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6.8

♡ 10

Yôji Yamada Director

Yuriko Hirooka as

Takashi Sasano as Custodian

Jun Fubuki as Kayo Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Noriko Mamiya

A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.

What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life

2018

friends vs. family interment

6.8

♡ 8

96%

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Jun Fubuki as

Masahiko Nishimura as Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as

At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.

Greatful Dead

2013

6.4

♡ 15

Eiji Uchida Director

Itsuji Itao as

Wakana Sakai as

Kenji Matsuda as

Takashi Sasano as Shiomi

Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various interests, many of which are abnormal.

Damejin

2006

6.1

♡ 2

Comedy

Satoshi Miki Director

Takashi Sasano as

Hidetaka Yoshioka as

Masumi Okada as

Sion Sono as (voice)

An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When they hear 'in India one can live without working' they take it seriously. They begin to raise the money to go to India by doing anything but working, such as ripping off stamps from others' letters to sell, robbery at the bank which itself went bankrupt, etc.

Wasao

2011

5.6

♡ 4

Yoshinari Nishikôri Director

Takashi Sasano as

Shirô Sano as

Hiroko Yakushimaru as

Kai Inowaki as

Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself turns part of the life of this former stray into an original story. Setsuko, who runs a grilled-squid shop in a fishing village at the foot of the Shirakami mountains, decides to take in a large dog with a long, unruly fur that has shown up in town. She names the dog Wasao and showers it with affection, but Wasao at that time doesn't take to Setsuko.

The Discarnates

1988

7.1

♡ 9

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Director

Tôru Minegishi as

Yôji Matsuda as

Takashi Sasano as Dentist

Kumiko Akiyoshi as Fusako Harada, Mother

Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to a 'Rakugo' show, where a friendly man in the audience invites him home. Harada is puzzled at the strong resemblance of this man and his wife to his own parents, who were killed nearly 30 years ago when he was twelve.

Cape Nostalgia

2014

6.1

♡ 2

Izuru Narushima Director

Takashi Sasano as

Hiroshi Abe as

Eiko Koike as Eri

Sayuri Yoshinaga as Etsuko

Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow.

Life in Overtime

2018

6.6

♡ 1

aging

Hideo Nakata Director

Takashi Sasano as

Hiroshi Tachi as

Atsuko Takahata as

Hitomi Kuroki as

After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a major bank is transferred or rather relegated to a subsidiary company, where he finds himself at a loos as he reaches retirement age.

Labyrinth of Cinema

2019

6.7

♡ 9

93%

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Director

Takashi Sasano as

Tokio Emoto as

Gorô Inagaki as

Tadanobu Asano as Lt. Sako

When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.

10 Promises to My Dog

2008

human animal relationship

6.9

♡ 9

japan

Romance

Katsuhide Motoki Director

Takashi Sasano as

Pierre Taki as (as Piêru Taki)

Ryô Kase as Susumu Hoshi

Chizuru Ikewaki as Yuko Inoue

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Akari was together with Socks day and night. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend.One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made with Socks and her deceased mother...

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

7.0

♡ 1

Comedy

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Kaori Momoi as Empress Akiko

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo

Keiko Matsuzaka as Sumie Kawashima

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.

Chin-Yu-Ki: The Journey to the West with Farts

4.0

Yudai Yamaguchi Director

Pierre Taki as

Takashi Sasano as

Kana Kurashina as

Junpei Mizobata as

Genzo is a monk on his way to Tianzhu (early East Asian name for India). Along the way, he happens to visit a house and meets an old couple. The couple has an adopted son, Taro Yamada (Kenichi Matsuyama). They ask Genzo to rehabilitate Taro who makes trouble with his magical power. Genzo takes Taro and travels to Tianzhu.

Dear Doctor

2009

7.0

♡ 3

71%

Miwa Nishikawa Director

Takashi Sasano as

Yutaka Matsushige as

Kimiko Yo as Akemi Ohtake

Kaoru Yachigusa as Kaduko Torikai

Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medical intern, Keisuke Soma. But, Soma and the villagers reconsider their opinion when they learn about a shameful incident from Dr. Ino's past. Now the once-respected doctor must account for his past actions.

A Class to Remember 3: The New Voyage

1998

6.6

♡ 1

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Kunie Tanaka as

Kimiko Yo as

Hidetaka Yoshioka as

A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets others looking for a new start in life, including a former salaryman with whom she begins a furtive romance...

A Class to Remember

1993

7.0

♡ 3

japanese school

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Kunie Tanaka as

Masato Hagiwara as

Keiko Takeshita as

A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.

A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen

2000

English

6.7

♡ 3

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Yûta Kanai as Daisuke Kawashima

Nenji Kobayashi as Daisuke's father

Hidekazu Akai as Yasu Sasaki

Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.

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.

Cut

2011

6.5

♡ 3

50%

Thriller

Amir Naderi Director

Ikuji Nakamura as

Takashi Sasano as Hiroshi

Hidetoshi Nishijima as Shuji

Takako Tokiwa as Yoko

Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his films, has been executed by his own yakuza gang for failing to repay his debts.

The Hidden Blade

2004

7.6

♡ 12

84%

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Jun Maeda as

Ken Ogata as Chief Retainer Hori

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Samon Shimada

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.

Creepy

2016

6.4

♡ 27

91%

57%