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6.6

♡ 7

Tomoyuki Takimoto Director

Katsuya Maiguma as

Takanori Iwata as Kyosuke Yakumo

Kazuki Kitamura as Yoshiki Kobayashi

Mizuki Yamamoto as Yuriko Matsuda

An ambitious, young freelance journalist takes on the closed case of a famous fine arts photographer whose beautiful female subject died on set in a gruesome fire.

Okuotoko

2018

5.4

♡ 10

Keishi Ohtomo Director

Elaiza Ikeda as Akira

Takeru Satoh as Kazuo

Kazuki Kitamura as Momose

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Senju

A man, who is repaying a 30 million yen debt left by his brother, wins the 300 million yen lottery. He grapples with the question of whether money can buy him happiness.

Dead or Alive

1999

6.7

♡ 13

55%

Takashi Miike Director

Kazuki Kitamura as

Shingo Tsurumi as Chen

Susumu Terajima as Inoue

Sei Hiraizumi as Police Chief

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.

The Perfect Education

1999

5.6

♡ 13

Ben Wada Director

Hijiri Kojima as Kuniko

Kei Satô as Lawyer

Asami Sawaki as Midori

Kazuki Kitamura as Tsuda

Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him a deep and everlasting scar in his mind. He kidnaps her in search of a perfect marriage and intends to lock her in the room and 'educate' her to perform perfect sex where body and soul are united.

Kaze no sotogawa

2007

6.2

♡ 1

Drama

Eiji Okuda Director

Kazuki Kitamura as

Mari Natsuki as

Masaki Miura as

Rino Katase as

High school student Mariko sings in the choir at the all-girls school she attends, and her biggest dream right now is to go to a music college. One day on her way home from school, she accidentally drops her bookbag into the sea. A man jumps into the water and recovers the bag for her, but all of her score sheets have been ruined. From that day on, Mariko’s new acquaintance becomes her bodyguard, walking her home everyday. But for some reason, he refuses to tell her his name.

Signal: The Movie

2021

5.4

♡ 9

Hajime Hashimoto Director

Kentarô Sakaguchi as Kento Saegusa Nao

Nao as Michiru Koizumi

Tsuyoshi Ihara as Rika Anzai

Kazuki Kitamura as Takeshi Ooyama

The story continues from the Japanese SIGNAL drama series. In 2021, a limousine taxi driver causes an accident on a highway, and a high-level government official dies in the accident. The cold case investigation unit, including Kento Saegusa and team leader Misaki Sakurai, have doubts about the case. Meanwhile, in 2009, administrative officers die consecutively in car accidents. The police announce these deaths as accidents. Takeshi Ōyama believes that these deaths were not the product of simple accidents. At 11:23 pm, a walkie-talkie turns on and makes a connection between the future and past. Kento Saegusa and Takeshi Ōyama face the threat of bioterrorism.

Samurai Cat

2014

6.3

♡ 10

Takeshi Watanabe Director

Yasukaze Motomiya as

Kanji Tsuda as

Misako Renbutsu as

Kazuki Kitamura as Madarame Kyutaro

The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman who has fallen on hard times in old Edo. Caught between two warring gangs in an epic battle of cat lovers and dog lovers, he begrudgingly accepts the canine faction's offer to assassinate the opposite leader's beloved pet: an adorable white cat. Yet upon raising his lethal sword, he cannot bring himself to go through with the act, and the cat melts his ronin heart. But before finding peace as a newly minted cat person, the still fearsome Madarame will have to take on both gangs in a classic samurai street brawl.

Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning

2021

7.4

♡ 77

92%

Keishi Ohtomo Director

Sôkô Wada as Hijikata Toshizo

Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura

Kazuki Kitamura as Tatsumi

Kasumi Arimura as Tomoe Yukishiro

Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.

The Scythian Lamb

2017

6.4

♡ 6

56%

Daihachi Yoshida Director

Fumino Kimura as Aya

Ryûhei Matsuda as Ichiro

Kazuki Kitamura as Katsushi sugiyama

Mikako Ichikawa as Kiyomi

Based on a manga written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami, the story is set in a former seaport town Uobuka, where 6 former criminals were sent to live there by the government, with the intention of re-socialising them. Aside from the few who know about the project, the general townsfolk has no idea of the former convicts' identities. Tsukisue is the pleasant and efficient municipal official put in charge of the programme. As he slowly learns about their past, a body is discovered.

The Great Yokai War: Guardians

2021

5.6

♡ 14

86%

Takashi Miike Director

Eiji Akaso as Amanojaku So Kaku

So Kaku as Kakuoni

Nanako Matsushima as Reika Watanabe

Kazuki Kitamura as Watanabe no Tsuna

Kei Watanabe is a fifth grade elementary school student. He has inherited the hunter's blood to hunt yōkai. To save the world from being destroyed, Kei Watanabe challenges a war against the yōkai.

Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel

2006

japanese invasion of korea

6.3

♡ 1

near-death experience

Nobuo Mizuta Director

Mari Hamada as

Kazuki Kitamura as Masahiko Sawai

Hiroko Nakajima as Miyoko Murakami

Ryôko Shinohara as Toshie Hanada

Ichiro Hanada is a mischievous boy who gains the ability to see and talk to ghosts after a near-death experience. (live-action adaptation of the manga )

The Battle: Roar to Victory

2019

Korean

6.4

♡ 19

83%

independence movement

joseon dynasty

joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

korean resistance

War

Shin-yeon Won Director

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Kusanagi

Woo-jin Jo as Ma Byung-gu

Kazuki Kitamura as Yasukawa Jiro

Kotaro Daigo as Yukio

Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.

Suspect X

2008

7.4

♡ 14

Hiroshi Nishitani Director

Akiko Yagi as

Ikkei Watanabe as Hiromi Koribayashi

Ko Shibasaki as Kaoru Utsumi

Kazuki Kitamura as Shumpei Kusanagi

A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...

Maiko haaaan!!!

2007

6.2

♡ 3

Nobuo Mizuta Director

Ayame Misaki as

Yuki Himura as Camera boy

Kazuki Kitamura as Doctor

Ko Shibasaki as Fujiko Osawa

Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.

Ley Lines

1999

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.

Hell Dogs

2022

6.7

♡ 22

75%

Crime

Drama

former police officer

infiltration

police

yakuza

Masato Harada Director

Mayu Matsuoka as Emiri Kisa

Kentarô Sakaguchi as Hideki Murooka

Kazuki Kitamura as Tsutomu Toki Miyavi

Miyavi as Yoshitaka Toake

Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members.

The 8-Year Engagement

2017

7.1

♡ 7

amnesia

autobiographical

based on a true story

Takahisa Zeze Director

Hiroko Yakushimaru as Hatsumi Nakahara

Takeru Satoh as Hisashi

Tao Tsuchiya as Mai Nakahara

Kazuki Kitamura as Shibata

Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months before their wedding, Mai becomes seriously ill. Her heart stops momentarily, and she falls into a deep coma. Hisashi visits Mai at the hospital every day before work. With no idea if or when she will ever awake, Mai’s parents encourage Hisashi to find someone else, but he refuses to give up and continues to pray for her recovery. As if his prayers are answered, Mai begins to regain consciousness several years later, and even utters a few words. But tragically, she has suffered brain damage and has no memory of Hisashi.

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.

Thermae Romae II

2014

6.1

♡ 1

41%

Hideki Takeuchi Director

Masachika Ichimura as

Kazuki Kitamura as Ceionius

Hiroshi Abe as Lucius

Fumihiko Tachiki as (voice)

In ancient Rome, bathhouse architect Lucius (Hiroshi Abe) becomes famous with designing the original "thermae" (bathhouse). He receives an order to build a thermae in the colosseum to help gladiators recover from their wounds, but faces difficulties. Thus, Lucius travels again to modern day Japan through the time slip. He meets Manami (Aya Ueto) again, who is now a reporter for a magazine which covers bathroom. With the help of the flat face Japanese tribe, Lucius again designs a new thermae. Meanwhile, Emperor Hadrian (Masachika Ichimura) wants to keep the peace with the thermae, but the Senate wants to extend the land by using force. Emperor Hadrian and the Senate now have a confrontation and Rome becomes divided.

Blade of the Immortal

2017