Lakeside Murder Case

2004

Japanese

6.2

♡ 6

Shinji Aoyama Director

Etsushi Toyokawa as Masaru Tsukumi

Hiroko Yakushimaru as Minako Namiki

Kôji Yakusho as Sunsuke Namiki

Shingo Tsurumi as Takashi Sekiya

Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress.

Under the Open Sky

2020

Japanese

7.2

♡ 10

90%

Action

based on novel or book

Miwa Nishikawa Director

Yukiya Kitamura as Hisatoshi Iguchi

Narumi Yasuda as Kumiko Nishio

Kôji Yakusho as Masao Mikami

Masami Nagasawa as Yoshizawa

Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies for a TV show and meets a young TV director Tsunoda. Meanwhile, he struggles to get a proper job and fit into society. His impulsive, adamant nature and ingrained beliefs cause friction in his relationship with Tsunoda and those who want to help him.

Lost Paradise

1997

Japanese

6.6

♡ 5

60%

Drama

extramarital affair

Romance

Yoshimitsu Morita Director

Yoshino Kimura as Chika / Shoichiro's daughter

Hitomi Kuroki as Rinko / calligraphy teacher

Kôji Yakusho as Shoichiro Kuki / editor

Jun Murakami as Toru

Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

2023

Japanese

6.3

♡ 4

based on novel or book

Izuru Narushima Director

Masaki Suda as Kenji Miyazawa

Min Tanaka as Kisuke Miyazawa

Kôji Yakusho as Masajiro Miyazawa

Nana Mori as Toshi Miyazawa

Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and becomes obsessed with farming, jewelry and religion.

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

2023

Japanese

7.6

♡ 7

Animation

based on memoir or autobiography

based on novel or book

Shinnosuke Yakuwa Director

Anne Watanabe as Cho Kuroyanagi

Karen Takizawa as Miss Oishi

Shun Oguri as Moritsuna Kuroyanagi

Kôji Yakusho as Sôsaku Kobayashi

This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – its founder and headmaster, Sōsaku Kobayashi – who deeply valued children's independence, and who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.

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Lakeside Murder Case

Under the Open Sky

Lost Paradise

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window