Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukichō, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant struggle between rival talent scouts and the yakuza.

Tegami

2006

Japanese

6.8

♡ 3

Action

Drama

Jirô Shôno Director

Machiko Washio as

Kazue Fukiishi as Asami Nakajo

Takayuki Yamada as Naotaka Takeshima

Erika Sawajiri as Yumiko Shirai

How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his brother. But the crime's aftereffect extends to Naoki, and, branded as a "murderer's brother," Naoki is deprived of his love, career and dream. His desperate situation gradually changes when he finds true love with Yumiko, who always stands by him. To protect the love that he has finally found, Naoki begins writing a letter to Takeshi... The touching story of a man who was powerless against his irreversible fate, but still tried to overcome it in the quest for his dream.

Closed Note

2007

Japanese

6.7

60%

Isao Yukisada Director

Yûko Takeuchi as Ibuki Mano

Erika Sawajiri as Kae Horii

Renji Ishibashi as Masamichi Nakazawa

Yûsuke Iseya as Ryu Ishitobi

Kae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, she discovers a hidden compartment behind a inconspicuous mirror. In that compartment, Kae finds a notebook, that turns out to be a diary belonging to the previous tenant. Later that evening Kae starts to read the diary. The writer of the diary is Ibuki Mano, a young lady about to embark on her first year as an elementary school teacher. Ibuki is also in love with a man named Takashi, who may or may not hold similar feelings for Ibuki.

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

2005

Japanese

6.8

♡ 17

Ten Shimoyama Director

Yutaka Matsushige as Hattori Hanzou Masanari

Erika Sawajiri as Hotarubi

Troy Baker as Kouga Gennosuke

Laura Bailey as Oboro

Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.

Ashura-jô no hitomi

2005

Japanese

5.8

♡ 3

59%

Action

based on play or musical

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

Yôjirô Takita Director

Kanako Higuchi as Bizan

Atsuro Watabe as Jaku Abe

Rie Miyazawa as Tsubaki

Erika Sawajiri as Yachi

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.

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Tegami

Closed Note

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Ashura-jô no hitomi