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6.9

♡ 14

Masato Harada Director

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Bakin Kyokutei

Hikari Mitsushima as Ogin

Wakana Matsumoto as Otane

Yô Ôizumi as Shinjiro Nakamura

Kakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by taking refuge in Tokeiji, a monastery in Kamakura.

A Taxing Woman

1987

7.2

♡ 8

75%

Jûzô Itami Director

Naomi Oka as Biyôin no Onna Shujin

Masahiko Tsugawa as Hanamura

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Hideki Gondô

Kiriko Shimizu as Kazue Kenmochi

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.

Lovers Lost

1982

6.4

♡ 7

Kinji Fukasaku Director

Hiroyuki Sanada as Kunihiko Yasuoka

Keiko Matsuzaka as Machiko

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Tetsuo Takeuchi

Mariko Kaga as Yuki

A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

1981

6.4

♡ 3

Toshiya Fujita Director

Renji Ishibashi as Detective

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Man

Atsuko Asano as Sachino

Yoshio Harada as Teruo Miyazato

A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic relationships.

Daiamondo wa kizutsukanai

1982

5.6

♡ 9

Romance

Toshiya Fujita Director

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Ichiro Mimura

Mariko Kaga as Kazuko Makimura

Misako Tanaka as Yumiko Koshiya

Bang-ho Cho as Zenzo Nekomiya

A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.

Rikyu

1989

7.1

♡ 5

76%

Hiroshi Teshigahara Director

Sayoko Yamaguchi as Chieha, his mistress

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Rentarô Mikuni as Rikyu

Hideo Kanze as Rikyu's brother in law

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.

Miracle Apples

2013

7.0

♡ 2

Yoshihiro Nakamura Director

Mieko Harada as

Tae Kimura as

Tsutomu Yamazaki as

Sawa Suzuki as

Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's allergic reaction to pesticides, Akinori Kimura has to grow his apples without the aid of chemicals. Because of this challenge, his family endures hardships and suffers severe financial difficulties. Akinori Kimura even contemplates suicide. A miracle then happens...

Kamui Gaiden

2009

5.6

♡ 7

34%

Yôichi Sai Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as

Ekin Cheng as Dumok

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Narration Koyuki

Koyuki as Sugaru

A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.

Demon Pond

1979

7.0

♡ 11

based on play or musical

Fantasy

Romance

taishō period

Masahiro Shinoda Director

Norihei Miki as Catfish Messenger

Ryûnosuke Kaneda as Diet Member

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Gaukuen Yamazaki

Fujio Tokita as The Crab

When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands.

Climbers High

2008

6.6

♡ 3

Masato Harada Director

Machiko Ono as Chizuko Tamaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Raizo Shirakawa

Masato Sakai as Tatsuya Sayama

Sarutoki Minagawa as Yasuo Ito

On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.

The Woodsman and the Rain

2011

7.1

♡ 5

76%

Shûichi Okita Director

Kengo Kôra as

Masatô Ibu as

Shun Oguri as Koichi

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Veteran Actor

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.

Tora-San's Cherished Mother

1969

7.0

♡ 4

Comedy

Romance

Yôji Yamada Director

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Fujimura

Shin Morikawa as Oji-san

Eijirô Tôno as Sanpo Sensei

Hisao Dazai as Umetarô Katsura

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

Sleeping Forest

2014

6.5

♡ 1

Mystery

Nobuhiro Doi Director

Yukie Nakama as

Hiroshi Abe as Kyoichiro Kaga

Satomi Ishihara as Mio Asaoka

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Takamasa Kaga

A man is found dead in a office of Takayanagi Ballet Company. The suspect is a female dancer at the ballet company. The Takayanagi Ballet Company insists that the incident is a self defense case, but after an investigation there's doubts in that claim. Then, the director of the Takayanagi Ballet Company is poisoned to death. Are the cases related?

Ah haru

1998

6.4

♡ 2

heisei

Shinji Sômai Director

Kôichi Satô as Hiroshi Nirasaki

Tomokazu Miura as Hiroshi's brother

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Sasaichi, Hiroshi's Father

Kimiko Yo as Wife of Hiroshi's brother

A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.

The Funeral

1984

7.2

♡ 9

100%

Jûzô Itami Director

Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Assistant director

Kaoru Kobayashi as Inose

Masahiko Tsugawa as Kimura

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Wabisuke Inoue

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.

Knuckle Girl

2023

5.3

♡ 9

based on webcomic or webtoon

Crime

revenge

Hong-Seung Yoon Director

Shûji Ôtsuki as Fisher

Miu Suzuki as Junin Ring Announcer #2

Ayaka Miyoshi as Ran Tachibana

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Tsutomu Yamazaki

Following the story of Ran, who confronts a mysterious organization by participating in a no-rules deathmatch after discovering her missing younger sister Yuzuki is involved in a crime. With danger at every corner, Ran must trade in her boxing gloves for brass knuckles. Will she save her sister?

Blade of the Immortal

2017

6.7

♡ 129

87%

Takashi Miike Director

Takahiro Kuroishi as

Chiaki Kuriyama as Hyakurin

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Kensui Ibane

Kazuki Kitamura as Sabato Kuroi

Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

2004

7.2

♡ 4

83%

athletic girl

based on novel or book

Isao Yukisada Director

Kanako Higuchi as

Kanji Tsuda as Johnny

Ko Shibasaki as Ritsuko Fujimura

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Shigezou Matsumoto

While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.

Space Battleship Yamato

2010