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51. Recall (2018)
120 min | Drama
Tokuro Akamatsu (Tomoya Nagase) runs a transport company. One day, a truck owned by Tokuro Akamatsu is involved in an accident. A tire came off the truck and killed a pedestrian - a mother ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Dean Fujioka, Issei Takahashi, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 337
52. A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story (2013)
122 min | Drama, History
During the Edo Period of Japan, an excellent cook marries the heir to a renowned cooking family. However, her husband is a terrible chef. With the help of her new mother-in-law, she begins to teach him the ways of the culinary arts.
Director: Yûzô Asahara | Stars: Aya Ueto, Kengo Kôra, Kimiko Yo, Riko Narumi
Votes: 573
53. Blank 13 (2017)
70 min | Drama, Family
A son discovers the unknown life of his deserted father's after his death.
Director: Takumi Saitô | Stars: Cookie, Yoshikazu Ebisu, Lily Franky, Seiji Fukushi
Votes: 246
54. Natsuki: The Movie (2018)
61 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Burnt out and suffering from a mid life crisis, the eccentric Natsuki Aso decides to take an emergency once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe. Surprisingly, not everything goes according to plan.
Director: Chris Broad | Stars: Natsuki Aso, Chris Broad, Asami Aso, Pete Donaldson
Votes: 129
55. I Don't Have Any Money Left in My Retirement Account (2021)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Atsuko and Akira are a husband and wife duo with a daughter and a son. Atsuko is in charge of the retirement finances. She saves from money given to her by her husband and also earns money ... See full summary »
Director: Tetsu Maeda | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Yûki Amami, Sandayû Dokumamushi, Yumiko Fujita
Votes: 154
56. Leaving on the 15th Spring (2013)
114 min | Drama
A minor island of Okinawa in Southern Japan has limited technology and no high school. When teenagers reach the age of 15, they have to decide to stay on the island or leave for higher education.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Toshihito Kokubo, Ayaka Miyoshi, Saori
Votes: 184
57. A Garden of Camellias (2021)
128 min | Family
After many happy years of happily living with her husband Kinuko has been widowed recently. Her granddaughter and she live in the house and receive visitors now, but Kinuko is happiest ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshihiko Ueda | Stars: Chang Chen, Shim Eun-kyung, Sumiko Fuji, Kôji Shimizu
Votes: 25
58. Typhoon Family (2019)
108 min | Crime
Ittetsu and Maitsuko are married, but they are not just any normal couple. They robbed a bank and took a cool million or two from the capitalists. Then they duly vanished. Years have passed... See full summary »
Director: Masahide Ichii | Stars: Hirofumi Arai, Tatsuya Fuji, Mahiru Koda, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Votes: 86
59. At Home (I) (2015)
110 min | Drama
They seem to be a perfectly happy family...but it's not.
Director: Hiroshi Chôno | Stars: Yûto Ikeda, Jun Kunimura, Yuina Kuroshima, Yasuko Matsuyuki
Votes: 119
60. Metamorphosis (2011)
TV-MA | 54 min | Horror
A young couple are living a quiet and happy life, until the husband suddenly begins howling uncontrollably.
Director: Hajime Ohata | Stars: Kazunari Aizawa, Aki Morita, Teruhiko Nobukuni
Votes: 237
61. Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me? (2021)
119 min | Romance
Manga-ka (manga author) Sawako suspects that her husband is having an affair. Instead of confronting him directly, she finds a more creative way to drop the hint.
Director: Takahiro Horie | Stars: Tasuku Emoto, Jun Fubuki, Nao Honda, Daichi Kaneko
Votes: 152
62. I Shared My Husband (2019– )
Romance
Harumi, Kanako and Akane are married and common-law with Kyohei. They are informed by the cops that their husbands has died and his corpse is at the hospital. There they get to know one ... See full summary »
Stars: Eiji Akaso, Makiko Watanabe, Mari Natsuki, Eiko Koike
Votes: 7
63. Okusama wa toriatsukai chûi (2017)
Comedy, Drama
Isayama Nami, in order to start over her life and to find happiness, married the man she fell in love with at first sight during a blind date and moved to a quiet high-end residential area.... See full summary »
Stars: Haruka Ayase, Mirai Uchida, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsubasa Honda
Votes: 292
64. Cute Devil (2018)
85 min | Crime, Thriller
As a result of an illicit affair between a man and his employee results in the man having his genitals cut off in front of the woman by the woman's husband.
Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Lisa Akikawa, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Takashi Hagino, Ai Kobayashi
Votes: 56
65. The Good Wife: Nichiyô gekijô Guddo waifu (2019– )
Drama
Former lawyer Hasumi Kyoko is gratified to be a mother and housewife while her husband works as a prosecutor and investigator in Tokyo. Their world is turned upside down., however, when the... See full summary »
Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Kiko Mizuhara, Tôru Nomaguchi, Kôtarô Yoshida
Votes: 34
66. Kaikan onanie: Niizuma-hen (1993)
59 min
Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Rie Asai, Mineo Sugiura, Rio Serizawa, Kôichi Imaizumi
Votes: 46
67. Odayaka (2012)
102 min | Drama
Set after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Yukako and Saeko are neighbours at their small Tokyo apartment. They are both anxious, nervous and uneasy about the world. Yukako worries about ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuteru Uchida | Stars: Kiki Sugino, Yûki Shinohara, Takeshi Yamamoto, Yû Koyanagi
Votes: 71
68. March Comes in Like a Lion 2 (2017)
140 min | Drama
With friendship of other shogi players and the care of the Kawamoto sisters, Kiriyama Rei's frozen heart melts as he starts to truly appreciate shogi and the world he lives in. However, the... See full summary »
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Hideaki Itô, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kasumi Arimura
Votes: 271
69. Tokyo Park (2011)
119 min | Drama, Family
Having gone through trauma and pain for most of his life a man finds refuse in his camera and the parks and greenery of Tokyo following a recent dismal event. On one such occasion he is ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Haruma Miura, Nana Eikura, Manami Konishi, Haruka Igawa
Votes: 238
70. Linking Love (2017)
116 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
High School student Miyui Mashio is really struggling. She can't fulfill her dream of becoming an idol and her parents are always fighting. Suddenly, she finds a genie in a bottle and ... See full summary »
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Yûka Tano, Anna Ishibashi, Jin Shirasu, Mayu Hasegawa
Votes: 27
71. Saido kâ ni inu (2007)
94 min | Drama
In this coming of age story, ten-year-old Kaoru's life undergoes big changes when her mother leaves home. Kaoru forms a surprising bond with her father's lover, Yoko, as she learns a lot about life during one unforgettable summer.
Director: Kichitarô Negishi | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hana Matsumoto, Takeru Taniyama, Rie Mimura
Votes: 316
72. Fukigen na kajitsu (1997– )
54 min | Family, Romance
A thirty two year old has been married for six years. She is unhappy in her life and has an affair with her ex. She notices that her ex has another mistress one day. She maintains her ... See full summary »
Stars: Yuriko Ishida, Kenichi Okamoto, Ikkei Watanabe, Megumi Yokoyama
73. Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu (1964)
112 min | Crime, Drama
Gonsuke has had to leave town to find employment and is working at a sake brewery far from his hometown. He travels back to his hometown to see and be with his mother when he hears that she... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Yoshiko Sakuma, Shôichi Ozawa, Rentarô Mikuni, Tanie Kitabayashi
Votes: 98
74. 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
75. Cannot Write (2021– )
Family
A man dreams of writing script for shows as he watched television and falls for the stories. Not making headway he begins working at a real-estate agency where he meets his single mother ... See full summary »
Stars: Anna Yamada, Masaki Okada, Michiko Kichise, Teppei Koike
Votes: 55
76. 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
77. Cold Bloom (2012)
120 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman Shiori faces an accidental death of her beloved husband at a local industrial town, recovering from the 3.11 Tsunami disaster. Once detesting, Shiori is hesitant to admit her ... See full summary »
Director: Atsushi Funahashi | Stars: Asami Usuda, Takahiro Miura, Yô Takahashi, Mari Hayashida
Votes: 78
78. Moonless Dawn (2018)
60 min | Drama
The story of three teens who know neither happiness nor unhappiness who find each other, and eventually themselves, through music.
Director: Harika Abe | Stars: Yuzu Aoki, Hideyuki Arai, Kensuke Ashihara, Haruka Echigo
Votes: 31
79. Airport 2013 (2013)
100 min | Comedy
An airplane lands due to bad weather. A family, who rode on that airplane, goes through various troubles and it gets worse.
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Sayaka Aoki, Toshiki Ayata, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Anna Ishibashi
Votes: 481
80. Pîkan fûfu (2005)
76 min | Comedy, Romance
The man who is the director of record company has a poorly developed sense of communication. Many feel odd around him. He tries to improve. He sets up a baseball team called Frustrations ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Motoki | Stars: Takeshi Yamamoto, Ayumu Nohara, Hotaru Hazuki, Sayaka Kitagawa
Votes: 18
81. Otto ga mita 'Onna no kobako' yori (1964)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Namiko is married, but has an infatuation with Ishizuka who runs a nightclub. The businessman is also planning on wrecking the company of Namiko's husband. As personal lives and ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Jirô Tamiya, Keizô Kawasaki, Kyôko Kishida
Votes: 86
82. Marriage Hunting Beauty (2018)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Takako is a beautiful designer in her thirties and has been in love before only to get burned. She is intent on marriage and registers herself on a site for marriage. Keiko takes an ... See full summary »
Director: Akiko Ôku | Stars: Atsuko Hirata, Shinpei Ichikawa, Mei Kurokawa, Seminosuke Murasugi
Votes: 72
83. Yokujô mofuku tsuma: Uzuku (2005)
58 min
Director: Minoru Kunizawa | Stars: Ruri Tachibana, Shiina Aoi, Kanae Mizuhara, Manzô Morira
84. Obon Brothers (2015)
107 min | Drama
Takeshi not only fails at his chosen career as a film director, but also at home. Kicked out by his wife, he moves in with his ill brother. While Takeshi's wife pushes for divorce, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Akira Ohsaki | Stars: Yûmi Gotô, Miyoko Inagawa, Tsuyoshi Itô, Aki Kajiwara
Votes: 14
85. Yuuhi no ato (2019)
133 min | Family
Akane moves from Tokyo to a small island where she works as a waitress serving the fishermen. People like her and glad she has made the move. Satsuki, however, is a local having grown up, ... See full summary »
Director: Michio Koshikawa | Stars: Shihori Kanjiya, Maho Yamada, Masaru Nagai, Satoru Kawaguchi
Votes: 29
86. Angry Rice Wives (2021)
106 min | Drama, History
Ito has a husband and three children. Life is difficult and food is expensive. Rice, which is a staple of their diet, is expensive and becoming more dear by the week. Needing to feed ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Tokie Hidari, Shota Ikoma, Mao Inoue
Votes: 58
87. Innocent World (1998)
100 min | Drama
High school student Ami was born through a fertilization technique. Her brother is developmentally challenged and is immature for his age. They go on a trip and when they arrive at a clinic decide to stay with the doctor and his wife.
Director: Ten Shimoyama | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Masanobu Andô, Bunjaku Han, Hatsunori Hasegawa
Votes: 25
88. Le pays du chien qui chante (2002)
95 min | Drama
Tôyô, a musicologist, is looking for a singing dog; his wife is conducting a study on the ancient religious habitat in France and Japan.
Director: Yann Dedet | Stars: Katsuko Nakamura, Gen Shimaoka, Jules Dedet-Granel, Dominique Piard
Votes: 28
89. Haha no kyoku I (1937)
79 min | Drama
This film was inspired by the novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty and was initially released in two parts, respectively in 79 minutes and 70 minutes of length. They were combined ... See full summary »
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Jôji Oka, Takako Irie, Yuriko Hanabusa
90. Petting monster: Kairaku kui makuri (2021)
Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi | Stars: Ayumi Kimino, Kanna Shinozaki, Coco Nanahara, Tsubaki Katô
91. Momojiri musume no etchina dai bôken (2015)
70 min
Director: Kazuyoshi Sekine | Stars: Mirai Aoyama, Rin Ogawa, Hitomi Enjô, Seiji Nakamitsu
Votes: 6
92. 68-Year-Old New Employee (2018)
Drama
A young female manager is tasked with bolstering her own department's toys and mascots, as well as the company's main product line of sweets and confectionery, sales. While her small group ... See full summary »
Stars: Nozomu Kotaki, Masao Kusakari, Mitsuki Takahata
Votes: 10
93. Hitozuma deaikei site: Otto no shiranai tsuma no seiheki (2002)
63 min
Director: Toshirô Enomoto | Stars: Mayu Asada, Yôta Kawase, Yûki Aiba, Yûya Ishikawa
94. Shiri furi succhii: Tsuki nuke inran kiryû (2004)
61 min
Director: Yoshikazu Katô | Stars: Reiko Yamaguchi, Mizuki Kiuchi, Kyôko Kazama, Tomohiro Okada
95. Shiniyuku tsuma tono tabiji (2011)
113 min | Drama
A businessman who owns his own business becomes the guarantor for a friend who is borrowing money from a lender. Sadly, the friend disappears leaving the man on the hook for the loan. This ... See full summary »
Director: Yukinari Hanawa | Stars: Rie Tanaka, Tomokazu Miura, Yuriko Ishida, Denden
Votes: 11
96. Ani to sono musume (1956)
Drama
In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings because he plays go, or a Japanese version ... See full summary »
Director: Shûe Matsubayashi | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Keiju Kobayashi
97. Haha no kyoku (1955)
96 min | Family
This film was inspired by the novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty and was initially released in two parts, respectively in 79 minutes and 70 minutes of length. They were combined ... See full summary »
Director: Eiichi Koishi | Stars: Kyôko Anzai, Miyuki Chigira, Junko Ikeuchi, Tamae Kiyokawa
98. Haha no kyoku II (1937)
70 min | Drama, Family
This film was inspired by the novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty and was initially released in two parts, respectively in 79 minutes and 70 minutes of length. They were combined ... See full summary »
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Yuriko Hanabusa, Setsuko Hara, Takako Irie, Toshiko Itô
99.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
The Begotten
(1997)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to correct what he sees as the "mistakes" in his upbringing. But as Starfleet's pressure for results grows, he has to turn to his "father," Dr. Mora.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 2,087
100.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Wounded
(1991)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being fired upon by a Cardassian vessel, Picard races against time to find out the facts behind the Cardassian commander's claim that the Federation attacked one of their outposts.
Director: Chip Chalmers | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 3,623