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6.5

♡ 3

50%

Drama

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.

Beijing Watermelon

1989

7.2

♡ 3

Drama

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Director

Tôru Minegishi as Dr. Muraki

Mitsuyo Asaka as Hatsuko Iida

Takashi Sasano as Mr. Yamada, the Real Estate Agent

Yasufumi Hayashi as Toru Horikoshi

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.

Thermae Romae

2012

6.4

♡ 7

46%

Hideki Takeuchi Director

Kazuki Kitamura as Ceionius

Masachika Ichimura as Hadrianus

Hiroshi Abe as Lucius

Takashi Sasano as Mami's dad

The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa that leads him to a modern Japanese bath house. Inspired by the innovations found there, he creates his own spa, Roma Thermae, bringing in the modern ideas to his time.

125 Years Memory

2015

7.1

♡ 6

Mitsutoshi Tanaka Director

Shiori Kutsuna as Haru / Harumi

Takashi Sasano as Mayor Sato

Seiyô Uchino as Motosada Tamura

Rino Katase as Sato

Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.

Zen

2009

7.3

♡ 7

86%

Banmei Takahashi Director

Yuki Uchida as Orin

Takashi Sasano as Rôsô

Kengo Kôra as Shunryô

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Tokiyori Hôjô

In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).

Love and Honor

2006

7.7

♡ 11

81%

84%

Yôji Yamada Director

Kaori Momoi as Ine Hatano

Takuya Kimura as Shinnojo Mimura

Ken Ogata as Shinnojo's fencing instructor

Takashi Sasano as Tokuhei

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.

Creepy

2016

6.4

♡ 27

91%

57%

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director

Toru Baba as

Hidetoshi Nishijima as Takakura

Takashi Sasano as Tanimoto

Yûko Takeuchi as Yasuko

After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

2012

7.3

♡ 3

Drama

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Director

Toshie Negishi as

Masahiro Takashima as Ken'ichi katayama

Takashi Sasano as Muraoka

Yasuko Matsuyuki as Reiko endo

In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, to report on the disaster; there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabitants and stumbles upon a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend.

Ryûji

1983

6.8

♡ 2

Tôru Kawashima Director

Akira Takahashi as

Takashi Sasano as

Asami Ogawa as Momo

Momo as Aya, Ryuji and Mariko's daughter

Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy money, it's a difficult transition.

Castle Under Fiery Skies

2009

6.4

♡ 3

azuchi castle

Mitsutoshi Tanaka Director

Susumu Terajima as Heiji

Ikkei Watanabe as Kimura Jirosimon

Takashi Sasano as Kiso Yoshimasa

Miki Mizuno as Une

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.

Baban Baban Ban Vampire

2025

5.8

♡ 2

Shinji Hamasaki Director

Nanoka Hara as Aoi Shinozuka

Takashi Sasano as Chojiro Tatsuno

Takuma Otoo as Haruhiko Tatsuno

Ryô Yoshizawa as Ranmaru Mori

Ranmaru is a 450-year-old vampire who works in a bathhouse. As a vampire he is particularly picky about his blood choices, his main goal being to drink the blood of an 18-year-old virgin. To do so, he has been watching 15-year-old Rihito, the son of the bathhouse owner who saved him from near death. Rihito must not lose his virginity before he turns 18 and Ranmaru does everything he can to prevent that. However, when Rihito starts to show interest in a classmate, Ranmaru's desperate fight to preserve the boys virginity begins.

What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?

2022

4.4

♡ 9

29%

Satoshi Miki Director

Rinko Kikuchi as Colonel Sen Masago

Takashi Sasano as Jiro Zaizen

Yutaka Matsushige as Noboru Yamikumo

Tao Tsuchiya as Yukino Amane

A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat. If it explodes, the nation will be destroyed.

Jigen Daisuke

2023

5.7

♡ 13

Hajime Hashimoto Director

Yasukaze Motomiya as

Takashi Sasano as

Toru Baba as

Masatoshi Nagase as Takeshi Kawashima

Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the person he’s been seeking. Then, Jigen meets Oto, who comes to Chiharu’s shop looking for a gun. Jigen finds out about Oto's secrets and the mysterious organization that’s after her. After Oto is kidnapped, Jigen gets into a desperate battle to save her.

Wife of a Spy

2020