Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to abandon his family. Hiroshi and his older siblings do all what they can to withstand the trouble they encounter along their way.

Edo Porn

1981

Japanese

6.4

♡ 11

78%

Kaneto Shindô Director

Kunio Ôtsuka as

Yûko Tanaka as Oei, Tetsuzo's Daughter

Nobuko Otowa as Omomo, Sashichi's Wife

Kanako Higuchi as Onao

The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.

The Backwater

2013

Japanese

6.2

♡ 6

60%

Action

Drama

japanese film

Shinji Aoyama Director

Ittoku Kishibe as Detective

Yûko Tanaka as Jinko / Toma's mother

Yukiko Shinohara as Kotoko / Madoka's lover

Masaki Suda as Toma

Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges.

One Night

2019

Japanese

6.5

♡ 6

Kazuya Shiraishi Director

Yûko Tanaka as Koharu Inamura

Kuranosuke Sasaki as Michio Doka

Mayu Matsuoka as Sonoko Inamura

Takeru Satoh as Yuji Inamura

A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what happened years ago.

The Island of Cats

2019

Japanese

6.5

♡ 8

100%

Mitsuaki Iwagô Director

Kaoru Kobayashi as Iwao

Tasuku Emoto as Kentaro Wakamura

Ko Shibasaki as Michiko

Yûko Tanaka as Yoshie

Daikichi is a 70-year-old man and lives on a small island. Since his wife died, he has lived with his cat Tama. Daikichi was born and raised on the small island and enjoys relaxing days with his childhood friends including Iwao and his cat Tama. Daikichi has a son Tsuyoshi who lives in Tokyo. Tsuyoshi worries a bit about his father living alone on the island, but Daikichi is content with his life. After his close friend passes away, Daikichi worries about his physical condition. His daily life begins to change. Based on manga series "Neko to Jiichan"

Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story

6.8

Keiichi Hara Director

Ryô Kase as Keisuke Kinoshita

Yûko Tanaka as Kinoshita's mother

Mari Hamada as Koman

Rio Yamashita as Sakuyo Kinoshita

Keisuke Kinoshita sits easily alongside Ozu, Kurosawa and Naruse as one of Japan’s most respected legends of cinema. Made to commemorate the centenary of Kinoshita’s birth, this biographical drama chronicles formative hardships and personal encounters to provide a rare glimpse into the life of one of Japan’s most acclaimed screen directors. Includes archival footage from 49 of the films he produced during his career at Shochiku.

Dearest

2012

Japanese

6.9

♡ 4

47%

Action

camper

Drama

last will and testament

late wife

testament

Yasuo Furuhata Director

Ken Takakura as Eiji Kurashima

Mieko Harada as Kumiko Tsukamoto

Kimiko Yo as Tamiko Hamasaki

Yûko Tanaka as Yôko Kurashima

The posthumous wish of Eiji's wife is for her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near her hometown. Eiji also learns that his wife letter for him at the post office before she died.

Homeland

2014

Japanese

6.6

♡ 3

74%

Nao Kubota Director

Renji Ishibashi as

Takashi Yamanaka as

Yûko Tanaka as

Seiyô Uchino as (as Masaaki Uchino)

Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but Jiro returns there to live. Before long, members of his family come and join him.

Capone Cries a Lot

6.2

Seijun Suzuki Director

Fujio Tokita as Bank Owner

Tôru Minegishi as Boss Yoshida

Yûko Tanaka as Kozome Takonoya

Kenji Sawada as Tetsugoro Osawa

Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.

Tora-san, the Expert

1982

Japanese

6.6

♡ 4

Action

Comedy

Romance

Yôji Yamada Director

Yûko Tanaka as Keiko

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo

Kenji Sawada as Saburô

Hisao Dazai as Shachô

Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.

Itsuka dokusho suruhi

2005

Japanese

7.1

♡ 2

Action

Drama

Romance

Akira Ogata Director

Tatsuo Yamada as

Sawa Suzuki as Chiyo Ohba

Yûko Tanaka as Minako Ohba

Misako Watanabe as Toshiko Minagawa

Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man with whom she has secretly been in love since high school. The man, Keita (KISHIBE Ittoku), lives with his wife Yoko, who is terminally ill. Caring for her at home, he works in the children's affairs section of the local municipal office. Though he insists that he wants nothing more than an "ordinary" existence, his life is in turmoil below the surface. The director uses a variety of narrative devises to portray the loneliness, isolation, and hope of these people who have seemingly allowed their goals and dreams to slip away, whilst keeping them agonizingly close to hand.

Tales from Earthsea

2006

Japanese

6.3

♡ 16

Action

Adventure

Animation

based on novel or book

Gorô Miyazaki Director

Willem Dafoe as Cob

Yûko Tanaka as Cob

Mariska Hargitay as Tenar

Brian George as The King

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.

Monster

2023

Japanese

7.8

♡ 73

97%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Yûko Tanaka as Fushimi

Shidô Nakamura as Kiyotaka

Soya Kurokawa as Minato

Sakura Andô as Saori

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.

Princess Mononoke

1997

Japanese

8.3

♡ 306

93%

Hayao Miyazaki Director

Lewis Arquette as

Yûko Tanaka as Eboshi-gozen

Gillian Anderson as Moro

Keith David as Okkoto

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

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Edo Porn

The Backwater

One Night

The Island of Cats

Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story

Dearest

Homeland

Capone Cries a Lot

Tora-san, the Expert

Itsuka dokusho suruhi

Tales from Earthsea

Monster

Princess Mononoke