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.

Enter the Fat Dragon

2020

Cn

5.8

♡ 40

64%

91%

Action

Comedy

Kenji Tanigaki Director

Masanori Mimoto as Benny

Donnie Yen as Fallon Zhu

Tetsu Watanabe as Grandfather

Hiro Hayama as Yuji

After being dumped by his fiancé, heartbroken Hong Kong police officer Fallon Zhu gains 200+ pounds. His superiors demote him to the job of escorting convicts to Japan. When a convict in his custody mysteriously dies, he must team up with citizen Thor to solve the mystery.

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?

Tomie: Forbidden Fruit

2002

Japanese

5.7

♡ 4

38%

Shun Nakahara Director

Jun Kunimura as Kazuhiko / Tomie's father

Taijirô Tamura as Manager

Tetsu Watanabe as Suzuki

Aoi Miyazaki as Tomie / Kazuhiko's daughter

When a lonely high school girl befriends a strange, mysterious and beautiful girl, it is soon becomes clear that the two girls' meeting was not purely accidental.

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.

Minbo

1992

Japanese

7.4

♡ 4

100%

Jûzô Itami Director

Tetsu Watanabe as Akechi

Akira Takarada as Kobayashi

Masahiko Tsugawa as The friend of GMEN

Ginji Gao as Wakagashira

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.

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?

Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth

1992

Japanese

6.2

♡ 12

78%

Takao Okawara Director

Tetsu Watanabe as Army Commander

Akira Takarada as Environmental Planning Board Chief Joji Minamino

Takehiro Murata as Kenji Andoh

Kenzo Ogiwara as Takeo Shimura

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three way battle for the Earth begins.

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.

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

2013

Japanese

7.1

♡ 25

83%

Sion Sono Director

Tetsu Watanabe as Detective Kimura

Gen Hoshino as Koji Hashimoto

Itsuji Itao as Masuda

Nanoka Hara as Mitsuko Muto

In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.

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.

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

1991

Japanese

6.4

♡ 7

56%

Kazuki Ohmori Director

Kiwako Harada as Chiaki Moriyuma

Tetsu Watanabe as Lagos Island Japanese Army Sergeant

Kenzo Ogiwara as Takeo Shimura

Akiji Kobayashi as Yuzo Tsuchihashi

The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help erase Godzilla from history by preventing his creation. With Godzilla seemingly gone, a new monster emerges as the Futurians' true intentions are revealed.

Baby Assassins: 2 Babies

2023

Japanese

6.3

♡ 15

Yugo Sakamoto Director

Akari Takaishi as Chisato Sugimoto

Tatsuomi Hamada as Makoto Kamimura

Junpei Hashino as Mr. Akagi

Tetsu Watanabe as Mr. Matsumoto

Chisato and Mahiro must pay four years of overdue fees or lose their membership in their assassin guild. They take part-time jobs, but find themselves in the middle of an armed robbery and being hunted by other assassins.

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla

2002

Japanese

6.6

♡ 9

72%

Kazuki Ohmori Director

Takehiro Murata as Cameo appearance

Tetsu Watanabe as Management

Shingo Yanagisawa as Man whose house was destroyed

Masahiro Yokotani as Refugee

JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the remains of the original. The machine is discovered to harbor the restless soul of the original monster as Akane must learn to find value in her own life as well.

Sonatine

1993

Japanese

7.4

♡ 32

93%

Takeshi Kitano Director

Susumu Terajima as Ken

Yoshiyuki Morishita as Maeda

Kanji Tsuda as Tsuda

Tetsu Watanabe as Uechi

Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.

Gamera, the Guardian of the Universe

1995

Japanese

6.7

♡ 8

78%

Shûsuke Kaneko Director

Tetsu Watanabe as Captain at Mt. Fuji

Jun Fubuki as Housewife with her son in Grocery store

Hirotarô Honda as Mr. Saito

Tsuyoshi Ihara as Yoshinari Yonemori

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.