2023

Actors Short Films Season 3

7/2

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2023

Ichigeki

6/2

The drama depicts the exploits of the “Ichigeki Hishikkitai”, a special combat unit formed by farmers to deal with the "Imperial Robbers" and the "Imp...

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Ichigeki

2002

Ping Pong

7.1/62

As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes...

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Ping Pong

2006

Aogeba Tôtoshi

5.917/6

Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi is also g...

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Aogeba Tôtoshi

2010

Yuriko's Aroma

5.8/15

30 something year old Yuriko (Noriko Eguchi) works as a aromatherapist at an aroma salon. She uses essentials oils and her hands to soothe her client’...

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Yuriko's Aroma

2023

Lumberjack the Monster

6.404/52

A self-proclaimed psychopath, coldblooded lawyer Ninomiya becomes obsessed with stopping an ax-wielding serial killer who's made him their next target...

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Lumberjack the Monster

2017

Before We Vanish

6.48/102

Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally...

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Before We Vanish

2011

A Man with Style

5.3/5

Miyata lost his wife early on and single-handedly raised their two children. One day he notices a change in his physical condition, and decides that i...

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A Man with Style

2012

Himizu

7.036/179

Two 14-year-olds from troubled, abusive homes come together sharing misery and pain. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the classmates learn how to su...

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Himizu

2012

Lesson of the Evil

6.696/235

Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal w...

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Lesson of the Evil

2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

5.15/20

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of t...

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Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2020

Kamiki Ryunosuke 25th Anniversary DVD

7.5/2

Documentary detailing the making and shooting of the 25th Anniversary book. There are talk sessions with four actors who have spent a lot of time with...

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Kamiki Ryunosuke 25th Anniversary DVD

2013

Real

6.3/69

Neurosurgeon Koichi uses an experimental technique to enter the brain of his beloved Atsumi, who is in a coma after attempting suicide. In his quest,...

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Real

2011

Tokyo Park

6.2/14

University student and budding photographer Koji is asked by a man to secretly take pictures of his wife Yurika. As a result, his relationships with a...

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Tokyo Park

2010

A School Behind Bars

10/1

"A School Behind Bars" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano Matsumoto Boy's prison in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefec...

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A School Behind Bars

2022

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

4.6/26

A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and b...

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What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

2023

Fly On

6.6/14

Watako has just lost her lover, Kimura, in a traffic accident in Tokyo. She decides to bury the trauma of this tragedy and carries on with her life wi...

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Fly On

2009

Pandora's Box

7.5/1

After Japan's defeat in WWII, "Pandora no hako" follows a young man named Risuke who has contracted tuberculosis. He travels to the countryside to a...

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Pandora's Box

2010

A Liar and a Broken Girl

7/1

In a small rural town, a brother and sister goes missing and there's also a serial killer case involving woman as the victims. Mayu Misono (Aya Omasa)...

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A Liar and a Broken Girl

2009

魔法のiらんど SixDays

0/0

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2013

Jellyfish Eyes

5.13/23

In present-day Japan, little Masashi moves from an evacuation center to a small village. There, he will discover that every child has the ability to c...

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Jellyfish Eyes

2011

The End of Puberty

4.5/6

In a noisy classroom, biology teacher Madoka proceeds with his lesson in a small voice.He is unable to look the students square in the face nor admoni...

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The End of Puberty

2014

Wood Job!

7.4/91

After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decisi...

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Wood Job!

2012

Isn't Anyone Alive?

6/7

In a Japanese military hospital, a mysterious pandemic strikes and quickly kills seemingly at random. A group of unconnected individuals must come to...

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Isn't Anyone Alive?

2011

Life Back Then

4.429/7

Kyohei Nagashima (Masaki Okada) has shut away the world. During his high school days he was the target of bullying and experienced horrifying moments....

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Life Back Then

2024

The Yin Yang Master Zero

6.2/12

During the Heian period, Abe no Seimei trains in magic but lacks interest, until a collaboration with Minamoto no Hiromasa arises to solve a strange p...

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The Yin Yang Master Zero

2013

Strawberry Night

6.5/26

Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has r...

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Strawberry Night

2014

Drive-In Gamo

0/0

Saki and Toshi were born and raised at the shabby "Drive in Gamo," located on the side of a road. Their father was a yakuza but he was kicked out of t...

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Drive-In Gamo

2014

Tokyo Tribe

6.537/163

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of B...

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Tokyo Tribe

2014

The Snow White Murder Case

6.435/62

A beautiful cosmetics company employee is found dead in a gruesome state. What's more, it becomes apparent that one of the victim's colleagues, a home...

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The Snow White Murder Case

2012

The Millennial Rapture

4/1

Sennen no yuraku is set in a small community called “Roji” where Kenji Nakagami—one of the most famous novelists in Japan—drew the absurdity and passi...

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The Millennial Rapture

2022

Suzume

7.9/1806

Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that enda...

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Suzume

2014

Parasyte: Part 1

7.049/316

Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a...

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Parasyte: Part 1

2015

Parasyte: Part 2

6.995/213

Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces...

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Parasyte: Part 2

2014

Kabukicho Love Hotel

6.367/45

This erotically charged drama traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors at a notorious "love hotel" in Tokyo's red-light di...

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Kabukicho Love Hotel

2014

As the Gods Will

7.124/582

High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Sudden...

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As the Gods Will

2024

Worlds Apart

7.9/15

Makio Kōdai is a shy 35-year-old woman. She works as a novelist. One day, her sibling and her sibling's married partner die in a car accident. Makio K...

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Worlds Apart

2022

Momo and the Seven Papagenos

7.75/4

Twenty-five-year-old Momo has friends. Her parents live some distance away, but they sometimes get together to dine out. She dates an acceptable guy,...

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Momo and the Seven Papagenos

2008

Cheer Cheer Cheer!

5.8/6

Momoko (Yui Aragaki) is a quiet and lonely high school girl who's only passion is to cheer traditional cheer squad, but all she could gather were good...

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Cheer Cheer Cheer!

2015

That's It

5.4/10

Samao Daikoku seeks a way out of the underground life that he has led. He is tortured by a gang boss after stealing a hard disk containing personal in...

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That's It

2015

Strayer's Chronicle

5.364/11

In the early 1990s, experiments were carried out secretly in Japan. Two different methods were used in the experiments. One method involved forcing st...

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Strayer's Chronicle

2014

A Drop of the Grapevine

2/1

Two brothers work at a small winery in Hokkaido in northern Japan. The older brother is picky and strives for the highest quality to make the best win...

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A Drop of the Grapevine

2015

The Virgin Psychics

5.45/70

Shy high schooler Yoshirō and his friends mysteriously develop psychic powers, leading to chaotic and often erotic comedic situations as the virginal...

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The Virgin Psychics

2015

Dear Deer

4.7/3

When Fujio, Yoshio and Akiko were children, they saw a fantastic "Ryoumou Deer," but nobody believed them. The three siblings lived in a mountain vill...

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Dear Deer

2015

The Boy and the Beast

7.907/1629

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and,...

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The Boy and the Beast

2010

Tokyo Island

5/1

Men and one woman have drifted to an uninhabited island. The only woman will try to survive by taking advantage of her own sexual attractiveness.

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Tokyo Island

2010

Awaremi Mumashika

0/0

Atsuo Kashiwagi, an enthusiastic member of the village council, decides to invent a mysterious beast to make his village famous. Against all objection...

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Awaremi Mumashika

2008

Tear Jar

3/3

A magazine editor loses his wife to cancer and he keeps her ashes in a jar. When he begins dating her sister, he becomes overwhelmed with guilt.

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Tear Jar

2023

CRANK

4/2

MARU runs around Tokyo.MARU hears from his fellow messenger HIDE that he might be leaving Tokyo.

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CRANK

2012

Wolf Children

8.2/2514

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their...

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Wolf Children

2006

Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee

6/1

The movie is part of the Kindaichi TV movie series. Kindaichi is played by actor Goro Inagaki. The character's grandfather began with the written wor...

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Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee

2024

Sana: Let Me Hear

7.2/11

During the summer vacation period, temporary teacher Honoka Kimijima is in charge of a supplementary class. One day, a female student suddenly jumps o...

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Sana: Let Me Hear

2024

Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~

6.5/2

There are saints living in Tokyo, Japan: Buddha the Enlightened One, and Jesus, Son of God. After successfully bringing the previous century to a clos...

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Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~

2013

The Eternal Zero

6.986/74

A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they g...

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The Eternal Zero

2013

Touching the Skin of Eeriness

5.9/14

After his parents die, a teenager goes to live with his older brother. As his loneliness grows, he becomes engrossed in practicing modern dance with h...

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Touching the Skin of Eeriness

2012

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

7.4/8

A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan. Bas...

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Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

2013

The Kiyosu Conference

7/26

After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki...

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The Kiyosu Conference

2012

Sadako 3D

5.2/99

Akane is a high school teacher who hears a rumor from her students that there is actual footage on the Internet of someone's suicide. The footage is s...

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Sadako 3D

2012

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

7.174/23

As the Tokyo Olympics usher in a wave of rapid modernisation, the residents of Third Street face new beginnings as Mutsuko becomes involved with a see...

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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

2016

The Actor

6.2/5

Takuji Kameoka is a 37-year-old bachelor whose occupation is a “miscellaneous actor”. His only interest is drinking. One day he falls in love and his...

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The Actor

2015

Bakuman

6.4/55

Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mas...

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Bakuman

2013

The Brain Man

6.2/50

A seemingly random series of bombings in a provincial city. The latest target is a public bus route. Detective Chaya chased terrorists and arrested a...

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The Brain Man

2013

Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship

7.1/5

Su-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san follows the lives of three women who are former co-workers. 34-year-old Su-chan works at a coffee shop and has feelings...

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Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship

2015

Teacher and Stray Cat

6.4/5

Following the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray cat called Mii, who was being fed by his wife, not only co...

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Teacher and Stray Cat

2016

The Sion Sono

6.4/8

Directed by Arata Oshima, son of rebel filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, who had praised Sono's early work before his passing, this documentary gives insight i...

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The Sion Sono

2016

Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

6.5/8

Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century, died of an intractable...

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Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

2015

All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City

5.429/7

High school student Yoshio Kamogawa suddenly gained the power to read other people's minds. One day, he receives mail from Sae Asami in Tokyo asking f...

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All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City

2024

Cells at Work!

7.669/65

A novice red blood cell and a relentless white blood cell work together to protect their human from invading germs, pathogens and other threats.

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Cells at Work!

2016

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

8.143/7

In a time when the main source of energy was still coal, there was a man who saw the future in oil. Young Tetsuzo Kunioka who hails from Moji, Kitakyu...

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Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

2017

Parks

6.889/9

Jun is a university student. She meets high school student Haru. Haru is looking for Sachiko, the ex-girlfriend of her now deceased father. Jun and Ha...

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Parks

2017

Legend of the Demon Cat

6.2/108

During the Late Tang Dynasty, a manor is invaded by a demon cat and a sense of unrest befalls the capital of Changan. A poet is charged with investig...

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Legend of the Demon Cat

2024

The Young Strangers

8.5/1

Ayato Kazama is repaying his deceased father's debts and caring for his mother, who suffers from a serious illness, while working at a construction si...

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The Young Strangers

2017

March Comes In Like a Lion

7/24

Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by hims...

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March Comes In Like a Lion

2017

March Goes out Like a Lamb

7.1/18

The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an u...

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March Goes out Like a Lamb

2004

The Boy from Hell

3.857/7

A mysterious old woman appears before Setsu, who has recently lost her only child in a tragic accident. She says she can bring Setsu's son, Daio back...

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The Boy from Hell

2018

Punk Samurai Slash Down

5.6/9

Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by...

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Punk Samurai Slash Down

2017

Dawn Wind in My Poncho

7/1

Three friends who will soon graduate from high school decide to take one last trip together.

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Dawn Wind in My Poncho

2019

To the Ends of the Earth

6.352/61

A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her trave...

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To the Ends of the Earth

2018

And Your Bird Can Sing

6.8/20

With a contagious sense of abandon, three young adults' lives become intimately entangled over the course of a long summer in Hakodate, Hokkaido.

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And Your Bird Can Sing

2019

Parallel World Love Story

5.778/9

"A world" - After graduating from a university, close friends Takashi Tsurug and Tomohiko Miwa begin work at a company which does brain research. One...

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Parallel World Love Story

2019

Samurai Marathon

5.966/58

When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his...

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Samurai Marathon

2013

Similar But Different

0/0

A man and a woman share the same time and same space. One day in the morning, they go their separate ways. The woman meets her old friend, but she loo...

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Similar But Different

2015

All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~

6/1

Web adaptation of All Esper Dayo! manga featuring an original story.

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All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~

2019

First Love

6.713/338

One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themse...

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First Love

2010

Threads of Our Hearts

10/1

Akito has been the ears and voice of his mother, Reiko, since he was a child. Reiko was born deaf and has long dreamed that her son would become a pro...

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Threads of Our Hearts

2020

Stare

6.1/9

Dead bodies with eyeballs ruptured are continuously found. Their direct causes of death are heart attacks and they acted like they were possessed righ...

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Stare

2019

The First Supper

7/2

Rintaro (Sometani Shota) returns home for the first time in a while to prepare for and attend his father's funeral. He and his sister are surprised to...

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The First Supper

2007

Fourteen

6/5

Sensitive and refined drama in which experiences from the puberty of a female teacher and a piano student reflected in the world of the younger genera...

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Fourteen

2021

Detective Chinatown 3

5.623/118

Tang Ren and Qin Feng travel to Japan to investigate the death of a mafia head. As they suspect foul play, they engage in a battle of wits against for...

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Detective Chinatown 3

2018

Saint Young Men

3.7/3

What if Jesus and Buddha were living on Earth in modern times? What if they shared an apartment in Japan? Saint☆Oniisan is a humorous drama about dail...

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Saint Young Men

2017

Foreboding

5.706/17

Miyuki Asakawa tells her colleague Etsuko Yamagiwa that she has a ghost in her home. When Etsuko goes to Miyuki's home, there is only Miyuki's father...

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Foreboding

2019

Saint Young Men 2nd Century

6/1

SAINT☆YOUNG MEN 2nd Century imagines a world where Jesus Christ (Kenichi Matsuyama; Death Note) and Gautama Buddha (Shōta Sometani; Himizu) take a vac...

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Saint Young Men 2nd Century

2020

Saint Young Men 3

6/1

A group of saints living together in a room in Tokyo's tachikawa apartment, the awakened man Buddha and the son of god Jesus, form an effort to make j...

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Saint Young Men 3

2020

Runway

8/1

Midori is in her late 30's and is a cutout picture artist. She has anxiety about her future. Takano is a 25-year-old bureaucrat at the Ministry of Hea...

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Runway

2013

Tadaima, Jacqueline

7.5/2

When Satoru (Shota Sometani) was 5-years-old, he became an orphan due to a bus accident. A ventriloquist doll was at the scene of the accident. Satoru...

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Tadaima, Jacqueline

2010

Nora

7/1

Yukio Kasai (Sometani Shota) is running through the mountains to escape something, when suddenly he is accidentally hit and knocked unconscious. The m...

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Nora

2013

The Intermission

7/1

A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie fan...

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The Intermission

2012

5windows

0/0

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2021

Belle

7.609/902

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day disco...

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2015

5windows eb(is)

0/0

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2018

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

7/5

Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tou...

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The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

2004

Devilman

6.054/74

A scientific exploration in search of a new energy source unleashes a group of powerful demons who begin possessing human bodies and destroying civili...

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Devilman

2024

That Person Has Disappeared

7/4

Set in an apartment building where many people are rumored to disappear one after another, the story begins when Maruko, a young delivery worker, acci...

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That Person Has Disappeared

2024

Doctor X: The Movie Final

7.5/4

The star-studded casts of the drama series come together for the highly anticipated movie adaptation of "Doctor X"! The secret of Michiko Daimon is fi...

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Doctor X: The Movie Final

2025

BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues

9.4/5

Two brothers start working as benshi narrators of silent films in a cinema in the early 20th century. This premise is the jumping-off point for an epi...

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BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues

2015

Making of Tokyo Tribe

0/0

Documentary on Sion Sono's Tokyo Tribe.

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Making of Tokyo Tribe

2025

Suzuki=Bakudan

7.515/33

An unemployed man named Suzuki is taken in by police after breaking a booze vending machine. When he predicts the explosions of two bombs and claims t...

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Suzuki=Bakudan

2025

100 METERS

7.763/133

A gifted runner trains a determined but unskilled classmate, unaware he's creating a rival who will challenge him on the track for years to come.

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100 METERS

2025

Purehearted

0/0

Majimu, a timid office temp in Okinawa, stumbles upon a company contest and proposes an idea no one expects—crafting local rum from sugarcane. With no...

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Purehearted

2025

Faking Beethoven

7.5/2

Beethoven, the world's most famous musician and iconic solitary genius. But what if that image was entirely fabricated… by his own secretary?

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Faking Beethoven

2025

Scarlet

7.047/118

After failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world filled with madness, if she does not...

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2014

Tadashiku Wasureru

0/0

Haruko (Ono Marie), still troubled by the suicide of her father five years earlier, has grown tired of living with her boyfriend Rentaro (Shinoda Mits...

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2026

Kyojo Reunion

5.333/3

Kyojo is a school that trains future police officers. In its closed room, where unqualified students are weeded out, students with dreams, hopes, and...

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Kyojo Reunion

2025

New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period

5/1

The end of the Tokugawa shogunate, a turbulent era that shook Japan. Were the men who created the new era really heroes?

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New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period

2026

AnyMart

8/1

A supermarket as both a microcosm of Japanese society and the setting for a socially critical horror film. Expressionless faces and a supervisor who d...

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AnyMart

2026

THE A-CARE -Disusebody-

8.7/3

At the "Ijinzaka Clinic" day service, a revolutionary treatment devised by Director Urushihara is secretly spreading among the elderly. Aiming for the...

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国境

0/0

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2026

Sana: Play with Me

7/1

Right before summer vacation, a "forbidden game" is secretly played at a high school. After some students take part in it, their ordinary days begin t...

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Sana: Play with Me

2012

Making of Himizu

0/0

A documentary showcasing the making of Sion Sono's Himizu

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