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1. 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: 319,737 | Gross: $5.02M
2. Call Me Chihiro (2023)
TV-14 | 131 min | Drama
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Hana Toyoshima, Tetta Shimada, Van
Votes: 3,392
3. Happy Hour (2015)
Not Rated | 317 min | Drama
A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura
Votes: 2,931
4. Drowning Love (2016)
111 min | Drama, Romance
Natsume - a teen fashion model from Tokyo - feels empty after having moved into a country town with her family. One day, she meets Koh, heir of Shinto priest family and finds herself falling under the spell of a selfish yet handsome boy.
Director: Yûki Yamato | Stars: Nazuki Amano, Mickey Curtis, Masami Horiuchi, Miwako Ichikawa
Votes: 1,360
5. Man, Woman and the Wall (2006)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Young journalist Ryo eavesdrops on neighbor Satsuki through thin walls, becoming obsessed. Satsuki receives disturbing calls. Their lives intersect, blurring reality and delusion, leading to an unthinkable event.
Director: Masashi Yamamoto | Stars: Sora Aoi, Hiroto Katô, Shô Nishino, Takashi Oda
Votes: 1,035
6. 100 Yen Love (2014)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
A 32-year-old woman living with her parents meets a boxer and finally starts a life.
Director: Masaharu Take | Stars: Sakura Andô, Hirofumi Arai, Yôzaburô Itô, Miyoko Inagawa
Votes: 2,705
7. Project A-Ko (1986)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A plucky, super-powered redhead finds herself saving her crybaby best friend from an amorous, bikini armor-clad classmate at their new school and aliens seeking to bring her home.
Directors: Katsuhiko Nishijima, Shigeru Morikawa | Stars: Miki Itô, Emi Shinohara, Michie Tomizawa, Julia Braams
Votes: 1,473
8. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
Not Rated | 162 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.
Directors: Noriyuki Kitanohara, Kazuya Sakamoto, Noriko Takao, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Hiroko Utsumi, Naoko Yamada, Mitsuyoshi Yoneda, Tatsuya Ishihara | Stars: Aya Hirano, Tomokazu Sugita, Minori Chihara, Yûko Gotô
Votes: 8,008
9. Swing Girls (2004)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up vitiating and replacing the schools brass band.
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Juri Ueno, Yûta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya
Votes: 4,680
10. Dolls (2002)
114 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories of never-ending love.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 17,357 | Gross: $0.00M
11. Orange (2015)
139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends, along with a newly arrived, troubled classmate, learn how to be better friends and a better community.
Director: Kôjirô Hashimoto | Stars: Tao Tsuchiya, Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Ryûsei, Hirona Yamazaki
Votes: 1,969
12. Sweetness and Lightning (2016)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Six months after his wife's death, a highschool teacher struggles to raise his daughter due to his inability to cook. When he meets an introverted student, who's also a part-time cook, he ... See full summary »
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Rina Endô, Saori Hayami, Yûko Hara
Votes: 795
13. Isekai Izakaya, Nobu (2020–2022)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Somewhere in Kyoto, on some out-of-the-way street not often frequented by visitors, there sits a bar by the name of Nobu. While most people would pass this bar without giving it a second ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryôhei Ohtani, Rena Takeda, Shinnosuke Abe, Ryûhei Watabe
Votes: 25
14. The Snow White Murder Case (2014)
126 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman who works at cosmetic company becomes the prime suspect after her beautiful co-worker is murdered.
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Mao Inoue, Gô Ayano, Nanao, Misako Renbutsu
Votes: 2,096
15. My Love Story!! (2015)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
A pretty young girl and a sweet but plain-looking boy fall in love. Will their relationship prevail?
Director: Hayato Kawai | Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Mei Nagano, Sawa Suzuki
Votes: 784
16. Botanical Books (2016)
112 min | Drama, Romance
Sayaka works as a property agent. One day after work, she finds a man, named Itsuki, collapsed outside her house. She takes him in and they start to live together. Itsuki teaches her about cooking and plants, but holds many secrets.
Director: Kôichirô Miki | Stars: Jôji Abe, Kazuyuki Aijima, Duncan, Hana Imai
Votes: 515
17. Not Quite Dead Yet (2020)
93 min | Comedy
A pharmaceutical CEO who is pondering thefts and irregularities at his company drinks a drug that temporary suppresses his signs and gives him a deathlike state for a couple of days. ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Hamasaki | Stars: Suzu Hirose, Ryô Yoshizawa, Lily Franky, Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Votes: 547
18. A Beautiful Star (2017)
127 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
It portrays a family on Earth who come to believe that they are actually from other planets all of a sudden. They try so hard to save the endangered planet Earth but things get crazy on the way.
Director: Daihachi Yoshida | Stars: Lily Franky, Kazuya Kamenashi, Ai Hashimoto, Tomoko Nakajima
Votes: 257
19. Hanii (2018)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Nao is normally shy at school. It is a surprise when Taiga propositions her for a date and eventual marriage. Nao means to say 'no,' but says 'yes' instead not knowing how to reject such a ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shintoku | Stars: Shô Hirano, Yûna Taira, Nana Asakawa, Kaho Mizutani
Votes: 402
20. Love at Least (2018)
109 min | Drama, Romance
Yasuko is a hikikomori and has hypersomnia which means she has trouble staying awake during the day. She lives with her boyfriend Tsunagi, who works in the editorial department at a ... See full summary »
Director: Kôsai Sekine | Stars: Shizuka Ishibashi, Yutaka Matsushige, Riisa Naka, Naomi Nishida
Votes: 348
21. Dad's Lunch Box (2017)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
This film was inspired by a real-life story of a Japanese father who for the three years his daughter spent at high school prepared daily bento lunch boxes for her leading to delicious, ... See full summary »
Director: Masakazu Fukatsu | Stars: Toshimi Watanabe, Utano Aoi, Yuriko Hara, Shô Kiyohara
Votes: 145
22. Nagi's Long Vacation (2019– )
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Nagi seems to have it all: a good job, a boyfriend, friends at work. Unfortunately, she overhears her coworkers and boyfriend dissing her, so she stays home from work, and no one comes to ... See full summary »
Stars: Haru Kuroki, Tomoya Nakamura, Yoshiko Mita, Tamaki Shiratori
Votes: 515
23. Harufuwei (2009)
85 min | Drama, Romance
In this high school romance Hiro is dismayed to learn her new love Shu will be going away to college in Tokyo. She asks him not to go.
Director: Eriko Kitagawa | Stars: Kie Kitano, Masaki Okada, Junpei Mizobata, Riisa Naka
Votes: 445
24. Taberu Onna (2018)
111 min | Drama
Following the premise of the novel of the same name, Taberu Onna, the film zooms in on the ins and outs and comings and goings of the daily lives of eight women in Japan including a Western... See full summary »
Director: Jirô Shôno | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Erika Sawajiri, Atsuko Maeda, Alice Hirose
Votes: 135
25. 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
26. Piece of Cake (2015)
121 min | Drama, Romance
Shino is the type of girl that is easy and available to men. She detests being alone. She cheats and moves on even to new regions. Shino meets her new neighbour Kyoshiro who just happens to... See full summary »
Director: Tomorô Taguchi | Stars: Mikako Tabe, Gô Ayano, Tôri Matsuzaka, Fumino Kimura
Votes: 165
27. Karakara (2012)
101 min | Drama
Pierre, a retired professor in his early sixties who ends up making a short, unsettling trip around Okinawa with Junko, a 40-year-old runaway wife. The confused intellectual would rather ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Gagnon | Stars: Yûki Kudô, Gabriel Arcand, Megumi Tomita, Atta Yuichi
Votes: 153
28. Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge (2010 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew travels to Japan and investigates ghost sightings at a traditional inn.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Kira Dorrian, Mikano Fukaya, Walayn Sharples
Votes: 75
29. Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Yuuichi Okano is a baby boomer born and raised in Nagasaki, Japan. His bald-head looks like a pecoross, a small onion. His Mother, Mitsue has dementia that began soon after her husband, ... See full summary »
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Ryô Kase, Wakana Matsumoto, Sahel Rosa
Votes: 205
30. Aesop's Game (2019)
87 min | Crime, Fantasy
Shy and self conscious Miwa attends university, goes home, studies and converses with her turtle. Saori in contrast is an entitled daughter of a rich and somewhat idolized family. Koyuzu is... See full summary »
Directors: Naoya Asanuma, Yûya Nakaizumi, Shin'ichirô Ueda | Stars: Guama, Hiroe Igeta, Ruka Ishikawa, Yôta Kawase
Votes: 84
31. Sang yat fai lok (2007)
107 min | Romance
Rene Liu successfully delivers the complex role of Mi, who chooses to remain single rather than risking the slightest chance of being dumped. She loves her friend Nan (Louis Koo) more than ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jingle Ma | Stars: Louis Koo, Rene Liu, Lawrence Chou, Bowie Tsang
Votes: 388
32. Choki (2016)
96 min | Drama, Romance
Naoto is a middle-aged man who lost his wife to cancer five years ago. He's a hairstylist; his wife was a calligrapher who had a studio above his shop, and also taught calligraphy. She was ... See full summary »
Director: Jun'ichi Kanai | Stars: Riko Masuda, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Sô Hirosawa, Aya Enjôji
Votes: 77
33. Bento Monogatari (2010)
27 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A woman tries to put some new life into her failed marriage by delving into the world of Japanese pop-culture. Every morning, she prepares a cute Japanese lunchbox (Bento) for her husband, ... See full summary »
Director: Pieter Dirkx | Stars: Bea Duchateau, Dirk Lavryssen, Bram Van Outryve, Sae Nozawa
Votes: 72
34. My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Since her father died, Mugiko lives with her older brother, Norio. Her mother Ayako left home when she was little and never come back. But one day,she suddenly appears. What will happen to this estranged family?
Director: Keisuke Yoshida | Stars: Maki Horikita, Ryûhei Matsuda, Kimiko Yo, Yumi Asô
Votes: 238
35. Kaze no tayori (2016)
90 min | Drama
Kurumi was about to open a cafe with a friend in Tokyo, but with her grandfather's sudden collapse back home in Sendai she instead visits him. The grandfather asks her to reopen his cafe ... See full summary »
Director: Munetoshi Mukai | Stars: Yûki Akimoto, Yûko Araki, Kaoru Hirata, Kunihiko Ida
Votes: 7
38.
Gokusen (2002–2008)
Episode:
Nekketsu sensei Ô abare!!
(2002)
Comedy, Drama
A new teacher joins a school with all the right hopes and aspirations. Alas, she is naive. her practiced speech or first day do not go as well. The students are troubled and barely ... See full summary »
Stars: Tatsumi Ishihara, Misaki Itô, Masayuki Izumi, Ken Kaneko
Votes: 36
39.
Alibi Kuzushi Uketamawarimasu (2020– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2020)
Mystery
Following months of animosity and turmoil the separated husband of a professor shows up at her doors and murders her with a knife. Case closed? He has an alibi as he was sitting and ... See full summary »
Stars: Tokio Emoto, Minami Hamabe, Mari Hoshino, Yûta Kanai
40.
Seigi no mikata (2008– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2008)
57 min | Drama
Older sister is a smart, attractive prima donna who works at a government department. She has it her way always. younger sister is not so lucky She is oppressed, bullied and not so ... See full summary »
Director: Satoru Nakajima | Stars: Mirai Shida, Yû Yamada, Osamu Mukai, Sei Hiraizumi
41.
Legal High (2012–2013)
Episode:
Episode #1.10
(2012)
54 min | Comedy, Drama
The expensive legal team from Tokyo continues to represent the village folk whose watershed and lives have been ruined by the giant chemical company's fourth factory. The townspeople ... See full summary »
Director: Hidenori Jôhô | Stars: Masato Sakai, Yui Aragaki, Katsuhisa Namase, Kôtarô Satomi
Votes: 19
42.
Strawberry Night (2012– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2012)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Several deaths are linked to an illegal drug called zebra owing to its black and white capsules. These are linked to an online website, which additionally offers its members chatting ... See full summary »
Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yûko Takeuchi, Keisuke Koide, Tomoko Abe
43.
Strawberry Night (2012– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2012)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A girlfriend is murdered with a knife in the belly. A mother is murdered with a knife in the belly. One was a shocking murder that came out of nowhere. The other was a shocking murder that ... See full summary »
Director: Jun'ichi Ishikawa | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Keisuke Koide, Miyuri Arai
Votes: 6
44.
Tôkyô zenryoku shôjo (2012– )
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(2012)
54 min | Comedy
The lawyer is off on a business trip relating to a case and a court date in another prefecture leaving his daughter behind in Tokyo. However, the assistant to the lawyer needs someone to ... See full summary »
Director: Makoto Naganuma | Stars: Emi Takei, Atsuro Watabe, Shôhei Miura, Takashi Tsukamoto
45.
Hanzawa Naoki (2013– )
Episode:
Episode #1.10
(2013)
75 min | Drama, News
The evidence is being presented to the chairman of his deputy's act of betrayal to him and the bank. A voice-recording of the affiliated electrical company is due, but does not arrive. A ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa | Stars: Masato Sakai, Aya Ueto, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Akiko Aitsuki
Votes: 33
46.
Ieuru onna (2016– )
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2016)
58 min | Drama
Real-estate sales is a competitive sport. Two potential buyers from the same company emerge competing for the same property so the race is on to secure a property for a client. In the ... See full summary »
Director: Ryûichi Inomata | Stars: Keiko Kitagawa, Tôru Nakamura, Asuka Kudô, Ayako Imoto
Votes: 9
47.
We Married as a Job (2016– )
Episode:
Face-to-face meeting between the two families
(2016)
54 min | Comedy, Romance
The sham of a marriage has almost turned real what with family, relatives and nosy co-workers. The man has to do what he can to defend his position and the woman has to play along Things ... See full summary »
Directors: Nobuhiro Doi, Yasuharu Ishii, Fuminori Kaneko | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Gen Hoshino, Ryôhei Ohtani, Takashi Fujii
Votes: 32
48.
We Married as a Job (2016– )
Episode:
I like it the most! Sudden confession of contract wife
(2016)
54 min | Comedy, Romance
With the couple maintaining the facade a few accommodations need to be made. However, the couple need a rice cooker first and so she sets out to shop for one. In the meantime, the 'in-laws'... See full summary »
Directors: Nobuhiro Doi, Yasuharu Ishii, Fuminori Kaneko | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Gen Hoshino, Ryôhei Ohtani, Takashi Fujii
Votes: 29
49.
We Married as a Job (2016– )
Episode:
I'm going to make a lover!
(2016)
54 min | Comedy, Romance
The arrangement is in peril when a co-worker figures out the sham following a series of behavioural oddities and slips of the tongue. The concept of sharing comes up and a colleague takes ... See full summary »
Directors: Nobuhiro Doi, Yasuharu Ishii, Fuminori Kaneko | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Gen Hoshino, Ryôhei Ohtani, Takashi Fujii
Votes: 31
50.
We Married as a Job (2016– )
Episode:
Love Revolution 2016
(2016)
54 min | Comedy, Romance
The sham couple take more concrete steps to make their relationship close and series. This, however, perhaps not unexpectedly leads to some embarrassment and delays. In the meantime, work ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuharu Ishii | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Gen Hoshino, Ryôhei Ohtani, Takashi Fujii
Votes: 28