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5.5

♡ 19

Hitoshi Ône Director

Noriko Eguchi as

Kiko Mizuhara as

Lily Franky as

Yûki Amami as

Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first sight.

Close-Knit

2017

7.2

♡ 7

100%

uncle niece relationship

unmarried couple

Naoko Ogigami Director

Misako Tanaka as Fumiko

Noriko Eguchi as Kanai

Eiko Koike as Naomi

Shûji Kashiwabara as Yoshio

After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.

Heaven's Story

2010

7.3

♡ 5

Takahisa Zeze Director

Kanji Tsuda as

Nao Nagasawa as

Noriko Eguchi as

Kiyomi Itô as

A young girl named Sato watches on television as a man named Tomoki states brazenly at a press conference that he hopes convicted murderer Mitsuo is eventually placed back into society so that he can kill him with his bare hands.

In za pûru

2005

6.6

♡ 1

Comedy

hospital

Satoshi Miki Director

Ryû Nakatani as

Noriko Eguchi as

Yôko Maki as

Miwako Ichikawa as Suzumi Iwamura

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

2003

7.3

♡ 10

91%

Isshin Inudô Director

Chizuru Ikewaki as Joze

Noriko Eguchi as Noriko

Itsuji Itao as The Manager

Yoshiyuki Morishita as The Pervert

A part-time employee in a mahjong parlour runs across a young woman, who is unable to walk, in baby carriage. He becomes friends with the woman and begins to feel enamoured with her.

We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia.

2011

6.9

♡ 2

Kenta Fukasaku Director

Osamu Mukai as Kota Tanaka

Tôri Matsuzaka as Mitsuru Honda

Noriko Eguchi as Nao Shino

Hiroshi Abe as Prof. Kondo

A young Japanese man named Kota Tanaka (Osamu Mukai) works to raise money and then build an elementary school in Cambodia.

Masked Ward

2020

5.7

♡ 4

Thriller

Hisashi Kimura Director

Mei Nagano as Hitomi Kawasaki

Noriko Eguchi as Ryoko Higashino

Masanobu Takashima as Saburô Tadokoro

Kentarô Sakaguchi as Shugo Hayami

On-call substitute doctor Shugo suddenly finds himself faced with a terrifying criminal in a clown mask. The assailant demands that Shugo treat injured high school student Hitomi. The perpetrator sets siege to the building and Shugo finds himself confined with 64 unknown patients.

Swing Girls

2004

7.6

♡ 15

91%

Shinobu Yaguchi Director

Chise Nakamura as Keiko Okamura

Nagisa Abe as Reiko Shimoda

Noriko Eguchi as Shop Assistant at Muscial Instruments Shop

Fumiko Mizuta as Yuka Yamamoto

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.

My Girlfriend Is a Serial Killer

2019

based on webcomic or webtoon

5.8

♡ 6

based on manga

Kayoko Asakura Director

Wataru Ichinose as

Yôsuke Sugino as Etsuro Kurosu

Noriko Eguchi as Reina Enmeiji

Haruka Fukuhara as Rio Miyaichi

Etsuro Kurosu faills getting into a university and becomes a hikikomori. One day, he tries to hang himself from a hook on the wall in his apartment. He fails, but his attempt leaves a hole in the wall. Through the hole wall, Etsuro Kurosu can now see Rio Miyaichi. He becomes fascinated with the girl that lives next door. Later, while peeping at her through the wall, Etsuro Kurosu sees her in the process of brutally murdering someone. He screams and is caught by her. Etsuro Kurosu confesses that he loves her and they start to date. Etsuro Kurosu feels happiness in his life, but what will happen to him? Will he be murdered by Rio Miyaichi?

The Lowlife

2017

5.8

♡ 5

adult video

av

Takahisa Zeze Director

Noriko Eguchi as

Shûgo Oshinari as

Aina Yamada as Ayako

Saki Takaoka as Takako

Based on a 2016 novel by Mana Sakura, “The Lowlife” shows the stories of three women who work in Japan’s adult video industry.

Fish Story

2009

7.5

♡ 12

100%

Yoshihiro Nakamura Director

Yoshihiro Nagata as

Mikako Tabe as Asami

Noriko Eguchi as Namiko

Kengo Kôra as The Singer

A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together.

Fine, Totally Fine

2008

6.9

♡ 1

64%

Yosuke Fujita Director

Yoshinori Okada as Hisanobu Komori

Toshie Negishi as Toyohara

Noriko Eguchi as Umezawa

Naoki Tanaka as Yuhara

Two listless friends and a clumsy girl try to make sense of their lives, and perhaps find love along the way.

Balloon Club Revisited

2006

6.2

♡ 1

accidental death

Sion Sono Director

Noriko Eguchi as

Tamae Andô as

Issei Ishida as

Tomoharu Hasegawa as Murakami

Mitsuko Murakami puts the passion to balloon in the hot-air balloon Circle "Airheads". The club gathered young people holding a variety of thoughts. But "Airheads" is disbanded not too long. Five years after their time in the Balloon Club ended, the members' former club leader brings them back together and rekindles old flames.

Yuriko's Aroma

2010

5.2

♡ 4

20%

Kôta Yoshida Director

Shôta Sometani as

Noriko Eguchi as

Jun Miho as

Noriko Kijima as

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’s inner well-being. Yuriko also has a secret she can’t tell anyone; She gets incredibly turned on by the sweaty scent of a 17 year old high school student named Tetsuya (Shota Someya). Tetsuya is also the nephew of the salon owner (Jun Miho). Meanwhile, salon client Ayama (Saori Hara) asks to practice aromatherapy, but her real intent is to press her large breasts against Yuriko.

Ikigami

2008

7.0

♡ 19

Tomoyuki Takimoto Director

Noriko Eguchi as

Takashi Sasano as Director Ishii

Takashi Tsukamoto as Hidekazu Morio

Jun Fubuki as Kazuko Takazawa

In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or "ikigami", informing them that they have only 24 hours left to live. The film follows a young man tasked with delivering these messages, as well as the victims.

Riverside Mukolitta

2021

6.9

♡ 8

Family

Naoko Ogigami Director

Hiroko Yakushimaru as

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Kenichi Mizoguchi

Noriko Eguchi as Nakashima

Hikari Mitsushima as Shiori Minami

A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.

Stigmatized Properties

2020

4.5

♡ 7

Hideo Nakata Director

Shôhei Uno as Nao

Nao as Azusa Kosaka

Noriko Eguchi as Junko Yokomizu

Kôji Seto as Taisa Nakai

Yamano Yamame, an entertainer who can't sell, is unreasonably told by his seniors that he should live in the accident property because he will put it on TV, and he moves to the property where the murder occurred due to his appearance on TV and the low rent. At first glance, the room was a normal room, but a mysterious white object was reflected in the image of the room, and the sound was disturbed. The program in which Yamame appeared became lively, and Yamame moved around the accident property in search of new material. Yamame, who encounters various mysterious phenomena in the room where he lives, makes a big break as an "entertainer who lives in the accident property".

It's in the Woods

2022

3.5

♡ 2

Horror

Mystery

Sci-Fi

Hideo Nakata Director

Honoka Matsumoto as Eri Kitami

Shôhei Uno as Jun'ichi no nougou nakama: Nagao Ryouhei

Noriko Eguchi as Sawako Akai

Tôru Nomaguchi as Shougakkou no kyoutou: Yukawa Daisuke

Set in an actual forest said to be rife with supernatural phenomena, this next-gen horror film is based on witness accounts of people who saw "It" and the protagonists’ encounter with the mysterious "It".

Bad Lands

2023

6.0

♡ 13

Masato Harada Director

Noriko Eguchi as

Katsuhisa Namase as

Ryôsuke Yamada as Jo Yashiro

Sakura Andô as Neri Hashioka

A grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts a huge target on their back.

What Is Love?

2018

6.5

♡ 4