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5.7

♡ 11

Gakuryû Ishii Director

Fumi Nikaidô as Akako Akai

Masatoshi Nagase as Fish Monger

Kengo Kôra as Ghost

Yôko Maki as Yuriko Tamura

Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses, naively plays the role of erotic muse and adoring pet for an aging writer seeking greatness. Things quickly get complicated for the odd couple, however, when the writer's deceased former student/lover enters the picture as a ghost and helps Akako realize her own desires, activating her agency and frustrating the one-sided male fantasy the writer is so keen to continue.

The Millennial Rapture

♡ 4

Kôji Wakamatsu Director

Shôta Sometani as

Shinobu Terajima as

Shirô Sano as

Kengo Kôra as Hanzo

Set in a small community called "Roji" where Kenji Nakagami-one of the most famous novelists in Japan-drew the absurdity and passion of life since its inhabitants have been living and dying. There were beautiful men in "Roji" who struggled to live with the blood of the Nakamato Clan, blood called "noble yet unholy." Oryu, a midwife, has watched all those men growing up, living and dying - She is now aging old and starts to talk with the dead men souls of the Nakamoto Clan.

Sad Vacation

2007

6.8

♡ 2

58%

school friend

Shinji Aoyama Director

Tadanobu Asano as Kenji Shiraishi

Yûsuke Kawazu as Kijima

Yuka Itaya as Saeko Shiina

Kengo Kôra as Yusuke Mamiya

Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this he takes care of the sister of an old friend in jail and a young illegal immigrant. Eventually his life reaches a turning point.

Isao Takahata and His Tale of Princess Kaguya

2013

7.5

♡ 12

Akira Miki Director

Hayao Miyazaki as Self

Kengo Kôra as Self

Atsuko Takahata as Self

Tomoko Tabata as Self

For his first film in fourteen years, animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptuous adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter. A dream project for the director that would hopefully establish the recently formed Ghibli Studio 7, created to meet the demands of a new type of modern animation process. But, almost immediately, the epic production is faced with difficulties and falls dramatically behind schedule. In this compelling and insightful documentary, we follow Isao Takahata and his dedicated team of artists as they frantically strive against adversity to make their vision a reality and bring Studio Ghibli into a new era.

Aristocrats

2020

6.9

♡ 4

83%

Yukiko Sode Director

Mugi Kadowaki as Hanako

Kengo Kôra as Koichiro Aoki

Kiko Mizuhara as Miki

Rio Yamashita as Rie Hirata

Hanako Haibara was born and raised in the city of Tokyo. After she gets dumped by her boyfriend, while in her late 20's, she goes on blind dates to find a man to marry. Miki Tokioka was born in a province. She studied very hard and entered a prestigious university in Tokyo. She experienced difficult financial times, but she now works at an IT company. Due to a man, Hanako Haibara and Miki Tokioka meet each other.

Noroshi ga yobu

2019

6.3

♡ 7

Toshiaki Toyoda Director

Kiyohiko Shibukawa as

Kengo Kôra as

Ryûhei Matsuda as

Tadanobu Asano as

A girl finds an old handgun in her attic and the symbolic object conjures a mystical scene of samurai (a stellar cast of actors joined by the 20-person Edo punk band Seppuku Pistols, who also provide the soundtrack) gathering within the moss-grown location of Kasosan Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture.

Talking the Pictures

2019

6.7

♡ 2

Masayuki Suo Director

Hiromasa Taguchi as Kinzo

Kôji Yamamoto as Shozo Makino

Yutaka Takenouchi as Tadayoshi Kimura

Kengo Kôra as Takayuki Motegi

Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.

Side Job.

2017

6.2

♡ 2

disaster aftermath

great east japan earthquake

fukushima

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Tamae Andô as

Tokio Emoto as Hayato

Kengo Kôra as Miura

Misako Renbutsu as Saori Yamazaki

Based on the novel "Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai" (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who are all trying to find their own silver linings in life.

The Drudgery Train

2012

6.8

♡ 2

50%

Nobuhiro Yamashita Director

Makita Sports as (as Makita Supôtsu)

Mirai Moriyama as Kanta Kitamachi

Kengo Kôra as Shoji Kusakabe

Atsuko Maeda as Yasuko Sakurai

In this offbeat coming-of-age tale, a charming, rebellious high school dropout named Kanta befriends the kind, provincial Shoji. The two bring out the best in each other, each gaining confidence from their friendship - especially regarding pursuit of the opposite sex. The working class Kanta becomes a sort of unruly anti-hero, maintaining his pride, defiance, and self-assurance even as his prospects seem increasingly grim.

No Longer Human

2019

6.0

♡ 7

Mika Ninagawa Director

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Ango Sakaguchi

Rie Miyazawa as Michiko Tsushima

Shun Oguri as Osamu Dazai

Kengo Kôra as Yukio Mishima

The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.

Miss Hokusai

2015

6.7

♡ 24

93%

Stephanie Sheh Director

David Howard Thornton as Additional Voices

Miyu Irino as Kiichiya

Ikuko Tani as Male brothel mama

Kengo Kôra as Utagawa Kuninao

A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.

Roommate

2013

5.6

♡ 3

Takeshi Furusawa Director

Yukijirô Hotaru as

Keiko Kitagawa as Harumi Hagio

Kengo Kôra as Keisuke

Kyoko Fukada as Reiko Nishimura / Mary

Harumi Hagiwara lands in the hospital after being involved in an accident. She hits it off with her nurse, Reiko Nishimura, and the two decide to move in together after she's discharged. However, Harumi begins to witness a series of mysterious events soon after noticing Reiko's strange behavior. Additionally, she fears for her own safety when Reiko starts referring to herself as 'Mari' as if she's become an entirely different person. Before long, the situation develops into a case of murder.

The Lightning Tree

2010

5.8

♡ 2

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Rai / Yu

Sôkô Wada as Suketarou Seta

Kengo Kôra as Tomozou

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.

Fish Story

2009

7.5

♡ 12

100%

Yoshihiro Nakamura Director

Yoshihiro Nagata as

Mikako Tabe as Asami

Noriko Eguchi as Namiko

Kengo Kôra as The Singer

A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together.

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.

Snakes and Earrings

2008

6.1

♡ 9

live action adaptation of book

body modification

love

love-hate relationship

pain

Thriller

Yukio Ninagawa Director

Shun Oguri as

Kengo Kôra as Ama

Yuriko Yoshitaka as Louis

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Satoru Yokoyama, Yakuza killed by Ama

While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.

Tada's Do-It-All House

6.7

Tatsushi Ohmori Director

Anne Suzuki as Haishi

Kengo Kôra as Hoshi

Suzuki Matsuo as Shinchan

Tasuku Emoto as Yamashita

In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One day, former classmate Gyoten appears unannounced. Both men are over 30 years old and divorced. With no explanation, Gyoten suddenly asks to spend the night at Tada's home. Eventually, Tada accepts Gyoten as his assistant and together they become involved in various cases concerning an assortment of people from different walks of life.

Soranin

2010

7.0

♡ 1

based on manga

Music

Takahiro Miki Director

Kenta Kiritani as Jiro Yamada

Aoi Miyazaki as Meiko Inoue

Kengo Kôra as Nario Taneda

Arata Iura as Saeki

Meiko and Taneda are a couple graduated from university two years ago. Unhappy with their lives, Meiko quits her job and encourages Taneda to have his band become professional.

A Story of Yonosuke

7.5

Shûichi Okita Director

Aimi Satsukawa as Mutsumi Toi

Yuriko Yoshitaka as Shoko Yosano

Kengo Kôra as Yonosuke Yokomichi

Kimiko Yo as Yonosuke Yokomichi's mother

The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.

Shoplifters

2018