japan
List activity
110 views
• 1 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
34 titles
- DirectorRyûtarô NakagawaStarsRyôta BandôDendenMisa EtôYukisuke, a young man with a bad leg that forces him to limp constantly, strikes a romance with Koyomi, a young woman who runs a Taiyaki stall. Then she is hit by a car and lose her memory after she awakes from a coma.
- DirectorIsao YukisadaStarsKento YamazakiMayu MatsuokaKan'ichirô SatôNagata is the director of a theater troupe. Unfortunately, he is rather unsuccessful on his finances which makes the crew has little confidence in him.
- DirectorIsao YukisadaStarsNoriko KijimaRyo NaritaTadayoshi OhkuraKyoichi, a man with an indecisive personality, constantly cheats. That is, until his wife sends a P. I to investigate his affairs. But what will happen when the man she sent wants to fulfil his own desires?
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsMasaki SudaKasumi ArimuraKaya KiyoharaA love story spanning 5 years between a man and a woman. A 22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman both miss the last train at Meidaimae Station in Tokyo and meet there. Their relationship develops romantically.
- DirectorRyûtarô NakagawaStarsFumiko AoyagiAki AsakuraRyunosuke AzumaA teacher and student reunite after moving on from their respective school years, and start a relationship.
- DirectorRyûtarô NakagawaStarsTakashi FujimuraReiko FujiwaraYoshi Iida'Tokyo Sunrise' presents a young man's journey to face an incomprehensible death of his best friend.
- DirectorDae Hyung LimStarsKim Hee-aeYûko NakamuraKim SohyeYoon-Hee lives with her teenage daughter Sae-Bom. On a winter day, Yoon-Hee receives a letter from Otaru, Japan. Sae-Bom accidentally reads the letter and learns about her mother's first love, which she never spoke about before.
- DirectorRyûtarô NakagawaStarsMinami HamabeYukino KishiiKen MitsuishiMana Kotani was friends with Sumire Utsuki for years. She admired Sumire's freewheeling ways and mysterious charm, but Sumire broke off connections with her. Later, Mana hears of Sumire's death, which she cannot get over.
- DirectorTomochika KasauraStarsNana EikuraTakuya IshidaJun KunimuraWataru, a freelance cameraman who works for a travel magazine in Tokyo. He had aimed to be a teacher but failed to achieve his goal and left home to go to Tokyo. However, he does not do well in Tokyo and has to return to his hometown. Wataru reunites with his former girlfriend who is a primary school teacher now and through his interaction with his family, friends and a group of primary school students who want to take part in a choir contest, he begins to take steps to resurrect his dream of being a teacher.
- DirectorDaigo MatsuiStarsSôsuke IkematsuSairi ItôKalen AnzaiA former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again.
- DirectorYûjirô HarumotoStarsRyô IkedaYumi KawaiYôta KawaseWhile documenting a controversial tragedy that shook her community, a filmmaker must put her morals to the test when a perverse secret in her own life is revealed.
- DirectorSôshi MasumotoStarsMarika ItôDaichi KanekoYumi KawaiA schoolgirl, underwhelmed by the rom-com being made by the Film Club, sets out with her friends to make a samurai film to compete with it. First step: convince a mysterious stranger to play the lead.
- DirectorYukiko MishimaStarsTomoyo HaradaYô ÔizumiKanna MoriyaYoung married couple Rie and Sang move from Tokyo to Lake Toya in Hokkaido Prefecture to start a bakery restaurant named Mani. Sang bakes bread and Rie makes food. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, the customers leave in a happy state.
- DirectorShô TsukikawaStarsSeizô FukumotoKeiko HoriuchiYuki IzumisawaAoi and Riku, who have been friends since they were five years old, are part of a band with other students at university they attend.
- DirectorMiwa NishikawaStarsKoji YakushoSeiji RokkakuYukiya KitamuraA lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.
- DirectorKeisuke YoshidaStarsTokio EmotoMasahiro HigashideFumino KimuraNobuto is a boxer who is not going to be a champion anytime soon. He works hard, trains, attends consistently and yet ends up amassing losses. In the same gym and training with Nobuto is Kazuki. The latter man looks destined for success. He is engaged to Chika who was crushed on by Nobuto when they were children.
- DirectorRikiya ImaizumiStarsRyûya WakabaKotone FurukawaTakeo GozuAoi Arakawa works at a secondhand clothing store in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. He lives a simple life. In his free time, he likes to browse used bookstores or go to bars by himself. Things become more complicated when Aoi Arakawa gets involved with four women.
- DirectorRikiya ImaizumiStarsYukino KishiiRyo NaritaMai FukagawaTwenty-eight-year-old office lady Teruko is head over heels with Mamoru. The sting of love is so strong that she has all but ignored her friends, home and work. Her family and friends are indifferent when she loses her job. Yet, Mamoru may not be reciprocating the feelings, but Teruko's passion is unfazed.
- DirectorRikiya ImaizumiStarsYuki KatayamaKenta KiguchiKentarô KokadoThey thought it would last forever, being like junior high schoolers on eternal summer break. Having failed to get into graduate school, with no girlfriend, no money, and no prospects of success with his band, Tsurugi's life has reached rock bottom. One day, after watching the video of Aya Matsuura's song Momoiro Kataomoi, he becomes obsessed with the idol singers of Hello. Project, and plunges into the idol geek lifestyle. He hooks up with a bunch of idiosyncratic geeks like himself, including the stingy and prideful Kozumin, who speaks passionately about the charms of Miki Fujimoto. They perform talk events, appear at a campus festival to raise awareness about Hello. Project, and even form a band called Renai Kenkyukai. In this dumb but adorable way, Tsurugi enjoys reliving his youth to the fullest.
- DirectorRyosuke HashiguchiStarsYoshinori OkadaAyumi HamasakiKouji YamaguchiThe movie is built around the very complex relationships between Yoshida, leaving Shimizu for Aihara (or at least he tries to), and his friend Ito, whose love for Yoshida seems to have little chance for success. In the end we have a coalition of Ito and Aihara - who may or may not be in love with Ito - teaching Yoshida a lesson.
- DirectorTakahiro MikiStarsYuriko YoshitakaRyûsei YokohamaKyôsuke YabeA tragic accident lead to Akari's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. Akari has also lost her family. She meets Rui a former kick boxer, misplaces him and the two begin speaking. He too has a past and is disassociated with most of society. One things leads to another and they develop feelings for one another. However, the too are connected in more than one way. Rui attempts to do what is right.
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoYusuke SekiguchiKayoko KishimotoA young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.
- DirectorKatsuhito IshiiStarsMaya BannoTakahiro SatôTadanobu AsanoA spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life.
- DirectorNaoko OgigamiStarsSatomi KobayashiHairi KatagiriMasako MotaiSachie opens a rice ball diner in Helsinki, attracting customers and a group of neighborhood women. The story explores the origins of rice balls in Finland.
- DirectorShinji AoyamaStarsKoji YakushoAoi MiyazakiMasaru MiyazakiThe 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.