Reiruweizu: 49-sai de densha no untenshi ni natta otoko no monogatari

2010

Japanese

6.4

♡ 4

82%

Yoshinari Nishikôri Director

Tetsu Watanabe as

Shirô Sano as

Takahiro Miura as

Masanori Ishii as

A heartwarming tale about the turning point in the life of an elite business man in his fifties and a local train that has been running since 1911. Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over his work and has no time for his family. But one day, his mother in Shimane falls ill, and his best friend dies in an accident. Grief-stricken, Hajime returns home, where memories of his childhood dream come back to him. He had always wanted to be a train conductor and drive the local "bataden" Ichibata Electric Railway.

To Sleep So as to Dream

1986

Japanese

7.2

♡ 8

100%

Kaizô Hayashi Director

Tetsu Watanabe as

Maki Ishikawa as

Yoshio Yoshida as Matsunosuke, the director

Shirô Sano as Uotsuka

An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a succession of bizarre, obscure clues, until they track down the location of the kidnappers and the daughter.

Madadayo

1993

Japanese

7.3

♡ 20

88%

teacher student relationship

tribute

Akira Kurosawa Director

Tetsu Watanabe as

Masuo Amada as

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Takayama's son

Tomoyuki Dan as (uncredited)

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.

Gamera the Brave

2005

Japanese

6.5

♡ 7

Ryuta Tasaki Director

Tetsu Watanabe as

Kanji Tsuda as Kousuke Aizawa Kaho

Kaho as Mai Nishio

Susumu Terajima as Osamu Nishio

A young boy in a peaceful seaside town gets more than he bargained for when he takes home a mysterious egg. When it hatches, out comes a baby turtle that grows into a new version of Gamera. But will it become powerful enough in time to defeat the rampaging monster Zedus?

Non-Stop

1996

Japanese

♡ 12

67%

SABU Director

Tetsu Watanabe as

Keisuke Horibe as

Akaji Maro as

Hitomi Shiraishi as

A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shoplift a replacement mask from a nearby convenience store. The store's clerk, a washed-up rock star, chases the thief and literally runs into a Yakuza to whom he owes money. Thus begins an all-night, three-way pursuit through the streets of Tokyo.

Ley Lines

1999

Japanese

6.9

♡ 11

Takashi Miike Director

Tetsu Watanabe as

Ryûshi Mizukami as

Shô Aikawa as Ikeda

Kazuki Kitamura as Ryuichi

The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.

Red Post on Escher Street

2020

Japanese

7.2

♡ 5

Sion Sono Director

Tarô Suwa as

Tetsu Watanabe as

Tomoko Fujita as

Mitsuru Fukikoshi as

A genius film director, Tadashi Kobayashi holds an audition for his new film project. Several actors and actresses answer the open call, but most will only be cast as extras. Can the film come to a completion without accident?

Cold Fish

2010

Japanese

7.1

♡ 31

75%

Sion Sono Director

Makoto Ashikawa as

Hideo Nakaizumi as Akio's Brother

Tetsu Watanabe as Takayasu TsuTsui Denden

Denden as Yukio Murata

Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto soon become friendly. However Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face.

A Scene at the Sea

1991

Japanese

7.5

♡ 19

Takeshi Kitano Director

Susumu Terajima as

Tetsu Watanabe as

Claude Maki as Shigeru

Sabu Kawahara as Takoh

A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.

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Reiruweizu: 49-sai de densha no untenshi ni natta otoko no monogatari

To Sleep So as to Dream

Madadayo

Gamera the Brave

Non-Stop

Ley Lines

Red Post on Escher Street

Cold Fish

A Scene at the Sea