matsui, Kanta Satô
Votes: 436
16. Tokyo Ghoul (2017)
TV-MA | 119 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a superpowered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.
Director: Kentarô Hagiwara | Stars: Masataka Kubota, Fumika Shimizu, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hiyori Sakurada
Votes: 3,900
17. One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda | Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya
Votes: 29,623
18. We Are Little Zombies (2019)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Four orphans meet at a funeral home and none of them are sad about the recent deaths of their parents. They decide to become friends and live on their own.
Director: Makoto Nagahisa | Stars: Keita Ninomiya, Mondo Okumura, Satoshi Mizuno, Sena Nakajima
Votes: 946
19. Kingdom (2019)
R | 134 min | Action, History, War
In ancient China, a young boy dreams of becoming the greatest general of the Qin Kingdom.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Masami Nagasawa, Kanna Hashimoto
Votes: 4,071
20. Chihayafuru Part III (2018)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The third part of the "Chihayafuru" trilogy that takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part II". Chihaya is now a high school senior who is ready to enter another national competition alongside her friends.
Director: Norihiro Koizumi | Stars: Suzu Hirose, Shûhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi
Votes: 679
21. Perfect World (2018)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Kawana Tsugumi works at an interior design company. She happens to meet her first love Ayukawa Itsuki from her high school days. He is now an architect and in a wheelchair because of an accident.
Director: Kenji Shibayama | Stars: Hana Sugisaki, Sei Ashina, Takanori Iwata, Aya Ohmasa
Votes: 201
22. Weathering with You (2019)
PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu
Votes: 55,322 | Gross: $7.80M
23. Your Name. (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki
Votes: 319,021 | Gross: $5.02M
24. Project Dreams: How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar (2020)
115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Maeda concern is not known for its avant-garde-isms, but its director of marketing Asegawa moves forward with the plan for a fantasy division. That is a tall order for a construction ... See full summary »
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Mahiro Takasugi, Hiroaki Ogi, Yusuke Kamiji, Chikara Honda
Votes: 107
25. Tokyo Marble Chocolate (2007)
26 min | Animation, Romance
Serious and generous, but a bit shy, Yuudai has been unsuccessful with the opposite gender. Chizuru is an energetic and cheerful girl, but when it comes to boyfriends, she's been unlucky ... See full summary »
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Takahiro Sakurai, Marina Inoue, Nana Mizuki
Votes: 240
26. Drawer Hobbs (2011)
24 min | Animation, Short
A woman receives a wardrobe from her mother that includes a little surprise.
Director: Kazuchika Kise | Stars: Hiromi Konno, Etsuko Kozakura, Megumi Matsumoto, Mamiko Noto
Votes: 96
27. Sumikko Gurashi the Movie: The Unexpected Picture Book and the Secret Child (2019)
65 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Sumikko and friends discover a pop-out picture book in the basement of Cafe Sumikko, their favorite coffee shop. As they look at the book, the pop-ups suddenly start moving and Sumikko and friends get sucked into the book.
Director: Mankyu | Stars: Yoshihiko Inohara, Manami Honjô
Votes: 217
28. Li'l Spider Girl (2012 TV Movie)
25 min | Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
This story involves the shopkeeper Suzuri of Kokumondou who sells historic books and Mizuki, granddaughter of the land owner. When Mizuki releases a somewhat cute young spider demon out of ... See full summary »
Director: Toshihisa Kaiya | Stars: Mitsuaki Hoshino, Tomoko Kaneda, Asami Shimoda, Hiroshi Tsuchida
Votes: 228
29. Eureka (2000)
217 min | Drama
The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.
Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Masaru Miyazaki, Yôichirô Saitô
Votes: 4,333 | Gross: $0.05M
30. Re/Member (2022)
102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A high school student and her friends are trapped in a time loop by a ghost and the only way to escape is to find the corpse of the ghost's previous victim.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Kanna Hashimoto, Gordon Maeda, Maika Yamamoto, Fûju Kamio
Votes: 3,791
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